Lok Sabha Question No. 137 (STARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Infrastructure Development and Smart City Initiatives in Dhubri
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Md. Rakibul Hussain

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 137

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 13, 2025

## INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SMART CITY INITIATIVES IN

DHUBRI

NO.137.

MD. RAKIBUL HUSSAIN:

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

- (a) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to improve basic urban infrastructure in Dhubri, including water supply, sanitation, sewage  systems  and  road  networks  to  meet  the  needs  of  its expanding population;
- (b) the manner in which the Government is supporting the integration of Dhubri into the Smart Cities Mission or other urban development schemes to enhance livability and economic opportunities; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  modernize  public transport systems, increase green spaces and promote sustainable urban development in Dhubri under the Atal Mission for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  or  similar schemes and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT AS REFERRED TO IN PART (A) TO (C) IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.137  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13 TH FEBRUARY, 2025 REGARDING 'INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SMART CITY INITIATIVES IN DHUBRI'.

- (a) to (c) As per the provisions of Article 243 W 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 flagship Missions/ Programmes viz. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) & AMRUT 2.0, Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban (SBM-U) & SBM-U 2.0, Smart Cities Mission (SCM), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U), etc. These missions/ schemes/ projects are implemented by the States/UTs in accordance with the mission guidelines to improve the quality of life in cities and towns covered under these missions.

AMRUT was launched on 25 June 2015 in selected 500 cities (now 485  cities  including  15  merged  cities)  and  towns  across  the country. However, Dhubri district is not covered under AMRUT.

AMRUT  2.0  was  launched  on  01  October  2021  with  a  Central Assistance (CA) of ₹66,750 crore for projects. Under the scheme, States/UTs  are empowered  to  design,  approve,  prioritise  and implement the projects within the broad framework of AMRUT 2.0 guidelines.  MoHUA  approves  State  Water  Action  Plans  (SWAPs) under  AMRUT  2.0  as  per  recommendation  of  State  High  Power Steering  Committee  (SHPSC),  headed  by  Chief  Secretary  of  the States/  UTs.  Under  AMRUT  2.0  so  far,  one  water  supply  project worth  ₹58.21  crore  have  been  ap proved  by  MoHUA  in  Dhubri district.

SBM-U  is  being  implemented  in  the  all  the  urban  areas  of  the country  including  Dhubri  through  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)  to strengthen the urban infrastructure by creation of Individual House Hold  Latrines  (IHHL)/  Community/  Public  Toilets  (CT/PT)/  Urinals/ Aspirational Toilets and construction of waste processing facilities for  management  of  Municipal  Solid  Waste  in  cities.  In  respect  of cities  having  population  less  than  1  lakh,  waste  water  treatment facilities  are  also  covered  under  Used  Water  Management  (UWM) component of SBM-U 2.0.

Further,  Sanitation  is  a  State  subject  under  7th  schedule  of  the constitution, it  is  the  responsibility  of  State/ULBs  to  plan,  design, execute and operate sanitation projects in the urban areas of the country.  Details  of  all  the  projects  under  SBM-U  reported  by States/UTs are available at SBM-U, MoHUA portal https://sbmurban.org/swachh-bharat-mission-progess.

Central Share of funds is released to the States/UTs on the basis of demand made by States/UTs in the form of complete proposals duly approved  by  State  Level  Technical  Committee  (SLTC)  which  are further transmitted to ULBs by the concerned State/UT Govt.

SCM-  100  cities  were  selected  under  the  SCM  after  2  stages  of challenge  process.  In  the  first  stage,  the  State  Governments shortlisted potential smart cities within the State, on the basis of conditions precedent and scoring criteria in accordance with cities allocated  to  the  State.  Cities  emerging  successful  in  stage  one were  then  recommended  by  State  Governments  to  MoHUA.  The proposal in respect of Dhubri was  not in the list of cities recommended by the State Government of Assam.

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