Telangana State Government releases Rs.4304 crores under ” Pattana Pragati” from February ’20
**91.44 per cent ( Ra 3936 crore ) funds already utilized
**Infrastructure development in 142 municipalities under Pattana Pragati.
The Telangana State is front runner among the fastest urbanizing states in the country. In tune with the vision and aspirations of Chief Minister Sri K. Chandrashekhar Rao, the state government is enforcing the Urban development programmes to develop infrastructure in a planned manner to meet the needs of the growing population. The Pattana Pragati programme which has been launched in an innovative way under the leadership of State Urban Development and Municipal Administration Minister Sri KT Rama Rao drew big applause from the entire country and receiving national awards every year. Today , the Telangana state is recognised as the fast growing Urbanized state with well developed Cities and Towns on par with international standards.
The government has released Rs.4304 crore to 142 municipal bodies along with GHMC from February’20 under Pattana Pragati. Out of these funds, Rs.3936 crores i.e. about 92% of the funds have already been utilized by the municipal bodies. The government has sanctioned Rs.2276 crore to GHMC and Rs.2028 crore to the remaining 141 municipalities. The government is releasing funds every month under Pattana Pragati to strengthen the municipal bodies financially viable and achieve the goals set by the government. As part of this, the Municipal Administration and Urban Development has released Rs.116 crore per month till February in 2022-23. Out of these funds, the government sanctioned Rs.61 crore to GHMC and Rs.55 crore to other (141) municipal bodies every month. The Urban local bodies are paying special focus on environmental protection and sanitation.
Other than GHMC, 141 Municipal Bodies are collecting 4,356 tonnes of garbage every day. 2165 new sanitation vehicles have been procured to collect the garbage from the houses 100 per cent. Earlier, only 2675 tonnes of garbage was collected and transported by 2548 sanitation vehicles per day. At present the number of sanitary garbage collection vehicles has increased to 4713 which has significantly improved the sanitation situation. A total of 1233 acres of dump yards have been set up in 141 Municipalities to process the collected garbage. 206 dry source collection centers have been set up to separate the garbage into wet and dry. 229 compost beds have been established to convert garbage into organic manure. For environmental protection, the government sanctioned 139 Faecal Waste Treatment plants with a capacity of 2035 kilo liters per day at a cost of Rs.428 crores in all Municipalities , except GHMC. The works of 20 plants were completed already. Works at 14 places are in final stages and the works undertaken at another 49 places are in various stages. The plant works will start in 50 places soon. State government is successfully implementing the Green Action Plan in the Municipal Corporations to promote greenery. Tree parks are being developed under ” Prakriti Vanalu” ( urban natural forests ) in 3468 wards in 141 municipalii. Under this programme, 34.59 lakh saplings have been planted from 2021 till the date.. A large-scale plantation has been undertaken under Harita Haram for Telangana. The target is to plant 2.14 crore saplings in 141 municipalities in 2023-24. Accordingly, 2.36 crore plants are being raised in 1012 nurseries.
