Shimla, Jan. 9 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while presiding over a high-level review meeting of the Panchayati Raj Department on Friday, stated that the state government would provide permanent (pucca) houses to eligible poor families who are still living in mud (kutcha) houses.

According to the release, he said that safe housing was not only a basic necessity but also a social right of every citizen, and the government was taking effective measures to ensure this.

The goal of the state government is not limited to the construction of houses alone, but to provide a dignified standard of living to poor families. Special attention is also being given to basic amenities, sanitation, drinking water, and livelih...