Lok Sabha Question No. 1786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Development of Smaller Towns/Cities
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1786 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 th  MARCH, 2018

## DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLER TOWNS / CITIES

No.1786                COL.  SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the living
- conditions in smaller towns / cities is far from satisfactory;
- (b) whether any plan has been put in place for development of 'B' and 'C' categories of smaller towns / cities;
- (c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the progress made so
- far in this regard, State-wise; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) The  provision  of  services  and  amenities  in  the  smaller towns has to be ensured by the urban local bodies of the State Governments. However, due to resource constraints and  capacity  issues,  the  small  towns  often  suffer  from deficiency  in  the  provision  of  amenities  required  for satisfactory living conditions.
- (b)&(c) Under  the  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation  (AMRUT),  the  Ministry  of  Housing  and Urban Affairs provides financial assistance to the mission cities with primary focus on water supply and sewerage which  also  includes  the  'B'  &  'C'  category  of  smaller towns.    The  State-wise  details  and  the  progress  made under AMRUT is at Annexure-I.

Under  the  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (SBM),  the  Ministry provides assistance to the States / Urban Local Bodies for constructions of Individual Household Latrines, Community  &  Public  Toilets,  Urinals  etc.  The  progress under Swachh Bharat Mission as on 31 st  January, 2018 is at Annexure-II.

The  State  wise  status  of  implementation  of  Swachh Bharat Mission is enclosed at Annexure-III.

- (d) Question does not arise.

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## Question No. 1786

The Government has launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) on 25 June, 2015 in 500 Mission cities with major focus on water supply and sewerage. 9 out of these 500 Mission cities fall under 'B' category (population 50,000 to 99,999) and 10 under 'C' category (population 20,000 to 49,999).

The State -wise details and the progress made in 19 category B and C towns under AMRUT is as as follows:

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State               | Number of 'B'& 'C' category towns covered   | Contract Awarded   | Contract Awarded   | Detailed Project Report Approved   | Detailed Project Report Approved   | Notice Inviting Tenders Issued   | Notice Inviting Tenders Issued   | Work Completed   | Work Completed   | Total   | Total   |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
| Sl. No.   | State               | Number of 'B'& 'C' category towns covered   | Nos.               | Amount             | Nos                                | Amoun t                            | Nos                              | Amount                           | Nos              | Amoun t          | Nos     | Amount  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 2                                           | 7                  | 96.07              | 3                                  | 2.61                               | 2                                | 4.44                             | -                | -                | 12      | 103.12  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1                                           | -                  | -                  | -                                  | -                                  | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 0       | 0       |
| 3         | Bihar               | 1                                           | -                  | -                  | 1                                  | 0.62                               | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 1       | 0.62    |
| 4         | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 1                                           | -                  | -                  | -                                  | -                                  | 1                                | 3.6                              | -                | -                | 1       | 3.6     |
| 5         | Daman and Diu       | 1                                           | 1                  | 5.75               | -                                  | -                                  | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 1       | 5.75    |
| 6         | Goa                 | 1                                           | 9                  | 36.12              | 8                                  | 64.86                              | 1                                | 3.76                             | -                | -                | 18      | 104.74  |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 1                                           | 1                  | 10.81              | 4                                  | 6.2                                | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 5       | 17.01   |
| 8         | Jammu and Kashmir   | 1                                           | 6                  | 9.19               | 1                                  | 2.4                                | 4                                | 29.75                            | -                | -                | 11      | 41.34   |
| 9         | Karnataka           | 1                                           | 3                  | 24.84              | 2                                  | 9.08                               | 5                                | 1.98                             | 1                | 0.21             | 11      | 36.11   |
| 10        | Kerala              | 1                                           | 1                  | 12.72              | 13                                 | 172.86                             | 2                                | 2.2                              | -                | -                | 16      | 187.78  |
| 11        | Maharashtra         | 1                                           | 2                  | 37.76              | -                                  | -                                  | 1                                | 1                                | -                | -                | 3       | 38.76   |
| 12        | Nagaland            | 1                                           | 2                  | 11.58              | 3                                  | 20.45                              | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 5       | 32.03   |
| 13        | Puducherry          | 1                                           | 1                  | 0.15               | -                                  | -                                  | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 1       | 0.15    |
| 14        | Rajasthan           | 1                                           | 1                  | 68.66              | -                                  | -                                  | 2                                | 2.5                              | -                | -                | 3       | 71.16   |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu          | 1                                           | 4                  | 52.09              | 1                                  | 2.33                               | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 5       | 54.42   |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh       | 1                                           | -                  | -                  | 5                                  | 14.06                              | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 5       | 14.06   |
| 17        | Uttarakhand         | 1                                           | 2                  | 0.3                | 3                                  | 4.45                               | -                                | -                                | -                | -                | 5       | 4.75    |
| 18        | West Bengal         | 1                                           | 4                  | 0.46               | 1                                  | 81.12                              | -                                | -                                | 9                | 0.48             | 14      | 82.06   |
|           | Grand Total         | 19                                          | 44                 | 366.5              | 45                                 | 381.04                             | 18                               | 49.23                            | 10               | 0.69             | 117     | 797.46  |

## The progress under Swachh Bharat Mission as on 31 st January,2018

## (a) TOILET CONSTRUCTION -

|   S.No. | Details                                 | Application received   | Under Construction   | Constructed   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|---------------|
|       1 | Individual Household Latrine, Nos       | 94.36 lakhs            | 8.25 lakhs           | 44.54 lakhs   |
|       2 | Community &Public Toilets, No. of seats | - -                    | 38,700               | 2.92 lakhs    |

- (b) Municipal Solid Waste Management -100 % door to door collection in 58,809 wards out

of total 84,016 wards have been achieved.

- (c) The achievement in Waste processing is 23.73 % of total waste generated.

Annexure -II

## Individual Household Latrines (IHHL)

| S. No.   | States                    | Individual Household Toilets   | Individual Household Toilets   | Individual Household Toilets   |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States                    | Application received, Nos.     | Under construction, Nos.       | Completed, Nos.                |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | 388,314                        | 9,790                          | 210,390                        |
| 2        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 182                            | 0                              | 384                            |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 2,231                          | 8,637                          | 5,611                          |
| 4        | Assam                     | 248,919                        | 17,174                         | 3,826                          |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 164,410                        | 159,878                        | 171,090                        |
| 6        | Chandigarh UT             | 6,120                          | 0                              | 6,117                          |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              | 390,991                        | 16,210                         | 308,946                        |
| 8        | Daman & Diu               | 1,097                          | 1                              | 965                            |
| 9        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 1,527                          | 0                              | 1,178                          |
| 10       | NCT of Delhi              | 13,851                         | 29                             | 464                            |
| 11       | Goa                       | 2,463                          | 3,262                          | 676                            |
| 12       | Gujarat                   | 676,315                        | 6,028                          | 560,046                        |
| 13       | Haryana                   | 103,825                        | 9,350                          | 55,296                         |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          | 5,478                          | 117                            | 1,357                          |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 82,330                         | 12,027                         | 13,186                         |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 | 259,371                        | 0                              | 210,101                        |
| 17       | Karnataka                 | 400,111                        | 31,208                         | 192,746                        |
| 18       | Kerala                    | 44,991                         | 0                              | 37,226                         |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh            | 854,858                        | 128,262                        | 478,117                        |
| 20       | Maharashtra               | 970,668                        | 4,312                          | 633,424                        |
| 21       | Manipur                   | 25,726                         | 544                            | 4,525                          |
| 22       | Meghalaya                 | 289                            | 2                              | 817                            |
| 23       | Mizoram                   | 1,673                          | 26                             | 2,704                          |
| 24       | Nagaland                  | 25,610                         | 6,892                          | 5,697                          |
| 25       | Odisha                    | 243,875                        | 7,296                          | 42,385                         |
| 26       | Puducherry UT             | 9,269                          | 68                             | 30,335                         |
| 27       | Punjab                    | 126,498                        | 54,530                         | 87,972                         |
| 28       | Rajasthan                 | 453,693                        | 6,902                          | 304,656                        |
| 29       | Sikkim                    | 1,012                          | 5                              | 1,066                          |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                | 512,335                        | 64,851                         | 372,692                        |
| 31       | Telangana                 | 221,757                        | 2,248                          | 143,449                        |
| 32       | Tripura                   | 2,314                          | 406                            | 184                            |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh             | 2,760,156                      | 129,093                        | 278,975                        |
| 34       | Uttarakhand               | 22,908                         | 7,386                          | 9,160                          |
| 35       | West Bengal               | 410,940                        | 138,463                        | 280,269                        |
|          | Total                     | 9,436,107                      | 824,997                        | 4,454,408                      |

## Annexure-III

## Community and Public Toilets

| S. No.   | States                    | Total Community and Public toilets (No. of seats)   | Total Community and Public toilets (No. of seats)   |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States                    | Under construction, Nos.                            | Completed, Nos.                                     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | 906                                                 | 12,504                                              |
| 2        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0                                                   | 349                                                 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 0                                                   | 7                                                   |
| 4        | Assam                     | 280                                                 | 178                                                 |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 1,281                                               | 1,756                                               |
| 6        | Chandigarh UT             | 0                                                   | 2,324                                               |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              | 487                                                 | 14,662                                              |
| 8        | Daman & Diu               | 10                                                  | 203                                                 |
| 9        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 0                                                   | 78                                                  |
| 10       | NCT of Delhi              | 5,585                                               | 17,164                                              |
| 11       | Goa                       | 0                                                   | 216                                                 |
| 12       | Gujarat                   | 347                                                 | 15,322                                              |
| 13       | Haryana                   | 724                                                 | 9,100                                               |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          | 0                                                   | 443                                                 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 695                                                 | 1,271                                               |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 | 1,688                                               | 5,872                                               |
| 17       | Karnataka                 | 1,491                                               | 11,328                                              |
| 18       | Kerala                    | 35                                                  | 1,272                                               |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh            | 12,083                                              | 24,320                                              |
| 20       | Maharashtra               | 527                                                 | 101,097                                             |
| 21       | Manipur                   | 0                                                   | 216                                                 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                 | 0                                                   | 102                                                 |
| 23       | Mizoram                   | 0                                                   | 85                                                  |
| 24       | Nagaland                  | 66                                                  | 165                                                 |
| 25       | Odisha                    | 1,264                                               | 2,069                                               |
| 26       | Puducherry UT             | 240                                                 | 124                                                 |
| 27       | Punjab                    | 121                                                 | 1,371                                               |
| 28       | Rajasthan                 | 1,880                                               | 14,211                                              |
| 29       | Sikkim                    | 0                                                   | 28                                                  |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                | 4,783                                               | 22,120                                              |
| 31       | Telangana                 | 56                                                  | 3,972                                               |
| 32       | Tripura                   | 101                                                 | 27                                                  |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh             | 3,065                                               | 24,573                                              |
| 34       | Uttarakhand               | 408                                                 | 3,227                                               |
| 35       | West Bengal               | 577                                                 | 274                                                 |
|          | Total                     | 38,700                                              | 292,030                                             |