Centre releases first instalment of Rs 92cr under AMRUT scheme

JAIPUR: The Central government on Monday released its first instalment of Rs 91,91,00,000 for the recently launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme.
Manjit Singh, principal secretary, Local Self Government (LSG), said, "The department has 28 cities with a population of more than 1 lakh each. In these cities, development work such as improving sewerage, water availability, etc., will carried out".
Rajasthan was the first state to submit the state annual action plan under AMRUT, targeting universal coverage in respect of water supply and sewerage connections to all urban households.
Under the plan, AMRUT projects are proposed to be taken up in 13 of the 28 AMRUT cities in the state. These include Alwar, Beawar and Nagaur where both water supply and sewerage projects will be taken up while water supply projects will be taken up in seven other cities of Baran, Beawar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dholpur, Ganganagar City and Sujangarh. In three cities - Bhiwadi, Sikar and Udaipur - only sewerage and septage management projects will be taken up.
These cities have been identified by the state government in line with the guidelines after analyzing the gaps in coverage with respect to household water supply connections and sewerage network services.
In the case of water supply connections in 28 AMRUT cities, the coverage ranged from 28% in Nagaur to 98% in Bhiwadi. In terms of quantity of water being supplied, it ranged from 38 litres per capita per day (lpcd) in Gangapur city to 150 lpcd in Kota.
As per the state government proposal, there is no sewerage network in 10 cities of Baran, Beawar, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Ganganagar city, Hindaun city, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sujangarh and Tonk. Sewerage projects are proposed in Beawar, Bhiwadi and Sikar. At a later stage, similar projects will be undertaken after ensuring water supply.