Lok Sabha Question No. 3216 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Development of Guwahati City
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

NO. 3216.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3216 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 21, 2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF GUWAHATI CITY

SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- a) whether the Government proposes to develop Guwahati city as it is facing severe water logjam in monsoon  season as well as uncontrolled traffic every year;
2. b)
3. if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated therefor; and
- c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE INTHE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)  to  (c):    As  per  12 th   Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India,  urban planning including town planning is the function of  Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/ Urban Development Authorities. Government of India supplements the efforts  of  the  States  through  schematic  interventions/

advisories. It provides financial and technical support to the States.

The Urban and Regional Development  Plans Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines 2014 (Chapter 6: Sustainable Guidelines)  published  by  the  Ministry  for  adoption  of  the  States  also addresses the issues of Urban Flooding.

The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched by the Central Government on June 25, 2015, for 500  cities  including  Guwahati  City  across  all  States/  Union  Territories (UTs) in the country. Under AMRUT, States/ UTs have been empowered to select, appraise, propose and implement projects after the approval from Apex Committee of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) within the  broad  framework  of  AMRUT  Mission.  The  major  thrust  areas  of  the Mission are water supply, sewerage & septage management, storm water drainage,  green  spaces  &  parks,  non-motorized  urban  transport  and capacity building. Under AMRUT, funds are allocated to all States/ Union Territories  at  the  beginning  of  the  mission  and  not  city-wise.  For  the State of Assam, under AMRUT, against the committed Central assistance of  ₹591.42  crore,  ₹511.70  crore has  been  released  for  projects  and overall, ₹600.43 crore has been released to Assam.

AMRUT 2.0 has been launched on 1 st  October 2021 covering all the statutory  towns  of  the  country  to  ensure  universal  coverage  of  water supply  &  make  cities  'water  secure'.  It  will  also  ensure  universal coverage  of  sewerage  &  septage  management  in  500  AMRUT  cities. Further, Under AMRUT 2.0, rejuvenation of water bodies and wells is one of  the  main  components.  The  admissible  elements  under  this  include harvesting  the  rainwater  through  storm  water  drains  into  water  body (which  is  not  receiving  sewage/  effluent).  So  far,  34  water  bodies rejuvenation  projects  worth  ₹18.48  crore  have  been  approved  by  Apex Committee  of MoHUA  under  AMRUT  2.0.  So  far, 3 water bodies rejuvenation projects worth ₹1.52 crore have been taken up in Guwahati City under AMRUT 2.0.

Under  AMRUT  2.0,  against  the  committed  Central  assistance  of ₹775  crore,  a  total  of  ₹56.65  crore  have  been  released  for  projects. Further, ₹1.44 crore for Administrative & Office Expense (A&OE) has been released  against  the  committed  Central  assistance  of  ₹25.2  crore  to Assam.

Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched by the Central Government  on  25 th   June  2015  to  promote  cities  that  provide  core infrastructure  and  decent  quality  of  life  to  their  citizens,  clean  and sustainable  environment  through  application  of  smart  solutions.  100 Smart  Cities  have  been  selected.  The  State  Government  has  informed that the Guwahati Smart City Limited has taken up project of Integrated Traffic  Management  System  (ITMS)  in  Guwahati  City  with  94  junctions with ITMS / Automatic Traffic Control System (ATCS), 10 Speed Violation Detection Locations (SVD) and Command Control Centre (CCC). 61 out of 94  ITMS/ ATCS  junctions  and  4  out  of  10  SVD  locations  has  been completed. The work is going on in the remaining 33 ITMS/ ATCS and 6 SVD locations.  An  amount  of ₹78.44  crore  has  been  given  to  GSCL  for ITMS project including 5 years operation and management (O&M).

Further, as reported by the State, Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has also taken up the task for preparation of  GIS  based  water  drainage  Master  Plan  for  Guwahati  City.  Under  the Mission Flood Free Guwahati, a fund of ₹ 43.44 crore has been allocated by the State Government to GMDA in the year 2022-23. For GMC, the total budget allocated by Government of Assam for FY 2022-23 under Mission flood Free is ₹47.70 crore. Additionally, works to the tune of ₹19.81 crore are being implemented by Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) under various grants and budgetary support for construction and/ or upgradation of drainage systems.

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