Ramu (name changed to protect privacy), 35, applied for the Telangana government’s much-publicised double bedroom housing scheme in 2021. A daily wage worker at Doranna Colony in Khammam town, and a father of two, he had lost hope of getting the apartment. But, this year, when the State’s Gruha Lakshmi scheme kicked off, he signed up in his wife’s name on August 10. The family saw a glimmer of hope to have a house of their own… (content truncated)