Mysore/Mysuru, March 20 -- Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said that the State Government has set a target of constructing 2.33 lakh houses for the shelterless under various housing schemes in a year.

He was speaking after laying the foundation stone at a programme organised under the joint aegis of Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation, District Administration and MCC, for the construction of 1,440 Group Houses of S-9 type for the shelterless beneficiaries of Krishnaraja (KR) and Varuna Assembly Constituencies (940 for KR Constituency and 500 for Varuna Constituency), under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, in Lalithadripura at the foot of Chamundi Hill here recently. These houses will be built in a 13.5 acre area adjoining the Ring Road at Lal...