Lok Sabha Question No. 1681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Status of Development Works
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1681 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2021

## STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT WORKS

NO. 1681.

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

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

- (a) whether several development works and the schemes being implemented by have been affected are lying pending during the COVID-19 pandemic period and if so, the details thereof?
- (b) whether the Government has made any assessment in this regard as the pandemic period is now coming to end and if SO, the details thereof;
- (c)
- the roadmap prepared by the Government to speed up the said works and schemes; and
- (d) the details of the development works and the schemes being implemented particularly in Chhattisgarh which have been affected during the said period along with the roadmap prepared by the Government to complete the said works and schemes at the earliest?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA) facilitates and assists StatesIUnion Territories (UTs) through its flagship Missions/Schemes Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT); Smart Cities Mission (SCM), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) Scheme, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBMU), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission

(DAY-NULM), Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi) Scheme and through Urban Transport programmes in development of urban areas. The Schemes are implemented by the StatesIUTs in accordance with the Mission guidelinesDelhi Development Authority, Central Public Works Department and National   Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) also take up developmental worksThe Covid-19 pandemic is a global challenge and has affected the implementation of developmental works under the Schemes in the initial stages of pandemic. However, the pace of works picked up with necessary safety precautions and following the Covid-19 protocol: In spite of the pandemic the works have progressed well and efforts are being made to ensure their timely completion: The progress of the Missionslworks including those in Chhattisgarh are given in Annexure-

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) Of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1681 regarding 'Status of development works'

## Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and\_Urban Transformation(AMRUT)

Under the Mission; from March 2020 till date, projects worth {6,197 crore were completed, projects costing %4,958 crore were awarded and grounded, about 19 lakh water tap and 16 Iakh sewer connections were provided across all States/Union Territories. In Chhattisgarh, against the approved State Annual Action Plan(SAAP) of {2,193 crore, for the entire Mission period, 292 projects costing {2,300 crore have been grounded including 208 projects worth {503 crore that have been completed: So 1.96 Iakh water tap and 1.74 lakh sewer connections have been provided: In Chhattisgarh, since 24th March, 2020, 73 projects worth {228 crore have been completed and 79,000 water tap & Iakh sewer connections have been provided: far,

## Smart Cities Mission

5,151 projects with an investment of {2,05,018 were proposed by 100 Smart Cities to be completed over a period of 5 years from the date of selection of the citiesAs on 22.01.2021 5,416  projects worth 3 1,76,908 crore have been tendered out  4,628   projects costing 1,41,600 are under   implementationlcompleted: Central Government has released {22,822.33 crore out of which 3 18403.53(81%) has been utilised:

Out of the assessed demand of 1.12 crore houses reported by States, 1.10 crore houses have been sanctioned: Of this 71.4 lakh are at various stages of construction and 41.8 Iakh have been completed/handed over to beneficiaries. In Chhattisgarh 2.6 lakh houses have so far been sanctioned: Of this 2.1 Iakh are at various stages of construction and 1.2 Iakh have been completed/delivered to beneficiaries.

## Metro Rail

There were 1,111 workers on metro rail construction sites as on 20.04.2020. With the efforts of Metro companies and monitoring at the level of MoHUA the number of workers increased to 29,783 on 13.08.2020. As the restrictions eased Metro rail companies, State governments and MoHUA have taken steps to ensure timely completion of metro rail projectsAt present construction activities have resumed to almost pre-covid levels: Since March 2020 despite Covid-19, 1.33 kilometres Kochi Metro, 6.29 kilometres Of Bangalore Metro were inaugurated and 9 kilometres of Chennai Metro is likely to be inaugurated on February, 2021. 14th

## Central Public Works\_Department(CPWD)

CPWD executes projects across the countryThese projects have progressed well despite Covid-19.

## Delhi Development Authority(DDA)

The progress of ongoing works affected by the pandemic have been reviewed and measures taken to expedite completion of reduction in performance guarantee and relaxation in earnest such works through deployment of manpower, provision of materials, money deposit:

## Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has, on June 01, 2020, launched Prime Minister Street Vendors AmtaNirbhar Nidhi Scheme (PM SVANidhi): It aims at facilitating collateral free working capital loans upto Rs 10,000 of 1 year tenure, to about 50 Iakh street vendors across the country: It also provides for incentives in the form of interest subsidy 7% per annum on regular repayment of Ioan and cash-back upto Rs. 1,200 per annum on undertaking prescribed digital transactionsThe Ioan processing under the Scheme has commenced on July 02, 2020. The Scheme has so far received over 36.86 Iakh applications, out of which over 19.19 lakh loans are sanctioned and over 14.36 Iakh loans disbursed:

## Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs)

The scheme of Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs); a subscheme under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) Mission has been launched on 31.07.2020 for providing accommodation at affordable rent to urban migrantslpoor of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG) category- The scheme will be implemented through following two Models: Model-I: Utilising existing Government funded vacant houses in cities by converting them into ARHCs under Public Private Partnership mode or by public agencies: Model-2: Incentivising Private/Public Entities to Construct, Operate and Maintain ARHCs on their own available vacant land: So far, a total of 1,703 residences under ARHCs scheme has been made in Chandigarh by converting  existing Government funded of Concessionaire to retrofitlrepair and fill the infrastructure operational vacant houses under Model-1. Surat and Rajkot in Gujarat have finalized selection gap to make it operational under ARHCs:

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