6th Anniversary of Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT and PMAY-U

• 25 Jun 2021

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is organising an online event on 25^th June, 2021 to commemorate 6 years of the launch of three transformative Urban Missions vis. Smart Cities Mission (SCM), AMRUT and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), which were launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on 25^th June, 2015.

• The three schemes were part of a visionary agenda for urban rejuvenation and designed as part of a multi-layer strategy to meet the aspirations of 40% of India’s populationliving in cities.

About the Schemes and Achievements

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna – Urban

• About the Mission: PMAY-U, under the aegis of ‘Housing for All’, addresses urban housing shortage among the EWS/LIG and MIG categories including the slum dwellers by ensuring a ‘pucca’ house to all eligible urban households by the year 2022, when the nation completes 75 years of its Independence.
• Achievement: A total of 1.12 crore houses have been sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (U), of which 82.5 lakh houses have been grounded and around 48 lakh have been completed.

AMRUT Mission

About the Mission: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched to address the issues of Water Supply, Sewerage and septage management, Storm Water Drainage to reduce flooding, Non-motorized Urban Transport and creating green space/parks in 500 cities with more than 1 lakh population.

Achievements:

• Total tap connections: 105 lakh+ water tap connections against target of 139 lakh.
• Sewerage and Septage connections: 78+ lakhs against target of 145 lakh.
• Treatment capacity developed: 1240 MLD and 4960 MLD capacity of STPs under progress.
• 1,840 water logging points have been eliminated.
• Green spaces and parks: 1850 parks and 3770 acres of area of green spaces developed.
• Municipal Bonds: 10 cities have raised Municipal bonds of Rs. 3,840 crore.
• Online Building Permission System has been implemented in 2,465 towns
• Streetlights: 88 lakhs streetlights have been replaced resulting in 192 crore units of energy saving per year and reductions of Carbon emissions by 15 lakh tons.

Smart Cities Mission

• About the Mission: Smart Cities Mission is a transformational Mission aimed to bring about a paradigm shift in the practice of urban development in the country.
• Achievement:
  • Of the total proposed projects under SCM, 5,890 projects (114% by number) have been tendered so far, work orders have been issued for 5,195 projects (101% by number). 2,655 projects (51% by number) have also been fully completed and are operational.
  • As on date, 69 Smart cities have developed and operationalised their Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) in the country.