Lok Sabha Question No. 1839 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Initiatives under AMRUT
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Kadiyam Kavya

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1839

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 05, 2024

## INITIATIVES UNDER AMRUT

NO. 1839.

DR. KADIYAM KAVYA:

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

- (a)  whether  there  have  been  initiatives  introduced  by  the  Government under  the  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation (AMRUT) to meet the needs of marginalized communities and to provide basic  services  and  infrastructure  in  slum  areas  and  low-income neighbourhoods during the last three years;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/district  and  year-wise  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  integrate  smart  city concepts and technologies into AMRUT projects for sustainable urban
- development; and
- (d)  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 TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (d): Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation ( AMRUT ) was launched on 25 June 2015 in selected 500 cities ( 485 cities including 15 merged cities ) and towns across the country with an outlay of ₹1 lakh crore . The Mission focuses on development of basic infrastructure, in the selected cities and towns, in the sectors of water supply;  sewerage  and  septage  management;  storm  water  drainage; green spaces and parks; and non -motorized urban transport .

Under AMRUT States/ Union Territories (UTs) are empowered to design, prioritize  and  implement  the  projects  within  the  broad  framework  of guidelines including for slum areas and low-income groups within the city. The State wise number of projects approved under AMRUT is at Annexure.

Smart  elements,  components  and  technologies  are  part  of  AMRUT projects  and  this  aims  to  promote  sustainable  urban  development. AMRUT  guidelines  provides  for  smart  elements  such  as  Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) as part of the water supply and sewerage projects. As reported by States/UTs 230 Water supply projects and 146 Sewerage projects have been implemented with SCADA.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1839 REGARDING 'INITIATIVES UNDER AMRUT', DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.12.2024.

## STATE-WISE STATUS OF GROUNDED AMRUT PROJECTS

(Amount in ₹ crore)

| No                       |                             | Total   | Total                   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------|-------------------------|
| No                       | State                       | No      | Project Cost (In ₹ Cr.) |
| 1                        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 79      | 10.90                   |
| 2                        | Andhra Pradesh              | 226     | 3333.76                 |
| 3 Arunachal              | Pradesh                     | 11      | 129.81                  |
| 4                        | Assam                       | 17      | 625.71                  |
| 5                        | Bihar                       | 65      | 2575.72                 |
| 6 Chandigarh             |                             | 12      | 57.41                   |
| 7 Chhattisgarh           |                             | 293     | 2269.50                 |
| 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 2                           |         | 41.45                   |
| Daman and Diu            |                             | 3       | 25.98                   |
| 9 Delhi                  |                             | 26      | 674.77                  |
| 10 Goa                   |                             | 15      | 259.98                  |
| 11 Gujarat               |                             | 451     | 5165.96                 |
| 12 Haryana               |                             | 136     | 2919.99                 |
| 13 Himachal              | Pradesh                     | 75      | 304.51                  |
| 14 Jammu and Kashmir     | 84                          |         | 527.99                  |
| 15 Jharkhand             |                             | 59      | 1615.06                 |
| 16 Karnataka             |                             | 407     | 5118.95                 |
| 17 Kerala                |                             | 1111    | 2538.74                 |
| 18                       | Ladakh                      | 20      | 72.02                   |
| 19 Lakshadweep           |                             | 6       | 2.42                    |
| 20 Madhya Pradesh        |                             | 216     | 6765.91                 |
| 21 Maharashtra           |                             | 207     | 8011.32                 |
| 22                       | Manipur                     | 6       | 211.87                  |
| 23                       | Meghalaya                   | 15      | 81.65                   |
| 24                       | Mizoram                     | 15      | 136.58                  |
| 25                       | Nagaland                    | 27      | 126.96                  |
| 26                       | Odisha                      | 191     | 1714.42                 |
| 27                       | Puducherry                  | 23      | 64.10                   |
| 28                       | Punjab                      | 163     | 2761.02                 |
| 29                       | Rajasthan                   | 144     | 3548.32                 |
| 30                       | Sikkim                      | 75      | 37.53                   |

|       |               | Total   | Total                   |
|-------|---------------|---------|-------------------------|
| S. No | State         | No      | Project Cost (In ₹ Cr.) |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    | 445     | 13339.43                |
| 32    | Telangana     | 66      | 1663.08                 |
| 33    | Tripura       | 10      | 160.28                  |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh | 670     | 11838.07                |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   | 151     | 592.97                  |
| 36    | West Bengal   | 473     | 4050.25                 |
|       | Total         | 5995    | 83374.39                |