Chandigarh, March 17 -- A revelation from the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) has exposed a nine-year lapse in housing allocation, leaving approximately 200 flats in Maloya vacant since their construction in 2015 under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U).

The issue was raised during the ongoing Lok Sabha session when Chandigarh member of Parliament (MP) Manish Tewari questioned whether it was true that the houses built under PMAY-U in Maloya remained unallotted and had deteriorated.

In response, minister of state for housing and urban affairs, Tokhan Sahu, stated that 2,195 houses constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Maloya were later converted into affordable ...