Chief secretary convened a review meeting of AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation) State-level steering committee here in the secretariat on Wednesday. Its objective is to strengthen drinking water supply, sewerage, drainage, transport and other basic amenities. In Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani, Rudrapur, Kashipur and Roorkee have been selected to be developed under AMRUT.
During the meeting, the State’s manual plans were presented of which the Union Government would fund under 90:10 ratio. The State would get around Rs134 crore from the Centre for strengthening the above mentioned infrastructures in six cities spread over four districts.
During the meeting additional chief secretary S Raju, principal secretary Planning S Ramaswami, secretary urban development DS Garbyal, secretary drinking water and RK Sudhanshu were present.