Chandigarh, April 23 -- A government scheme for providing housing to the poor in Haryana turned out to be a money spinner for realtors. Following detection of large-scale manipulations in allotment of 408 residential flats for the below the poverty line (BPL) families in Gurugram in 2021, the Haryana government has decided to cancel the allotment and go for auction of the flats. The matter pertained to allotment of 1,719 housing board flats for BPL families in sectors 49, 48, 67,73, 91 and 92 of Gurugram.

Officials said that chief minister, Nayab Singh Saini approved the cancellation of allotments of flats last week and ordered that they be allotted through e-auction.

The Haryana Housing Board had floated a scheme for allotment of 1,719...