Hyderabad, May 17 -- Telangana Revenue and Housing Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Saturday, May 16, said the state government was awaiting the Centre's share of funds for the Indiramma housing scheme and would bear the financial burden if the amount was not released within the next few weeks.

Speaking informally with reporters, the minister said the state had been waiting since March for the Centre to release its contribution of around Rs 1.13 lakh per house under the housing scheme.

He said final bill payments to beneficiaries had been temporarily withheld in anticipation of Central assistance.

Despite repeated representations by chief minister A Revanth Reddy and himself, the Centre had not sanctioned even a single rural house ...