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Govt approves drinking water projects of over Rs 27,437 cr | Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy on Thursday said that the Government has approved 569 Drinking Water Projects of over rupees 27,437 crore in total. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Roy
said that urban water supply is a State subject and it is the responsibility of
the State Governments/ Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to plan, design, execute, operate
and maintain water supply projects with State Plan funds. Roy, in reply to a question
in Rajya Sabha today informed, in order to supplement the efforts of the State
Governments/ ULBs in providing drinking water, the Ministry is extending Additional
Central Assistance (ACA) under the ongoing Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM). "151 water supply projects at an estimated cost of Rs. 19570.04
crore and 418 projects at an estimated cost of Rs 7867.21 crore have been approved
under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance and Urban Infrastructure Development
for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) components respectively," Roy stated. The
Minister said that under the Accelerated Urban Water Supply Programme (AUWSP)
implemented during 1994 to 2005 in towns having population less than 20,000 as
per 1991/2001 census, 1244 schemes were approved at a total cost of Rs. 1822.38
crore out of which 1012 have been reported completed/commissioned and 227 are
in progress. Five have been dropped. Roy said the AUWSP has been subsumed under
UIDSSMT w.e.f. 3.12.2005. Under the North Eastern Region Urban Development Programme
(NERUDP) Phase I which covers capital cities in 5 states, water supply projects
are being implemented in 4 cities (Agartala,Gangtok,Aizawl and Kohima). He also
informed that the water supply sector is also accorded high priority under the
scheme for infrastructure development in Satellite towns. A 100 MLD reverse osmosis
desalination plant has been approved for Chennai city at an estimated cost of
Rs. 908.28 crore of which Rs. 871.24 crore is central government grant. Ministry
is also supporting water sector reforms such as water harvesting, recycling and
reuse of waste water, water audit and service level benchmarking, he further stated. |
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