Hyderabad, July 20 -- The Telangana government will begin accepting applications from July 21 for its ambitious project to build one lakh Indiramma low-income group (LIG) houses within the Outer Ring Road (ORR) under the Core Urban Region Economy (CURE) initiative, Housing Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy said on Monday, July 20.

Launching the scheme's brochure at the Dr B R Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat, Reddy said applications would be accepted till August 10 through MeeSeva centres, WhatsApp and the housing board's website.

As part of the first phase, apartments will be built in 16 Assembly constituencies on a pilot basis, with 500 houses allotted to each constituency, he said. Each flat will measure 525 sq ft, and governmen...