Punjab Government on Friday accorded approval of the State annual action plan (SAAP) amounting to Rs 3,339 crore in next five years for the development of infrastructure for 16 cities selected under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
A high level committee approved the plan and the same shall now be forwarded to the Centre for placing before the Apex Committee for approval and release of funds, said the state local Government Minister Anil Joshi.
The Centre had issued guidelines of AMRUT with the aim of providing basic services — water supply, sewerage, urban transport — to households and build amenities in cities to improve the quality of life for all, especially the poor, he said.
Joshi said that Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company (PMIDC), the State level Nodal Agency (SlNA) of Punjab engaged M/s WAPCOS limited (a Government of India Enterprises) as Consultant for preparing the Service level Improvement Plans (SlIPS) for approved 16 cities of Punjab.
The approved cities are Abohar, Amritsar, Barnala, Batala, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Khanna, ludhiana, Malerkotla, Moga, Muktsar, Patiala, Pathankot and SAS Nagar having population more than one lakh.