Rajasthan first state to submit Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission (AMRUT)
Updated: Sep 11, 2015 03:56:28pm
The State Government has proposed projects under these two categories worth Rs 1,087 cr for approval by the Union Urban Development Ministry during the current financial year, Ministry of Urban Development today said in a release.
Under the State Annual Action Plan, AMRUT projects are proposed to be taken up in 13 of the 28 AMRUT cities in Rajasthan. These include Alwar, Beawar, and Nagaur in which both water supply and sewerage projects will be taken up while water supply projects will be taken up in seven other cities of Baran, Bhiwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dhaulpur, Ganganagar City and Sujangarh. In 3 cities of Bhiwadi, Sikar and Udaipur, only sewerage and septage management projects will be taken up.
These cities have been identified by the state government in line with the principles of prioritization suggested in the Mission Guidelines after analysing the gaps in coverage in respect of household water supply connections and sewerage network services.
Regarding water supply connections in 28 AMRUT cities, the coverage ranged from 28 per cent in Nagaur to 98 per cent in Bhiwadi.
There is no sewerage network in 10 cities of Baran, Beawer, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Ganganagar city, Hindaun City, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sujangarh and Tonk. Sewerage projects are proposed in Beawer, Bhiwadi and Sikar while they will be taken up in the rest after ensuring water supply.
Coverage of sewerage network services in other cities is in the range of 10-25 per cent in six cities, 26-50 per cent in 3 cities, 51-75 per cent in 5 and more than 75 per cent in 4 cities.
Rs 555 cr has been proposed for 6 sewerage and septage management projects and Rs 344 cr for 10 water supply projects.
Rajasthan government has reported that adequate consultations with stakeholders like MPs, MLAs, Chairpersons of urban local bodies and public have been undertaken and their suggestions and views have been incorporated in the Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIP) for each city which were integrated to formulate the State Annual Action Plan (SAAP).
For the first time in the country, formulation of urban development plans including identification of projects, their appraisal and approval has been delegated to the States and Rajasthan has become the first state to act under this new architecture.
After broad scrutiny of the State Annual Action Plans, Urban Development Ministry will release the first installment of 20 per cent of project costs to the States. (KNN Bureau)





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