(a) whether only 70 per cent of urban households had access to tap
water supply, 20 per cent had access to sewerage system and only 30 per
cent of the solid waste generated by the million plus towns was disposed
properly;
(b) if so, the steps taken by the Government to make accelerate urban
sector reforms during the last three years and the current year; and
(c) the details of success achieved in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI SAUGATA ROY )
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b) & (c) : It is mentioned that as per 2011 Census, only 70.6% of urban
households have access to tap water supply and 32.7% urban households have
access to sewerage system. As per the information available with this Ministry,
the Municipal solid waste collection efficiency in India, ranges between
70% and 90% in major Metro cities, whereas in several smaller cities it is
below 50% and main method of disposal of solid waste is by crude dumping in
about 94% of the cases.
i. In order to supplement the effort of State Governments, the Ministry
launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in 2005 with
a view to provide financial assistance for creating infrastructure facilities
in all the urban areas of the country for water supply and sanitation including
solid waste management with a reform oriented agenda. The JNNURM has two
sub-missions namely Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG) and Urban
Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small & Medium Towns (UIDSSMT).
Under UIG component of JNNURM, 65 cities having population more than one
million and State capitals are eligible for funding and the remaining towns
are eligible under UIDSSMT component. UIG Sub-Mission of JnNURM is concerned,
100% cost recovery for Water Supply and 100% cost recovery for Solid Waste
Management are two ULB Level Reforms to be achieved within the Mission period
as per commitment made in the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). Details of
Cities which has achieved these reforms are at Annexure I.
ii. The Ministry of Urban Development has also launched a scheme on 10%
Lump-sum provision for the Development of North Eastern Region including Sikkim.
The Details of Cities which has achieved these reforms are at Annexure II.
iii. Ministry of Urban Development has also formulated a Scheme for Urban
Infrastructure Development Scheme in Satellite Towns Magnets of Million plus
Cities (UIDSST). The objectives of this scheme amongst others are to develop
urban infrastructure facilities such as water supply, sewerage, drainage and
solid waste management etc. at Satellite towns/ Counter Magnets around Seven
mega-cities at Annexure III.
iv. The Ministry of Urban Development is implementing the North Eastern
Region Urban Development Programme (NERUDP) with the financial assistance from
Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the capital cities of 5 North Eastern States
viz. Agartala (Tripura), Aizawl (Mizoram), Gangtok (Sikkim), Kohima (Nagaland),
and Shillong (Meghalaya) covering priority urban services in (i) Water Supply,
(ii) Sewerage and Sanitation, and (iii) Solid Waste Management sectors. The
scheme, which is spread over a period of six years from 2009-10 to 2015-16,
includes following institutional and financial reforms to ensure improvement
in urban governance, basic service delivery and operation and maintenance
(a) strengthening of municipal bodies – decentralization of urban services
and transfer of responsibility and resources to ULBs;
(b) restructuring of PHED/municipal body and creation of one single city
ring fenced area headed by a senior officer;
(c) migration to accrual based double entry accounting system and zation;
(d) rationalization and implementation of volumetric water charges, solid
waste collection charges and other user charges for basic services
(e) Implementation of GIS based property tax system
Details of the projects sanctioned under North Eastern Region
Urban Development Programme are at Annexure IV