Lok Sabha Question No. 4885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: AMRUT in Gujarat
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4885 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 25, 2021 AMRUT IN GUJARAT

NO. 4885.  SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

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

- (a) the main objectives of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT);
- (b) the number of cities from Gujarat covered under AMRUT;
- whether this mission has been or is likely to be implemented in
- (c) villages and towns; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  villages  and  towns  of  Gujarat  covered thereunder?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a). The  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation (AMRUT) was launched on 25 June, 2015 in 500 selected cities and towns  across  the  country  with  the  purpose  to  ensure  that  every household  in  the  selected  cities  has  access  to  a  tap  with  assured supply of water and substantial improvement of sewerage connection. The Mission focuses on development of urban infrastructure in these cities in the sectors of water supply; sewerage and septage

management; storm water drainage; green spaces and parks; and nonmotorized urban transport.  Mission also mandates a set of 11 Reforms for all the Mission cities and Capacity Building activities for the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).

(b). Thirty-one  cities/towns  of  Gujarat  have  been  selected  under AMRUT.  List of these cities is given at the Annexure.

(c) & (d). All cities / towns having population of one lakh and above as per 2011 census, all capital cities/towns of all States/Union Territories (UTs) irrespective of their population, all heritage cities/towns covered  under  Heritage  City  Development  and  Augmentation  Yojana (HRIDAY), thirteen cities/towns on the stem of the main rivers with a population above 75,000and less than 1 lakh and ten cities from hill states,  islands  and  tourist  destinations,  have  been  covered  under AMRUT.

AMRUT  being  an  urban  infrastructure  development  scheme, villages do not come under the purview of the Mission.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (b)OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  †4885  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  25  MARCH, 2021:

| List of cities/towns covered under AMRUT in Gujarat   | List of cities/towns covered under AMRUT in Gujarat   | List of cities/towns covered under AMRUT in Gujarat   | List of cities/towns covered under AMRUT in Gujarat   | List of cities/towns covered under AMRUT in Gujarat   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Ahmadabad                                             | Botad                                                 | Jamnagar                                              | Nadiad                                                | Surat                                                 |
| Amreli                                                | Deesa                                                 | Jetpur Navagadh                                       | Navsari                                               | Surendranagar Dudhrej                                 |
| Anand                                                 | Gandhidham                                            | Junagadh                                              | Palanpur                                              | Vadodara                                              |
| Bharuch                                               | Gandhinagar                                           | Kalol                                                 | Patan                                                 | Valsad                                                |
| Bhavnagar                                             | Godhra                                                | Mahesana                                              | Porbandar                                             | Vapi                                                  |
| Bhuj                                                  | Gondal                                                | Morvi                                                 | Rajkot                                                | Veraval                                               |
| Dwarka                                                |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |

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