URBAN DEVELOPMENT TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING the Union
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Draft Annual Plan 2016-17 URBAN DEVELOPMENT TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING The Union Territory of Puducherry is one of the highly urbanized entities with 68% of the population living in urban areas. Rapid industrialization and fast pace of developments in various sectors of economy and availability of infrastructure facilities in Puducherry have led to large scale migration from neighbouring States. The combination of these factors have naturally led to problems of shortages in housing and civic amenities, traffic congestion, emergence of new slums, environmental degradation etc. despite concerted efforts taken in solving these problems. In order to have a planned and regulated growth in the urban areas, the Town and Country Planning Department is implementing capital development project for development of Puducherry town. Under Comprehensive Development Plans, works are undertaken to improve the city road network / junctions, signalizing road inter sections, barricading the pedestrian foot-paths, construction of bus – stops, provision of parking spaces, installing proper road signs etc. to guide the traffic, reduce bottle necks and optimize the efficiency of road network for all regions. The Environmental conditions of urban slums are improved by extending a package of basic services like improved roads / pavements, storm water drain, public bath rooms and toilets, water supply etc. Under the JNNUIRM scheme, the approved projects viz., Comprehensive Under Ground Sewerage Scheme of Puducherry and Water Supply Augmentation Project in Yanam and Comprehensive Under Ground Sewerage Scheme in Puducherry are implemented in order to improve the living standards of the urban areas. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION Funds are allocated to carry out the civil works for Solid Waste Management, construction of community halls, toilet blocks, cremation sheds, repairing the existing buildings and laying of internal roads in the urban areas in the form of “Tied funds”. Grant- in-aid are released to Municipalities for taking up of various development works such as laying of roads, construction of community halls, cultural stages in the urban areas. Apart from this, under the Local Area Development scheme, Members of Legislative Assembly may select area from the constituency from which he/she has been elected for exercising the choice of works for which Local bodies will be assisted to implement the works selected by them. Financial assistance to each MLAs including nominated MLAs will be given to a tune of `1.00 crore per constituency for carry out the developmental works in their constituency. 503 Draft Annual Plan 2016-17 Under Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana scheme, gainful employment to the urban unemployed poor for their self employment by getting loans from the banks for which the interest amount for the loan amount received by them if repaid without any default by them, the Government is releasing a part of the amount of interest as subsidy to the banks on behalf of the loanee in the form of Grants-in-Aid. Imparting training to the elected members of the Municipal Council and Municipal staff to update their knowledge for the governance of the civic administration, funds are provided under the scheme to conduct workshop and training to the elected bodies. PUBLIC WORKS The Government of Puducherry had formulated a project for taking up the “Comprehensive Sewerage Scheme” for the remaining urban areas of Puducherry. The project was submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The central sanctioning and Monitoring Committee had approved. 80% grant in aid from Central Government and 20% contribution from the State Government. The project envisages providing collection and conveyance systems by providing sewerage facilities and sewage treatment. Government is taking steady effort in the recent years to provide sewerage facilities and sewage treatment plant in the coastal cities/town in the state so that the domestic waste, including industrial waste, is not discharged into the sea without proper treatment. The work is in progress in all the 7 zones and at 3 sewage treatment plants and so far about 89% of work has been completed and further works are in progress. 504 Draft Annual Plan 2016-17 OUTLAY AT A GLANCE Sector : URBAN DEVELOPMENT No. of Schemes : 15 Department : 1. TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING (Plan:10 + CSS:5) 2. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 3. PUBLIC WORKS (` in lakh) Annual Plan 2014-15 Actual Expenditure : 13951.05 Annual Plan 2015-16 Approved Outlay : 14800.81 Annual Plan 2015-16 Revised Outlay : 12586.14 Annual Plan 2016-17 Proposed Outlay : 36476.51 (` in lakh) Annual Annual Plan Annual Plan Plan 2015-16 2016-17 Sl. 2014-15 Name of the Scheme No. Of which Actual Approved Revised Proposed Capital Expdr. Outlay Outlay Outlay content (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Town & Country Planning 1. Urban Infrastructure 211.10 175.00 175.00 0.00 0.00 Governance and Urban Infrastructure Development scheme for small and medium towns (JNNURM – State Share)* 2. Town and Regional 632.50 729.19 723.01 1000.00 1000.00 Planning / Capital Development / Transportation improvement and Management Measures in urban areas 3. Environmental 53.00 30.00 16.18 30.00 30.00 improvements in urban slums Negotiated Loan 7300.00 3777.00 3116.00 -- -- Sub-total 8196.60 4711.19 4030.19 1030.00 1030.00 505 Draft Annual Plan 2016-17 (` in lakh) Annual Annual Plan Annual Plan Plan 2015-16 2016-17 Sl. 2014-15 Name of the Scheme No. Of which Actual Approved Revised Proposed Capital Expdr. Outlay Outlay Outlay content (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Local Administration 4. Grants-in-aid to 2606.76 2002.73 2705.48 3500.00 -- municipalities for provision of basic civic amenities, infrastructure facilities and other urban development activities (Tied Funds) 5. Training and Visit -- 1.00 0.02 1.00 -- 6. Natioal Urban Livelihood 21.54 -- 47.89 -- -- Mission/Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana(SJSRY) 7. Grant of untied funds to 500.00 600.00 850.00 1300.00 -- municipalities 8. MLA’s Local Area 1012.73 3636.40 2909.12 4000.00 -- Development Scheme 9. Strengthening of 107.76 120.65 151.45 190.00 -- Directorate of Local Administration (Including PUDA) Negotiated Loan 229.00 -- -- -- -- EAP-JICA -- 500.00 -- -- -- Sub-total 4477.79 6860.78 6663.96 8991.00 -- 506 Draft Annual Plan 2016-17 (` in lakh) Annual Annual Plan Annual Plan Plan 2015-16 2016-17 Sl. 2014-15 Name of the Scheme No. Of which Actual Approved Revised Proposed Capital Expdr. Outlay Outlay Outlay content (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Public Works 10. Integrated urban 499.66 319.10 295.51 555.51 -- development project and sewerage facilities in the sub-urban areas of Puducherry. Total (Plan) 13174.05 11891.07 10989.66 10576.51 1030.00 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) Town & Country Planning 11. Urban Infrastructure 777.00 2429.74 706.00 -- -- Governance and Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (JNNURM) 12. Smart Cities Mission -- -- 200.00 20000.00 -- 13. AMRUT Mission -- -- 50.00 5000.00 -- Local Administration 14. National Urban Livelihood -- 480.00 305.52 400.00 -- Mission/ Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) 15. Swachh Bharat Mission -- -- 334.96 500.00 -- Total (CSS) 777.00 2909.74 1596.48 25900.00 -- 507 Draft Annual Plan 2016-17 (` in lakh) Annual Annual Plan Annual Plan Plan 2015-16 2016-17 Sl. 2014-15 Name of the Scheme No. Of which Actual Approved Revised Proposed Capital Expdr. Outlay Outlay Outlay content (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Total (Plan + CSS) 13951.05 14800.81 12586.14 36476.51 1030.00 508 Draft Annual Plan 2016-17 Scheme No.1 Sector : URBAN DEVELOPMENT Implementing TOWN & COUNTRY Department : PLANNING 1. Name of the Scheme : Urban infrastructure governance and urban infrastructure development scheme for small and mtdium Towns (JNNURM – State Share) 2. Objective of the Scheme : The main objective of the scheme is to encourage cities to improve their existing service levels. Also emphasize executing infrastructural projects that are financially sustainable. The scheme also emphasizes to bring in reforms in urban governance. 3. Actual Physical Achievements made in the Annual Plan 2014-15 : 33 km of sewer lines were laid. The physical progress of the Sewerage treatment plants at Lawspet, Dubrayapet and Kanaganeri were 83%, 60% & 20% respectively. The overall physical progress for the project is 75%. In order to improve Public Transport system in the Puducherry urban areas under JNNURM scheme, additional 50 Buses have been got approved under Phase II of the Bus funding Scheme. Laying of pipe line work for the project “Augmentation of Water Supply Scheme for Yanam” and installation of electrical transformer, pump sets have been completed. Project will be commissioned after obtaining power supply from Andhra Pradesh Electricity Department. 3 projects viz., water supply schemes for Puducherry peri-Urban areas, water supply scheme for urban areas of Karaikal and construction of flyovers / bridges at Puducherry at an estimated cost of ` 614.00 crore have been got approved from the Ministry of Urban Development. 4. Physical Achievements for the Annual Plan 2015-16: 27 km of sewer lines were laid. The physical progress of the Sewerage Treatment Plants at Lawspet, Dubrayapet and Kanaganeri were 99%, 81% & 62% respectively. The overall physical progress for the project is 88%. 10 A/c Buses out of the approved 50 Buses under Phase II of the Bus funding Scheme have been procured and operationalized. The Sewerage Treatment Plant at Lawspet commissioned. About 90% of the works at Dubrayapet STP & 80% of Kanaganeri STP completed. Sewer pipe lines for another 50 KM with appurtenances completed in Puducherry urban area and 75% of the roads restored. Anticipated overall Physical progress for the project is about 95%.