Uttar Pradesh is set to get projects worth Rs 3,897 crore as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will either lay or inaugurate projects for urban development when he addresses the concluding session of Transforming Urban landscape — a two-day seminar, that began in lucknow on Friday.
The seminar on Transforming Urban landscaping : 3rd Anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart City schemes was inaugurated in lucknow by Union Minister of State for Urban Development Hardeep S Puri on Friday.
Officials said that the PM will inaugurate and also lay foundation of projects under these three Urban Development schemes worth Rs 3897 crore which will provide housing, drinking water and basic amenities.
The schemes under AMRUT would be of Rs 1919.37 crore, for Smart City Rs 871.30 crores and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Rs 989.06 crore.
“These schemes will aim at transforming the urban landscape of UP. Residents will not only have a roof over their heads but will also be entitled to better facilities like potable water, mechanised transportation and clean cities,” Urban Development Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra told The Pioneer on Friday.
The PM will visit an exhibition on Flagship Missions of Urban Development and also interact with 35 beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Urban Awas Yojana — one from each State / Union Territory via video link. The PM will receive feedback from PMAY beneficiaries from different cities of UP. He will also lay the foundation for various projects under Flagship Missions in UP.
Source said that the PM would reach lucknow around 430 pm on Saturday and will attend a programme at Indira Gandhi Prathisthan. Afterstayingatthe venue for 90 minutes, Modi will return to New Delhi around 6.30 pm.
District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma on Friday carried out a mock drill of the PM’s visit. Roads from airport to Indira Pratishthan were sanitized. Industry Minister Satish Mahana proxyed for the Prime Minister during the drill.