"A total of 4,500 km roads would be asphalted...Rs 20 lakh will be needed to undertake the task per km and drainage works would cost Rs 247 crore," municipalities and local bodies minister Balachandra Jarakiholi said.
He was talking to reporters after meeting officials of city municipal corporations, town municipal corporations and town panchayats here.
Jarakiholi said a committee headed by district in-charge ministers would identify roads to be developed and areas for drainage works and also take care of quality issues.
He said CMCs, TMCs and TPs were instructed to send a report to the Department on the encroachment of civic amenity sites and parks by August 31.
The minister said Rs 74 crore has been released to these urban local bodies to meet drinking water requirements.