In a cabinet meeting conducted on Thursday, July 14, the newly-formed Eknath Shinde government has approved the implementation the Centre’s AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) 2.0 scheme in Maharashtra.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has aimed at transforming 500 select cities under the scheme.
While talking to reporters, confirming the same, Shinde said that about 50 per cent of the population in the state lives in urban areas and there are a total of 413 urban local bodies in the state.
The main objectives of the scheme are to make all city houses 100 per cent self-sufficient in terms of water supply by providing tap connections, rejuvenating water resources and developing parks and green areas in open spaces in the city, and providing 100 per cent sewage treatment and sewage connections in 44 Amrit 1.0 cities
Amrit 1.0 scheme has been implemented in the state since 2015 but it was limited to only 44 cities in the state. However, AMRUT 2.0 will now be implemented in all the civil local bodies of the state during the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 to provide basic infrastructure in the urban areas of the state.
Meanwhile, under the AMRUT 2.0 campaign, projects worth INR 27,700 crores will be undertaken in the state, for which central financial assistance of INR 9,285 crores while INR 18,415 crores will be contributed by the state government and the urban local self-government bodies, according to their classification.
Besides, the government aims for more cleaner and beautiful cities of the state.
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