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Nation Dream House

Without a home, life is very difficult.
When one gets the keys to a new house,
new happiness, new resolutions, and
new dreams are awakened. After living
in the slum for years, if the family gets
SLUM DWELLERS that a new life is going to start for them.
a comfortable house, then understand

It invigorates new energy in the mind;
GET THE 'KEY' TO they see new possibilities. On November

2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed
over the keys of 575 flats built under the
A FRESH START (In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation) in Kalkji,
Jahan Jhuggi-Wahin Makaan Yojana

Delhi, to the beneficiaries.

ccording to the 2011 census report of the objective of Antyodaya to Sarvodaya. Prime Minister
country, about 6.55 crore people belonging to Narendra Modi, is effortlessly working to realise
A1.39 crore families are forced to live in slums. the dream of New India, finding a solution to every
Out of these, more than 10 percent of the population of problem, making the lives of citizens easier, and
the capital city, Delhi, i.e., 17.85 lakh people, are living moving the country forward on the path of progress.
in slums. They were deprived of basic facilities. When In these efforts, providing houses to the homeless is
the government was formed under the leadership of a top priority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi started
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Pradhan Mantri giving pucca houses to the slum dwellers of Delhi in
Awas Yojana, which provides permanent houses to place of their homes in slums with the launch of 3024
the poor and deprived people across the country, was new flats built in the first phase of the Jahan-Jhuggi
started, in which permanent houses are provided to Wahi Makan rehabilitation scheme located in Kalkaji.
the slum dwellers under "Jahan Jhuggi-Wahi Makan." Out of this, the process of issuing allotment letters to
About 2.50 lakh houses have been made available 1862 families has been completed.
in the last three years, paving the way for Sankalp The Delhi Development Authority is carrying out the
Siddhi, and the way is also being made to fulfill the work of slum rehabilitation in the 376 locations in the

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