People’s participation is essential in civic infrastructure projects and it also brings the sense of ownership among the people. In order to improve the self-support mechanism of public and to enhance increased public participation in creating and maintaining community infrastructures, the Government had launched Namakku Naame Thittam (Urban) and Guidelines for the implementation of the Namakku Naame Thittam (Urban) have been issued vide G.O.(Ms) No.70 Municipal Administration and Water Supply (NS) Department dated.24.09.2021.

Renovation of water bodies, Formation, improvement and renovation of Parks, Play grounds, Traffic Islands, Fountains, Streetlights, CCTV Camera,Planting of trees and installation of tree-guards, Construction and renovation of buildings for Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, Urban Primary Health Centres, Shopping complex and any other buildings of public benefit,         Construction of modern libraries / knowledge centres, bridge, culverts, new crematorium and storm water drain,Upgradation of earthen /gravel/WBM roads / streets  to all-weather roads, Community toilets / Public toilets, shops, Markets can be taken under this scheme.

The minimum public contribution for any of the identified work except renovation of water bodies should be one third of the estimate value. Minimum Public Contribution for the works related to renovation of water bodies should be 50%. There will be no upper limit for public contribution.

The following aspects may be checked:

i      Mobilization of  public contribution by the ULB

ii      Action taken by the ULB to mobilize the public Contribution

ii     Whether the work is executed as per estimate

iii    Physical and Financial progress of the work

iv     Quality of the work

Abstract

Progress as on 04.08.2022

        In Tamil Nadu, there are 14 Corporations (except Greater Chennal Corporation), 121 Municipalities and 528 Town Panchayats. Many schemes taken up in the recent years such as Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT are aimed at improving the infrastructure facilities of Corporations and major towns alone. Smart Cities Mission is being implemented only in 11 Corporations. AMRUT is also being implemented in 28 Towns only. The coverage of schemes in Corporations is relatively high when compared to Municipalities and Town Panchayats. Hence it has been decided to introduce a new Scheme “Kalaignar Nagarpura Mempattu Thittam”(KNMT) in all 121 Municipalities and 528 Town Panchayats so as to fulfill the infrastructural gaps in these Urban Local Bodies

Directorate of Municipal Administration (2021-22)

Sector Wise Progress Details – Cost in Laks

 5^TH STATE FINANCE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND RELEASE OF GRANTS

 Each State has to constitute a State Finance Commission once in Five Years to review the financial position of the local bodies as per 73^rd & 74^th Constitutional Amendments and as envisaged in Article 243 I and 243 Y of the Constitution of India and to make its recommendations.

Accordingly, Fifth State Finance Commission constituted w.e.f. 1.12.2014 and its report and recommendations has been submitted to Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu and Hon’ble Chief Minister on 27.12.2016. The Government has accepted the recommendations and issued G.O.No.84, Finance (FC IV) Department dated 31.03.2017.

The award period for the Fifth State Finance Commission is 5 years (from 2017-2018 to 2021-2022) commencing from April 2017 to March 2022. Based on the recommendations of Fifth State Finance Commission, devolution Grant will be released to urban local bodies by the State Government as follows:

• The Government has decided that the vertical sharing of devolution is 10% of the Net State Own Tax Revenue (SOTR).
• The Vertical sharing Ratio between Rural and Urban Local Bodies is 56:44.
• The devolution formula for both the vertical sharing between the tiers and horizontal sharing within the tier for ULBs is given below.

Based on the 5^th State Finance Commission recommendations, the quantum of 5^th State Finance Commission Grant released to Municipal Corporations and Municipalities for the year 2019-2020 and the provision for sanction of SFC Grant in the budget estimate for the year 2020-2021 are furnished below:-

(Rs. in Crore)

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* Funds not released by GOI

Many innovative initiatives like replacement of existing conventional lights by LED lights and other energy efficiency measures are being taken up continuously under various schemes. Totally 4,57,609 number of  street lights of all categories are converted into LED lights at a cost of Rs.399.72 crore.

Special Infrastructure Programme

Roof Top Solar Energy                                                                             

As per the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012, the Government has set a target of achieving 3000MW of solar power capacity by harvesting solar energy potential in the State. This Policy envisages solar roof top system, solar water heating system, development of solar parks and so on. The total numbers of buildings owned by the ULBs were enumerated in order to erect roof top solar panels on them to produce electrical energy and use it for office requirement.

Roof top photo voltaic panels have been installed in 445 buildings of ULBs, from which 2198 kwh power is being generated.

Installation Solar roof top panel in 640 buildings to harvest 2.94 MW energy are taken up to for the year 2018-19 as a first phase in Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Vellore and Thanjavur Corporations under Smart City Mission.

Ground- Mounted Solar Panel System

The Ground-Mounted Solar Panel System is to be established at an estimated cost of Rs.216.85 Crore to harvest the 40.30 MW Solar Photo Voltaic Power in Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Thoothukudi, Tiruppur, Vellore ,Tirunelveli ,Thanjavur& Salem Corporations. At Present 12.40 MW energy is harvested in Coimbatore&Tiruppur Corporations

The Government of India launched Smart Cities Mission on 25.06.2015. The objective of the Smart Cities Mission is to promote sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and an application of “Smart Solutions”.

The Smart City consists of two major components viz, Area Based Development (ABD) and provisions of Pan City solutions.

Area based Development consists of provision for adequate water supply, assured electricity supply, sanitation, including solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, affordable housing, especially for the poor, Robust IT connectivity and digitalization, Good governance, especially e-Governance and citizen participation, Sustainable environment, Safety and security of citizens, particularly women, children and the elderly, and Health and education.

Pan-city development envisages application of selected Smart Solutions to the existing city-wide infrastructure. Application of Smart Solutions will involve the use of technology, information and data to make infrastructure and services better.

Based on the “City Challenge Competition”, Chennai and Coimbatore Corporations were selected in the first year for 2015-2016 in Tamil Nadu.

In continuation, in the 2^nd year, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur and Vellore Corporations have been selected.

In the 3^rd Phase Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur and Tiruchirappalli Corporations have been selected.

In the 4^th Phase, Erode has been selected and formation of SPV under progress.

In all the Smart City selected ULBs, SPV have been registered except in Erode Corporation. The project sanction and implementation have been commenced.

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)

       Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is to ensure the basic infrastructure such as drinking water facilities, waste water and sewage disposal management, storm water drains, non-motorized transport, parks and green spaces. Cities having population more than 1 lakh, towns of religious and tourist importance have been included in the Mission. 28 cities viz., 26 cities with a population of more than 1 lakh and 2 towns of religious and tourist importance namely Velankanni and Rameshwaram have been selected in Tamil Nadu, under AMRUT Mission.

Funding Pattern:

     Under this scheme, 385 projects are being implemented in 18 Corporations and 7 Municipalities under the administrative control of DMA, at an estimated cost of Rs.9,977.37 crore. The Mission period has been extended upto March 2023.

 Funding towards ULB contribution has been arranged under ADB/KfW/TNSUDP/IUDM/CGF for Water Supply and UGSS projects.

Out of 385 Projects, 14 projects are for providing water supply, 13 projects are for UGSS and 358 are for green spaces. The details of ongoing projects are as given in table.

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation:

Scheme(AMRUT) 2.0

The Government of India launched AMRUT 2.0 on 1st October 2021. AMRUT 2.0 aims to complete water security for all cities or towns in India based on the achievements of AMRUT in 500 cities. In order to promote the circular economy of water, the mission will address water needs, rejuvenate water bodies, improve aquifer management, and explore sustainable ways to reuse treated waste water. The scheme is for 5 years and the total allocation of Government of India for this scheme is Rs.76,760 Cr and the GOI allocation for  Government of Tamil Nadu is  Rs.4,935 Crore.

Funding Pattern:

Focus on Universal Coverage: As part of AMRUT 2.0, all households in all ULBs will have access to 100 percent water supply. It will also ensure 100 percent coverage for sewage and septage in 28 AMRUT cities.

Promotion of Public Private Partnership: All cities with more than 10 lakh population should take PPP projects worth of at least ten percent of their total project fund allocations. AMRUT 2.0 has a strong reform agenda that stresses the necessity of strengthening ULBs and providing cities with complete water security.

     City Water Balance Plan has been prepared for all 15 8ULBs (20 Corporations & 138 Municipalities) and Projects have been identified based on the universal coverage of Water supply and Sustainable Management of Water Bodies in all ULBs and 100% coverage of UGSS in AMRUT cities.

In order to implement the functions of Urban Planning including Town Planning and Regulation of Land use and Building Constructions mentioned in 74^th C.A.A, New Combined Building Rules applicable to Corporations/Municipalities/Town Panchayats and Village Panchayats have been prepared and notified as “Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules 2019” Vide G.O.(MS) No 18. Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department dated 04.02.2019. In future anyone can apply and get approved for construction of building through Online with in the prescribed time Large number of Public will be benefited by this new Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules 2019.

Regularisation of Unapproved plots

Under the special Scheme of “Regularisation of unapproved Layouts and unapproved plots” 64,645 number of plots were regularised after Collecting Regularisation Charges and Development Charges. Rs.36,242 lakhs have been collected as the Development Charges by local bodies. This amount will be utilised for development of infrastructures in the unapproved layouts. Provision has been given that the remaining unapproved plots if any lies with in the regularised layout could be regularised under this scheme at any point of time.

The Corporations (except Chennai) and Municipalities maintain a total length of roads of 23,464.607 km of which 5504.71km are cement concrete roads, 15,975.683 km are black topped roads, 592.218km are WBM roads, 1156.255 km are earthen roads and 236.10km are other roads like cut stone pavement, paver block etc.,

The maintenance of roads, restoring and relaying the damaged roads due to implementation of water supply schemes, under-ground sewerage schemes and natural calamities is supported by Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Programme (TURIP).

Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Programme

The Government puts much emphasis on improving roads damaged due to laying of sewer lines, water mains and also due to natural calamities, over a period of time and require restoration to full width to make it motorable. To this effect, the Government has.

Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Programme (TURIP)

“Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Programme” was announced by the Government for taking up road restoration works where utility lines like water supply and sewerage lines were added to city’s infrastructure or un-seasonal rains/ natural calamities have battered the roads.

Under this programme, during the last Seven years 4808.99 km length of roads damaged due to the implementation of Under Ground Sewerage Schemes, Water Supply Improvement Schemes and natural calamities were taken up at an estimated cost of Rs.2401.55 crore comprising 4992 works, of which 4660 have been completed at a cost of Rs.1953.25 crore as detailed below:

Integrated Urban Development Mission (IUDM)

Under Integrated Urban Development Mission  from 2011-12 to  2014-15 and also for the year  2018-19 the works have been taken up as follows

Use of Plastics in road construction

Plastic waste poses a major threat to the environment. This Government have placed great importance on the effective use of plastic waste to reduce the environmental degradation caused by plastic. In order to ensure a plastic free environment, road laying in Municipalities and Corporations is being done based on plastic waste technology. Based on the Policy of the Government to use the available plastic waste to the maximum extent possible, a programme of laying the roads using plastic waste has been taken up in the Urban Local Bodies.

Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project (TNSUDP) is being implemented at a cost of Rs. 3831.00 crore which is supported by The World Bank.

The project includes 3 components such as Urban Governance Component, Urban Sector Technical Assistance Component and Urban Investment Component.

Among the above 3 components, the Urban Governance (Model City) Component and Urban Sector Technical Assistance Component are being carried out by the Commissioner of Municipal Administration.

The Urban Investment Component is being implemented through Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure and Financial Services Limited.

Urban Governance (Model City) Component

Model Cities under Urban Governance (Model City) Component Erode City Municipal Corporation, Vellore City Municipal Corporation and Hosur Municipality (Now upgraded Corporation) have been chosen. This Component will support these three Model Cities in improving Urban Management in four areas such as (i) ULB empowerment and organizational capacity (ii) spatial / development planning (iii) sustainable finances and (iv) e-governance and public disclosure.

Towards the achievements made against the targets fixed under the above mentioned Urban Management areas, these cities will be provided an annual grant based on satisfactory performance. An amount of Rs. 153.24 crore each to Erode and Vellore Corporation and an amount of Rs. 76.62 crore to Hosur Municipality(Now upgraded Corporation) is earmarked for release as grant for the years from 2016-2017 to 2021-2022.

For the year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 an amount of Rs. 51.08 crore each to Erode and Vellore City Municipal Corporation and Rs. 25.54 crore to Hosur Municipality(Now upgraded Corporation) has been sanctioned and released  against the achievements made on Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLI) targets fixed. The same quantum of amount will be sanctioned and released to these cities in the year 2019-2020 for the achievements made against the DLI targets fixed for the yeas 2017-18 and 2018-2019.

Urban Sector TA Component

The following four sub components are being implemented by the Commissioner of Municipal Administration under the Urban Sector TA component.

Wet Waste Processing Methods:

   (a) Bio-Methanation Plants

    47 bio-Methanation Plants with total capacity of 197 TPD has been established in 11 Corporations & 27 Municipalities at a project cost of Rs.37.42 crore under various schemes, to process the food waste, vegetable market waste, slaughter house waste etc. The capacity of plants ranges from 1 TPD to 10 TPD. The biogas is used in Gasifier Crematorium and the electricity generated from some of the plants are being used for illuminating the lights in the compost yards, MCCs and STPs.

   (b) Decentralized Micro Compost Centre:

       Decentralized approach is being implemented in all the Corporations and Municipalities after demarcating the ULB into service areas comprising of 4 to 5 wards. A Micro Composting Centre is established in each service area for processing the wet waste and converting into manure. This encourages the collection and disposal mechanism of wet waste in a decentralized manner which helps to minimise the secondary transportation cost and also to have bin free streets.

       At present 804 Nos of Micro Compost Centres for handling the biodegradable waste of 3130 TPD are sanctioned of which 691 Nos of MCCs with the capacity of 2649 TPD are put to use in all Corporations and Municipalities. The manure generated from MCCs are distributed to farmers / households at free of cost.

  (C) Windrows composting

        258 TPD of wet waste in 36 ULBs (5 Corporations and 31 Municipalities) is being processed through Windrows Composting.

   (d) Onsite Composting

        Onsite Composting Centers (OCCs) are constructed in parks and gardens to process the horticultural waste. So far 876 OCCs are functioning in 14 Corporations & 121 Municipalities handling 416 TPD.

Incineration Plant

        Incineration plants are proposed in feasible ULBs to process the combustible dry waste such as Plastics, Clothes and other combustible materials. Incineration plants with capacity like 10 TPD, 25 TPD and 50 TPD have been sanctioned in Erode, Salem, Vellore, Thanjavur, ThoothukudiDindugul& Tirunelveli Corporations and Karur, Tambaram, Idappadi and Mettupalayam Municipalities on cluster basis at an estimated cost of Rs.28.73 Crore for the years 2019-20& 2020-21.

Bio Mining and Bio capping of legacy waste

Reclamation of dump yard suffused with legacy waste is reclaimed through bio mining.Bio mining of old and abandoned dump sites have been taken up in 11 Corporations and 87 Municipalities to remove the 84.17 Lakh Cu.m of legacy waste through bio remediation process at a total estimate cost of Rs.530.37 Crores under Swachh Bharat Mission and Smart City Mission.

 Bio Mining has been completed inKumbakonam, Pammal, Sembakkam, Poonammalle,Chidambaram, Pallavaram, Anakaputhur, Arani, Idappadi, Karur, Kangeyam, Bhavani, Mettupalayam,Sathyamangalam,Vellakoil&Bodinayakanur Municipalities by clearing 8,64,393Cu.m of legacy waste so far and 85.29 acres of land has been reclaimed. Bio mining in 82 ULBs are in various stages. Centre for Environmental studies, Guindy Campus, Anna University Chennai is engaged as Third Party inspection agency in 96 ULBs for guidance in technical aspects of Bio-mining works. Scientific Bio capping of legacy waste completed in Madurai, Coimbatore Salem and Tirunelveli Corporations.

 Capital Grant Fund and Operational & Maintenance Gap Filling Fund

Capital Grant Fund (CGF):

Based on the 5th State Finance Commission (SFC) recommendation, Capital Grant fund is established replacing the Infrastructure Gap Filling Fund (IGFF) into which 15 % of the aggregate devolution intended for ULBs tier wise is paid. This fund has three parts corresponding to each tier of ULB and is being utilized to support capital works linked to basic functions and services in the ULBs.

During the year 2020-21 a total sum of Rs.261.31 Crore have been allocated under CGF for taking up various Infrastructure works. A sum of Rs.141.76 Crore has been allocated to 6 Corporations and Rs.119.55 Crore has been sanctioned to 18 Municipalities.

Operational and Maintenance (O & M) Gap filling Fund:

The allocation for Operational and Maintenance Gap filling is distributed to the Urban Local Bodies where fund is required for the Operational and Maintenance of the needy infrastructural facilities such as water supply, UGD and payment of dues to water charges and EB dues etc., Now the percentage of O&MGFF for each tier of ULBs is increased from 3% to 5%.

Under O & M Gap Filling Fund, during 2020-21 a total sum of Rs.119.12 crore has been allocated, out of which Rs.60.70 Crore sanctioned to 14 Corporations and Rs.58.42 Crore to 86 Municipalities.

Integrated Urban Development Mission (IUDM).

IUDM has been re-launched in the year 2018-19 with an annual grant of Rs.750 crore from state funds  for Corporations (except Chennai), Municipalities to improve the basic Infrastructure facilities such as Water Supply, Sewerage and Sanitation, Roads & Street lights, Strom Water Drain, Solid Waste Management, Parks and improvement and Modernizing the bus stand. During 2020-21, 87 local bodies have taken up 148 nos.of road work