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Urban revamp to start with five cities
IANS New Delhi March 17: Five cities - Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Hyderabad, Nagpur
and Bhopal - will soon undergo a facelift with world-class infrastructure
and civic amenities as part of the government’s flagship urban renewal
programme.
“These will be the first set of cities taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru
Urban Renewal Mission for the financial year 2006-07,” a senior urban
development ministry official told IANS.
.......
The ministry’s central sanctioning and monitoring committee will meet here
on March 21 to take a final decision on proposals forwarded by the state
governments of the five earmarked cities,
said the official, declining to be named.
“All the cities have submitted details of their development plans and of the
projects they plan to undertake,” the official added.
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.
The cities will also draw up schemes to provide a better lifestyle for the
urban poor in terms of slum improvement and rehabilitation, sites and
services, night shelters, community toilets and housing.
To avail of assistance under the scheme, the cities were asked to submit
details of public-private partnership models that would execute the
development, management and financing of the infrastructure.
They were also asked to rationalise the stamp duty to no more than five per
cent within five years and to repeal the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation
Act.
Reforms in rent control laws to stimulate private investment and a revision
of byelaws governing building construction are essential pre-requisites for
qualifying for the programme.
While the scheme encourages privatisation of various city services, it also
calls for simplifying conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural
use.
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Urban revamp to start with five cities
IANS New Delhi March 17: Five cities - Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Hyderabad, Nagpur
and Bhopal - will soon undergo a facelift with world-class infrastructure
and civic amenities as part of the government’s flagship urban renewal
programme.
“These will be the first set of cities taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru
Urban Renewal Mission for the financial year 2006-07,” a senior urban
development ministry official told IANS.
.......
The ministry’s central sanctioning and monitoring committee will meet here
on March 21 to take a final decision on proposals forwarded by the state
governments of the five earmarked cities,
said the official, declining to be named.
“All the cities have submitted details of their development plans and of the
projects they plan to undertake,” the official added.
.................
.
The cities will also draw up schemes to provide a better lifestyle for the
urban poor in terms of slum improvement and rehabilitation, sites and
services, night shelters, community toilets and housing.
To avail of assistance under the scheme, the cities were asked to submit
details of public-private partnership models that would execute the
development, management and financing of the infrastructure.
They were also asked to rationalise the stamp duty to no more than five per
cent within five years and to repeal the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation
Act.
Reforms in rent control laws to stimulate private investment and a revision
of byelaws governing building construction are essential pre-requisites for
qualifying for the programme.
While the scheme encourages privatisation of various city services, it also
calls for simplifying conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural
use.
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