Aiming at ensuring water supply and sewerage facilities in urban households, Urban Development Ministry has cleared plans worth over Rs.2,700 crore in 89 cities under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). The ministry has approved state-level action plans under AMRUT for providing water supply and sewerage connections for 89 cities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, said a senior Union Development Ministry official. An inter-ministerial Apex Committee of AMRUT chaired by Urban Development Secretary Madhusudhan Prasad has cleared the plans worth Rs.2,786.28 crore, involving 143 projects in 89 AMRUT cities in the three states.
