Lok Sabha Question No. 1510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Urban Development in Maharashtra
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1510

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 13, 2025

## URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN MAHARASHTRA

- NO. 1510.      SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any plan for urban development and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number  of  proposals received from the State  Government  of Maharashtra for urban development in the State, district-wise:
- (c) the  number  of  urban  local  bodies  of  Maharashtra  included  in  urban development plans, district-wise; and
- (d) The details of such proposals in which urban local bodies of Maharashtra are included along with the potential development works to be carried out, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to  (d)  :  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 and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0),  Smart  Cities  Mission  (SCM),  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  -  Urban  2.0 (SBM-U 2.0), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U 2.0) and Urban Transport (UT) etc. Central Assistance is released by this Ministry to the States/Union Territories (UTs) and not to Districts or Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). Therefore, district-wise/ULB-wise information is not maintained centrally. The details are at Annexure.

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Annexure as referred to in reply  to  part  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No.1510 regarding 'Urban Development in Maharashtra'.

Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT  &  AMRUT 2.0): -

Under AMRUT, State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) worth ₹7,759.32 crore have been approved for the State of Maharashtra. As reported by the State, 208 projects worth ₹8,013.28 crore taken up of which works worth ₹7,543.14 crore have  been  physically  completed.  These  projects  include  43  water  supply projects worth ₹4,446.06 crore, 36 sewerage/septage management projects worth ₹3,294.03 crore, one drainage project worth ₹94.06 crore and 128 green spaces & park projects worth ₹179.13 crore.

Under  AMRUT  2.0  so  far,  286  projects  worth  ₹30,553.59  crore  have  been approved  by  this  Ministry  in  Maharashtra  State,  which  includes  117  water supply projects worth ₹15,831.02 crore, 48 sewerage/septage management projects worth ₹12,992.75 crore, 96 water body rejuvenation projects worth ₹1,540.49 crore and 25 green spaces & park projects worth ₹189.34 crore.

Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban (SBM- U & SBM - U 2.0):

Under this Mission, a total of five proposals having project cost of ₹ 6907.44 crores received from the State Govt. of Maharashtra under various components  and  all  the  five  proposals  have  been  approved  for  release  of centre share of ₹ 2495.40 crores.

Smart Cities Mission: -

Under  this  Mission,  8  Cities  viz.,  Aurangabad,  Kalyan-Dombivali,  Nagpur, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Solapur and Thane have been selected from the  State.  A  total  of  348  projects  amounting  to  ₹17,044  crores  have  been taken, of which 324 projects amounting to ₹15,146 crore have been completed and remaining 24 projects amounting to ₹1,898 crore are under implementation.

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U & PMAY -U 2.0):-

For  the  State  of  Maharashtra,  a  total  of  13. 6 4  lakh  houses  have  been sanctioned, out of which 11.60 lakh have been grounded and 9.33 lakh has been  completed/delivered  to  the  beneficiaries  so  far.  The  scheme  period, which was earlier upto 31.03.2022, has been extended upto 31.12.2025, except Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) vertical of the scheme, to complete all the houses sanctioned without changing the funding pattern and implementation methodology.

Urban Transport (UT): -

Urban  Transport  including  Metro  Rail  System  is  an  integral  part  of  urban development which is a State subject.  Planning and development of Urban Transport system including Metro Rail Projects is done by respective State Government.  Central  Government  considers  financial  assistance  to  these projects  as  per  extant  policy  subject  to  feasibility  of  the  project  and availability  of  the  resources,  as  and  when  posed  by  respective  State Government.

The list of proposals for metro rail projects received in last five years from the Government of Maharashtra for implementation under 50:50 JV model is as below:-

|   Sl. No | Name of the Project                                                                                                          |   Length in km | Cost (₹ in crore)   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Nagpur Metro Rail Project (Phase-II)                                                                                         |         43.8   | 6,708.00            |
|        2 | Pune Metro Rail Project Corridor 1A: Pimpri-Chinchwad (P .C.M.C) to Nigdi                                                    |          4.413 | 910.18              |
|        3 | Thane Integral Ring Metro Project New Thane to New Thane (Ring corridor)                                                     |         29     | 12,200.10           |
|        4 | Pune Metro Rail Project extension Line from Swargate to Katraj                                                               |          5.464 | 2,954.53            |
|        5 | Pune Metro Rail Project Phase-2 Vanaz to Chandani Chowk & Ramwadi to Wagholi / Vitthalwadi                                   |         12.75  | 3,626.24            |
|        6 | Pune Metro Rail Project Phase-2, Line-4: Kharadi-Hadapsar-Swargate- Khadakwasala with spur line of Nal Stop-Warje-Manik Baug |         31.63  | 9897.19             |