Punjab Government's flagship project 'Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar' has been selected for the United Nations Scroll of Honour Award for providing safe and suitable housing to low-income families.

The project will receive the award at a global event in Muscat, Oman, on World Habitat Day on the 5th of next month.

In the first phase of the project, loans of more than 196 billion rupees were issued for construction of over 134,000 houses.

In the second phase, loans worth more than 62 billion rupees have been issued for construction of 65,000 houses.