Union Minister of Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, M Venkaiah Naidu, has convened a meeting here on Friday to review the implementation and progress of various new urban development and housing missions launched by the Central Government in Haryana.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal, Ministers concerned of the State Government, Secretaries of the Union and State Urban Development Ministries, Chief Secretary and national and State-level Mission Directors of new urban missions and other senior officials would attend the review meeting.
The implementation issues and progress under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Smart City Mission and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) launched by the Central Government in Haryana to enable inclusive and sustainable urban
development and to address infrastructure deficit in urban areas would be reviewed in the meeting.
Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) is being implemented in all 80 statutory cities and towns of Haryana. The Ministry of Urban Development has so far released `75 crore to the State under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).
So far, 24,986 individual household toilets have been built in Haryana, out of the target of 1,06,373, besides 1,679 community and public toilets out of the target of 10,394. Out of the total 1,449 urban wards in the State, 412 wards have reported 100 per cent door-to-door collection of municipal solid waste.
While 3,490 tonnes of solid waste is being generated every day in Haryana, 25 per cent of this is being currently processed against the mission target of 100 per cent by October, 2019.
In Haryana, 10 of the 80 mission towns have so far been declared and certified as Open Defecation Free. These include Panipat, Sirsa, Mandi Dabwali, Thanesar, Pehowa, ladwa, Shahbad, Kalanwali, Ellenabad and Rania.
In Haryana, Faridabad and Karnal have been included in the Smart City Mission. While Faridabad was selected for funding under this mission under Fast Track Round of competition, Karnal is to compete in the third round of competition in progress.
An investment of `2,600 crore has been approved under the Smart City Plan of Faridabad.