Lok Sabha Question No. 846 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: HRIDAY Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## TO BE ANSWERED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.846 HRIDAY SCHEME

NO. 846.       DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

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

- (a)  the salient features of the HRIDAY scheme and the current status of its implementation in the country;
- (b)  the list  of  cities  selected  under  phase  one and  the  list  of  cities  to  be selected under the next phase, State/UT wise;
- (c)  the details of the selection criteria used to choose the cities under the scheme; and
- (d)  whether  all  selected  cities  have  formulated  a  Heritage  Management Plan and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a)&(b)  Heritage  City  Development  and  Augmentation  Yojana  (HRIDAY), launched as a pilot Scheme  on 21st January, 2015, supports the development of heritage linked core civic infrastructure projects in areas around heritage, religious, cultural and tourism assets of the cities. Under the  Yojana,  twelve  cities  namely,  Ajmer  (Rajasthan),  Amritsar  (Punjab), Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Badami (Karnataka), Dwarka (Gujarat), Gaya (Bihar),  Kancheepuram  &  Velankanni  (Tamil  Nadu),  Mathura  &  Varanasi (Uttar  Pradesh),  Puri  (Odisha)  and  Warangal  (Telangana)  are  covered.  As the  mission  period  of  HRIDAY  has  ended  on  31st  March,  2019,  no  new city/project  can  be  taken  up  now.  The  current  status  of  implementation under HRIDAY scheme is attached at Annexure-A.
- (c) & (d) The cities have been identified on the basis of their rich heritage and  cultural  history.  The  Heritage  Management  Plan  (HMP)  has  been prepared  in  discussion  with  the  stakeholders  at  each  city  level.  HMP includes  detailed  inventory  of  tangible  and  intangible  heritage  assets, delineated heritage zones around those assets and infrastructure facilities available in those zones.

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.846 to be answered on 17 th September, 2020.

## The status of implementation under HRIDAY scheme is as under:

| SI. No.   | City                      |   No. of projects approved |   No. of projects completed | Projects under implementation   |
|-----------|---------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1.        | Ajmer (Rajasthan)         |                          7 |                           6 | 1                               |
| 2.        | Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) |                          3 |                           2 | 1                               |
| 3.        | Amritsar (Punjab)         |                         12 |                          10 | 2                               |
| 4.        | Badami (Karnataka)        |                          4 |                           2 | 2                               |
| 5.        | Dwarka (Gujarat)          |                          8 |                           8 | Nil                             |
| 6.        | Gaya (Bihar)              |                          7 |                           5 | 2                               |
| 7.        | Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu) |                          3 |                           3 | Nil                             |
| 8.        | Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)   |                          8 |                           8 | Nil                             |
| 9.        | Puri (Odisha)             |                          6 |                           5 | 1                               |
| 10.       | Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)  |                         11 |                          11 | Nil                             |
| 11.       | Velankanni (Tamil Nadu)   |                          3 |                           3 | Nil                             |
| 12.       | Warangal (Telangana)      |                          5 |                           4 | 1                               |
|           | Total                     |                         77 |                          67 | 10                              |