New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra on Friday launched second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. Two schemes launched to make the country ‘garbage free’ and ‘water secure.’ PM Modi launched the two initiatives at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi.
With launch of this mission, government is trying to make urban areas garbage free. Prime Minister said, “With this second phase, we are also aiming for sewage and safety management, making cities water-secure and ensuring that the dirty drains do not merge into the rivers. The garbage mounts in cities will be processed and removed completely as part of the SBM-U second phase.”
Hitting two birds with one stone, one bird being rival Modi said, “One such garbage mountain has been in Delhi for long, it’s also waiting to be removed.”
Talking about humongous amount of waste products that the country processes each day, Modi said, “Today, India is processing about 1 lakh tons of waste every day. When we started the campaign in 2014, less than 20 per cent of the waste was being processed. Today, we are processing about 70 per cent of the daily waste; the next step is to take it to a complete 100 per cent.”
Swachh Bharat mission visualizes to make all cities ‘garbage free’ and ensure grey and black water management in all cities other than those covered under AMRUT, make all urban local bodies open defecation free+ and those with a population of less than one lakh as open defecation free++, thereby achieving the vision of safe sanitation in urban areas.
The mission will be focusing on source segregation of solid waste, utilizing the principles of 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), scientific processing of all types of municipal solid waste and remediation of legacy dumpsites for effective solid waste management, the PM’s Office said.
The outlay of the mission is around, ₹ 1.41 lakh crore.
The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation or AMRUT 2.0 aims at providing 100 per cent coverage of water supply to all households in around 4,700 urban local bodies by providing about 2.68 crore tap connections and 100 per cent coverage of sewerage and septage in 500 AMRUT cities by providing around 2.64 crore sewer or septage connections, which will benefit more than 10.5 crore people in urban areas, the PMO said.
AMRUT 2.0 will adopt the principles of a circular economy and promote conservation and rejuvenation of surface and groundwater bodies, it said.
The mission will promote data-led governance in water management and technology sub-mission to leverage the latest global technologies and skills, it said.
The outlay of AMRUT 2.0 is around ₹ 2.87 lakh crore, the PMO statement said.
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and AMRUT have contributed significantly
to improve the urban landscape during the last seven years, PM’s Office has said.
The two flagship missions have augmented the capacity to deliver basic services of water supply and sanitation to the citizens,it said.
”Swachhta” has become a jan andolan today, all urban local bodies have been declared open defecation free and 70 per cent solid waste is being scientifically processed now, the PMO said.
AMRUT has been ensuring water security by adding 1.1 crore household water tap connections and 85 lakh sewer connections, thus benefiting more than four crore people.
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