SJSRY
	UIDSSMT
	EIUS
	NORAD
	Low Cost Sanitation
	Solid Waste Management Project
	IHSDP
	JNNRUM
	RGURF
	Maintainance of Urban Local Body Roads
	Sewerage Scheme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Origin of the Scheme

Rapid urban growth, tremendous pressure on urban infrastructure and growth of urban slums in urban India has persuaded the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India to launch JNNRUM in the month of December, 2005 for developing basic urban infrastructure and urban slum development in 63 cities of India.

The premier city of Shimla and "British Jewel of the Orient", in a period of even less than 200 years from its inception around 1815 A.D. has reduced to a concrete jungle. During last three decades the city has witnessed unprecedented exodus of development, whereby the 'Queen of Hill Stations' is comforting with enormous environmental, heritage, traffic, transportation, infrastructural, tourism, housing and institutional problems. Degradation of environment has acquired alarming proportions. The heritage of global fame of this 'Star of Hill Resorts' is dwindling. There is confusion and illusion of tourism. Traffic and transportation chaos persists. Haphazard Infrastructural Development is hard reality. Intrusion and collision of trade and commerce is a vicious issue. Institutional complexes are overcrowding. There is blind race for housing and scene on slopes is critical. The green cover is under enormous stress. Upcoming ribbon of development along the Highways and major roads emanating from the city call for stringent measures. Though ban on use of charcoal and polythene has given enormous relief to the city from pollution, yet lack of proper disposal of the solid waste calls for concrete action. tackling of gigantic problems of horizontally and vertically expanding city is Herculean task. From the historical perspective and recent trend of development, it appears that Shimla is a saga of 'perception, deception and reflection'. The Urban Renewal Process for problematic city of Shimla is the need of hour and this necessity paved the way of inclusion of Shimla city in JNNRUM.

Important issues in the city :

The important issues identified in Shimla that are required to be addressed are:

• Grossly inadequate water supply;
• Inadequate sewerage and sanitation;
• Traffic Congestion ;
• Parking;
• Transportation; and
• Heritage properties

So in order to address these issues, Shimla city of H.P. has been covered under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) as city of Special Category State with a vision to make Shimla a

• Green Shimla Clean Shimla
• Queen of Hills
• Decongested Shimla
• Best Planned City
• Best Tourist Town
• "Hill City with Vibrant Economy, Rich Heritage and Better Quality of Life"

Main Objectives of the Mission

The objectives of JNNURM is to assist cities achieve

Focused attention to Integrated development infrastructure services and meet the deficiencies in infrastructure projects;

Secure effective long term sustainability of projects by establishing linkages between asset creation and management through reforms, so that the infrastructural services created in the cities are not only maintained efficiently but also become self-sustaining over time;

• Ensure adequate investment of funds to fulfill deficiencies in the urban infrastructural services.
• Planned development of cities including the extended urban areas leading to dispersed urbanization;
• Scale up delivery of civic amenities and provision of basic services to urban poor; and
• Renewal of old city areas to reduce congestions.

The duration of mission is seven years starting from the year 2005-06 and on its completion, it is expected that City would have achieved

• Modern and transparent budgeting, accounting, financial management systems, designed and adopted for all urban service and governance functions;
• City wide framework for planning and governance will be established and become operational;
• All urban residents will be able to obtain access to a basic level of urban services;
• Financially self sustaining agencies for urban governance and service delivery will be established through reforms to major revenue instruments;
• Local services and governance will be conducted in a manner that is transparent and accountable to citizens; and
• E-governance applications will be introduced in core functions of ULB/parastatal resulting in reduced cost and time of service delivery
• The Mission encourages the leveraging of funds available under JNNURM assistance by enhancing the resource availability with ULBs/parastatal, commercial viability of projects and bankability of the projects and incorporating private sector efficiencies in development, financing, implementation and management of projects.

Components

Urban Renewal i.e. redevelopment of inner (old) city areas (this would include items like widening of narrow streets, shifting of industrial / commercial establishments from non-conforming (inner-city) areas to conforming (outer-city) areas to reduce congestion, replacement of old and worn-out water pipes by new / higher capacity ones, renewal of sewerage / drainage / solid waste disposal system etc. Land acquisition cost will not be financed under this component of the programme. · Water Supply including setting up de-salination plants, where necessary.

• Sewerage and solid waste management.
• Construction and improvement of drains / storm water drains.
• Urban transport.
• Laying / improvement / widening of arterial / sub-arterial roads and bridges to remove transport bottlenecks.
• Laying of ring roads and by-passes around metro and mega cities, provided certain cost recovery measures like toll charges are built in.
• Construction and development of bus and truck terminals.
• Environmental improvement and city beautification schemes.
• Construction of working women hostels, marriage hall, old age and destitute Children's homes, night shelters with community toilets.

Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP)

Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP) is a sub-mission of JNNURM being implemented in Shimla town. The main thrust of this mission is on integrated development of slums through projects for providing shelter, basic services and other related civic amenities with a view to providing utilities to urban poor. The Shimla town has been covered under this scheme. The housing & slum areas are one of the major concern amongst the urban transport, roads, parking, water supply, shifting of non-conforming establishments to conforming areas etc. At present, Shimla town is the nodal point for all kinds of activities, such as, administration, tourism, housing, trade and commerce, traffic and transportation etc. In the City Development Plan (CDP) the Shimla town has been visualized as a city without slum by 2021.

Funding Pattern

For special categories states like Himachal Pradesh, the pattern of funding is as under :