(a) the number of proposals sanctioned by the Union Government during the last one decade under the `Accelerated Urban Water Supply Programme`, State-wise;
(b) whether the Government of Maharashtra has recently submitted fresh proposals under this programme; and
(c) if so, the response of the Union Government thereto?
MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD )
(a): Ministry of Urban Development has sanctioned water supply
schemes for 1038 towns as on 13.7.2004 since launching of the
Programme in March, 1994. The State-wise details of the number
of schemes sanctioned are given at Annexure-I.
(b)&(c): Yes, Sir. The Government of Maharashtra have
submitted proposals on water supply schemes for 10 towns for
technical approval during the current financial year. The list
of towns covered by the proposals is given in the Annexure-II.
The technical approval of the schemes will be subject to the
techno-economic feasibility of the scheme, compliance of
technical remarks by Government of Maharashtra, availability of
funds, submission of utilization certificates for the Central
share released during the previous years, release of counterpart
matching State share by the State Governments and submission of
Quarterly Physical and Financial Progress Reports of the ongoing
approved schemes.
ANNEXURES REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1866 FOR 20.7.2004.
ANNEXURE-I
Status - 13.7.2004 MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATED URBAN WATER SUPPLY PROGRAMME (AUWSP) Sl. State No. of schemes Sl. State No. of schemes No. approved from No. approved from 1993-94 to 1993-94 to till date till date 1. ANDHRA PRADESH 22 15. MAHARASHTRA 28 2. ARUNACHAL PD. 3 16. MANIPUR 24 3. ASSAM 18 17. MEGHAYALA 2 4. BIHAR 23 18. MIZORAM 8 5. CHHHATTISGARH 41 19. NAGALAND 2 6. GOA 4 20. ORISSA 29 7. GUJARAT 51 21. PUNJAB 11 8. HARYANA 34 22. RAJASTHAN 61 9. HIMACHAL PD. 12 23. SIKKIM 2 10. J & K 5 24. TAMIL NADU 62 11. JHARKHAND 9 25. TRIPURA 9 12. KARNATAKA 35 26. UTTAR PD. 367 13. KERALA 10 27. UTTARANCHAL 19 14. MADHYA PD. 128 28. WEST BENGAL 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL : 1038 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNEXURE-II AUWSP SCHEMES RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA State- MAHARASHTRA -------------------------------------------------------- Sl. Name of Town District Population Estimated No. (1991 census) Cost (Rs. Lakhs) -------------------------------------------------------- 1. Loha Nanded 15865 881.95 2. Nakoda Chandrapur 7119 143.22 3. Aheri Gadchiroli 10979 255.6 4. Malkapur Kolhapur 5238 138.82 5. Murum Osmanabad 15870 386.24 6. Kalamnuri Hingoli 15736 160.48 7. Panhala Kolhapur 2968 60.85 8. Mahabaleshwar Satara 10564 483.22 9. Pachgani Satara 10558 994.98 10. Shirur Pune 18410 206.22 -------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL : 113307 3711.58