199.41 CRORES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
KOLKATA
RAJYA SABHA
Centre has Provided
Rs. 199.41 Crores for development of Kolkata under the Centrally
sponsored scheme for Infrastructural Development in Mega cities.
The projects on which the assistance is to be utilized include
water supply schemes for Municipal and Non-Municipal areas, Traffic
and Transportation, Sewerage and Drainage, Housing and Area Development,
Commercial projects, Bustee Development, Environmental Improvement
and Restoration and River Front Development. Cost of these projects
is estimated to be Rs. 90098.63 lakhs. An amount of Rs. 53876.52
lakh has already been spent on these projects till March 2003
and many of the projects are complete.
Under the Integrated
Development of Small and Medium Towns Scheme, 92 towns have been
covered in West Bengal since 1979-80 to July, 2003. Central assistance
of 4519.04 lakhs has been released against which an expenditure
of Rs. 5575.36 lakhs has been reported by the State Government
till date.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Urban Development &
Poverty Alleviation, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply
to the question of Shri Shankar Roy Chowdhury in Rajya Sabha today.
