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Principal Secretary visits JNNURM works

Friday, 09 April 2010 05:25 administrator
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The Hindu 09.04.2010

Principal Secretary visits JNNURM works

Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM: Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, T.S. Appa Rao on Thursday visited several works taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNRUM) in the city.

He visited the pump house of the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Jodugullapalem and suggested the supply of treated water as bulk water to industries.

He inspected the houses constructed at Survey no.27/179 and interacted with the beneficiaries. At Kommadi, he wanted the cracks to the housing units to be rectified. He planted saplings provided by Sri Chaitanya Techno Schools and Gayatri Vidya Parishad at Madhurawada and Kommadi respectively.

At Bakkannapalem, he inspected the water supply lines and later, the Endada balancing reservoir. He saw the ongoing Bus Rapid Transit System works at Pineapple Colony. Commissioner V.N. Vishnu accompanied him.

Last Updated on Friday, 09 April 2010 05:27
 

JNNURM Plus on the cards

Friday, 09 April 2010 05:24 administrator
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The Hindu 09.04.2010

JNNURM Plus on the cards

VISAKHAPATNAM: Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Central Government-sponsored programme for civic amenities, will soon be followed up with JNNURM Plus. It will give top priority to urban transportation and Andhra Pradesh is among the six States selected for it, according to Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, T.S. Appa Rao.

Speaking at a meeting with officials of GVMC and the Mayor here on Thursday, he said Phase Two of the mission would begin in 2014. Projects (proposed under it) should be innovative so as to attract tourism and investments. The projects should pave way to the city becoming slum-free and green. Under the mission, works worth Rs.12,000 crores are going on of which Hyderabad accounted for Rs.5,000 crores and Visakhapatnam for Rs. 2,000 crores.

Mr. Appa Rao wanted officials to focus on improving revenue from the water supply and also tone up the feeder roads. Mayor Pulusu Janardhana Rao and Commissioner V.N.Vishnu detailed the development and welfare programmes going on in the corporation.

The Mayor urged him to sanction staff to overcome paucity, release pending funds from the State Government, sanction drinking water projects for Gajuwaka and the 32 villages merged in the corporation, merge schools in the villages in the GVMC, among other things.

Additional Commissioners S. Krishna Murthy, P. Purnachandra Rao, Chief Engineer B.Jayarami Reddy, Chief City Planner B. Venkataratnam and Financial Advisor Y.Mangapathi Rao participated.

Last Updated on Friday, 09 April 2010 05:25
 

Mayor writes to Montek for JNNURM assistance

Thursday, 08 April 2010 11:28 administrator
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Indian Express 08.04.2010

Mayor writes to Montek for JNNURM assistance

Express News Service Tags : government, JNNURM Posted: Thursday , Apr 08, 2010 at 0112 hrs

Pune: In order to expedite different projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal has requested the union government to provide funds of Rs 10,000 crore. Rajpal has written a request letter to the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia in this regard.

Thanking the union government for including Pune in the list of JNNURM cities, Rajpal has written that the money is required to put in place civic amenities for attracting investments from industries, and for implementing various JNNURM projects including river improvement, water supply, transport and mobility including construction of flyovers, BRTS, Metro Rail, Ring Road and also for solving the solid waste management.

In the letter, Rajpal has written, “Since all the projects have immense importance for improving the quality of life in the city and for mobility planning and environment sustainability, the financial help from the JNNURM would certainly help.”

Talking to The Indian Express , Rajpal said, “The total requirement for these projects is Rs 10,000 crore, we hope the union government would give the entire amount. The river improvement would require Rs 1000 crore. Also each of the 12 to 15 flyovers proposed in the city would require about Rs 100 crore each.”

Rajpal said that about two months ago, he had made a similar request to Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan for releasing the state’s share of JNNURM funds.

Last Updated on Thursday, 08 April 2010 11:30
 
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