Centre sanctions Rs.460 crore to 10 states under Swachh Bharat Mission

The Ministry of Urban Development has so far sanctioned Rs.459.93 crore to ten states as the first installment under Swachh Bharat Mission' for the year 2014-15. This was stated by the Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri Babul Supriyo.

The details of the sanctions are as below:

S.No

State

Sanctioned amount   (Rs. in crore)

1.

Maharashtra

135.002.

Karnataka

 80.013.

West Bengal

 64.014.

Gujarat

 40.955.

Andhra Pradesh

 40.006.

Bihar

 37.727.

Chattisgarh

 30.798.

Madhya Pradesh

 18.819.

Manipur

 11.2110.

Odisha

  1.43

The sanctions include Rs.310.10 crore for Construction of household and community toilets (Rs.310.10 crore), Awareness generation activities (Rs.48.00 crore) and Capacity building (Rs.12.00 crore).

Shri Babul Supriyo has further informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas, 1.04 crore household toilets are targeted to be built by 2018.

State-wide targets in respect of household toilets under the Mission : Tamil Nadu-13.95 lakhs, Uttar Pradesh -11.83 lakh, Maharashtra-8.99 lakhs, Karnataka-8.88 lakhs, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana-7.93 lakhs, West Bengal-7.88 lakhs, Madhya Pradesh-7.32 lakhs, Rajasthan-5.62 lakhs, Bihar-5.47 lakhs, Gujarat-4.06 lakhs, Odisha-4.03 lakhs,Chattisgarh-3.51 lakhs, Jharkhand-2.31 lakhs, Haryana-2.16 lakhs, Punjab-1.96 lakhs, Kerala-1.76, Assam-1.46 lakhs and NCT of Delhi-1.25 lakhs etc.

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