AMRUT
Atal Mission For Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) has been launched on 25th June, 2015 with the aim to provide basic services to households and build amenities in urban areas to improve the quality of life for all the residents, especially the poor and disadvantaged. Five Hundred cities having population of more than 1 Lakh will be benefitted by the mission. The objectives of AMRUT are:
Ensure that every household must have access to a tap with assured supply of water and a sewerage connection. It also want to increase the amenity value of cities by developing greenery and well maintained open spaces (e.g. parks) and reduce pollution by switching to public transport or constructing facilities for non-motorized transport (e.g. walking and cycling).
Implementation of AMRUT in Meghalaya
The Mission city under AMRUT for Meghalaya is Shillong. Under AMRUT there are three components: 1. Faecal Sludge & Septage Management 2. Water Supply 3. Green Spaces & Parks.
Under Sewerage & Septage Management two projects have been proposed and implemented 1. Septage Treatment Plant 2. Faecal Sludge & Septage Management.
Five Projects for Water Supply have been proposed and implemented by Public Health Engineering and the Shillong Municipal Board and under Green Spaces & Parks eight projects have been proposed and implemented by the Shillong Municipal Board and the Forest Department.
Mode Of Operation
1. Apex Committee allocates annual budget to States
2. The SHPSC gets city level Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIPs) prepared in order to provide water supply and sewerage connections to all in the city.
3. The SLIPs are aggregated to form the State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs).
4. The Apex Committee appraises and approves the SAAP.
5. Execution begins.
6. The ULBs get the DPRs for identified projects approved by SHPSC which are technically appraised by the SLTC.
7. Implementations begin after the detailed technical &financial appraisal of the DPRs.
Release Of Funds
The funds will be released in three instalments of 20:40:40 with the Central : State share of 90 : 10. The funds are released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, GoI to the State Government which is then released to the State Nodal Agency. From the Nodal Agency the funds are released directly to the implementing Agencies. Till date an amount of Rs. 35.473 crores has been utilized.
Status Of AMRUT
Under the Mission four projects have been completed and operated. While the remaining eleven projects are on the process for completion.
