Srinagar, March 18: Tourism and culture, urban development and drinking water sectors have received lion’s share of financial allocations in J&K’s Budget for 2021-22.
Information accessed by Ziraat Times indicates that for Tourism and Culture sectors, an allocation of about Rs.786 crore has been made for the year 2021-22, which, according to the Finance Minister, is Rs.509 crore more than previous year’s budget allocation.
Interestingly, drinking water sector has also seen a huge increase in budgetary allocation. For the newly-christened Jal Shakti Department (PHE Department), an allocation of about Rs.6,346 crore has been made for the year 2021-22, which, according to the budget documents, is Rs.5,102 crore more than the previous years budget allocation.
For Housing and Urban Development Sector, an allocation of about Rs.2,710 crore has been made for the year 2021-22, which is Rs.1,432 crore more than the previous year’s budget allocation, the budget document suggests.
Under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), 7 projects shall be completed in the next financial year which include Panjtirthi Multi Level Parking, SewerageTreatment of 5 Nallahs of Tawi River at Jammu, Cycle track at Srinagar, Drainage at Trikuta Nagar, Multi Level Parking at Srinagar, Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMs) phase-1l, Srinagar & Water Supply scheme, Rangil.
Under Smart City Mission, 40 Projects of different sectors under convergence/PPP mode are expected to be completed during the next financial year. The main focus is to improve the qualityof life of the people by way of providing WiFi facilities, Smart health centres, upgradation of historical markets, installation of vending machines, smart class rooms, electric vehicle (EVcharging stations, illumination of iver banks, development of cycle tracks/hawker zones, development of parking and space under flyovers.
Under Swachh Bharat Mission (U) & Solid Waste Management, 16 new Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) with 74 MLD capacity shall be installed which will cater nearly 2 lakh households. 25 UrbanLocal Bodies (ULBs) are targeted to achieve the status of ODF+ category.
100% installation of LED Street Lights shall be ensured in all the 78 ULBs.
“Our endeavour shall be to have 100% source segregation and Door to Door collection of waste.We will be establishing SWM Plant at Srinagar and Jammu for scientific disposal of about 850 MT of waste per day. We will establish decentralized processing units of waste management in 76 ULBs for scientific disposal of 690 MT of waste”, Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Rs. 200 crore has been earmarked in 2021-22 for rejuvenation and restoration of 9 identified polluted river stretches by CPCB on the directions of NGT. Hull based bio-digesters shall be installed in house boats, aerators also shall be installed and de-weeding machines shall be procured.
Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), 25000 houses are likely to be completed in 2021-22. To identify genuine beneficiaries get the real benefits of the scheme 50,000 beneficiary houses shall be Geo-Tagged in 2021-22.
