AMRUT 2.0: Central team reviews water supply scheme

Current Context : Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation, visited Rajgarh, Sirmaur to review the progress of the lift water supply scheme.

ABOUT ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION (AMRUT) 2.0

• Launched on 01 October, 2021 for the period of 05 years .
• It is designed to provide universal coverage of water supply through functional taps to all households in all the statutory towns in the country.

IN HIMACHAL

• Scheme will catera population of 5,914 people, and would benefit 945 households by providing 7,97,873 litres of water.
• Eleven projects have been sanctioned under AMRUT 2.0 to urban local bodies of the state — Theog, Sunni, Rampur, Dalhousie, Amb, Bhuntar, Nahan, Baijnath, Arki, Nirmand and Palampur.