Madhya Pradesh Government has proposed to improve basic infrastructure relating to water supply and sewerage network services besides storm water drainage, urban transport and parks and green services in 32 cities and towns under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) during the current financial year at a cost of Rs1,656 crore.
The State Government has submitted State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) in this regard to the Ministry of Urban Development. SAAP has been formulated based on Service level Improvement Plans for each of the 32 mission cities, an official statement said today. Atal Mission accords priority for ensuring universal coverage of all urban households with basic infrastructure relating to water supply, sewerage management, storm water drains, urban transport and open spaces in that order.
City level service improvement plans are prepared further to identification of gaps between available and required infrastructure.
In the annual plan for state furnished to the Urban Development Ministry, Madhya Pradesh government informed that 51 per cent of all urban households in the state are having water supply connections and water supply at present is 88 litres per capita per day as against the norm of 135 lpcd (litres per capita per day). Only 11 per cent of urban households are having sewerage network services. Coverage of households with water supply connections in 32 mission cities ranged from 21 per cent in Pithampur to 74 per cent in Gwalior and Dewas.
Coverage is below 50 per cent in Bhopal, Satna, Morena, Singrauli, Burhanpur, Shivpuri, vidisha, Chattarpur, Damoh, Hoshangabad, Sehore, Datia and Nagda. Water connections are available to the extent of 50 per cent to 73 per cent in Jabalpur, Ujjain, Sagar, Ratlam, Rewa, Katni, Chhindwara, Khandwa, Bhind, Guna, Mandsaur, Khargone, Neemuch, Betual and Seoni. No sewerage networks are available in 11 of the 27 mission cities and towns in which sewerage projects are proposed to be undertaken.
Only Indore and Gwalior have coverage of sewerage networks to the extent of 62 per cent and 60 per cent respectively. In other cities and towns, the coverage ranged from 3 per cent to 25 per cent.