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Urban Development is next Priority in Bangaru Telangana
Highlights
As per the Census 2011, urban population of Telangana State is 13.61 million representing about 38.67% of total population compared to 31.15% at all India level. The level of urbanization has increased by seven perĀ¬centage points in the State. Hyderabad is a hundred percent urban district but the city of Hyderabad spreads much beyond the district boundary into the neighbouring Rangareddy district.
Urban Development
As per the Census 2011, urban population of Telangana State is 13.61 million representing about 38.67% of total population compared to 31.15% at all India level. The level of urbanization has increased by seven per¬centage points in the State. Hyderabad is a hundred percent urban district but the city of Hyderabad spreads much beyond the district boundary into the neighbouring Rangareddy district.
This has made Rangareddy, which surrounds Hyderabad, as the next highly urbanized district in Telangana with 70.32 percent of urban population.
The urban population is spread across 68 Urban Local Bodies consisting of 6 Corporations, 37 Municipalities of all grades and 25 Nagarpanchayats. The ten municipalities, which were part of Hyderabad urban agglomeration merged with Hyderabad City Corporation to form Greater Hyderabad Municipal Cor¬poration (GHMC).
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) encompasses a total area of 7228 sq.km covering all 16 Mandals of Hyderabad district, 22 of Rangareddy, 10 of Medak, 5 of Nalgonda and 2 Mandals of Mahabubnagar district. However, the level of overall urbanization is low in the other dis¬tricts surrounding the GHMC namely Medak, Mahabubnagar, and Nalgonda..Urban development is constrained by in-migration, settlements in slums and their continuous growth, pres¬sure on urban amenities, solid and electronic waste accumulation, pollution, and increasing disparities in living conditions.
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Smart cities, the emerging concept encompasses information network, communication network, safe drink¬ing water, sanitation, housing for all in green environment and zero open defecation with particular emphasis on participative process of the hitherto neglected population. Mana Wardu - Mana Pattanam - Mana Pranalika Due to rapid urbanization and up-gradation of major Gram Panchayats as Urban Local bodies, a ļ¬ rst of its kind programme was launched in the State namely “Mana Wardu - Mana Pattanam - Mana Pranalika” to identify the felt needs of the people.
Ward sabhas were conducted in all the ULBs involving all the public representatives and needs of the public at ward level and ULB level were identiļ¬ed and prioritized needs in the focused areas of water supply, roads, drains, sanitation facilities and street lighting etc and future re¬quirements. 5,98,632 proposals worth Rs.749179.71 lakh were identiļ¬ed in 1549 wards in the 67 ULBs. Out of the above, 5165 top three priorities were identiļ¬ed for an amount of Rs.3159.85 crore. At ULB level, 201 top three priorities were identiļ¬ed with an estimated cost of Rs.8166.90 crore.
It is proposed to meet Rs.1847.76 crore from departmental budget for the year 2015-16 under the scheme of State Finance Com¬mission, internal roads, assistance to new Municipalities for development works, MEPMA, APMDP etc. The remaining amount is to be pooled up in a phased manner in the next 5 years by tapping funds under 14th Finance Commission grants / departmental budget / special grants.
Swachha Bharat Mission
Swachha Bharat, a joint mission activity of the Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation, emanates from the vision of the Government articulated in the Hon’ble President’s address to the Joint session of the Parliament on 9th June 2014. The mission is implemented from 2nd October 2014 for a period of 5 years which is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary to be celebrated in the year 2019. The overall goal of the National Urban Sanitation Policy is to transform Urban India into community-driven, totally sanitized, healthy and livable cities and towns.
Mission in Telangana
Sanitation in Urban Local Bodies
• As per the census report 2011, 91.12 percent of urban Households in Telangana have access to toilets as compared to national average of 81.4 percent.
• Open Defecation in Urban Households of Telangana State is 8.98 % which is lower than the national average of 12.6%. There are 275151 urban households practicing open defecation out of 3171376 total urban households in State. Adilabad with 25.87% has highest percentage of Urban households practicing open defecation followed by Mahbubnagar with 19.37% and Nalgonda 18.22% .
• ULBs in the Telangana State, on an average, generate about 6287 Metric Tonnes of wastes per day and the per capita of waste generation in the ULBs ranges from 0.3-0.4 kg/per day. The quantities of waste are growing 5% annually and the collection efficiency is 80%. 23 ULBs do not have land for processing and disposal of waste.
• Inadequate and improper maintenance of storm water drains with frequent ļ¬ooding and choking of drains is leading to unhygienic environment
Initiatives of the Government
The Telangana Government has been a forerunner in implementing the Swachh Bharat Mission. In this regard as the ļ¬rst step Swachh Telangana Varostavam (Clean Telangana Week), formally launched on 25th September 2014, was observed in all the 67 ULBs of the State with focused sanitation drives and culminating with a pledge on improving sanitation situation.
Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA)
The main objective of MEPMA is to organize poor women into SHGs by covering all families living in slums and enable them to become self reliant. Around 12.66 lakh women members formed into 1.26 lakh Women Self Help Groups (SHGs). A total of 4177 Slum Level Federations (SLF) and 97 Town Level Federations (TLF) have been formed up to December 2014. Around 19,900 persons with disabilities are also organized into 3,980 exclusive SHGs. 57 Town Vikalangula Samakyas (TVSs) and 55 Parents Associations of Persons with Mental Rehabilitation were formed in the State.
SHGs Bank Linkage worth Rs.517.00 crore have been provided to 18,193 Self Help Groups for the year 2014-15. Further, under Vaddi Leni Runalu, an amount of Rs.75.02 crore is released to 6,448 Self Help Groups.
G.Rajendera Kumar
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