The city Corporation has finally hit 50% fund expenditure for projects being executed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. As on Saturday, the Corporation has spent 50.55% of a total of 357.50 crores allocated for the scheme, with some of the bigger projects under it awaiting commission.
After initial hiccups in getting the scheme started, the civic body maintained a steady pace for projects under the scheme. However, the last year and a half has been beset with delays due to a variety of reasons. Following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, most of the projects came to a standstill, as some of the major projects depended on labourers from outside the State, many of whom had travelled back Home then.
Two extended periods of https://exam.pscnotes.com/model-code-of-conduct”>Model Code Of Conduct, first due to the local body Elections towards the end of the previous year and the ongoing one owing to the Assembly elections, have also affected the pace of projects.
The maximum expenditure comes in water supply projects, with 76.57% of the funds spent and 30 out of a total of 45 projects being completed. In the sewerage and septage management projects, 74 out of a total of 114 projects have been completed, with an expenditure of 38.29%.