Hyderabad: Several applicants of the double bedroom house scheme, under the jurisdiction of Himayatnagar mandal revenue office, staged a protest in front of the mandal office on Friday, demanding that the list of eligible beneficiaries be made public in order to stop exploitation by politicians and middlemen.
Yellamma from Baghlingampally said, “Many leaders promised to allot houses to slum dwellers like me but in vain.”
According to 30-year-old Bhagya, who stays beside Sundarayya Vignana Kendram, a cluster of 80 huts, “My parents kept saying that one day the government will give us a house to stay in. When the TRS government came to power, our hopes increased and we applied for the scheme.”
D.G. Narasimha Rao, TS Secretariat member of the CPM, said, “In this particular jurisdiction, there are 40,000 applicants, who are eligible. We urge the MRO to verify the applications and announce the list of eligible persons.”
V.V. Chandrakala, tahsildar, said, “The delegation of applicants of double bed room houses submitted a letter. Our officers will take the required action.”
