The Hindu 27.12.2009
Piped water to municipalities by 2010-end
Special Correspondent
| Rs.200 fee to be collected from BPL households towards connection charges |
Finance Department directed to release an amount of Rs. 630 crore
Households in 100 municipalities will get water connections by next June itself
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Rosaiah has directed the Municipal Administration and Urban Development officials to expedite the ongoing drinking water supply projects to provide four lakh drinking water connections in 113 municipalities in the State by December 2010.
The Chief Minister who held a review meeting with Minister for Municipal Administration Anam Ramnarayana Reddy and officials on Saturday directed the Finance Department to release an amount of Rs. 630 crore.
Giving details later to media persons, Mr. Ramnarayana Reddy said to address the drinking water problems in the municipalities, projects worth Rs.4,000 crore were sanctioned under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission with 80 per cent funding from the Centre and 20 per cent from the State.
Households in 100 municipalities would get water connections by next June itself. As decided by late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, a fee of only Rs.200 would be collected from BPL households towards connection charges.
MMTS Phase II
On the proposed MMTS Phase II in Hyderabad , Mr.Rosaiah asked the officials to secure early approval from the Railway Board for securing early approval and also to make provision for Government share of 66 per cent share in the next budget.
Meanwhile GHMC was asked to pay balance Rs.13.5 crore for six new additional rakes for MMTS Phase I.
Municipal polls
With elections to municipalities scheduled for September 2010, Mr. Rosaiah asked the department officials to be prepared and also send a report in two to three weeks about the creation of new urban local bodies, panchayats to be brought under them, upgradation of grade 3 municipalities. Already 51 proposals from 12 districts were received for creation of new municipalities and they were under scrutiny.
