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Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
Claim
Lacks context
Delivery
Partly delivered
The pipes were laid; the water in them was not tested clean. AMRUT was launched on 25 June 2015 for 500 cities and, on the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' account, has taken up 6,010 projects worth ₹83,578 crore against an approved plan size of ₹77,640 crore, with ₹79,401 crore of work physically completed. Connection targets were exceeded: 189 lakh water tap connections against a target of 139 lakh and 149 lakh sewer connections against 145 lakh. The finding that qualifies all of it is in the same answer's question: under the mission's own Pey Jal Survekshan, only 46 of 485 surveyed cities achieved a hundred per cent pass rate for water samples from households and treatment plants.
“Upgrade existing urban centres, transitioning focus from basic infrastructure to public utility services like Waste and Water Management - for a clean and healthy city life… Cleanliness and Sanitation will be given priority - efficient Waste and Water management systems will be set up.”No CAG performance audit published
No CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published. The absence of an audit is not evidence that the claim is either accurate or inaccurate.
No CAG audit of AMRUT covering the national mission has been tabled in a report we hold. The figures here are the implementing ministry's own, reported by states and union territories.
No audit period to plot — no CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published.
6,010 projects worth ₹83,578 crore taken up, ₹79,401 crore physically completed; 189 lakh water tap connections against a 139 lakh target
Only 46 of 485 cities surveyed under Pey Jal Survekshan achieved a hundred per cent pass rate for water samples. Selection and implementation of projects rest with state governments.
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2373, Limitations of AMRUT scheme — answer by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
A note on the claim. This entry was imported as a 2014 promise of "urban infrastructure renewal for 500 cities". AMRUT is not in the manifesto — it was launched on 25 June 2015, and the 500-city figure is the mission's own scope. The manifesto's urban chapter promised to "Upgrade existing urban centres, transitioning focus from basic infrastructure to public utility services like Waste and Water Management" and that "efficient Waste and Water management systems will be set up." That is what this entry grades.
On build-out, the mission has delivered at scale. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs told Parliament that "against the approved plan size of ₹77,640 crore, 6,010 projects worth ₹83,578 crore have been taken up, of this works worth ₹79,401 crore have been physically completed." The connection numbers exceeded target: "189 lakh water tap connections (new/ serviced) have been provided against the target of 139 lakh; 149 lakh sewer connections… against the target of 145 lakh." Behind them sit 64,463 km of water supply network, 19,598 km of sewer network, 4,734 MLD of water treatment capacity and 4,447 MLD of sewage treatment capacity, plus 1,434 km of drains that eliminated 3,708 waterlogging points, 5,086 acres of green space, 430 km of walkways and 43 km of cycle track.
That is a large amount of physical infrastructure, and any assessment should say so before turning to the qualification.
The qualification is about what comes out of the taps. The question this answer responds to cites the mission's own assessment tool: under Pey Jal Survekshan, "only 46 out of 485 surveyed cities achieved a hundred per cent pass rate for water samples from households and treatment plants." Fewer than one city in ten passes its own water quality test completely. The ministry's response to that finding is to point at treatment capacity built — "So far 4,734 MLD water treatment capacity has been developed under AMRUT" — which answers a different question. Treatment capacity at the plant does not guarantee safe water at the tap; contamination enters through leaking distribution networks and intermittent supply, which is exactly what a household-sample test detects.
The mission's structure explains part of the pattern. "AMRUT empowers States/ Union Territories (UTs) to design, prioritize and implement the projects", and "Selection of projects and their implementation is the responsibility of the concerned State Governments." Centrally funded, locally chosen, with the Centre counting connections rather than outcomes.
Our verdict is lacks context.
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Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2373, Limitations of AMRUT scheme — answer by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
“Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched on 25 June 2015 in selected 500 cities (485 cities including 15 merged cities) and towns across the country… As reported by the State/ Union Territories (UTs), against the approved plan size of ₹77,640 crore, 6,010 projects worth ₹83,578 crore have been taken up, of this works worth ₹79,401 crore have been physically completed. Under AMRUT Mission in convergence with the States 189 lakh water tap connections (new/ serviced) have been provided against the target of 139 lakh; 149 lakh sewer connections (new/ serviced)… provided against the target of 145 lakh; Sewer network of 19,598 kilometers and water supply network of 64,463 kilometers have been constructed; 4,447 Million Litre Per Day (MLD) Sewerage Treatment Capacity (STP) and 4,734 Million Litre Per Day (MLD) Water Treatment Capacity (WTP) have been developed; 1,434 km length of drains have been constructed resulting in eliminating 3,708 numbers of water logging points; 5,086 acres of Green space, 430 km pedestrian/ walkway and 43 km of cycle track have been developed. [Question (c) refers to the Pey Jal Survekshan finding that only 46 out of 485 surveyed cities achieved a hundred per cent pass rate for water samples from households and treatment plants.]”