The Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) of the Union Ministry of Urban Development, has approved three projects worth around Rs 266 crore for West Bengal.

The three projects are: Tala Tank renovation project; Uluberia water supply scheme; and solid waste management scheme.

The committee has sanctioned Rs 67.81 crore, for carrying out renovation work of the Tala Tank project. The project will be executed by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The Tala Tank project was commissioned in 1911 and has a capacity of 41 million ltr. Its area is 98 mtr x 98 mtr, with a depth of 5.5 mtr. Due to ageing, deformation and leakages are taking place.

The water treatment plant, with 10 million gallon per day capacity, at Uluberia, was commissioned under JNNURM but was inadequate in meeting the local demand. To augment the capacity to 18 million gallon per day, the committee has sanctioned Rs 46 crore. The implementing agency will be Kolkata Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authorities.

Further, the solid waste management project of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has been approved. The project, estimated to cost Rs 153 crore, envisages 163 stationary compactors and 200 movable compactors.