Water and sewerage plans worth Rs 2,786 cr in 89 AMRUT cities

Aiming at ensuring water supply and sewerage facilities in urban households, Urban Development Ministry has cleared plans worth over Rs 2,700 cr in 89 cities under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
The Ministry has approved state-level action plans under AMRUT for providing water supply and sewerage connections for 89 cities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, said a senior UD Ministry official.
An inter-ministerial Apex Committee of AMRUT chaired by Urban Development Secretary Madhusudhan Prasad has cleared the plans worth Rs 2,786.28 cr involving 143 projects in 89 AMRUT cities in the three states.

These include 47 schemes relating to ensuring water supply connections and augmenting water supply and 31 projects for expanding sewerage network services in identified cities and towns. The rest pertain to storm water drains, urban transport and green spaces and parks.
Sewerage projects got a lion share of Rs 1,471.07 cr followed by Rs 1,225 cr for water supply related schemes.
The Apex Committee of AMRUT approved State Annual Action Plans (SAAP) for the three states for 2015-16. Gujarat proposed SAAP entailing an investment of Rs 1,204.42 cr followed by Rajasthan - Rs 919 cr and Andhra Pradesh proposing an investment of Rs 662.86 cr.

Under the SAAP approved, Gujarat will take up sewerage projects in 25 AMRUT cities at a cost of Rs 916 cr and water supply schemes in 11 cities with an investment of Rs 233.65 cr.

Rajasthan will take up sewerage schemes in 6 cities at a cost of Rs 555 cr and water supply projects in 10 cities at a cost of Rs 344 cr.
Andhra Pradesh will focus on water supply in 26 AMRUT cities at a cost of Rs 646.29 cr and provision of green spaces and parks in 30 cities at a cost of Rs 16.57 cr.

Under AMRUT, Central Government will provide an assistance of 50 per cent of project cost for cities with a population of up to 10 lakhs each and one third of project cost for cities with a population of above 10 lakhs each. Rest of the project cost has to be borne by the states and urban local bodies.
As per these norms, central assistance for the approved projects in three states comes to Rs 1,356.23 cr.