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Concrete replaces mud as Nar Maya Rai’s new home nears completion under the Sikkim Garib Awas Yojana. People

From Kachcha to Concrete: Mud house to SGAY

  • April 19, 2026
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How a Panchayat Leader’s Personal Intervention Helped a 65-Year-Old Sikkim Woman Finally Own a Home For nearly thirty years, Nar Maya Rai lived in a fragile kachcha house perched on borrowed land in Lower Kopchey Ward, under 33-Mikkhola-Singithang GPU in Namchi Block, South Sikkim. The house stood without security, without ownership, and without dignity. Its […]