115 cities launch water supply and sewerage projects under Atal Mission at a cost of Rs.6,346 cr
20 cities take up schemes worth more than Rs.100 cr each; another 20 more than Rs.50 cr each
87 Smart City Projects worth Rs.5,768 cr in progress; 7 already completed
20 cities take up schemes worth more than Rs.100 cr each; another 20 more than Rs.50 cr each
87 Smart City Projects worth Rs.5,768 cr in progress; 7 already completed
Cities
gear up for resource mobilization through credit rating; 87 smart cities being
credit rated
482
cities become Open Defecation Free; Toilet building close to half-way mark of
mission target
Over
9 lakh houses approved for urban poor in just one year; about 3 lakh houses
built so far
Ease
of Doing Business in urban areas improves
2016
marks a good beginning in implementation of new urban missions
Rs.
2,72,380 cr investment in urban infrastructure approved during 2016
Shri
M.Venkaiah Naidu says first year of execution encouraging
Further
to launch of major new urban sector missions in June,2015, implementation of
urban infrastructure projects got off a good start in 2016, the first year of
execution.
Brisk
execution of urban infrastructure projects, approval of smart city plans for 60
cities, credit rating of cities for resource mobilization through municipal
bonds, Swachh Bharat Mission picking up momentum in urban areas, enactment of
Real Estate Act and notification of Real Estate Rules, large scale approval of
construction of affordable houses for urban poor and massive investment
approval in urban areas have, modification of Building Bye-laws and
simplification of approvals for building plans and construction permits made
the year 2016 a new landmark in urban development.
Under
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), a total of 490
projects with an investment of Rs.6,571 cr have taken off the ground. These
include 102 projects to ensure water supply connections to all households
besides enabling water supply at the normative 135 litres per head per day in
76 cities at a total cost of Rs.3,474 cr and 41 sewerage and septage
management projects and augmenting water supply in an‑other 39 mission
cities at a cost of Rs.2,878 cr. Another 319 projects with a cost of Rs.9,686
cr are close to being awarded for implementation. Development of open and green
spaces is in progress in almost all the 500 mission cities. Investment of Rs.30,657
cr has been approved under Atal Mission during 2016 for improving
infrastructure relating water supply, sewerage networks, storm water drains,
urban transport with focus on non-motorised transport and open and green
spaces.
Under
Smart city Mission that involved the complex task of converting city-wise Smart
City Plans into projects warranting elaborate technical planning, 87 projects
in 19 cities worth Rs.5,768 cr are under execution with seven of them already
completed, even though the first batch of 20 smart cities was announced in
January, 2016. Another 80 projects with an investment of Rs.4,448 cr are close
to being awarded for implementation. A total investment of Rs.1,32,197 cr has
been approved under the Smart City Plans of 60 cities during January-December,
2016.
During
this year, a qualitative transformation has been set in motion with cities
embarking on credit rating which is necessary for mobilization of much required
resources through municipal bonds. 87 smart cities have undertaken credit
rating exercise with 16 of them completing the process. 12 cities that have
been given credit rating are: Pune-AA, Ahmedabad and New Delhi Municipal
Council-AA minus, Visakhapatnam-A, Jaipur- A minus, Udaipur, Kota and
Ajmer-BBB plus, Tirupati, Kakinada and Bhubaneswar-BBB and Roukela-BB plus.
Swachh
Bhart Mission in urban areas got close to half-way mark of mission targets in
building toilets during this year. As against the target of building over 66
lakh individual household toilets, 27,81,883 have already been built and
construction of another 21,43,222 toilets is nearing completion as the mission
gained momentum in 2016. While 5.08 lakh community and public toilet seats are
required to be built by 2019, already 1,07,272 toilet seats have been built so
far and construction of another 1,28,550 toilet seats in nearing completion. Of
the over 81,000 urban wards in the country, 39,995 wards have reported 100%
door-to-door collection of municipal solid waste. 482 cities have reported to
have become Open Defecation Free during 2016. Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and
Sikkim have declared all cities and towns as ODF. Kerala is set to do so by
March next year.
65
kms of metro projects have been approved during 2016 with an investment of
Rs.22,118 cr. These include Lucknow Metro (22 km with a cost of Rs.6,928 cr),
Chennai Metro Extension (9 km, Rs.3,720 cr) and Pune Metro (31 km, Rs.11,420
cr).
Under
Heritage Infrastructure Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY),
implementation of projects worth about Rs.200 cr has begun during 2016 in the
cities of
Ajmer, Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Amritsar, Kancheepuram and Vellankini (both in Tamil Nadu), Varanasi and Warangal(Telangana).
Ajmer, Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Amritsar, Kancheepuram and Vellankini (both in Tamil Nadu), Varanasi and Warangal(Telangana).
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) has hit a new
high with construction of 9,02,008 affordable houses for urban poor being
approved during 2016 alone as against over 13 lakh such houses approved during
2005-2014. With this, a total of 12,91,271 affordable houses have been approved
for urban poor under this new housing mission. About three lakh houses have so
far been built including those sanctioned under JNNURM and RAY which were
subsumed under PMAY(Urban) and being financed.
A major highlight of 2016 being enactment of Real
Estate (Regulation and Development) Act and subsequent notification of Real
Estate Rules for five Union Territories without legislatures by the Ministry of
Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and by the Ministry of Urban
Development for Delhi. Some States too have come out with such Rules. This
legislation that came into being after a long wait of 8 years has been widely
welcomed.
Under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-NULM, meant for
enhancing employability and enhancing incomes of urban poor, 7,38,387
beneficiaries have skill trained, 1,18,190 urban poor have been assisted for
self-employment through subsidized loans and 1,43,430 Self-Help Groups have
been formed. Street vendor survey has been taken up in 902 cities and completed
in 641 cities. 9,42,774 street vendors have been identified and 2,22,210 of
them have been issued ID cards.
Towards improving the ‘Ease of doing business’,
Ministry of Urban Development issued in March, 2016 ‘Model Building Bye-laws’
providing a framework for online approvals for building and construction
projects in urban areas including simplified environmental and other clearences
with in 30 days besides promoting green construction technologies. In pursuance
of these modified laws, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
on December 16, 2016 issued a notification under which a self-declaration is
sufficient for building and construction projects up to 20,000 sq.mt area and
for 20,000-1,50,000 sq.ara, environmental clearance would be issued by urban
local bodies as a part of building plan approvals, after due modification of
Building Bye-laws.
In a significant land mark, during January-December,
2016, a total investment of Rs.2,72,380 cr has been approved for augmenting
urban infrastructure, a sector that has been starved of investments over the
previous decades. This includes – Rs.1,32,197 cr under Smart City Plans of 60
cities, Rs.30,657 cr under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT), Rs.48,773 cr under PMAY(Urban), Rs.22,118 cr for new
Metro Projects and Rs.5,500 cr under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and Rs.32,835
cr for redevelopment of seven central government residential colonies in New
Delhi.
With this, the total investment approved by this
Government for improving urban infrastructure has increased to Rs.3,38,481 cr,
marking a manifold increase over that of previous years.
On progress of implementation of new urban missions,
Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri
M.Venkaiah Naidu said to media : “New urban missions except Swachh Bharat
Mission were launched in 2015 after a year long extensive consultations with
States, Urban Local Bodies and other stakeholders. Project formulation under
these new missions warranted comprehensive assessment of city level
infrastructure deficits and projectisation accordingly. Decentralization of
project formulation, their appraisal and approval besides substantial hand
holding by both the urban ministries resulted in speedy approvals. City
governments were required to adopt new approaches in place of the earlier
business as usual attitude. They rose to the occasion to a large extent and
that is evident in the pace of implementation. The new found spirit of
competition among States and cities is giving positive results. Ease of doing
business in urban areas is improving rapidly. I welcome the notification of the
Ministry of Environment and Forests this week simplifying green clearences for
construction projects. On the whole, 2016, the first year of execution of new
missions has been encouraging. We would like this momentum even to be further
enhanced so that intended outcomes are realized within stipulated time frames.”
For Delhi, the central government has approved
redevelopment of seven General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colonies
at a total investment of Rs.32,835 cr on self-financing basis during 2016.
These colonies are; Sarojini Nagar, Netaji Nagar and Nauroji Nagar to be
redeveloped by the NBCC and Kasturba Nagar, Tyagaraj Nagar, Sreenivasapuri and
Mohammadpur by CPWD. This will result in creating of housing stock of 25,667
Type-II to Type-IV houses in place of the old existing 12,970 units alongwith
3.25 lakh sq.mtrs of supporting social infrastructure and 2.42 lakh sq.mts of
government office space.
To make the Building Bye-laws citizen friendly and
to enhance ‘Ease of doing business’, they have been revised after 33 years and
Unified Building Bye-laws for Delhi have been notified in March,2016. This
brings down time limit for granting building permits from 60 to 30 days in
general and to below 20 days for lower risk buildings and the number of
documents to be submitted from 40 to 14. No building plan approvals are now
required for plot areas up to 105 sq.mt.
To enhance Ease of Doing Business, integrated online
building permission system has been commenced during 2016 in Delhi and Mumbai
under which approvals are being accorded in less than 30 days.
Some
major water supply projects under implementation under AMRUT:
Karnataka:
Bijapur-Rs.174 cr,
Mandya-Rs.124
cr,
Hassan-Rs.115
cr,
Chitradurga-Rs.110
cr,
Bellary-Rs.72
cr and Hospet-Rs.51 cr.
Tamil
Nadu: Thanjavur-Rs.53 cr.
Madhya
Pradesh: Bhopal-Rs.155 cr,
Chattarpur-
Rs.63 cr.
Maharashtra:
Vasai-Virar –Rs.136 cr, Amaravati – Rs.114 cr, Malegaon-Rs.78 cr,
Osmanabad-Rs.68
cr, Panvel-Rs.51 cr.
Gujarat:
Morvi-Rs.150 cr,
Chattisgarh:
Korba-Rs.145 cr, Bhilai Nagar-Rs.104 cr
Uttar
Pradesh: Orai-Rs.121 cr
Bihar:
Chapra-Rs.62 cr
Punjab:
Ludhiana-Rs.68 cr
West
Bengal- Bardhman – Rs.59 cr
Chandigarh
: Rs.24 cr
Odisha:
Cuttack-Rs.34 cr
Some
major sewerage projects under execution:
Karnataka:
Gulbarga-Rs.175 cr, Gadag-Betigere-Rs.159 cr, Hubli-Dharwar-Rs.157 cr,
Bidar-Rs.125 cr,
Bengaluru-
Rs.60 cr.
Telangana-
Siddipet-Rs.18 cr
Madhya
Pradesh : Sagar-Rs.299 cr, Rewa-Rs.199 cr, Satna-Rs.192 cr, Morena-Rs.128 cr,
Neemuch –Rs.68 cr
Rajasthan
: Bhiwadi-Rs.130 cr, Sikar-Rs.110 cr, Alwar-Rs.86 cr
Gujarat:
Vadodara-Rs.89 cr
Punjab:
Abohar-Rs.83 cr
Uttar
Pradesh: Muzaffarnagar- Rs.27 cr
Smart
City Mission- Projects completed
Jaipur:
Provision of Wi-fi network under smart solutions-Rs.104 cr, Rehabilitation of
Bawris-Rs.9 cr
Udaipur:
Installation roof top solar panels, Smart Class Rooms in Government Schools,
Open air gym at
Gulab Park (Rs.3.50 cr)
Surat
: E-governance project (Rs.5 cr)
Kakinada
(Andhra Pradesh): 7 E-pathasala class rooms (Rs.10 lakhs)
Some
major Smart City Projects in progress:
Ahmedabad:
Retrofitting of utilities in identified smart city area (TOZ area)- Rs.675 cr,
Slum rehabilitationin Jujnavada area under PPP- Rs.462 cr. A total of 24
projects with a cost of Rs.2,667 cr are in progress in Ahmedabad.
Surat:
Smart cards for automatic fare collection – Rs.74 cr.
Coimbattore
(Tamil Nadu) : 24 x 7 water supply : Rs.556 cr.
Amritsar
: Solid Waste Management Project- Rs.294 cr
Ludhiana:
Solid Waste Management project-Rs.98 cr, CCTV surveillance- Rs.70 cr
New
Delhi Municipal Council: Energy management through Smart Grid- Rs.529 cr, Mini
STP-37 cr, Smart
Toilets at 110 locations-Rs.22 cr. A total of 14 projects at a cost of Rs.656
cr in progress.
Pune:
Intelligent Traffic Management Systems on buses: Rs.104 cr, Street lighting
–Rs.90 cr. A total of
4 projects at a cost of Rs.214 cr in progress.
Nagpur:
Technology based Smart Solutions –Rs.520 cr.
Belgavi
(Karnataka): Sewerage networks and Sewage Treatment Plant-272 cr
Davnagere
(Karnataka): Sewerage works-Rs.5 cr
Kochi(Kerala):
Pan city Smart card project: Rs.25 cr
Guwahati:
Conversion of Deputy Commissioner’s office into Interpretation centre and
public park-Rs.11 cr
Bhubaneswar-
Urban Knowledge Centre- Rs.8.50 cr
Kakinada
(Andhra Pradesh):Roof top solar panels on government buildings-Rs.40 cr,
Upgradation of eateries- Rs.5.60 cr
Visakhapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh): Smart Electricity Metering- Rs.27 cr
Bhopal:
GIS based Property Tax rationalization- Rs.4.50 cr, Bicycle track-Rs.4.30 cr
Solapur:
Green space around Fort-Rs.0.22 cr.
HRIDAY
projects taken up for implementation during 2016 :
Varanasi
: Improving accessibility to various heritage and religious sites, façade
improvement, street
illumination, adaptive resuse of Town Hall – Rs.78 cr
Amritsar
: Improvement of roads leading to heritage and religious sites, revitalization
of water bodies,
Façade improvement, development of open spaces – Rs.40 cr
Ajmer
: Heritage walk trail, Lakefront development, Façade improvement, Open
spaces-Rs.35 cr
Amaravati
(AP): Access improvement to heritage places, Park development, Heritage
walk-Rs.18.50 cr
Warangal(Telangana):
Promenade along lake development, tourism and pilgrimage ameneties-Rs.20 cr
Kancheepuram:
Heritage sensitive civic infrastructure around temples-Rs.17.50 cr
Vellankini
(TN): Civic infrastructure project completed at a cost of Rs.1.00 cr
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