Narendra Modi govt gives a Rs 6,571-crore push to urban infrastructure
The minister said another 319 projects with a cost of Rs 9,686 crore are close to being awarded for implementation.
- Dec 19, 2016,
- Updated Dec 19, 2016 11:06 AM IST
As many as 490 projects with an investment of Rs 6,571 crore have got off the ground under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) this year, according to urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu.
These include 102 projects to ensure water supply connections to all households besides enabling water supply at the normative 135 litres per head per day in 76 cities at a total cost of Rs 3,474 cr and 41 sewerage and septage management projects and augmenting water supply in another 39 mission cities at a cost of Rs 2,878 crore.
The minister said another 319 projects with a cost of Rs 9,686 cr are close to being awarded for implementation. Development of open and green spaces is in progress in almost all the 500 mission cities. Investment of Rs 30,657 cr has been approved under Atal Mission during 2016 for improving infrastructure relating water supply, sewerage networks, storm water drains, urban transport with focus on non-motorised transport and open and green spaces.
Under the smart city mission that involved the complex task of converting city-wise Smart City Plans into projects warranting elaborate technical planning, 87 projects in 19 cities worth Rs 5,768 cr are under execution with seven of them already completed, even though the first batch of 20 smart cities was announced in January, 2016. Another 80 projects with an investment of Rs 4,448 cr are close to being awarded for implementation.
A total investment of Rs 1,32,197 cr has been approved under the Smart City Plans of 60 cities during January-December, 2016. During this year, a qualitative transformation has been set in motion with cities embarking on credit rating which is necessary for mobilization of much required resources through municipal bonds. 87 smart cities have undertaken credit rating exercise with 16 of them completing the process.
The 12 cities that have been given credit rating are: Pune-AA, Ahmedabad and New Delhi Municipal Council-AA minus, Visakhapatnam-A, Jaipur- A minus, Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer-BBB plus, Tirupati, Kakinada and Bhubaneswar-BBB and Roukela-BB plus. Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas got close to halfway mark of mission targets in building toilets during this year. As against the target of building over 66 lakh individual household toilets, 27,81,883 have already been built.
As many as 490 projects with an investment of Rs 6,571 crore have got off the ground under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) this year, according to urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu.
These include 102 projects to ensure water supply connections to all households besides enabling water supply at the normative 135 litres per head per day in 76 cities at a total cost of Rs 3,474 cr and 41 sewerage and septage management projects and augmenting water supply in another 39 mission cities at a cost of Rs 2,878 crore.
The minister said another 319 projects with a cost of Rs 9,686 cr are close to being awarded for implementation. Development of open and green spaces is in progress in almost all the 500 mission cities. Investment of Rs 30,657 cr has been approved under Atal Mission during 2016 for improving infrastructure relating water supply, sewerage networks, storm water drains, urban transport with focus on non-motorised transport and open and green spaces.
Under the smart city mission that involved the complex task of converting city-wise Smart City Plans into projects warranting elaborate technical planning, 87 projects in 19 cities worth Rs 5,768 cr are under execution with seven of them already completed, even though the first batch of 20 smart cities was announced in January, 2016. Another 80 projects with an investment of Rs 4,448 cr are close to being awarded for implementation.
A total investment of Rs 1,32,197 cr has been approved under the Smart City Plans of 60 cities during January-December, 2016. During this year, a qualitative transformation has been set in motion with cities embarking on credit rating which is necessary for mobilization of much required resources through municipal bonds. 87 smart cities have undertaken credit rating exercise with 16 of them completing the process.
The 12 cities that have been given credit rating are: Pune-AA, Ahmedabad and New Delhi Municipal Council-AA minus, Visakhapatnam-A, Jaipur- A minus, Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer-BBB plus, Tirupati, Kakinada and Bhubaneswar-BBB and Roukela-BB plus. Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas got close to halfway mark of mission targets in building toilets during this year. As against the target of building over 66 lakh individual household toilets, 27,81,883 have already been built.