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Telangana CM dares BRS' Rama Rao to proceed legally on AMRUT tenders

Refuting the allegations levelled against him by BRS working president K T Rama Rao over AMRUT scheme tenders, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday dared the former to proceed legally on the matter. Talking to reporters in Delhi, Reddy said Rama Rao is trying to make a counter-attack, without responding to the investigation into allegations of corruption during the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) regime in the southern state. "Investigation began into his corruption when he (Rama Rao) was in power. He wants to launch a counter-attack, without replying to that probe," the Congress leader said. Rama Rao is "making rounds of Delhi" as part of efforts to protect himself in case the governor gives permission to the state government to register an FIR against him, Reddy claimed. The BRS leader is making allegations against him to avoid a debate on his family's "loot", he added. "If there is anything in the tenders, let him fight legally. Who is stopping him?" the chief minis

BRS' Rama Rao meets Khattar, alleges corruption in tenders related to AMRUT

BRS working president K T Rama Rao on Monday met Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and submitted a letter alleging corruption involving Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's family in tenders related to AMRUT scheme. Rama Rao met Khattar in Delhi and presented his complaint, the BRS said here Monday night. Meanwhile, state Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy alleged that Rama Rao's Delhi trip was actually aimed at seeking the help of "Delhi bigwigs" as the BRS leader feels that the state government's request to lodge an FIR against him is expected to get the governor's nod soon. The Telangana government had written to Governor Jishnu Dev Varma seeking permission to register an FIR against Rama Rao over alleged irregularities during the previous BRS regime with regard to conducting the Formula-E race in Hyderabad. Rama Rao, who is an MLA now, was municipal administration minister in the BRS government.

PM Modi to lay foundation stones of 8 AMRUT projects in Maharashtra today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of several development projects in Maharashtra's Solapur on Friday, according to an official release. At a public programme scheduled to be held around 10.45 am in the southern Maharashtra city, he will lay the foundation stones of eight AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) projects in the state worth around Rs 2,000 crore, it said. He will also dedicate more than 90,000 houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). Further, the PM will dedicate 15,000 houses of the Raynagar Housing Society in Solapur whose beneficiaries include thousands of "handloom workers, vendors, powerloom workers, rag pickers, Bidi workers and drivers", it said. Modi will also kickstart the distribution of the first and second instalments to 10,000 beneficiaries of PM-SVANIDHI in Maharashtra during the programme, it added.

PM Modi to lay foundation stones of 8 AMRUT projects in Maharashtra today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate or lay the foundation stones of several development projects in Maharashtra's Solapur on Friday, according to an official release. At a public programme scheduled to be held around 10.45 am in the southern Maharashtra city, he will lay the foundation stones of eight AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) projects in the state worth around Rs 2,000 crore, it said. He will also dedicate more than 90,000 houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). Further, the PM will dedicate 15,000 houses of the Raynagar Housing Society in Solapur whose beneficiaries include thousands of "handloom workers, vendors, powerloom workers, rag pickers, Bidi workers and drivers", it said. Modi will also kickstart the distribution of the first and second instalments to 10,000 beneficiaries of PM-SVANIDHI in Maharashtra during the programme, it added.

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MoHUA has approved 6,527 projects under AMRUT 2.0 scheme: MoS Kishore

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has so far approved 6,527 projects under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. Minister of State Kaushal Kishore, in a written response to a question by MP Anil Baluni, said Rs 45,482 crore central assistance has been approved for the projects under the scheme, out of which Rs 5,318 crore has been released. He said the AMRUT scheme aims at making cities 'water secure' and provide universal coverage of water supply through functional taps to all households in the statutory towns of the country. It also aims at providing sewage/septage management to all households of 500 cities covered in first phase of the scheme. "So far, 6,527 projects have been approved by the ministry. Of these, detailed project reports (DPRs) have been prepared for 1,492 projects worth Rs 28,774.91 crore, tenders have been floated for 306 projects worth Rs 9,796.27 crore, while 166 projects worth

Municipal bond fund-raising trebles in 5 years; over Rs 6,000 cr mopped up

Total amount raised crossed Rs 6,000 crore since inception in 2022

80 projects worth Rs 406 crore completed under AMRUT Mission in J&K

The objective of the project was to develop infrastructure within cities such as water supply, security, drainage, green spaces, parks and non-motorised urban transport

Housing Ministry approves Rs 1,665 cr action plan for J-K under AMRUT 2.0

MoHUA, in its Apex committee meeting, has approved UT Water Action Plan for 153 projects amounting to Rs. 1665.10 crore for 78 urban local bodies of Jammu and Kashmir under AMRUT 2.0.

PM launches second phases of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

Govt considering follow-up scheme to AMRUT to cover all urban areas: Puri

The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) covers only about 60 per cent of the urban population and the government is actively considering a follow up scheme which will cover 100 per cent of the urban areas, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Thursday. The AMRUT scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 to establish an infrastructure that would ensure robust sewage networks and water supply for urban transformation. Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Puri said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget statement had talked about a follow up to the AMRUT scheme. The AMRUT scheme only covers 60 per cent plus of India's urban population and the government is actively considering a follow up scheme which will cover 100 per cent of the urban areas, the minister said amid continuous protests by Opposition members over the Pegasus spying row and farmers' issue. To a question on the number of ongoing project

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Jammu allotted Rs 200 cr under AMRUT mission

Over Rs 200 crore funds have been allocated for the winter capital of Jammu under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), J&K Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said. He said several major towns of the state would also be covered under the AMRUT programme so that they are replete with all modern facilities of urban living. The minister was speaking at a high-level meeting convened here yesterday to review the status of projects in Jammu city funded under AMRUT and being executed by the Urban Environmental Engineering Department (UEED). "Under AMRUT, Rs 206.15 crore funds have been allocated for Jammu, covering the sectors like urban transport, green spaces, drainage and sewerage," he said. The deputy chief minister reviewed the progress on deep drains at various places in the city and also examined the work plan for construction of yet to be taken projects, including deep drains and construction of sewage treatment plant (STP). Singh asked the ...

AMRUT scheme: Govt approves Rs 740 bn for over 2,400 sanitation projects

The AMRUT scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015

AMRUT scheme: Centre approves Rs 6 bn for nine projects in Haryana

A sum of Rs 81.3 million would be spent on the drainage system in Sirsa

Govt approves investment of Rs 266 cr for Delhi under AMRUT

As per AMRUT guidelines, the Centre will provide a total of Rs 804 crore to Delhi