Lok Sabha Question No. 1968 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Lack of Underground Drainage and Basic Infrastructure
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Eatala Rajender, Smt. D K Aruna

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1968

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 31, 2025

## LACK OF UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE AND BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE

NO. 1968.

SHRI EATALA RAJENDER: SMT. D K ARUNA:

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

- (a) whether rapidly developing localities abutting the Chennai-TirupatiBengaluru  corridor,  Nalgonda-Vijayawada,  Mahabubnagar-Kurnool, Kurnool-Bengaluru Highway, Delhi-Sonepat, Delhi-NOIDA, DelhiFaridabad and other connecting roads are grappling with deep-rooted civic  challenges  that  remain  unresolved  beneath  their  real  estate boom and several other areas on the city's fringe, various localities situation  on  the  southern-western-eastern-northern  peripheries  of cities and connecting the capital cities of the States which are falling under various Municipal Corporations, lack comprehensive underground drainage and in also some of its residential localities, the lack of basic infrastructure is reflected in the pathetic state; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the demands of each State and the action taken thereon including corrective steps being taken, the future  action  plan  worked  out  and  the  manner  in  which  the Government  plans  to  address  such  issues  to  achieve  themes  and goals of Viksit Rajya-Viksit Bharat-2047?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  provisions  of  Article  243W  of  the  Constitution,  in conjunction with the Seventh and Twelfth Schedules, matters relating to urban development fall within the purview of States/Urban Local Bodies. However,    Ministry  of   Housing   and  Urban Affairs  (MoHUA) provides programmatic support to the States/Union Territories (UTs) in their urban development agenda through its various  flagship    Missions/Programmes

viz. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0), Swachh Bharat

Mission - Urban 2.0 (SBM - U 2.0), Smart Cities Mission (SCM), etc.

Through these Missions/Schemes, the Central Government approves the State Plans and provides the Central Assistance (CA) to the States. The projects are selected, designed, approved and executed by the States/UTs and the cities. The State Governments release funds to the cities/districts.

AMRUT: AMRUT was launched by the Central  Government  on  June  25, 2015,  for  500  cities  (485  cities  including  15  merged  cities)  across  all States/UTs in the country. The major thrust areas of the Mission are water supply,  sewerage & septage management, storm water drainage, green spaces & parks, non-motorized urban transport.  Taking it forward, AMRUT 2.0 launched on 01 October 2021 in all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/ cities, enabling the cities to become 'self-reliant' and 'water secure'. Providing universal  coverage  of  sewerage  &  septage  management  in  500  AMRUT cities is one of the major focus areas of AMRUT 2.0. Rejuvenation of water bodies, development of green spaces and parks are other components of the  Mission.  Under  AMRUT,  MoHUA  has  approved  State  Annual  Action Plans  (SAAPs)  of  all  the  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  amounting  to ₹77,640  crore  for  the  entire  Mission  period,  which  includes  committed Central  Assistance  (CA)  of  ₹35,990  crore.    So  far,  States/UTs  have grounded 6,010 projects  worth  ₹83,482.60  crore,  of  which  works  worth around ₹80,102.60 crore have been physically completed.  Under AMRUT 2.0, State Water Action Plans have been approved for 8,873 projects worth ₹1,94,172.99 crore submitted by States/UTs which includes 3,571 water supply  projects  worth  ₹1,18,421.92  crore,  586  Sewerage  &  Septage Management projects  wo rth ₹68,461.78 crore, 3,032 water body rejuvenation  projects  worth  ₹6,210.66  crore  and  1,684  parks  projects worth ₹1,078.63 crore. State wise details are given in ANNEXURE I.

SBM-U: Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM-U) 2.0 has been launched on October 1, 2021 for a period of five years with a vision of achieving safe sanitation and scientific management of all fractions of waste including construction of Individual Household Latrines  (IHHLs), Community Toilets (CTs)/ Public Toilets  (PTs),  setting  up  of  sewage  treatment  plants/faecal  sludge treatment plants/interception & diversion drains networks and procurement of mechanical desludging vehicles for safe sanitation, setting

up waste processing facilities such as waste-to-compost, waste-to-energy plants, Material Recovery Facility (MRF), Construction & Demolition Waste processing plants, bio-methanation plants, transfer stations etc. Sanitary scientific  landfills  &  remediation  of  legacy  dumpsites  are  also  allowed under the mission.

Under SBM - U, the total financial outlay of the States and UTs for the entire  Mission  Period  is  ₹62,009  crore,  including  committed  Central Assistance of ₹14,623 crore. Out of centr al  share assistance, a total of ₹11 ,905.57 crore has been released to the States/UTs. Under SBM - U 2.0, the total financial outlay of the States and UTs for the entire Mission Period is  ₹1,41,600  crore,  including  committed  Central  Assistance  of  ₹36,465 crore. Out of central share assistance , a total of ₹28,762.82 crore has been approved  so  far  for  various  components  of  the  scheme,  i.e.,  toilet construction (IHHL/CT/PT), used water management, solid waste management, Information, Education & Communication (IEC), and capacity building (CB) for the States/UTs.

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ANNEXURE -I as referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No.  1968  due  for  answer  on  July  31,  2025  regarding  'Lack  of Underground Drainage and Basic Infrastructure'.

## Approved Projects under AMRUT 2.0

| SI NO                 | State/UT's                  | No of Projects   | Approved Project Cost (In ₹. Cr.)   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1                     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 1                | 34.9                                |
| 2                     | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 506              | 9514.63                             |
| 3                     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 19               | 185.02                              |
| 4                     | ASSAM                       | 57               | 961.98                              |
| 5                     | BIHAR                       | 64               | 8481.14                             |
| 6                     | CHANDIGARH                  | 6                | 175.94                              |
| 7                     | CHHATTISGARH                | 76               | 3308.19                             |
| 8 DADRA AND NAGAR AND | HAVELI DAMAN AND DIU        | 1                | 63.47                               |
| 9                     | DELHI                       | 94               | 5328.35                             |
| 10                    | GOA                         | 24               | 173.42                              |
| 11                    | GUJARAT                     | 927              | 16316.32                            |
| 12                    | HARYANA                     | 77               | 3823.54                             |
| 13                    | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 49               | 321.66                              |
| 14                    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 153              | 1665.11                             |
| 15                    | JHARKHAND                   | 113              | 4202.53                             |
| 16                    | KARNATAKA                   | 684              | 10274.13                            |
| 17                    | KERALA                      | 737              | 3744.49                             |
| 18                    | LADAKH                      | 7                | 908.9                               |
| 19                    | Lakshadweep                 | -                | -                                   |
| 20                    | MADHYA PRADESH              | 1273             | 12963.14                            |
| 21                    | MAHARASHTRA                 | 286              | 30505.5                             |
| 22                    | MANIPUR                     | 32               | 155.73                              |
| 23                    | MEGHALAYA                   | 1                | 121                                 |
| 24                    | MIZORAM                     | 106              | 157.78                              |
| 25                    | NAGALAND                    | 64               | 218.9                               |
| 26                    | ODISHA                      | 348              | 3940.98                             |
| 27                    | PUDUCHERRY                  | 19               | 189.68                              |
| 28                    | PUNJAB                      | 211              | 3622.22                             |
| 29                    | RAJASTHAN                   | 321              | 10823.72                            |
| 30                    | SIKKIM                      | 8                | 49.41                               |
| 31                    | TAMIL NADU                  | 1270             | 14687.83                            |
| 32                    | TELANGANA                   | 252              | 9584.26                             |
| 33                    | TRIPURA                     | 18               | 191.53                              |
| 34                    | UTTAR PRADESH               | 655              | 26758.53                            |
| 35                    | UTTARAKHAND                 | 29               | 712.16                              |
| 36                    | WEST BENGAL                 | 385              | 10006.9                             |
|                       | Total                       | 8873             | 194172.99                           |