Prime Minister launches Schemes for transforming Urban Areas- AMRUT 2.0 and Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0
Schemes worth about ₹ 4.4 lakh Crore to adopt ‘Universal Approach’ and make a move towards ‘Saturation’
AMRUT 2.0: A step towards new Urban India, to make the cities ‘Aatmanirbhar’ and ‘water secure’
AMRUT 2.0: Extends coverage from 500 cities under AMRUT to all around 4700 cities and towns
AMRUT 2.0: 2.68 crore urban household tap connections to be provided during Mission
AMRUT-2.0: Mission to have a reform agenda and promote PPP
SBM-U 2.0: All statutory towns expected to become at least ODF+ and all cities with <1 lakh population ODF++
SBM-U 2.0: Focus on sustaining the sanitation and solid waste management outcomes achieved and accelerate the momentum generated, taking Urban India to the next level of ‘Swachhata’
SBM-U 2.0: Special focus on the well-being on sanitation and informal waste workers
SBM-U 2.0: Greater emphasis on source segregation for Sustainable Solid Waste Management
SBM-U 2.0: Remediation of all legacy dumpsites to be key component
SBM-U 2.0: Complete liquid waste management in cities in < 1 lakh population
4798 ULBs have already signed the MoU with the Central Government
SWACHH BHARAT MISSION-URBAN 2.0
The focus of SBM-U 2.0 in the next 5 years will be on sustaining the sanitation and solid waste management outcomes achieved and accelerate the momentum generated
The Mission will focus on ensuring complete access to sanitation facilities to serve additional population migrating from rural to urban areas in search of employment and better opportunities over the next 5 years
This will be done through the construction of over 3.5 lakhs individual, community and public toilets
Complete liquid waste management in cities in less than 1 lakh population – a new component introduced under SBM-Urban 2.0 will ensure that all wastewater is safely contained, collected, transported and treated so that no wastewater pollutes our water bodies.
Construction & demolition waste processing facilities will be set up and mechanical sweepers deployed in National Clean Air Programme cities and in cities with more than 5 lakh population.
A financial outlay of ₹1,41,600 crores has been finalized for SBM-U 2.0, including central share of ₹36,465 for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26
Background of SBM-U
The announcement for the launch of SBM was made by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 15th August 2014, with the Mission being formally launched on 2nd October 2014.
The objectives of the Mission were-Eradication of open defecation in all statutory towns; 100% scientific management of municipal solid waste in all statutory towns; and effecting behaviour change through Jan Andolan.
The Mission revolutionized the sanitation space in urban India, by providing 100% access to sanitation facilities in urban India
Urban India was declared open defecation free in 2019 following which the Mission has propelled urban India on the path of sustainable sanitation, with over 3,000 cities and over 950 cities being certified ODF+ and ODF++ respectively.
Digital entablements such as Swachhata App, the digital grievance redressal platform introduced by MoHUA in 2016, has reinvented the way in which citizen grievance redressal is managed.
Swachh Survekshan, the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey covering over 4,000 Urban Local Bodies was initiated under SBM-Urban in 2016.
AMRUT2.0
It aims to make around 4,700 towns / cities ‘water secure’. It will build upon the progress of AMRUT to address water needs, rejuvenate water bodies, better manage aquifers, reuse treated wastewater, thereby promoting circular economy of water.
The total outlay of AMRUT 2.0 is ₹2,97,000 crores, including central share of ₹76,760 crores.
This includes ₹10,000 crores Central share and another ₹10,000 crores states’ share for continuing financial support to AMRUT Mission up to March 2023.
The Objective of AMRUT 2.0 is to provide 100% coverage of water supply to all households in around 4,700 ULBs, by providing 2.68 crore urban household tap connections, thereby benefitting around 10.7 crores people.
It will provide 100% coverage of sewerage and septage in 500 AMRUT cities, by providing 2.64 crore sewer connections/ septage connections, thereby benefitting around 10.6 crores people.
The AMRUT-2.0 Mission will promote Public Private Partnership (PPP). It has been mandated for cities having million plus population to take up PPP projects worth minimum of 10 percent of their total project fund allocation which could be on Annuity/ Hybrid Annuity / BOT Model.
Background of AMRUT 2.0
AMRUT was launched as the first water – focused Mission in 2015, with a total Mission outlay of ₹1,00,000 crore.
The Mission caters to 500 major cities covering 60% of the urban population.
Projects worth more than ₹80,000 crore have been grounded and more than funds allocated for project implementation worth ₹77,640 crore. Work worth ₹56,000 crore has been carried out and ₹48,000 crore expanded.
Under the Mission, 1.14 crore water tap connections have been provided taking total connections to 4.14 crore in AMRUT cities.
6,000 MLD of Sewage Treatment capacity is to be developed through AMRUT, of which 1,800 MLD of treatment capacity has been developed.
85 lakh sewer connections including households covered under septage facilities have been provided taking coverage to 2.32 crore.
Source: PIB
