The Urban Development Ministry has released a sum of Rs 1,062.27 crore in 2015 to 13 states as first instalment under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to ensure water supply and sewer connections to all households in 500 cities.
This is part of the total central assistance of Rs 5,311.38 crore committed to 13 States, for which the Ministry has approved Atal Mission Action Plans for 2015-16, entailing total investment of Rs 11,671.76 crore in 286 cities.
These 13 States are Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Haryana, Telangana, Jharkhand and Mizoram.