RAIPUR: Centre has approved a working plan for
Chhattisgarh where a total of nine cities would receive a major infrastructural
facelift under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT).
The Urban Development Ministry sanctioned the plan
during a high-level meeting of its officials in New Delhi yesterday, a
government spokesperson said here today.
Under the Rs 1,998 crore plan, the Centre will
provide Rs 870 crore in next three years while the rest of funding will be
borne by the state government and its civic bodies, the official said.
In yesterday's meeting, Director of state's Urban
Administration and Development Rohit Yadav made an elaborate presentation on
the action plan to be implemented for Raipur, Durg, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon,
Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh, Ambikapur and Jagdalpur which are short-listed by
Centre to be covered under the mission.
The Centre has identified 482 cities and towns,
each with a population of one lakh and above as AMRUT cities for ensuring basic
infrastructure like water connections to all urban households, sewer
connections and sewage management, storm water drains, urban transport in the
country.
The official said the cities would also be provided
better public transport, parking facilities and new centres would be
established for recreation and development of new parks and green zones would
be taken up.
SOURCE: THE ECONOMIC TIMES
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