Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed to launch a special drive to provide benefits to the urban poor under various beneficiary-oriented schemes from April 14 to September 25 to mark 125th birth anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar and birth centenary year of Pt Deendayal Upadhyay. These include beneficiary-oriented schemes, building permission, sanction of various pensions, mutation, house sanction etc.
The Chief Minister was reviewing activities of Urban Development and Environment Department here today. Minister of State for Urban Development and Environment Department lal Singh Arya and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa were also present on the occasion.
The Chief Minister said that urban bodies' services should be made easier for common people. He said that infrastructure-related works should be undertaken with quality within time-limit. Effective arrangements should be made for urban public transport. A scheme should be chalked out to reduce number of vehicles on urban roads. The Chief Minister directed to make Madhya Pradesh ideal state in construction of houses for urban poor under Houses for All Scheme. State should be made pioneer in implementation of AMRUT. Small cities should also be developed in accordance with concept of Smart City. Better sanitation arrangements should be made in cities.
He directed to complete works within time-limit under CM's Urban Drinking Water Scheme and CM's Infrastructure Development Scheme. Job-oriented training should be imparted to poor beneficiaries under National Urban livelihoods Mission. For this, training programmes should be chalked out in accordance with specific needs of every city. Work to regularize illegal colonies should be complete on priority.
The meeting was informed that 34 cities of the state have been covered under AMRUT. Under the mission, works of drinking water, sewerage management, rain water flushing, urban public transport and development of green areas will be undertaken. For this, a plan of about `8 thousand 279 crore has been chalked out. In next 3 years, 6 lakh houses will be constructed for the urban poor in the State.