Bengaluru: This is something the Karnataka government should be happy about after making allegations of discrimination against the BJP led Central government. The Union urban development ministry has approved projects worth Rs 1258 crore for urban development programmes under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) aimed at providing basic services like water supply, sewerage, urban transport in cities.
Of this, Rs 552cr will be spent on augmenting water supply in mission cities, Rs 613 crore on sewerage projects, construction of storm water drains will be taken up at a cost of Rs 49 crore, developing green spaces and parks at a cost of Rs 28 crore and Rs 18 crore will be given to create urban transport.
In Karnataka, coverage of households with water taps range from a low of 18% in Chickmagaluru to 87% in Mandya. Water supply is reported to be in the range of 35 litres per capita per day(lpcd) in Robertsonpet to 106 lpcd in Ranebennur. In the capital city of Bengaluru coverage of water taps is 72% and water supply is 94 lpcd. None of the 27 mission cities in the state have water supply of 135 lpcd prescribed for urban areas in the country.
Under AMRUT Plans for 2015-16, investments to be made in the mission cities for water supply, sewerage, storm water drains and urban transport projects are: Bengaluru Rs 173 cr, Raichur-Rs 77 cr, Hubballi-Dharwad Rs 75 cr, Ballari Rs 72 cr, Kalaburagi- Rs 66 cr, Belagavi Rs 60 cr, Bijapur Rs 60 cr, Tumakuru Rs 53 cr, Bhadravati Rs 51 cr, Mysuru Rs 50 cr, Davanagere Rs 50 cr, Shivamogga Rs 48 cr, Gadag-Betagiri Rs 45 cr, Bidar Rs 42 cr, Hosapete Rs 38 cr, Chitradurga-Rs 34 cr, Hassan Rs 32 cr, Bagalkote Rs 31 cr, Ranebennur Rs 25 cr, Chikkamagaluru Rs 24 cr, Kolar Rs 18 cr, Gangavati Rs 16 cr, Robertsonpet Rs 14 cr, Badami-Rs 12.00 cr, Mangaluru Rs 3.25 cr.
While approving the proposals, it also noted that, the 27 urban local bodies in Karnataka included in Atal Mission were required to contribute 30% to 47% of project cost and asked the state government to increase its share in the project cost to reduce the burden on municipal bodies.
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