"Twenty Seven projects have been approved during the year at an approved cost of Rs 2069.48 crore and Additional Central Assistance (ACA) commitment of Rs 955.31 crore under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance component of Jawahar Lal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission," the government said in its Report To The People, 2011-12.
It said that 45 projects had also been approved during the year at a cost of Rs 1102 crore under the Urban infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns.
The government also said that it had created more than 22 lakh houses, covering 1606 projects with an outlay of Rs 42, 397 crore.
The UPA also pointed that it had added 5.88 kilometres to the Metro line in Delhi and also sanctioned projects for its extension to Faridabad.
The government said besides carrying on the work on the ongoing projects in Banagalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, a new Metro project had been taken up in Hyderabad.
The government also said it had sanctioned 15, 260 modern buses in 61 cities under JNNURM. (MORE)
