Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation held a computerised draw on Monday for 9,001 homes for families from economically weaker sections, along with 16 commercial shops. The draw took place in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, as part of the day's programme of development works worth Rs 1,024 crore.

How the 9,001 homes break down

Under the Slum Networking Project at Ramapir no Tekra, the civic body ran the draw for 532 remaining residential units and 16 shops in Sector 5, which forms part of a 1,400-unit cluster.

At Urban Park in Sector 1, 700 finished units were formally handed over, while a draw decided the allottees for another 644 units. Together, the two sectors account for 1,176 homes and 16 shops.

At the same time, the administration drew lots for 7,825 residential units across 11 locations under the Affordable Housing component of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The total across the two schemes comes to 9,001 homes.

97,102 applications for 7,825 flats

Mayor Hitesh Barot and Housing Improvement and EWS Housing Scheme Committee Chairman Darshan Shah confirmed that 97,102 applications were received for the 7,825 PMAY units.

To manage applicants who do not get a home in this draw, the municipality will maintain a waiting list of 3,912 names, which is 50 per cent of the number of units.

Each flat has a carpet area of 28 square metres and is located in areas including Nikol, Kotarpur-Naroda, Motera, Shilaj, Odhav and Sarkhej.

What the new flats offer

All the newly built flats have a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, a combined bathroom and toilet, and a dedicated washing space.

The buildings use earthquake-resistant structures, vitrified tile flooring, Kotastone kitchen platforms, aluminium section glass windows, main entrance doors and parking facilities.

Part of a bigger housing push

The draw was part of Monday's wider programme, which also saw around 30 development projects worth Rs 1,024 crore inaugurated or given foundation stones, including the elevated corridor between ISKCON and Sanand on the SG Highway, a Knowledge Hub at Jodhpur and an Urban Health Centre at Gota.

Nearly 1,000 completed housing units in the Ramapir No Tekro area were handed over to beneficiaries during the programme.

The corporation has handed over 21,966 permanent homes to economically weaker sections and low-income families so far, including 19,465 EWS units and 2,501 low-income group units, with 33,273 more units under construction across the city.