Urban Development Ministry Secretary Rajiv Gauba today met Haryana Chief Secretary D S Dhesi here to review the implementation of the three programmes and expressed satisfaction over the progress made by the state in it.
Gauba was accompanied by a team of Joint Secretaries and other senior officers of Ministry of Urban Development.
Haryana Principal Secretary of Urban Local Bodies, Anil Kumar and Director of Urban Local Bodies Sameer Pal Srow were also present in the meeting, an official release said.
Till date, about one lakh applications for the construction of IHL have been received. A target has been fixed to construct 86,000 IHL by October 2, 2016 and the state would achieve it, he said.
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"As many as 14,800 IHL have already been constructed. The work for another 56,526 has already started. Efforts will be made to complete these latrines at the earliest."
"The efforts will be made to declare all the cities open defecation free by December 2017. Similarly, all cities would be declared open urination free." he added.
Kumar said 18 ULBs will be covered under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
The state level Annual Action Plan of Rs 4,745.27 crore for a period of 2016-2021 has already been approved by the Central Government.
In Phase-I, the work for preparation of detailed project reports for nine towns -- Faridabad, Karnal, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Panipat and Thanesar has been assigned to WAPCOS, a public sector undertaking.
Under AMRUT scheme, the State Level Technical Committee has already recommended the nine projects of Rs 962.04 crore of five towns of Karnal, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Ambala and Panipat for the approval of State Level High Powered Committee, the meeting of which is likely to be held shortly.