9427 PMAY houses approved
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR

Imphal, September 15 2026: Joint Director of the Municipal Ad- ministration, Housing and Urban Development (MAHUD) Department M Kapajit has stated that the construction of 9,427 houses under PMAY (Urban) 2.0 has been approved.

He made the statement during the 13th edition of "Meet the Press", organised by the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) at the DIPR Auditorium, Imphal today.

Addressing the event, he said housing remains one of the MAHUD's largest welfare components.

He said under PMAY-U 1.0, launched in 2015, 48,364 beneficiaries have been approved under the Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) component.

Of these, 21,814 houses have been completed, while 26,550 are under construction.

A total of Rs 579.67 crore has been sanctioned, of which Rs 545.34 crore has been released, he said.

The scheme is scheduled to end on September 30, 2026, with delays largely attributed to the beneficiaries, he added.

Under PMAY-U 2.0, being implemented from 2024 to 2029 on a 90:10 Centre-State funding ratio, each beneficiary is entitled to financial assistance of Rs 2.5 lakh, to be released in three instalments.

So far, he said that 9,427 beneficiaries have been approved, 1,787 houses are under construction, and 1,268 beneficiaries have received their first instalment.

He added that sanitation workers have received greater attention under the National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE), which has been implemented in Manipur since 2023-24 by the Ministries of Social Justice and Empowerment and Housing and Urban Affairs.

He stated that under the Sewer and Septic Tank Workers component, 185 workers have been identified and provided with PPE kits, while 102 have received Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY cards.

Eight Emergency Response Sanitation Units and six sets of confined-space safety equipment have also been established, along with a toll-free helpline (14420) operated through the Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) .

The Waste Picker component, introduced in 2024-25, has surveyed 508 waste pickers as of August 21, 2026, he added.

Saying that solid waste management remains a State-wide priority, he added that the Lamdeng Solid Waste Management Plant is being upgraded through five projects funded under NESIDS-OTRI, with a total cost of Rs 33.24 crore, along with State-funded drainage and leachate management works worth Rs 8.01 crore.

Under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, 27 waste-to-compost projects with a combined capacity of 97 TPD have been approved, of which 24 have been completed, he said.

In addition, Kapajit said that 24 Material Recovery Facility/Refuse Derived Fuel projects with a combined capacity of 111.5 TPD have been approved, with machinery distributed to 23 ULBs.

Two scientific sanitary landfills with a combined capacity of 65.13 TPD have also been approved, with the Bishnupur facility around 60 per cent complete, he said and added that legacy waste remediation covering approximately 3.75 lakh metric tonnes is under way in five ULBs.

Nine Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants and nine Sewage Treatment Plants are at various stages of implementation, while 10 cesspool emptier vehicles have been distributed across the State, he said.

Public sanitation infrastructure is also being expanded, with 14 of the 30 approved public toilet blocks and 17 of the 33 approved urinal blocks already completed, he added.

The Clean Himalayan Hill Cities Initiative, Kapajit said, is being extended to key tourist and heritage sites, including Ima Keithel, Kangla, Cheirao Ching at Thangmeiband, Marjing Polo Statue, Loktak Lake, Sendra and Andro Santhei Natural Park.

He also highlighted several other measures being taken up to improve livelihoods and address related areas.

Municipal Commissioner of the Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) M Nando said the Corporation, which administers 27 wards with a population of around 2.6 lakh as per the 2011 Census, continues to focus on day-to-day civic management.

He said the Corporation manages waste through a chain of activities such as source segregation, door-to-door collection, transportation and processing at Lamdeng.

Due to limited infrastructure and manpower, he said the IMC relies on NGOs and outsourced agencies for several of these activities.

The IMC directly manages three markets, while road sweeping in major population and market areas of Greater Imphal is carried out twice daily by eight engaged NGOs, Nando said.

Nando said manpower shortage remains the biggest constraint faced by the IMC .

Against a sanctioned strength of 236 personnel, only 66 are currently in position, leaving 180 posts vacant, Nando said.

On building regulation, he said the IMC's online building permission system has issued 628 permits so far.

Officials are monitoring violations, particularly cases in which buildings approved for fewer floors have been illegally extended, he added.

On revenue generation, Nando said a survey has identified 62,707 properties within the IMC area, with each property now assigned a Property ID under a new online tax portal developed with the support of Imphal Smart City Limited.

Property owners can pay annual taxes through self-assessment based on the value of their land and buildings, he said.

Officials of MAHUD and senior officials of the IMC were present at the press meet.

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