AMRUT Action plans for 81 cities approved with total project outlay of Rs 5,748 cr
Updated: Nov 16, 2015 05:35:30pm
New Delhi, Nov 16 (KNN) As many as 81 cities in Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Mizoram will invest Rs 5,748 crore to enhance basic infrastructure including water supply and sewerage connections under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) action plans for the year 2015-16.
“An inter-ministerial apex committee headed by Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Madhusudan Prasad has approved State Annual Action Plans (SAAP) of these five states which account for 81 mission cities. Central assistance will be provided to an extent of Rs 2,440 crore while the rest would be contributed by state governments and urban local bodies,” said an official release.
SAAP of each state is formulated by integrating Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIP) of each AMRUT city in respective state. SLIP of each mission city is evolved after a detailed analysis of gaps in basic infrastructure.
Launched in July this year, AMRUT seeks to ensure coverage of all urban households with water supply and sewerage connections besides ensuring water supply at 135 litres per capita per day on priority.
In these five states, extent of coverage of urban households with water supply connections ranged from 6 per cent in Chaas (Jharkhand) to 59 per cent in Balasore (Odisha). Only 7 cities in Madhya Pradesh namely Chindwara, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Khargone, Neemuch, Betul and Dewas, the coverage is between 59 per cent and 74 per cent.
No sewerage connections are available in half of the mission cities, while in the rest the coverage is in the range of 3 per cent in Ratlam (MP) to 62 per cent in Indore.
Under the SAAP approved for 2015-16 for improving basic infrastructure, Tamil Nadu with 27 AMRUT cities would invest Rs.3,249 crore followed by MP (32 cities) -1,656 crore, Odisha (9 cities)- Rs 456 crore, Jharkhand (7 cities)- Rs 313 crore and Mizoram will invest Rs 73 crore in the lone mission city of Aizawl.
Ministry of Urban Development earlier approved SAAP for 2015-16 with a total project investment of Rs 2,786 crore for Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh which account for 89 cities.
Accordingly, AMRUT action plans for 8 states accounting for 170 mission cities stand approved with a total project expenditure of Rs 8,534 crore for improving basic infrastructure.
A total of 500 cities and towns with a population of one lakh and above each besides capitals and hill stations and those of tourism importance and locates on the stem of main river are included in Atal Mission. (KNN Bureau)
“An inter-ministerial apex committee headed by Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Madhusudan Prasad has approved State Annual Action Plans (SAAP) of these five states which account for 81 mission cities. Central assistance will be provided to an extent of Rs 2,440 crore while the rest would be contributed by state governments and urban local bodies,” said an official release.
SAAP of each state is formulated by integrating Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIP) of each AMRUT city in respective state. SLIP of each mission city is evolved after a detailed analysis of gaps in basic infrastructure.
Launched in July this year, AMRUT seeks to ensure coverage of all urban households with water supply and sewerage connections besides ensuring water supply at 135 litres per capita per day on priority.
In these five states, extent of coverage of urban households with water supply connections ranged from 6 per cent in Chaas (Jharkhand) to 59 per cent in Balasore (Odisha). Only 7 cities in Madhya Pradesh namely Chindwara, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Khargone, Neemuch, Betul and Dewas, the coverage is between 59 per cent and 74 per cent.
No sewerage connections are available in half of the mission cities, while in the rest the coverage is in the range of 3 per cent in Ratlam (MP) to 62 per cent in Indore.
Under the SAAP approved for 2015-16 for improving basic infrastructure, Tamil Nadu with 27 AMRUT cities would invest Rs.3,249 crore followed by MP (32 cities) -1,656 crore, Odisha (9 cities)- Rs 456 crore, Jharkhand (7 cities)- Rs 313 crore and Mizoram will invest Rs 73 crore in the lone mission city of Aizawl.
Ministry of Urban Development earlier approved SAAP for 2015-16 with a total project investment of Rs 2,786 crore for Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh which account for 89 cities.
Accordingly, AMRUT action plans for 8 states accounting for 170 mission cities stand approved with a total project expenditure of Rs 8,534 crore for improving basic infrastructure.
A total of 500 cities and towns with a population of one lakh and above each besides capitals and hill stations and those of tourism importance and locates on the stem of main river are included in Atal Mission. (KNN Bureau)
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