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Programmes of KMDA KMDA HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN water quality and to take it to the implementation of the following bathing quality standards. programmes currently: GAP-I was launched in June, 1985 GAP, Phase-II and declared closed on 31st March, 2000. GAP-II was approved in April, JN-NURM – Infrastructure & Urban 1993 with the object of reducing Governance (Sub Mission-I) pollution in not only river Ganga but JN-NURM – Basic services to Urban also three other rivers, namely, Poor (Sub Mission-II) Jamuna, Damoder & Gomati. River Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) Mahananda was included subsequently in 2005-2006. GAP-II Other projects (Residual projects was merged with NRCP in December under Calcutta Megacity Programme, 1996. State Plan funded schemes, Deposit works). The approach of GAP was to establish and operate Sewage Treatment Plants Ganga Action Plan, Phase II in the cities along Ganga so that no The Ganga Action Plan (GAP) was untreated sewage is discharged into launched by the Govt. of in the river. This was aimed at in 1985 with the objective of abatement bringing the quality of the river water of pollution in the river Ganga to a desired level. Annual Report 2010-11 | 20-21 resulting from discharge of sewage The need for revamping the river into the river from several point and conservation programme was widely non-point sources. GAP was renamed recognized in view of the the National River Conservation Plan shortcomings in the approach (NRCP) in 1995 and was made broad- followed under GAP. It was felt that a based to tackle pollution levels in new holistic river basin based other identified polluted stretches of approach was necessary and the major rivers, with a view to improve planning and institutional approach Metropolitan Development Authority

needed to be redesigned accordingly. Under the second phase (GAP Phase-II), The Govt. of India has given Ganga the schemes are being implemented in 38 status of a National River and has towns. Till date, Government of India Under the National constituted the National Ganga River has sanctioned 214 (two hundred Ganga River Basin Basin Authority (NGRBA) on 20th fourteen) schemes at an estimated cost Authority, Government February, 2009. The objective of the of Rs.295.01 crore, out of which of India has sanctioned NGRBA is to ensure effective abatement Government of India’s share is of pollution and conservation of the Rs.263.35 crore, State Government’s 27 (twenty seven) river Ganga by adopting a river basin share is Rs.31.40 crore and the share of schemes at an estimated approach for comprehensive planning MP LAD is Rs.0.26 crore. cost of Rs.655.87 crore and management. Under the National Ganga River Basin on 70:30 cost sharing The first phase of Ganga Action Plan Authority, Government of India has basis between resulted in completion of as many as sanctioned 27 (twenty seven) schemes 110 (one hundred ten) schemes in 15 at an estimated cost of Rs.655.87 crore Government of India and Class-I towns in at a total on 70:30 cost sharing basis between the State Government. cost of Rs.186.13 crore. Government of India and the State Government.

Highlights of achievements during 2010-11 : Ganga Action Plan Phase-II

No. of schemes completed : 19

Expenditure : Rs.41.89 crore

Major Schemes completed during 2010-11 :

Electric Crematorium : , Jiaganj-Azimganj & Dhulian

Riverfront Development : Kolkata, , and

Main Pumping Station : North Barrackpore

Interception & Diversion : Tolly’s Nullah & Gayeshpur

Lifting Station : Tolly’s Nullah

Sewage Treatment Plant : & North Barrackpore

Major Schemes in progress :

Electric Crematorium at , Jiaganj-Azimganj, Katwa, Diamond- Harbour & Chakdah.

Riverfront Development at

Sewage Treatment Plant at Siliguri, & Barrackpore

Interception & Diversion at North Barrackpore & Siliguri

Pumping Stations at , Gayeshpur, North Barrackpore, Barrackpore, Diamond Harbour & Siliguri prvdShmsshdldt omnei 0121 : Approved Schemesscheduledtocommencein2011-2012 Kotrung Rs.44.70crore : : Schemes inprogress Expenditure Riverfront DevelopmentatHalisahar,Hooghly-Chinsurah,Budge-Budge,NorthBarrackpore,&- Sewerage SchemeatKalyani,Gayeshpur&Bhatpara Electric CrematoriumatHalisahar Highlights ofachievementsduring2010-11:NGRBA Riverfront Development, Riverfront Development,Naihati Riverfront Development,Kolkata Riverfront Development,Baidyabati Riverfront Development,Bansberia Riverfront Development, Riverfront Development,Rishra Electric Crematorium,Howrah Riverfront Development, Riverfront Development,Bally Riverfront Development, Riverfront Development, Riverfront Development,Khardah Riverfront Development, Riverfront Development,

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Jawaharlal Nehru National scheme is linked to certain performance being considered by the JN-NURM Urban Renewal Mission (JN- parameters involving implementation of Directorate in the Government of India reforms at the level of both the State and many have already received NURM) – Sub Mission-I and the urban local self-governments approval under JNNURM and are under (Urban Infrastructure & (ULBs). The programme would strive to implementation. Governance) & Sub Mission- ensure that cities generate outcome Following the requirement of JN-NURM II (Basic Services to Urban oriented pro-poor plans through Directorate, KMDA has also prepared a participatory process. The Mission’s Poor) Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) for JN-NURM is a centrally sponsored tenure is for 7 years. KMA. The Plan inter alia highlights the programme covering 7 megacities, For megacities like Kolkata, 35% of priorities of the intra-city transport including Kolkata, 28 million plus cities project investment shall come from projects being proposed for JN-NURM and 28 other identified urban centers. Government of India as grant and 15% assistance. Kolkata and Asansol are the two cities from the respective State Government in West Bengal that have been included Under Sub-Mission-I (UIG), KMDA has as grant. The remaining 50% shall have for assistance under JN-NURM. This laid emphasis on providing surface to assured from other sources like programme was launched in December water to all the Municipal bodies within financial institutions, private sector 2005. It has two Sub Missions namely KMA, provision for Sewerage & partners, the implementing agency’s Urban Infrastructure & Governance and Drainage, Solid Waste Management, own sources or the State Government Basic Services to Urban Poor. Whereas creation and improvement of road itself. the Sub Mission-I deals with up- infrastructure etc. The schemes are gradation of infrastructure (water KMDA has been designated as the State mostly executed by KMDA and supply including WTPs, drainage, Level Nodal Agency (SLNA) for both the KMW&SA. The schemes under Sub- sewerage including STPs, on-site Sub Missions and for both Kolkata and Mission II (BSUP) are mostly executed by sanitation, solid waste management, Asansol. Further details about JN-NURM the Municipal bodies concerned with sanitation, urban transport including are available on the Union active assistance and supervision roads/bridges/flyovers/highways/express Government’s Website for JN-NURM: provided by KMDA. ways, urban renewal) in the existing www.jnnurm.nic.in. The State urban centers and issues of urban Government’s website governance so as to facilitate www.jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in provides the progress of the sustenance of the interventions, Sub JN-NURM is a centrally Mission-II focuses on integrated programme in West Bengal. sponsored programme development of slums involving housing The JN-NURM calls for preparation of a and basic infrastructure in slums, City Development Plan (CDP) that shall covering 7 megacities, community facilities, convergence of provide a medium term development including Kolkata, 28 health, education and social security perspective and an investment plan for million plus cities and schemes for urban poor etc. JN-NURM basic infrastructure development to be scheme has involved pooling of the implemented over the tenure of JN- 28 other identified relevant on-going programmes of NURM, i.e., 5-7 years. KMDA prepared urban centers. Government of India into one the CDP, essentially evolving out of the centralized Mission fund. A key Vision 2025 and the sectoral Master assumption of the scheme is that urban Plans and submitted the same to infrastructure should be financially self- Government of India, which then sustaining, subject to provision of a approved the CDP for KMA. Projects reasonable amount of viability gap formulated on the basis of CDP are funding. Disbursement under the Detailed ProjectReport(DPR)underpreparation Detailed ProjectReport(DPR)submittedtoGovernmentofIndiaforsanction: : Schemes sanctionedunderJN-NURM,SubMission-I 24X7WaterSupplyschemeforPanihatiMunicipality • 1 projectforWaterSupplyestimatedtocostRs.246.02crore eeae&Dang etr:2projectsestimatedtocostRs.87.18 crore : 1projectestimatedtocostRs.129.64crore : 8projectsestimatedtocostRs.357.30crore : Sewerage &DrainageSector Traffic &TransportationSector Water SupplySector ElevatedCorridorfromKestopurtoJoraMandironKaziNazrulIslamAvenue • Barrackpore-Kalyani-DumDumExpresswayWidening&Improvement • ConstructionofFlyoveracrossEasternRailwayMainLinealongwithApproach RoadatChandannagar • BRTSfromUltadangatoGaria • 4 projectsinTraffic&TransportationsectorforRs.806.64crore StormWaterDrainageforBaranagarMunicipalarea • ImprovementofUpperBagjolaCanal • StormWaterDrainageSchemeforKamarhatiMunicipality • 3 projectsinSewerage&DrainagesectorforRs.154.76crore W 1project : 4projects : 4 projects : 3projects : SWM Sewerage &DrainageSector Traffic &Transport Water SupplySector Highlights ofachievementsduring2010-11:JN-NURM,SubMission-I Highlights ofachievementsduring2010-11:JN-NURM,SubMission-I (Urban Infrastructure&Governance) (Urban Infrastructure&Governance) Total –Rs.1207.42crore

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Under Sub Mission-II, efforts are directed at improving the living conditions of the urban poor in the Glimpses of municipal towns of KMA by upgrading implementation their housing conditions and of BSUP infrastructural facilities. BSUP has further strengthened KMDA’s longstanding hegemony in integrated slum improvement for the provision of shelter, with basic civic amenities. Government of India provides an amount not exceeding 50 percent of the approved project cost against each of the BSUP schemes as grant.

Highlights of achievements during 2010-11 : JN-NURM, Sub Mission-II (Basic Services for Urban Poor)

BSUP Schemes sanctioned up-to-date under JNNURM, Sub Mission II

For KMC area : Infrastructure Development in slums including 20364 Dwelling Units for urban poor at an estimated cost of Rs.624.98 crore

For 41 other municipal towns of KMA : Infrastructure Development in slums including 109474 dwelling units for urban poor at an estimated cost of Rs.2742.95 crore

BSUP Project Implementation Status

Dwelling Units completed: 18531 (Taking the cumulative figure to 47956)

Construction of dwelling units in progress: 25977

2007-08 37.41 2007-08 861

2008-09 179.07 2008-09 8489

2009-10 407.04 2009-10 15981

2010-11 295.14 2010-11 16285 UIG ProjectImplementationStatus(allon-going): UIG Projectscompletedduring2010-11:9projects SWM Sector: Sewerage &DrainageSector: Traffic &TransportationSector: Heritage Conservation: Gayeshpur, Naihati,Bhatpara,Khardah, ,,Maheshtala,,Baruipurand projects are: projects are: Water SupplySector: Storm WaterdrainageschemeinHooghly-ChinsurahMunicipality Development andmanagementofSeweragesystematSaltLakeSectorV Dum Trans-municipal SchemeonremovalofdrainagecongestionwithinKhardah,Panihati,NorthDumDum,&South TransMunicipal SWMfor10municipaltownsofKolkata of Kalyani 24x7 surfacewatersupplyschemeformunicipaltownsofNaihati,,,Gayeshpuranduncoveredareas 3 MGDUGR-cum-BoosterStn.AtGandhiMaidan,Akra 10 MGDwatertreatmentplantforUluberia Development andManagementofWaterSupplyatSector-V,NDITASaltLake Construction ofFlyoverbetweenEMByePassandKaziNazrulIslamSarani Sewerage inBidhannagar(SaltLake) area Storm WaterDrainageinChandannagarMunicipalCorporation area Improvement ofDrainageSysteminHMCareaanditsvicinity Up-gradation ofNon-ManEntrySewerSystem(Pt-I)inKMCarea Rehabilitation &Up-gradationofManEntryBrickSewerSystem (Part-I)inKMCarea Elevated RoadCorridorfromParkCircustoEMBPnearParama Island Flyover atNagerbazaronJessoreRoad Vivekananda RoadFlyover(Ph-I)fromHowrahBridgetoCRAvenue EMBP ConnectorfromKamalgazi()toPadmapukur() 30-mgd (Ph-I)WaterTreatmentPlantatDhapa Tallah–Palta DedicatedTransmissionMain 24X7 WaterSupplyinChandannagarMunicipalCorporationarea 24X7 WaterSupplyinDumDum,SouthandNorth Surface WaterSupplySchemeinBarrackporeandNorthmunicipalareas Surface WaterSupplySchemeforAddedAreasofHMC 15-mgd WTPatBansberia Improvement ofUpperBagjola canal Highlights ofachievementsduring2010-11:JN-NURM,SubMission-I 1 projectin13municipaltowns ofKMAinvolvingRs.111.97croreviz.Halisahar,Kanchrapara, Kalyani, 21 projectsinvolvingRs.2324.60croreareunderdifferentstagesofexecution.Sometheare: 1 projectinvolving Rs.20.62croreforrejuvenation ofDalhousieSquareisunder implementation 14 projectsinvolvingRs.1035.59croreareunderdifferentstages ofexecution.Somethe (Urban Infrastructure&Governance) 11 projectsinvolvingRs.1446.73croreareunderdifferentstagesofexecution.Somethe

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Expenditure under UIG (Rs. Crore) During 2010-11, KMDA was engaged in execution of numerous schemes under the above-mentioned programmes 2006-07 2.95 covering different sectors of infrastructure. An account of the major schemes under implementation by KMDA under JN- 2007-08 50.73 NURM during 2010-11 is presented in Annexure-II. 2008-09 309.44

2009-10 596.33

2010-11 676.52 the basisfordevelopmental (KMPC), butalsothesameconstitute Metropolitan PlanningCommittee been approvedtheKolkata (DPs) forthe40ULBsofKMAhave of 1994,notonlyDevelopmentPlans Metropolitan PlanningCommitteeAct provisions ofWestBengal worth mentioningthatfollowing appropriate decisions.Itshouldbe the StateGovernmenttakes once thereviewsarecompletedand and actionsonthesameshallbetaken 2011-12, areunderreviewofexperts the 7thyearofJN-NURMtenurei.e. scheduled tobeimplementedwithin and RegulationAct(1976),whichwere and repealingtheUrbanLandCeiling the StampDutytonotmorethan5% reforms pertainingtobringingdown agreed timelines.Thetworemaining implemented inaccordancewiththe Reforms havealreadybeen Five ofthesevenStateLevelMandatory for anextension. agreed timelinesandhasneverasked has achievedallthereformsasper the country.Itisonlystatewhich implementing theReformAgendain West Bengalisthefrontrunnerin the reforms. agreed timelinesforimplementationof Directorate, hasledtocertainmutually agenda, assetoutbytheMission ULBs, ontheother.Thereform and theStateGovernmentand/or Government ofIndia,ontheonehand, have beenagreedtobetweenthe Reforms attheStateandULBlevels of mandatoryaswelloptional reform-driven programme,anumber JN-NURM beingafast-trackand Reform Agenda Compliance withJN-NURM reforms agendacallsforearmarking of reasonable timeframe.Oneof the target canbeachievedwithina are beingmonitoredsuchthat the interim targetsbyeachULBof KMA (MSWM) services,thephase-wise Municipal SolidWasteManagement achieving 100%costrecoveryin to itscitizens.Asforthereformof brought theadvantagesoftechnology implemented e-governancefullyand Municipal Corporationhas KMA ULBs.However,Kolkata Death Modulehasbeenstartedin28 integrated e-governance,theBirth& Out ofthe15modulesunder governance inallthe40ULBsofKMA. modules underintegratede- possible toimplementallthe15 partly implemented,asithasnotbeen monitored. e-governancehasbeen interim targetonthisscoreisbeing ULBs inachievingthephase-wise Nevertheless, theperformanceof have beenabletoachieveit. timeline of2011-12,onlyafewULBs water supplyserviceswithintheagreed resorting to100%costrecoveryin industries. Asforthereformof government establishmentsandsick from largedefaultersincluding target isthehugearrearincollection reason forthoselaggingbehindthe yet toachievethetarget.Themain within 2011-12bytheULBs,someare collection efficiencyinPropertyTax and more.Thetargetofachieving90% achieved PropertyTaxcoverageof85% the ULBsofKMAhavebynow Entry AccountingSystem.Almostall switched overtoAccrualBasedDouble Reforms, allthe40ULBsofKMAhave As regardstheULB-levelMandatory interventions attheULB-level. Agenda isprovidedinAnnexure III. A detailedstatusofthe Reform authorities/ULBs. KMDA andotherdevelopment have beentakenuponPPPmodeby Private Partnershipandseveralprojects has alreadyadoptedapolicyonPublic consideration. TheStateGovernment projects underprivatesectoris achieving thesameincaseofhousing EWS/LIG category.Thepolicyfor sector initiativesareearmarkedfor projects underbothpublicandjoint 25% oftenementsinthehousing already beenimplemented.Notably, in thereformagenda,eighthave Out ofthetenoptionalreformslisted similar programmes. schemes suchasNSAP,BSUPand the StateGovernmentsponsored by takingrecoursetotheCentraland providing basicservicestourbanpoor KMC havealsotakenstepsfor KMA. Moreover,theULBsaswell Government ofUK,inthe40ULBs programme supportedbyDFID, Urban ServicesforthePoor(KUSP) continuing basisundertheKolkata poor, stepsarebeingtakenona provision ofbasicservicestourban municipal budget.Asregardsthe this purposeintherespective and theULBshaveearmarked25%for of therespectiveDevelopmentPlans incorporated thisinthefinancialplans The 40ULBsofKMAhavealready ULBs tocomplywiththerequirement. has byanexecutiveorderdirectedthe to urbanpoor.TheStateGovernment 25% ofmunicipalbudgetforservices

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