Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy reviews proposals for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The state-level steering committee, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Wednesday, reviewed the proposals for projects worth Rs. 2,122 crore (for which additional central assistance of Rs. 1,130 cr is available to the state) under the transitional phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The Chief Minister said that the proposals will be cleared and sent to the government of India immediately.
Meanwhile, officials said that under JNNURM Phase II - scheduled to begin in 2014 - additional central assistance available (ACA) for Andhra Pradesh is Rs. 13,200 crores.
The Chief Minister said that the government of India might also be requested to allocate at least Rs. 20,000 crores ACA under JNNURM Phase II to AP.
Under Phase I of JNNURM in Andhra Pradesh, out of a total of 253 projects (costing Rs. 12,553.75 cr), 145 projects had been completed, and 42 projects are at various stages of implementation.
66 projects have been held up by different issues like encroachments, land acquisition, pending permissions from the railways and so on.
The meeting also reviewed the status of the GHMC's execution of the various JNNURM projects.
The proposed projects under the transitional phase include (but are not limited to) the construction of a grade separator at Tolichowki, an RUB at Uttam Nagar, development of new roads from Raj Bhavan to Begumpet link road, improvement of the JNTU-Mindspace corrridor, widening of some of the existing roads, remodelling of significant drainage systems, and the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project.
Regarding the Charminar Pedestrianisation project, Officials said that 90% of the work has already been completed, and that 70 encroachments are still to be moved.
As far as the Musi Revitalisation project is concerned, 80% of it has been completed, they said.
The Chief Minister directed the Finance department to immediately release Rs. 45 crores so that central funds could be tapped into, and the unfinished projects can be completed.
Municipal Administration Minister M Maheedhar Reddy, Chief Secretary P K Mohanty, Principal Secretary (MA&UD) Adhar Sinha, Secretary (Finance) Premchandra Reddy, GHMC Commissioner M T Krishna Babu, APUFIDC MD Y Madhusudana Reddy, Municipal Administration Commissioner & Director B Janardhan Reddy, ENC (Public Health) P Panduranga Rao, Secretary to CM K S Jawahar Reddy and other officials attended the meeting. (INN)