Lok Sabha Question No. 2973 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Implementation of AMRUT
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

- (b)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2973 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 05, 2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF AMRUT

NO\_ 2973. DR\_ NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has provided basic services like water supply, sewerage, storm water drainage, development of green spaces and parks etcto households in selected cities in the country under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
- Transformation (AMRUT) since its implementation;
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of StateslUnion Territories that have taken up projects related to rejuvenation of water bodies under the mission during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) and (b): Yes SirThe Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched on 25 June 2015 in selected 500 cities and towns across the country: The Mission focuses on development of basic infrastructure in the AMRUT cities and towns in the thrust areas of water supply; sewerage and septage management; storm water   drainage; green spaces and parks; and non-motorized urban transport:

In order to assess the gap between number of households having water taplsewerage connections and those not having these facilities, Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIPs) were prepared on the basis of Census-2011 data by each Urban Local Body (ULB) of AMRUT citiesltowns. Once the service level gaps were computed, plans to bridge the gap through infrastructure development were prepared by each State /UT in the form of State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs):

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved SAAPs of all the StatesIUnion Territories (UTs) amounting to {77,640 crore for the entire Mission period, which includes committed Central Assistance (CA) of {35,990 crore, which 3,629 projects worth {19,568 crore have been completed, contracts have been awarded for 2,116 projects worth {60,672 crore and projects are at various stages implementation and 155 projects worth {1,046 crore are under tendering: Further, overall works worth around {52,000 crore have been physically completed so far. Some of the StateslUTs have taken projects in excess of approved SAAP sizesThe entire excess expenditure will be borne by the concerned StateslUTs themselves:

The implementation of AMRUT projects so far have achieved the following development goals:

- Against the assessed gap of 139 water tap connections, around 107 lakh connections and against the target of 145 sewerl septage connections, 79 lakh connections have been provided, so far under AMRUT or in convergence with other schemes.

- Around 1,600 MLD (million litre per day) capacity has been created and works to develop additional 4,400 MLD Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) are under progress:
- Through Storm Water Drainage projects, around 1,845 waterlogging points have been eliminated and another 1,005 points will be eliminated on the completion of projects under implementation:
- (iv) Around 3,800 acres of  permeable green space has been developed through Green  Spaces and Parks   projects and another 1,600 acres of area is under development.
- Around 350 projects worth {1,085 crore have been taken up to promote green mobility through well designed pedestrian footpath, walkways, foot-over bridges (specially in regions); pedestrian underpass, and parking stands etc: hilly

## (c): The number of water bodies taken up for  rejuvenation  through AMRUT projects in last 3 years and current year are given as under:

| State       | Number of water bodies taken up for rejuvenation   | Number of water bodies taken up for rejuvenation   | Number of water bodies taken up for rejuvenation   | Number of water bodies taken up for rejuvenation   |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|             | 2018-19                                            | 2019-20                                            | 2020-21                                            | 2021-22                                            |
| Bihar       |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |
| Jharkhand   | 21                                                 |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |
| Kerala      | 6                                                  | 2                                                  |                                                    |                                                    |
| West Bengal | 8                                                  |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |
| Total       | 35                                                 | 3                                                  | 0                                                  |                                                    |

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