Draw for land recipients to be held tomorrow

Housing Ministry has announced that the draw for recipients of land under the ‘Binveriya’ housing scheme will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday.

In a press conference on Monday night, Housing Ministry’s senior executive director Mohamed Arif said the draw will be held simultaneously with the allocation of land from Hulhumale’.

“Once they know the plot number, we will call them and let them know when and where to go to mark their plot,” he said.

Arif said that the plots will be marked on Tuesday evening.

Recipients will be informed of when the draw will be held via the Gedhoruverin portal.

The Planning Ministry published the permanent list of 5,000 recipients of the ‘Binveriya’ scheme on Sunday night.

While the tentative list had listed 19,858 eligible applicants, the permanent list lists 19,865 eligible applicants.

Deputy Planning Minister Akram Kamaluddin said on Sunday that 18,955 applicants will receive plots from the land that is currently available, while the remaining 684 applicants receive plots from land that will be added later. They include applicants who are under 25 years of age and are unmarried and childless.

He said that all applicants on the list will have land registered to their name before the end of the current term.