The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, which was launched to provide infrastructure and facilities in cities and towns, is being implemented on a war footing in Uttar Pradesh as out of 279 projects sanctioned for the state, 211 have been completed at a cost of Rs 5,288.29 crore.
“Work on 68 projects is still going on, out of which 43 projects will be completed in the next six months,” a government spokesman said here on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the AMRUT scheme in June 2015, following which Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath started this scheme in mission mode in the state.
In a review meeting held on Thursday Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra said that out of the 211 projects that had been completed, 140 were related to water supply and their total cost was Rs 2,034.16 crore.
Apart from this, 71 projects related to sewerage worth Rs 3,254.13 crore have also been completed. Of the 43 projects that have been targeted to be completed in the next six months, 24 are related to water supply, 16 to sewerage and three to septage.
“Moreover, there are 12 projects in which more than 90 per cent work has been done. At the same time, 23 per cent of the schemes are such where more than 75 per cent of the work has been completed, while more than 50 per cent of the work has been done in 16 schemes. More than 25 per cent work has been done in 12 schemes and less than 25 per cent in five schemes,” Mishra said.
Talking about the divisions, maximum work has been done in Ghaziabad division. Here 58 schemes have been completed, while three schemes have been completed up to 90 per cent, two up to 75-90 per cent and two up to 25 per cent.
In Lucknow division, 41 schemes have been completed while three schemes have been completed more than 90 per cent, four more than 75 per cent, six more than 50 per cent and two have completed more than 25 per cent.
Mishra said that 34 schemes in Agra zone, 26 in Gorakhpur zone, 21 in Kanpur zone and 31 in Prayagraj zone had been completed 100 per cent.
Under the water supply scheme, 8.40 lakh domestic connections have been given while the work on 2.04 lakh connections is still pending. At the same time, a target of 8.38 lakh connections has been set for sewer connections, out of which 5.73 lakh domestic connections have been given and 2.65 lakh connections are in progress.