MoHUA has to this point accredited 6,527 initiatives beneath AMRUT 2.0 scheme: MoS Kaushal Kishore
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He mentioned the AMRUT scheme goals at making cities ‘water safe’ and supply common protection of water provide by way of purposeful faucets to all households within the statutory cities of the nation.
It additionally goals at offering sewage/septage administration to all households of 500 cities coated in first part of the scheme.
“To date, 6,527 initiatives have been accredited by the ministry. Of those, detailed challenge stories (DPRs) have been ready for 1,492 initiatives price Rs 28,774.91 crore, tenders have been floated for 306 initiatives price Rs 9,796.27 crore, whereas 166 initiatives price Rs 2,571.98 crore have been awarded and are beneath implementation.
“Additional, six initiatives have been accomplished,” Kishore mentioned.
AMRUT 2.0 was launched on October 1, 2021 for a interval of 5 years ranging from the monetary yr 2021-22 to 2025-26.
The MoS additionally mentioned that beneath AMRUT 1.0, Uttarakhand took up 151 initiatives. “Of this, to this point 121 initiatives have been accomplished and one other 30 initiatives are in progress,” he mentioned.
Requested about ongoing initiatives beneath the AMRUT 2.0 scheme, Kishore mentioned for the state of Uttarakhand, tranche-1 of State Water Motion Plan (SWAP) was accredited by the ministry in Might 2022 for 19 initiatives costing Rs 263.04 crore, together with dedicated central help of Rs 210.38 crore.
