Centre lauds Haryana for implementing national schemes

The Centre today lauded Haryana government for its efforts in implementation of national programmes - Smart City project, Swachh Bharat Mission and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.
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.

The state government has decided to contribute Rs 10,000 per Individual Household Latrine (IHL) as state share whereas the Cente is providing an assistance of Rs 4,000 per IHL only, Kumar 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.

"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.

It was informed that the state has divided all the 80 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in 15 clusters for setting up of Solid Waste Management Plants.
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.

Gauba said all the projects under AMRUT will be approved by the State level High Powered Committee instead of seeking approval of Central Government.