pune the pradhan mantri awas yojana pmay project is likely to be exempted from mandatory budget cuts of the pune municipal corporation pmc pending the approval of a proposal mooting the same the pmc has been registered as a developer under the maharashtra real estate regulatory authority maharera for the pmay project if the delivery of houses is delayed the civic body may face action and a fine so the project should be exempt from the budgetary cuts stated a proposal of the building permissions department tabled before the general body meeting the civic administration has introduced 10 cuts in all major works after a decline in income due to the covid19 pandemic the pmc is building over 2918 houses for the urban poor under pmay these flats will be available under the scheme for buyers in areas like kharadi hadapsar and wadgaon over 20000 applications have come for these houses pmc had also conducted an online lottery in october 2020 for the homes the houses will be available at five different sites as affordable housing in partnership pmc officials said the civic body had invited applications from citizens who want to buy houses under the affordable housing scheme after that a process of scrutiny was held and those who were fit for the scheme were asked to complete formalities of payment the buyers have to pay 10 of the house cost for buying the property but many of them have not paid it yet the project is going on at a good speed the allotment of houses and other formalities are expected to be completed within the deadline said prashant waghmare head of pmcs building permissions department