Punjab government will invest Rs 720 crore in improving basic urban infrastructure in 16 cities under action plans for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for 2015-16.
Followed by Punjab, Uttarakhand government has also decided to spend Rs 267 crore for better urban infrastructure of 6 cities under AMRUT.
Centre will provide an assistance of Rs 319 crore to Punjab while Uttarakhand will get Rs 134 crore under the State Annual Action Plans (SAAP) approved today by an inter-ministerial Apex Committee chaired by Urban Development Secretary Madhusudhan Prasad.
Under the SAAP for 2015-16, Punjab will invest Rs 365 crore in 46 water supply-related projects, Rs 288 crore in 37 sewerage and septage management projects, Rs 56 crore for improving urban transport in Amritsar and Rs 12 crore for providing open parks and green spaces in 16 mission cities.
In Punjab, coverage of households in 16 mission cities with water supply connections ranged from 28 per cent in Khanna to 93 per cent in Mohali. Water supply is in the range of 67 litres per capita per day in Khanna to 240 liters in Jalandhar as against the norm of 135 lpcd for urban areas.
Punjab has reported the best infrastructure in the country in respect of sewerage treatment with availability of 100 per cent sewerage treatment capacity in 12 of the 16 mission cities.
Only Amritsar, Barnala, Batala and Firozpur are lagging behind in this regard, for which projects have been proposed under SAAP for 2015-16.
As per AMRUT Guidelines, universal coverage of urban
households with water supply and sewerage connections and ensuring water availability @ 135 liters per capita per day gets priority followed by provision of storm water drains, urban transport and parks and green spaces.
Under SAAP for 2015-16, Punjab Government has proposed to invest Rs 154 crore on various basic infrastructure projects in Amritsar, Rs 96 crore in Ludhiana, Rs 73 crore in Batala, and Rs 73 crore in Khanna, among others.
Uttarakhand government has proposed to spend Rs 133 crore in 20 water supply related-projects in 6 mission cities, Rs 110 crore in 6 sewerage and septage management projects, Rs 18 crore in 5 storm water drainage projects and Rs 6 crore on provision of open parks and green spaces.
In the six Atal Mission cities in Uttarakhand, coverage of households with water connections is 11 per cent in Rudrapur, 15 per cent in Kashipur, 49 per cent in Rourkee, 78 per cent in Dehradun, 80 per cent in Haldwani and 90 per cent in Haridwar.
Water supply is @ 45 lpcd in Kashipur, 49 lpcd in Rudrapur, 109 lpcd in Rourkee, 133 lpcd in Haldwani, 135 lpcd in Dehradun and 187 lpcd in Haridwar.
Under SAAP for 2015-16 under Atal Mission, Uttarakhand Government has proposed to invest Rs 67 crore in Rudrapur, Rs 59 crore in Dehradun, Rs 50 crore in Kathgodam, Rs 39 crore in Haridwar, Rs 37 crore in Haldwani and Rs 37 crore in Roorki.
With today's approval, the Ministry of Urban Development has approved city level Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIPs) for 469 cities and towns in 20 states with a total project expenditure of Rs 20,137 crore out of which central assistance will be about Rs 10,000 crore.
