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Yogi Adityanath Announces Grants and Infrastructure Developments for Municipal Bodies

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a significant push for urban development in the state, allocating grants to municipal bodies and approving plans for international-standard infrastructure projects. The initiatives, aimed at transforming municipalities into "smart and developed" entities, will be developed on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis and are expected to serve as training hubs and employment generators.

Key Takeaways:

  • Grants of 4 crore to 10 crore each will be allocated to municipal bodies to develop urban infrastructure, such as Gaurav Path, pink toilets, urban facility centers, smart classrooms, anganwadis, and theme-based parks.
  • The Smart-Developed Municipality Scheme stresses heritage conservation, revival of reservoirs, setting up EV charging stations, and digital services in the municipalities.
  • Municipal bodies will be granted enhanced financial powers, allowing commissioners, mayors, and boards to function with greater autonomy.
  • One District, One Product-based structures will be set up to strengthen the local economy.
  • A proposal has been made to ply 200 electric buses in Lucknow and Kanpur on contract and directly purchase 650 buses in other cities.
  • The chief minister has directed that every urban body should have its own functional building and proposed a hub-and-spoke model to interlink smaller municipalities with centralised command centers in cities like Lucknow and Gorakhpur.

Statistics:

  • Grants of 4 crore to 10 crore each will be allocated to municipal bodies.
  • The scheme aims to develop various infrastructure projects, including Gaurav Path, pink toilets, urban facility centers, smart classrooms, anganwadis, and theme-based parks.
  • 200 electric buses will be ply in Lucknow and Kanpur on contract, and 650 buses will be directly purchased in other cities.
  • The campign aims to grant enhanced financial powers to municipal bodies, allowing commissioners, mayors, and boards to function with greater autonomy.

Sources:

  • Global Data Point. "Yogi Adityanath Announces Grants and Infrastructure Developments for Municipal Bodies."

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