Minister of Urban Development and Information & Broadcasting Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu Reviewed the implementation of various programs of Ministry of Urban Development in Chhattisgarh along with the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Dr, Raman Singh.
Sanction orders for an amount of Rs. 6 Crore issued for SMART CITY MISSION in Chhattisgarh.
Under AMRUT, covering 9 cities in Chhattisgarh, all three Annual Action Plans of the State for the full mission period with an investment of Rs 2193 crore have been approved. This includes Centre assistance of Rs 1010 crores, of which Rs 202 crores has been released to the state.
Mr. Naidu congratulated the State for mandating rainwater harvesting in houses with plot size of 150 SqM as against national mandate of 300 SqM.
Chhatisgarh is doing very well in its progress in sanitation under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, with 4th highest percentage of Open Defecation Free cities, in the country, Said Naidu
Chhattisgarh is aiming for all its ULBs to become ODF by 2nd October 2017.