Barabanki: In a strange incident, five cases have been registered separately at Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh, where the wives have fled with the first installment of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) leaving their husbands in trouble, forcing them to face legal action because they failed to start the construction work even after receiving the first installment of the Rs 50000.
According to the district administration, the applicants are supposed to receive 2.5 lakh in three installments. "Initially they will be given Rs 50000 for the starting of the work and after inspection two more installments worth 1.5 lakh and 50000 respectively will be disbursed. After the construction is over they will have to produce a certificate pertaining to the completion of the work. This is the procedure," a senior district official said.
"Few days before we had received five complaints separately from Satrikh, Zaidpur, Banki, Fatehpur and Belhara Nagar Panchayats that the applicants even after receiving the money didn't start the work. Accordingly we had served notice to the applicants because if they don't start the work we will have start the process of recovering the money," Project Officer, Duda Saurabh Tripathi said.
