Four more cities are to be proposed by the State Government to the Centre to include those among cities being covered under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation (AMRUT) as Chief Minister Raghubar Das asked officials to prepare a proposal in this regard. The CM's directive came at a review meeting with the department of Urban Development held on Thursday.
The ambitious scheme for housing to urban poor — AMRUT — featured in the review meeting and a proposal is in the offing to recommend four additional names for the NDA's scheme for the urban poor. The four towns that would be recommended by the State Government to be included in the project are Ramgarh, Sahebganj, Mango in Jamshedpur which would take the figure of towns covered under the scheme to 11. Towns covered earlier include Dhanbad, Ranchi, Deoghar, Adityapur, Hazaribagh, Chas and Giridih.
The CM also emphasised on expediting projects currently being undertaken in all the urban civic bodies in Jharkhand to streamline solid waste management, easing burden of vehicles on roads, drinking water projects for the urban households and insisted on water table rejuvenation projects through various provisions. The CM's instructions came at a review meeting with the department of Urban Development.
The CM stressed upon adopting ultra-modern technology for waste management in urban pockets of Jharkhand and said the system should be developed on time and process the waste to produce electricity and fertilizers besides developing mechanism to purify contaminated water.
Notably, M/s Sense India Pvt ltd is preparing proposals for adopting latest technologies in 24 urban local bodies whereas the proposal for Ranchi is being jointly prepared by M/s Essel Utilities Distribution Pvt ltd and Hitachi Projects ltd.
In a significant decision to unclog streets of capital, the CM asked the Urban Development to complete the process of flyover construction Kanta Toli and Ratu Road by November 30.
Das also asked the officials to develop grid for harnessing solar energy from solar power units to be set up on the roof of houses.
In a marathon meeting, Das reviewed water supply projects in various parts of the projects and was apprised that 11 projects are complete, 10 projects are in progress and four new projects have been sanctioned. Road widening DPR being prepared by MECON and similar projects at Dumka, Deoghar, Dhanbad were discussed with the CM besides other agendas including multilevel parking and status of monorail project. CM also said that rainwater harvesting and solar energy system would be mandatory in the proposed building bylaws.
Cleaning of Harmu River and examining catchment area of the river to explore the possibility of water flow was also tabled for review. Das emphasised on keeping the water bodies clean and imposing fine on people polluting the water bodies.