12 Telangana Cities Covered under Amrut: Union Minister Manohar Lal

Hyderabad: The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched on June 25, 2015 in 500 cities (485 cities including l5 merged cities) and towns across the country. In the State of Telangana, l2 Cities are covered under Amrut namely, Adilabad, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Miryalguda, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Ramagundam, Siddipet, Suryapet and Warangal.

As reported by the State government, under Amrut, As many as 66 projects were taken up which included 27 water supply projects worth Rs1,424.09 crore, four sewerage/Septage Management projects worth Rs203.3 crore and 35 Green Spaces & Park projects worth Rs35.69 crore. All these projects have been completed.

Under Amrut, 4,336.54 km water pipeline and 278.53 km sewer pipeline has been laid, 5.54 lakh water tap connections and 87,000 sewer connections have been provided under Amrut and convergence. Further, 18.25 MLD Sewage Treatment Ptant (STP) capacity and 442.45 acres of green space area has been developed in the State of Telangana under Amrut. An amount of Rs1,663.08 crore was sanctioned for these projects, which includes Central Assistance (CA) of Rs832.6 crore. The State has submitted utilisation of Rs806.21 crore against Rs831.52 crore released under Amrut.

The information was provided by Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Manohar Lal, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.