Rs 1,000 crore urban infrastructure scheme launched in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: The DMK government in Tamil Nadu has rolled out an ambitious Rs 1,000 crore Kalaignar Nagarpura Membattu Thittam (KNMT) to fill the infrastructure gaps in the urban local bodies, especially municipalities and town panchayats. Soon, each urban local body would embark on detailed surveys ward-wise and prepare an urban development plan (UDP) to get to know the availability or otherwise of the basic infrastructure.

The state has 14 corporations, 121 municipalities and 528 town panchayats. While the Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT improve the infrastructure of 11 corporations and 28 towns, the state government has come up with the new scheme to support the municipalities and the town panchayats. Provision of 100% household tap connections, sewer links, and roads are capital-intensive schemes and mostly the prominent areas of the urban local bodies are covered.