111 NEW TOWNS SELECTED FOR INTEGRATED
DEVELOPMENT
111 new towns have
been identified so far under the centrally sponsored scheme called
Integrated Development of Small and Medium towns, during the current
year (2003-04). These include 14 towns each in Uttar Pradesh &
Madhya Pradesh, 13 in Maharashtra, 10 in Karnataka, 8 each in
Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat, 7 in Andhra Pradesh, 6 each
in Haryana and Rajasthan, 5 in Chhattisgarh, 4 in Jammu &
Kashmir, 2 each in Himachal Pradesh and Kerala and one each in
Nagaland, Orissa, Uttranchal and Pondicherry. An amount of Rs.
98.98 crores has been allocated for the scheme during 2003-04.
Since 1979-80
to March 2003, 1340 towns in various States and Union Territories
have been brought under the scheme for Integrated Development
of Small & Medium Towns with an approved cost of Rs. 2461.63
crores. A sum of Rs. 605.76 crores was released to the States
as Central assistance. State wise breakup of the towns covered
and project cost till March, 2003 is given below: -
(Rs. in Lakh)
|
Sl.
No
|
State
|
No.
of Town
|
Appro-
ved Cost
|
Sl.
No
|
State
|
No.
of Town
|
Appro-
ved Cost
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
101
|
27426.12
|
18.
|
Mizoram
|
10
|
1165.99
|
|
2.
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
8
|
991.64
|
19.
|
Nagaland
|
9
|
1384.94
|
|
3.
|
Assam
|
35
|
4263.71
|
20.
|
Orissa
|
62
|
8981.37
|
|
4.
|
Bihar
|
36
|
6670.97
|
21.
|
Punjab
|
35
|
5682.74
|
|
5.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
24
|
5112.38
|
22.
|
Rajasthan
|
56
|
11789.19
|
|
6.
|
Goa
|
9
|
1364.09
|
23.
|
Sikkim
|
10
|
1195.43
|
|
7.
|
Gujarat
|
75
|
14399.71
|
24.
|
Tamilnadu
|
132
|
16620.88
|
|
8.
|
Haryana
|
21
|
5428.92
|
25.
|
Tripura
|
13
|
1281.46
|
|
9.
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
20
|
2715.21
|
26.
|
Uttaranchal
|
6
|
2088.78
|
|
10.
|
Jammu &
Kashmir
|
10
|
2449.24
|
27.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
138
|
23411.69
|
|
11.
|
Jharkhand
|
13
|
2397.72
|
28.
|
West Bengal
|
92
|
15549.79
|
|
12.
|
Karnataka
|
112
|
21323.38
|
29.
|
Andaman &
N. Island
|
1
|
90.01
|
|
13.
|
Kerala
|
43
|
9931.22
|
30.
|
Dadra &N.
Haveli
|
2
|
230.67
|
|
14.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
97
|
14884.63
|
31.
|
Daman &
Diu
|
1
|
153.93
|
|
15.
|
Maharashtra
|
131
|
33112.32
|
32.
|
Lakshadweep
|
-
|
112.36
|
|
16.
|
Manipur
|
22
|
2246.58
|
33.
|
Pondicherry
|
7
|
631.04
|
|
17.
|
Meghalaya
|
8
|
1075.70
|
|
|
|
|
The scheme aims
at improving the infrastructural facilities and creation of durable
public assets in small & medium towns.
