Rajasthan first state to firm up private investments in affordable housing ; 4 MoUs signed
Rajasthan first
state to firm up private investments in affordable housing ; 4 MoUs signed
Tata Housing to invest Rs.2,000 cr ; NBCC Rs.500 cr
Shri Venkaiah Naidu lauds the initiative; says will act as light house to other states
Tata Housing to invest Rs.2,000 cr ; NBCC Rs.500 cr
Shri Venkaiah Naidu lauds the initiative; says will act as light house to other states
Rajasthan Government has taken lead in promoting affordable housing by signing
four Memoranda of Understanding firming up an investment of Rs.5,400 cr. These
four MoUs were a part of 27 MoUs signed entailing an investment of Rs.12,478 cr
in housing and urban development projects in Jaipur today in the presence of
Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Minister
Smt.Vasundhara Raje Scindhia. These include 14 MoUs for promoting housing
projects with an investment of Rs.9,273 cr.
Tata Housing Development Company Ltd has committed to invest Rs.2,000 cr in
affordable and mixed use township over an area of 10.12 hectares. Mahima Real
Estate Private Ltd has signed MoU with the state government to invest
Rs.1,700cr in affordable housing and group housing followed by National
Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) and Wish Empire who have undertaken to
invest Rs.500 cr each in Rajasthan.
The 14 housing related investment projects are expected to provide employment
to 26,650 persons. Total employment from the 27 MoUs signed today is expected
to be 38,950.
Other MoUs related to Medical and Health Care, Education, Industry and Tourism
in different parts of Rajasthan.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu complimented Rajasthan for
being in the forefront of implementing new urban sector initiatives. He said
that the MoUs mobilizing investments in affordable housing will act as light
house to others. Shri Naidu further said that Rajasthan was the first state to
submit AMRUT action plan to the Ministry of Urban Development, first to
identify 40 cities for taking up housing projects under Housing for All Mission
in urban areas and the first state to ensure complete convergence in implementing
Smart City Mission, Atal Mission (AMRUT), Heritage Mission and Housing Mission.
shri Naidu noted that there is a new churning and new beginning by urban local
bodies and the States since the launch of Smart City Mission and a new
enthusiasm to address the challenges of urbanization in the country.
The Minister said that recasting of country’s urban landscape is a challenging
task given the inadequacy of basic infrastructure in urban areas which also
offered immense investment opportunities. The Minister gave details of the
benchmarks and actual availability in respect of basic services pointing out
gaps in the range of 31% in respect of toilets and to a high of 96% in case of
reuse and recycling of urban waste.
Gaps in availability of infrastructure in urban areas:
S.No
|
Indicator
|
Benchmark
|
National
average
|
1
|
Coverage of water supply connections
|
100%
|
50.20%
|
2
|
Per capita supply of water
|
135 litres per capita
Per day
|
69.20 lpcd
|
3
|
Extent of metering of water connections
|
100%
|
13.30%
|
4
|
Extent of non-revenue water(water being supplied
without recovery of charges)
|
20%
|
32.90%
|
5
|
Availability of water supply
|
24 hours
|
3.10 hours
|
6
|
Cost recovery in water supply services
|
100%
|
38.80%
|
7
|
Coverage of toilets
|
100%
|
69.50%
|
8
|
Coverage of sewerage network services
|
100%
|
12.20%
|
9
|
Adequacy of sewage treatment capacity
|
100%
|
5.30%
|
10
|
Extent of reuse and recycling
|
20%
|
4.00%
|
11
|
Door to door collection of solid waste
|
100%
|
35.00%
|
12
|
Segregation of municipal solid waste
|
100%
|
10.80%
|
13
|
Quantity of waste being processed
|
80%
|
14.50%
|
14
|
Scientific disposal of solid waste
|
100%
|
9.70%
|
15
|
Coverage of storm water drainage network
|
100%
|
45.80%
|
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