Till Tuesday evening, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had received a staggering 70,000 application forms, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). The PCMC has proposed to construct as many as 9,458 flats, and plans to give its ownership to women residents. “We have received 43,000 application forms online and 27,000 forms have been submitted at various offices across the city till Tuesday evening. Initially, the PCMC had set a one-month window for submission of forms, and the last date was May 16. However, because of the massive response, and queues that only got longer, the PCMC was forced to extend the last date for submission of application forms.

Source: Indian Express May 24, 2017 21:56 UTC