Rajasthan first state to submit Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission (AMRUT)
Rajasthan first state to submit Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission (AMRUT)
Rs.1,087 cr Plan for this fiscal accords priority for Sewerage with an outlay of Rs.555 cr
10 of 28 AMRUT cities have no sewerage network services; coverage in 6 below 25%
13 cities identified for sewerage and water supply projects after city-wise gap analysis to begin with
Projects identified after consultations with MPs, MLAs, Mayors and public
Rs.1,087 cr Plan for this fiscal accords priority for Sewerage with an outlay of Rs.555 cr
10 of 28 AMRUT cities have no sewerage network services; coverage in 6 below 25%
13 cities identified for sewerage and water supply projects after city-wise gap analysis to begin with
Projects identified after consultations with MPs, MLAs, Mayors and public
Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) targeting universal coverage in respect of water supply connections and sewerage connections to all urban households in the state. The State Government has proposed projects under these two categories worth Rs.1,087 cr for approval by the Union Urban Development Ministry during the current financial year.
Under the State Annual Action Plan, AMRUT projects are proposed to be taken up in 13 of the 28 AMRUT cities in Rajasthan. These include Alwar, Beawar, and Nagaur in which both water supply and sewerage projects will be taken up while water supply projects will be taken up in seven other cities of Baran, Bhiwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dhaulpur, Ganganagar City and Sujangarh. In 3 cities of Bhiwadi, Sikar and Udaipur, only sewerage and septage management projects will be taken up.
These cities have been identified by the state government in line with the principles of prioritization suggested in the Mission Guidelines after analyzing the gaps in coverage in respect of household water supply connections and sewerage network services.
Regarding water supply connections in 28 AMRUT cities, the coverage ranged from 28% in Nagaur to 98% in Bhiwadi. In terms of quantity of water being supplies, it ranged from 38 litres per capita per day in Gangapur City to 150 lpcd in Kota. Water supply is below 50 lpcd in case of Gangapur City and Hindaun City while it is in the range of 51-75 lpcd in 7 cities, 76-100 lpcd in 5 cities and more than 100 lpcd in 12 cities. The national norm in respect of water supply in urban areas is 135 lpcd.
There is no sewerage network in 10 cities of Baran, Beawer, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Ganganagar city, Hindaun City, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sujangarh and Tonk. Sewerage projects are proposed in Beawer, Bhiwadi and Sikar while they will be taken up in the rest after ensuring water supply.
Coverage of sewerage network services in other cities is in the range of 10-25% in six cities, 26-50% in 3 cities, 51-75% in 5 and more than 75% in 4 cities.
Rs. 555 cr has been proposed for 6 sewerage and septage management projects and Rs.344 cr for 10 water supply projects.
Project expenditure proposed in the 13 cities include : Beawar –Rs.154 cr, Alwar-Rs.130 cr, Bhiwadi-Rs.110 cr, Nagaur-Rs.110 cr, Sikar-Rs.110 cr, Udaipur-Rs.85 cr, Baran-Rs.50 cr, Chittorgarh-Rs.40 cr, Ganganagar City-Rs.40 cr, Dholpur-Rs.30 cr, Bhilwara-Rs.25 cr, Sujangarh-Rs.25 cr and Bhiwadi-Rs.20 cr.
Regarding implementation of mandatory reforms, the state government has informed that creation of website for each city, transfer of all 18 functions to urban local bodies, revision of building bye-laws, single window clearance for building permissions, 90% coverage of tax revenue, energy and water audit and migration to double entry accounting system will be implemented in the next 6 to 12 months.
Rajasthan government has reported that adequate consultations with stakeholders like MPs, MLAs, Chairpersons of urban local bodies and public have been undertaken and their suggestions and views have been incorporated in the Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIP) for each city which were integrated to formulate the State Annual Action Plan (SAAP).
For the first time in the country, formulation of urban development plans including identification of projects, their appraisal and approval has been delegated to the States and Rajasthan has become the first state to act under this new architecture.
After broad scrutiny of the State Annual Action Plans, Urban Development Ministry will release the first installment of 20% of project costs to the States.
Under the State Annual Action Plan, AMRUT projects are proposed to be taken up in 13 of the 28 AMRUT cities in Rajasthan. These include Alwar, Beawar, and Nagaur in which both water supply and sewerage projects will be taken up while water supply projects will be taken up in seven other cities of Baran, Bhiwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dhaulpur, Ganganagar City and Sujangarh. In 3 cities of Bhiwadi, Sikar and Udaipur, only sewerage and septage management projects will be taken up.
These cities have been identified by the state government in line with the principles of prioritization suggested in the Mission Guidelines after analyzing the gaps in coverage in respect of household water supply connections and sewerage network services.
Regarding water supply connections in 28 AMRUT cities, the coverage ranged from 28% in Nagaur to 98% in Bhiwadi. In terms of quantity of water being supplies, it ranged from 38 litres per capita per day in Gangapur City to 150 lpcd in Kota. Water supply is below 50 lpcd in case of Gangapur City and Hindaun City while it is in the range of 51-75 lpcd in 7 cities, 76-100 lpcd in 5 cities and more than 100 lpcd in 12 cities. The national norm in respect of water supply in urban areas is 135 lpcd.
There is no sewerage network in 10 cities of Baran, Beawer, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Ganganagar city, Hindaun City, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sujangarh and Tonk. Sewerage projects are proposed in Beawer, Bhiwadi and Sikar while they will be taken up in the rest after ensuring water supply.
Coverage of sewerage network services in other cities is in the range of 10-25% in six cities, 26-50% in 3 cities, 51-75% in 5 and more than 75% in 4 cities.
Rs. 555 cr has been proposed for 6 sewerage and septage management projects and Rs.344 cr for 10 water supply projects.
Project expenditure proposed in the 13 cities include : Beawar –Rs.154 cr, Alwar-Rs.130 cr, Bhiwadi-Rs.110 cr, Nagaur-Rs.110 cr, Sikar-Rs.110 cr, Udaipur-Rs.85 cr, Baran-Rs.50 cr, Chittorgarh-Rs.40 cr, Ganganagar City-Rs.40 cr, Dholpur-Rs.30 cr, Bhilwara-Rs.25 cr, Sujangarh-Rs.25 cr and Bhiwadi-Rs.20 cr.
Regarding implementation of mandatory reforms, the state government has informed that creation of website for each city, transfer of all 18 functions to urban local bodies, revision of building bye-laws, single window clearance for building permissions, 90% coverage of tax revenue, energy and water audit and migration to double entry accounting system will be implemented in the next 6 to 12 months.
Rajasthan government has reported that adequate consultations with stakeholders like MPs, MLAs, Chairpersons of urban local bodies and public have been undertaken and their suggestions and views have been incorporated in the Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIP) for each city which were integrated to formulate the State Annual Action Plan (SAAP).
For the first time in the country, formulation of urban development plans including identification of projects, their appraisal and approval has been delegated to the States and Rajasthan has become the first state to act under this new architecture.
After broad scrutiny of the State Annual Action Plans, Urban Development Ministry will release the first installment of 20% of project costs to the States.
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Smart Cities Workshop in New Town Kolkata on September 12
UD Minister Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu to interact with Mayors, Municipal Chairpersons and Commissioners of 20 smart cities from 13 Eastern and N-E States, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh
UD Minister Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu to interact with Mayors, Municipal Chairpersons and Commissioners of 20 smart cities from 13 Eastern and N-E States, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh
As a part of the ongoing stakeholder consultations for effective implementation of the Smart City Mission in the country, Urban Development Minister Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu will interact with Mayors, Municipal Chairpersons and Commissioners of 20 cities included in the Mission from 13 Eastern and North-Eastern states and Chattisgarh and Jharkhand at a Workshop in New Town Kolkata on September 12, 2015. This Regional Workshop on Smart Cities will also be attended by Principal Secretaries of Urban Development and other senior officials from these states.
Minister of State for Urban Development Shri Babul Supriyo will also participate in the discussions in the Workshop.
Shri Venkiah Naidu will broadly outline the challenges to be addressed for building smart cities including the need for a forward looking and visionary leadership by both the elected and executive heads of these cities, need for urban governance reforms and an enabling environment for mobilization of resources required for Smart City Mission including through Publi-Private-Partnership model.
20 Cities included in the Smart City Mission from these 13 states include : New Town Kolkata, Bidhanpur, Durgapur and Haldia from West Bengal, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Biharshariff from Bihar, Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from Odisha, Raipur and Bilaspur from Chattisgarh, Ranchi from Jharkhand, Namchi in Sikkim and the North-Eastern cities of Guwahaty, Pasighat(Arunachal Pradesh), Imphal, Shillong, Aizawl, Kohima and Agartala.
Each of these cities have been given Rs.2.00 cr each for preparation of city level Smart City Plans in the next three months. All the 100 city level plans will be evaluated based on a set of elaborate criteria in the second stage of City Challenge competition for identifying the top scoring 20 cities for financing during the current financial year.
These 20 cities have been nominated by the respective state governments after the first round of competition, further to evaluation of all urban local bodies in each state as per a set of criteria including the existing service levels, institutional and financial capacities and past track record in implementation of JNNURM projects and reforms undertaken.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched the Smart City Mission on June 25 this year. The central government has made a provision of Rs.48,000 cr for five years for supporting the Smart City Mission through central assistance of Rs.100 cr per city per year. States and urban local bodies have to make a matching contribution and have to mobilize additional required resources through various sources including PPP Model, loans from bilateral and multi-lateral agencies, municipal bonds etc.
Minister of State for Urban Development Shri Babul Supriyo will also participate in the discussions in the Workshop.
Shri Venkiah Naidu will broadly outline the challenges to be addressed for building smart cities including the need for a forward looking and visionary leadership by both the elected and executive heads of these cities, need for urban governance reforms and an enabling environment for mobilization of resources required for Smart City Mission including through Publi-Private-Partnership model.
20 Cities included in the Smart City Mission from these 13 states include : New Town Kolkata, Bidhanpur, Durgapur and Haldia from West Bengal, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Biharshariff from Bihar, Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from Odisha, Raipur and Bilaspur from Chattisgarh, Ranchi from Jharkhand, Namchi in Sikkim and the North-Eastern cities of Guwahaty, Pasighat(Arunachal Pradesh), Imphal, Shillong, Aizawl, Kohima and Agartala.
Each of these cities have been given Rs.2.00 cr each for preparation of city level Smart City Plans in the next three months. All the 100 city level plans will be evaluated based on a set of elaborate criteria in the second stage of City Challenge competition for identifying the top scoring 20 cities for financing during the current financial year.
These 20 cities have been nominated by the respective state governments after the first round of competition, further to evaluation of all urban local bodies in each state as per a set of criteria including the existing service levels, institutional and financial capacities and past track record in implementation of JNNURM projects and reforms undertaken.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched the Smart City Mission on June 25 this year. The central government has made a provision of Rs.48,000 cr for five years for supporting the Smart City Mission through central assistance of Rs.100 cr per city per year. States and urban local bodies have to make a matching contribution and have to mobilize additional required resources through various sources including PPP Model, loans from bilateral and multi-lateral agencies, municipal bonds etc.
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