Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has announced that the state government will build 50,000 houses for poor people in 28 towns of the state.
The 50,000 houses would be built under integrated housing scheme, apart from those being erected under the central project Indira Awas Yojana, the chief minister said while handing over keys of 192 newly-built houses here to beneficiaries who are urban poor.
The houses were built in Isopur and Phulwarishrief areas of the state capital. Kumar emphasised the need for constructing earthquake- resistant houses saying a master plan was being prepared for such houses for Patna city. He also planted trees on the occasion.