GO VERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN

DEVELOPMENT

AGENDA FOR ACTION FOR 100 DAYS

bdnllt). Agenda for Action for 100 days

M1N1STRl' O1- URIiAN .DEVELOPMENT

AGENDA FOR ACTION FOR 100 DAYS

IIhe N'linls(rty of L)rh:In

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policy toimulat:ic!n and non iionng of pro^r;t.rrlrnes/schemes in the. areas of urban development, urban \vater supply, sar.litanun and L11-bain u:ansport. .\lt ic0i t icse are primarily We subjects, the GwernITtcllt of India play; a Cuurdiri0tinL; ;u-,d 1-1lo1-1iton110rill- and ,also Supnc:,rls t:hcse prugr;trlin. es through ccnu ally sputiscned scl-IcI.TILS.
1-Ic)\wwcvcr t:he U PA guvcrnrr) ctlt-- tah.irig in to, account fast urban growth in
Iildra-

tI)c;l:

the

l "iis r7c

step 1.11

laclriChing th e

Jawah arlal Neh ru

National

U r han Renewal 1\Ls srun !)]^11^Illl^f1) on ',"! December 21105 with a view to to e
tillip (c, urban tnlrast:ructurc clcvcI,)l.nrlcl.It in 65 nl,,jor chic:; by nicbiliaiag Rs.

5(1, (IUU crc)res ltunl the central b udget and by tcctu1ig a irlate hinir R s. 5(! 000
da res Crum the State gc,\'crrrn-ICnIs and i N C. Urban L o cal Bodies (ULhs). The IC>;ptlnsc to
C0 11Selluc.'1'Ice,

h as b een sl.e tancous ;old 0v cr\ \hcln-1int;. As

pl-(.,leclo c os ting

15, 38 5

cr'or'es h ave

lready be en sanc tio ned

and

w hich arc under

va.riuus s wages of imp ementauun.

Provision of additional landing under JNNURM The c;overnment Of India, 8 talc t c,verrlrl'1r.nts and ULBs have con'ltmtat'd to raise Rs. I,I)0,000 crures ul invcst.rnents in the urban sector through JNNURNi. I-luwe\'er, it is recopniacd that lurtller an-1c: unt of Rs. 50, 000 crones would need 11) be raised urgently. Ellorts \vill be made to raise INC amount from Rs. 1, 00,

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000 crores to Rs. 1, 50, 000 crores. To reach this goal, Government of India has t contribute Its. 25, 000 crones.

2. Inclusion of more cities under JNNURM

When J NNURI\M was launched on 6h December 2005, the stress was laid on

cities with population of only 10 lakhs and above (2001 Census). Now a
concerted effort will be made to include such
Mission cities.
ci tie s

h av i ng population of 5

lakhs and above. his will mean adding 2$ more cities to the current list of 65

Emphasis on small and medium towns along -^widi the scheme of Mission cities, another scheme for small and medium towns was launched i n 2005 known as Urban Infrastructure

Development Scheme in Small and Medium Towns ( I'IDSS:R11:). Rs. 11, 400 crones was allocated under this scheme . The demand from such cities is growing at a ven high rate . There fore, we u11 1 try, to secure to secure further additional allocation under the LTIDSSI\ T so as to meet the needs of small and medium towns.

4. National

Mission Mode Project

(NMMP)

on e-Governance in

Municipalities under JNNURM The National Mission Mode Project (NMM'P) on e-Governance in Municipalities is an important initiative of the Government of India for improving operational efficiencies and promoting transparency and accountability in delivery of eight services namely:

Registration and issue of birth certificate

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Payment of property tax & utility bills Citizen grievances Building plan approvals

Procurements and monitoring of projects

Health programmes includintr licenses and solid uwasrc Accounting system and
Personal Information System

NMMP on e-Governance is presently being implemented in 35 cities with a

population of above 10 lal:hs as per 2001 census under JNNURM. Now it is

proposed to increase the coverage from 65 Mission citi es by including 28 more

cities hayin g N O p ula6c ll of
5 iddChS and 10'vf ^i loin}LLeiy

die

M 111 is tU cover U11

'

423 towns with population of over 1 la kh as per 2001 census.

5. Scheme for Infrastructure Development in Satellite Towns and Counter magnets

In order to lessen pressure on large cities, the Ministry will launch the scheme for satellite towns; counter magnets around mega cities to address basic infrastructure deficit such as drinking water, sewerage, drainage and solid waste management. An amount of Rs. 500 crores will be invested in this schelrle.

6. Metro Projects
The Metro projects in Bangalore (42.3 kms costing Rs. 8,158 crores) and Kolkata (14.6 lams at Rs. 4,874 crores) will be provided all assistance. The work on Chenn^.u metro (45 kms at a cost of Rs. 14, 600 crores) and Mumbai,Mctro Line 2 from Charkop to Manldiurd via Bandra (32 kms at a cost of Rs. 7,660 crores) will be formally launched.
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o Kochi metro project will be taken up for sanction. Region of Delhi will get connected to Delhi o The National Capital (NCR) link getting commissioned in August 2009. Metro widh NOIDA
o The Metro in Gurgaon will become functional in January 2010 and it shall get connected to Dellii by June 2010.

Buses for City transport

Buses are the major means of public transport for all the cities. For the first time in the history of independent India, substantial assistance has been made available for purcl]atie of 15, 2U modern Muses for c]ry transport for 61 mission cities. These buses will be delivered by December 2009. As we consider public transport in cities a critical issue, we try to organize assistance in

procurement of such buses in 118 cities having a population of Mvo lalhs and above.

8. Metro experience on the city buses

To provide Metro experience on bus services to commuters, modern buses with low floor 'or semi low floor and wide doors, vehicle tracking system, online passenger information system., LED sign boards, electronic ticketing, smart cards etc. are envisaged. About 20",'o buses will provide air-conditioned comfort as well. A unique public transport help 1uic number will be established for all cities across India. 9. Initiatives to dispense with tax burden on public buses Our Ministry pleaded with the Minist y of Finance (Mum) for completely doing away with the excise duty on public buses. Consequently, in the budget of
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2008-2009 , the excise duty was reduced from 16 to 12 percent, and it was further reduced from 12 to 8 per cent in J anuary 2009 . W e are making further efforts with the MoF for reducing the excise duty from eight to nil per cent. Efforts will be made to prevail upon the State./ ULBs to waive off State/ULB taxes on public buses in cities. 10. Reciprocal Con-unon Transport Agreement (RCTA)
I:C T A between Delhi, UP, I-lar-,ana and Rajasthan will become operational for both Stage carriage and Contract carriage. It will facilitate free movement of Buses, Taxis and Auto rickshaws across state borders without stopping.

i i. Centres of Excellence
T he w ork
for

op eni ng

of 13

Ce ntres

of Excellence located in

the

India

Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management, and other institutions of national importance to focus on urban transport and urban affairs will commence and financial assistance for same will be provided by the I\Ziriisuy. These Centres would take up research and training in various aspects of urban development and urban transport and also provide technical support to the I\Iinisur'. In the area of Urban Transport, the Centres of Excellence will also conduct M. Tech. and PIID programmes for students and in-service professionals. MOUs will be signed with these Institutions.

12. National Mission on Sustainable Habitat The National Mission for Sustainable Habitat will address issues related to sustainable development with co-benefits for climate change. We will promote sustainabiliry of habitats through appropriate changes in legal and regulatory frameworks, improvements in energy efficiency in buildings, integrated urban
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planning, improved management of solid and liquid waste including recycling, power generation from waste, modal shift towards public transport and
coast at1Un of resources. We

will a l so

seek

to

build

ca

p a cities for adaptation

to climate change, community,-based disaster management systems, comprehensive mobility, spatial and environment 1plannine,. and advance warning systems for extreme weather events. As a first step, our Ministry's endeavour will be to develop sustainable habitat parameters within next three months.
13. Implementation of the National Urban Sanitation Policy The Ministry proposes to launch a nation-wide media campaign for awarenessgeneration towards sanitation. It is proposed to support 50 cities for drawing up the City Sanitation Plans. It is also proposed to take up rating of cleanest cities on sanitation-related parameters.

14. North Eastern Region Urban Development Programme (NERUDP)

The address the urban infrastructure deficit in the, the Asian Development Bank-assisted North Eastern Region Urban Development Programme will be launched for implementation at project cost of about Rs 1,371 crores. Five cities of Agartala, Aizawl, Gangtok, Kollima and Shillong will be taken up in the first phase. States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assarn and Manipur will be taken up in 2010.

15. Matter relating to the Delhi Master Plan 2021

The Delhi Master Plan 2021 envisages involvement of private sector in the development of land and provision of infrastructure services as an improvement ,over the current scheme of large-scale development and
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acquisition of land entrusted to the Delhi Development Agency (DD A). Focused efforts will be made to finaliz e the policy. Every effort will be made to finalize the Zonal Development Plans of Delhi. ---16. Real Estate Regulator for Delhi
Real Estate Management (Regulation & Control) Bill for NCT of Delhi will be taken up for decision. -. 17. Building up 65, 000 houses by the DDA in next four years In order to meet acute shortage of houses for urban poor, economically weaker sections and lower income groups of city of Delhi, construction of about 40, 000 houses v71 be taken up. Tender documents for construction of such houses have already been made ready with fast mode of construction adopting pre-fabricated technology. Here, about 10, 000 houses are phased to be completed every year from the year 2010 onwards. In addition to above, about 10,000 houses for middle-income group will be taken up on the same technology of pre-fabricated construction in four years' time in phases. Apart from the above, about 15, 000 houses will be completed (ongoing projects) in various phases. These houses will be constructed on conventional technology and these will be available from the year 2009 to 2011 (details enclosed at Annexure 1).

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A. In-situ development of houses for Jhug(ri-jhompri (JJ) clusters and slumdwellers The DDA will take up in-situ development towards rehabilitation of slumdwellers and 11 clusters in next five years for 23 clusters ( details enclosed at
1"uii1L) U L _^. J1,L LL)UU 11Ui11UL1, ul uwelulJg u111ts u1 aDOUt GD square meters

will be about 47, 500. These will be taken up on public-private partnersl-iip model in which the land to in question that is presently occupied by the :J I /slum-dwellers will be made available to developers, which will construct E\X'S houses in accordance with the numbers Identified by the DDA. These houses will be constructed on part of the area while in the remaining area, the developer will be allowed to carry out commercial exploitation of the land. The bidding parameter is envisaged to be the amount to be paid to the DDA in addition to the number of houses identified by the DDA in each cluster/land.

19. Bio-diversity parks by the DDA

DDA has launched a unique conservation initiative by establishing a network of bio-diversity parks in Delhi that are developed and mau"itaine.d by the DDA with scientific inputs from the `Centre for Envirotunental Management for Degraded Eco-systems' (CEMDE), Delhi University. This is a task taken up for the conservation and preservation of the environment.

These bio-diversity parks are uniquely7 landscaped and designed in-house by the landscape department of the DDA. A first of its kind in India and perhaps in the world are natural resources that harbor hundreds of varieties of species
living together in the form of div erse communi ties p roviding
eco logical bal ance

and educational benefits to the urban society.

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Two bio-diversity parl:s are under active development to protect and conserve the tv,'o natural elements in Delhi, i.e., (i) Yamuna Bio-diversity Park at \X7azirabad to revive the lust ecolo gical systems of Yamuan River, and (ii) Aravalli Bio-diversity Park at Vacant Vihar in the extension of the ridge area to revive its lost eco-systems.
DDA .will fully develop a chain of such bio-diversity parks in Delhi as mentioned hereunder: d Northern Ridge o Tilpath -alley * Neela Hauz 6 River Front Development D'amuna River front) 20. Sports Complexes in Delhi In addition to the development activities and construction of housing complexes, DDA is also engaged in development of Sports Complexes, mu]ti,r<ms for the citizens of Delhi. DDA has already developed 14 such Sports Complexes and 39 multi-gyms.

In the near future, DDA will develop four new Sports Complexes, namely:
A Racquet Sports Complex at Sector 17, Dwarka Sports Complexes at Sector 8, 1') and 23, Dwarka

Sports complex to be developed at Sector 24, Rohini

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Sports Complex at N arela 21. 50% Reservation for women in Urban Local Bodies Steps are being initiated towards moving a draft bill and for Consultation with States as a follow up of the Ilon'ble President's address to Parliament towards 50 per cent reservation for women in Ul..,Bs.
22. Facilitating of City Volunteer Technical Corps Facilitating the formation of setting up of professionals as City Volunteer Technical Corps in all the 65 Mission cities through the State governments will be undertaken.

23. Service Level Benchmarks

Benchmarks for c-Governance. in Urban Local Bodies and Urban

Transportation will be set up.

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PROCRAI\'1 FOR CONS'1'ItU(_-"]'IC)N 01: I:b\'ti I IOLI I,ti IN - I'I'U I )I.VI.I cll'n11.N'I'

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TOTAL SOUTH ZONE

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5. Tel:hand ( PPP Project) 6. Jai-ahar Lal Camp(A--I), Navjcevan -

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22),

Lhumiheen Cam p (A-5), Kalkaji Ex trusion TOT A L DWARKA ZONE Indira Camp No.'', j EIk. Keshopur , \' i Las Puri Near Krishna Park, Vil : as Puri 23,1 'U0 -150
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200

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Ti Cluster , Sabh^,sh Nagar More JJ Cluster , Shvam Na g ar, K- Block Shankar Garden , Vikas Puri TOTAL

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GRAND TOTAL

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