The State Government is ready with Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for seven water supply projects for the cities of Bhilai, Korba, Raipur, Bilaspur, Ambikapur, Jagdalpur and Rajnandgaon under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, officials informed.
Also Septage Management Project of Rajnandgaon has also been prepared, they informed.
Notably, the Central Government in its letter dated June 6, 2016, had allocated Rs. 1009.74 crores as total central assistance to the State of Chhattisgarh for entire mission period.
SAAP-I and SAAP-II accounts for total of Rs 585.04 crores of ACA, hence SAAP-III is prepared for balance amount of Rs. 424.70 crore to utilize full central assistance of Rs 1009.74 crore , they informed.
To avail this whole Central assistance of Rs.1009.74 crores, the SAAP for the entire balance three years has been prepared for Rs.424.70 crores including State and UlB share of Rs. 272.57 crore and Rs 181.71 crore. respectively.
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India launched the programme Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) on June 25, 2015 to augment infrastructure in urban areas in order to improve quality of life, especially the poor and disadvantaged.
The programme is multi-sectoral in its focus and aims to cover basic municipal services such as water supply, sewerage, septage management, urban transport, etc. The Mission intends to adopt a multipronged cross sectoral strategy of Non-Motorised Transport (NMT), developing green breathing spaces for the urban areas and adoption of innovative governance practices and technologies.
The focus of the programme has been very clearly enumerated as an inclusive programme wherein access to potable drinking water and management of waste water is defined as principle importance and takes precedence in the implementation strategy.