NEW DELHI: As per the latest press release by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) would conduct a challenge process named ‘Pey Jal Survekshan’. The challenge will analyse service level benchmarks related to quality, quantity and coverage of water supply in the cities. It will also assess the steps taken towards the reduction of non-revenue water through water clusters, rejuvenation of water bodies, and skill development.
Pey Jal Survekshan will cover 500 cities selected under AMRUT 2.0. Recently, Niti Aayog also conducted a third-party evaluation of the Centrally Sponsored Schemes including AMRUT. As per the report of evaluation, AMRUT was analysed under the parameters of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact and equity. The performance under AMRUT has been found to be satisfactory.
AMRUT 2.0 was launched in 500 cities on October 1, 2021, and aimed to create water secure cities, providing universal coverage of water in all towns and 100 per cent sewerage management in 500 cities.
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