State gets Rs.45 crore for mission
Dimapur, Feb. 8: The ministry of Urban Development has approved a one-go investment for six states to improve basic urban infrastructure over the next three financial years i.e., 2017-20 under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
The union government on Friday approved investments in six states for improving basic urban infrastructure under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) over the next three financial years (2017-20), an official statement said on February 3.
“A total investment of Rs 2,863 crore has been cleared in 42 mission cities in these six states with a central assistance of Rs 1,432 crore for providing water taps to all urban households besides increasing water supply to the normative 135 litres per head per day, improving sewerage and drainage networks, promoting non-motorised transport and development of parks and green spaces,” said a Urban Development Ministry statement.
The details of investments to be made over the next three fiscals are: Karnataka- Rs 2,070 crore with central assistance of Rs 955 crore, Jharkhand - Rs 555 crore (central assistance Rs 262 crore), Himachal Pradesh Rs 115 crore (central assistance Rs 103 crore), Arunachal Pradesh Rs 53 crore (central assistance Rs 47 crore), Nagaland Rs 45 crore (central assistance Rs 41 crore) and Puducherry - Rs 24 crore. This is with the central government funding the whole project expenditure.
While Karnataka has 27 mission cities for spending the approved investments, Jharkhand has seven - Ranchi, Adityapur, Chas, Deogarh, Dhanbad, Giridih and Hazaribagh, Himachal Pradesh - Shimla and Kullu, Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar, Nagaland -Kohima and Dimapur and in Puducherry - Karaikal, Ozhukarai and Puducherry, it added.
With these approvals, Atal Mission investments in the 42 mission cities of these six states stand approved with the Ministry having earlier approved investments for 2015-16 and 2016-17, it said.
Accordingly, total investments approved for the five year mission period ending 2019-20 are: Karnataka Rs 4,971 crore, Jharkhand Rs 1,246 crore, Himachal Pradesh Rs 375 crore, Arunachal Pradesh Rs 141 crore, Nagaland Rs 120 crore and Puducherry Rs 65 crore.
To enable early planning, project formulation and completion of AMRUT projects within the mission period, Ministry of Urban Development has introduced approving State Action Plans for the next three financial years in one go.
The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation is a mission aimed at transforming 500 cities and towns into efficient urban living spaces, with special focus on a healthy and green environment for children. The Cabinet approved Rs 50,000 crore for this mission which is to be spent over the next five years.
The AMRUT has a wide reach in terms of the number of cities covered and therefore the funds available for each city would be proportionately less.
The mission takes a project approach in working towards improving existing basic infrastructure services like extending clean drinking water supply, improving sewerage networks, developing septage management, laying of storm water drains, improving public transport services and creating green public spaces like parks etc, with special focus on creating healthy open spaces for children.
