Hyderabad, May 30 -- Telangana Revenue, Housing and Information & Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy on Saturday said the State Government would soon launch construction of one lakh Indiramma houses for the urban poor and complete them within a year.

He described the scheme as a major welfare initiative of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.

Speaking after laying the foundation stone for an Integrated Sub-Registrar Office Complex at Banjara Hills along with Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Mohammed Azharuddin, Ponguleti said the government would construct modern houses for beneficiaries within the areas where they currently reside so that their livelihoods are not affected.

He said one lakh houses would be taken up in the fir...