Union Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu will review urban development and housing schemes in Haryana on Friday.
Meeting in Chandigarh
Mr. Naidu will hold the review with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and the State Ministers concerned in Chandigarh.
The Union Minister will review schemes that have been launched by the Centre in the State.
Among these schemes are Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Smart City Mission and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) is being implemented in all the 80 statutory cities and towns of Haryana, a ministry spokesperson said. “So far, 24,986 Individual Household Toilets have built in Haryana out of the target of 1,06,373 besides 1,679 Community and Public Toilets out of the target of 10,394. Out of the total 1,449 urban wards in the State, 412 wards have reported 100% door to door collection of municipal solid waste,” he said.
In Haryana, 10 of the 80 mission towns have so far been declared and certified as Open Defecation Free, which include Panipat, Sirsa, Mandi Dabwali, Thanesar, Pehowa, Ladwa, Shahbad, Kalanwali, Ellenabad and Rania. Ministry of Urban Development has so far released Rs.75 crore to Haryana under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).
Under AMRUT, 20 cities and towns are included in the Mission. A total investment of Rs.2,544 crore has been approved under this mission for providing water taps to all urban households in mission cities as first priority besides improving sewerage and drainage networks, non-motorised urban transport and providing open spaces, the spokesperson said.
He said that total central assistance of Rs.764 crore has been approved for Haryana under Atal Mission and AMRUT cities in Haryana are Panipat, Sonipat, Ambala, Ambala Sadar, Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Karnal, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Jagadhari, Palwal, Sirsa, Faridabad, Jind, Panchkukla, Thanesar, Gurgaon, Kaithal, Rewari and Yamuna Nagar.
Faridabd and Karnal have been included in Smart City Mission. While Faridabad got selected for funding under this mission under Fast Track Round of competition, Karnal is to compete in the third round of completion in progress. An investment of Rs.2,600 crore has been approved under the Smart City Plan of Faridabad, he said.
Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)- Housing for All, construction of 4,299 houses at a cost of Rs.338 crore as proposed by the Haryana Government has been approved by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. Central assistance of Rs.224 crore has been approved for this and Rs.119 crore has been released to the State, the spokesperson said.
