Haryana govt prepares development plans for 73 towns

Haryana government has prepared City Development Plans for 73 towns of the state.

Haryana government has prepared City Development Plans (CDPs) for 73 towns of the state to plug the loopholes in basic infrastructure like roads,drains,water supply and sewerage.

Stating this here today,an official spokesman said under the CDPs the state government had earmarked Rs 1695.01 crore for urban local bodies during the year 2011-12 which is Rs= 90.78 crore higher than the allocation made for the year 2010-11.

He said that a sum of Rs 144 crore was released during the year 2008-09 and 2009-10 to carry out the announcement made by the Chief Minister to give Rs one crore for development of each municipal ward having Scheduled Caste population of more than 50 per cent for all urban local bodies in two years. As many as 144 wards had been identified in the state with SC population of more than 50 per cent.

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He said that a provision of Rs 196.17 crore had been made for the year 2011-12 for Urban Local Bodies Department under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Under this mission,seven detailed project reports (DPRs) costing Rs 823.33 crore for Municipal Corporation,Faridabad had been approved by the central Government.

Against this,Rs 162.87 crore and Rs 65.08 crore already stood released by the central Government and state government respectively.

The CDP for Panchkula town,which was recently included under JNNURM alongwith Chandigarh and Mohali had been approved by the state government and submitted to central Government.

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