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Centre clears 416-cr AMRUT for Telangana
Seeking to improve basic infrastructure in urban areas, the Ministry of Urban Development on Thursday approved an investment of Rs 3,120 crore for enhancing water supply, sewerage network services, storm water drains, non-motorised transport and availability of public spaces in 102 cities, under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
Hyderabad: Seeking to improve basic infrastructure in urban areas, the Ministry of Urban Development on Thursday approved an investment of Rs 3,120 crore for enhancing water supply, sewerage network services, storm water drains, non-motorised transport and availability of public spaces in 102 cities, under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
An inter-ministerial apex committee chaired by Madhusudhan Prasad, Secretary (Urban Development) approved State-level Annual Action Plans for 2015-16, with an investment of Rs 438 crore for Haryana which has 18 AMRUT cities, Rs 573 crore for Chhattisgarh (nine cities), Rs 416 crore for Telangana (12 cities), Rs 588 crore for Kerala (nine cities) and Rs 1,105 crore for West Bengal which has 54 Atal Mission cities.
Total investment in water supply projects in 58 mission States will be Rs 2,386 crore , sewerage projects Rs 495 crore in 17 cities, storm water drains Rs106 crore in nine cities, urban transport Rs 61 crore in nine cities and Rs 72 crore for development of parks and green spaces in all the 102 cities.
The apex committee approved investments in different basic urban infrastructure areas as proposed by respective State governments.
Ministry of Urban Development will provide an assistance of Rs 1,540 crore which is about 50 per cent of total project expenditure approved on Thursday.
With Thursday’s approvals, the Ministry has so far cleared a total investment of Rs 11,654 crore in 272 Atal Mission cities for improving infrastructure for ensuring water and sewerage connections to all households in Atal Mission cities, besides enabling water supply as per the norm of 135 litres per capita per day for urban areas etc.
At present, only about 50 per cent of urban households are provided with water connections, and water supply is about 75 lpcd. Availability of sewerage connections is very low. Atal Mission seeks to bridge this deficit.
