Uttar
Pradesh proposes to invest Rs.3,287 cr in AMRUT Plan for 2015-16
Uttar
Pradesh Government seeks to invest Rs.3,287 cr for improving water supply and
sewerage network services and provision of green spaces and parks in 60 cities
under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Action
Plan for 2015-16.
Uttar
Pradesh Government has submitted its proposal to the Ministry of Urban
Development, GOI.
Fund
distribution: Rs.1,519 cr is to be spent on water supply schemes in 60 mission
cities, Rs.1,698 cr on sewerage projects in 24 cities and Rs.70 cr on providing
open spaces in 58 cities.
In
the State Annual Action Plan for 2015-16 under Atal Mission, the state
government has reported better availability of basic infrastructure services
than the national average for urban areas.
Average
water supply in these 60 mission cities is reported to be 161 litres per capita
per day as against the national average of 70 lpcd for urban areas in the
country.
Coverage
of urban households with water taps is 54% while it is 50% for the country.
87%
of households in these 60 cities are having individual household toilets as
against 69% for urban India.
Sewerage
network services are available to the extent of 34% while it is at a low of 12%
for the country.
|
Criteria
|
National Average
|
UP State average (for
60 mission cities)
|
|
water supply
|
70 lpcd
|
161 lpcd
|
|
water taps
|
50%
|
54%
|
|
household toilets
|
69%
|
87%
|
|
Sewerage network
|
12%
|
34%
|
The state government has proposed an investment of Rs.352 cr
in Ghaziabad to further augment water supply (Rs.45 cr) and sewerage network
services(Rs.307 cr), the highest among all 60 mission cities. This if followed
by Rs.305 cr for Lucknow, Rs.223 cr for Jhansi, Rs.200 cr for Kanpur, Rs.190 cr
for Allahabad, Rs.180 cr each for Varanasi and
Modinagar, Rs.140 cr for Mirzapur, Rs.125 cr for Meerut, Rs.109 cr for
Moradabad, Rs.107 cr for Bulandshahar, Rs.98 cr for Ghazipur, Rs.80 cr for
Shahranpur and Rs.65 cr for Raibareilly.
According
to State government, water supply at present in the 60 mission cities is in the
range of 45 litres per capita per day in Amroh to a high of 300 lpcd in
Ghazipur. In 32 cities and towns, water supply is more than 135 lpcd, which is
the prescribed bench mark for urban areas of the country. In 11 cities and
towns, it is between 100 and 135 lpcd.
The
extent of coverage of households with water taps in the mission cities is to
the extent of 54% and projects will be taken up to ensure 100% coverage by
2019-20. The state government proposed to reduce Non-Revenue Water (NRW-extent
of water being supplied without collecting user charges) to the norm of 20% as
NRW in the mission cities is in the range of 21% in Aligarh to a high of 65% in
Meerut.
Central
Government has made a provision of Rs.50,000 cr for assisting the states to the
extent of 50% of project costs in cities with a population of below 10 lakhs
each and one third of the cost if the population is above 10 lakhs each. Rest
has to be matched by states and urban local bodies.
Out
of the 60 mission cities, 7 cities viz., Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra,
Meerut, Varanasi and Allahabad have a population of above 10 lakhs each. 45
towns have a population in the range of one to five lakhs with Kasganj having
the lowest population of 1,01,241.
All
cities and towns in the country with a population of above one lakh each and
all capital cities and towns are included in Atal Mission. Central assistance
to each state under this mission is allocated based on an objective criterion
of total urban population and number of statutory urban local bodies in each
state.
The
Ministry has so far approved such plans of 13 states covering a total of 286
cities and towns.
