Lok Sabha Question No. 3624 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Cities/Towns under AMRUT
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Ramalingam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 24, 2022 CITIESITOWNS UNDER AMRUT

## NO. 3624. SHRI RAMALINGAM S;:

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

- (a) the total number of cities under developed towns coveredlincluded under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) across the country as on date, State-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) whether the any to include Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu under AMRUT which is the oldest and
- (c)
- Government has proposal under-developed town for the last thirty years; and
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): A total of 500 cities across all Statesl Union Territories (UTs) have been covered Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT): Number of cities covered StatelUt wise under AMRUT is given at ANNEXURE L.

(b) & (c): There is no proposal to cover Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu in AMRUT schemeHowever, Government has launched AMRUT 2.0 on 01 October, 2021 for the period of 05 years i.e: from the financial year 2021-22 to the financial year 2025-26. AMRUT 2.0 is designed to provide universal coverage of water supply through functional taps to all households in all the statutory towns in the country and coverage of seweragelseptage management in 500 cities covered in first phase of the AMRUT scheme. AII the statutory towns in the country including Mayiladuthurai town are covered under AMRUT 2.0.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY OF PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3624 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 24 MARCH 2022 REGARDING SCITIESITOWNS UNDER AMRUT":

## Number of cities covered StatelUT wise under AMRUT

| S.No   | Name of StatelUT          | Total   |
|--------|---------------------------|---------|
|        | Andhra Pradesh            | 33      |
| 2      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |         |
|        | Arunachal Pradesh         |         |
| 4      | Assam                     | 4       |
| 5      | Bihar                     | 27      |
| 6      | Chandigarh                |         |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh              | 9       |
| 8      |                           | 2       |
| 9      | Delhi                     | 1       |
| 10     | Goa                       |         |
| 11     | Gujarat                   | 31      |
| 12     | Haryana                   | 20      |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh          | 2       |
| 14     | Jammu and Kashmir         | 3       |
| 15     | Leh Ladakh                |         |
| 16     | Jharkhand                 |         |
| 17     | Karnataka                 | 2       |
| 18     | Kerala                    | 9       |
| 19     | Lakshadweep               |         |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh            | 34      |
| 21     | Maharashtra               | 44      |
| 22     | Manipur                   |         |
| 23     | Meghalaya                 |         |
| 25     |                           |         |
| 26     | Odisha                    |         |
| 27     | Puducherry                | 3       |
| 28     | Punjab                    | 16      |
| 29     | Rajasthan                 | 29      |
| 30     | Sikkim                    |         |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                | 33      |
| 32     | Telangana                 | 12      |
| 33     | Tripura                   |         |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh             | 61      |
| 35     | Uttarakhand               | 7       |
| 36     | West Bengal               | 60      |
| Total: | Total:                    | 500     |

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