Patna,(BiharTimes): The remaining 25,679 landless Mahadalit families of Bihar will soon get three decimal plots under a scheme launched five years ago by the then Nitish Kumar government.

Giving this information in the Bihar Assembly on Friday Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Narendra Narayan Yadav informed that out of 2.46 lakh landless Mahadalit families identified for getting three decimal plots for housing under a scheme launched in 2009-10, 2.21 lakh families have been distributed plots till 2013-14.

He said the deadline for land for housing has been extended to 2015-16.

The minister said his department has allocated Rs 18.61 crore towards purchase of land for implementation of this scheme to the remaining families.