Urban Infrastructure Development Schemes and Achievements

The Union government initiated JNNURM in December, 2005 with the mission objective of encouraging reforms and fast-tracking development of major cities with specific focus on efficiency in urban infrastructure and service delivery mechanisms, community participation, and accountability of ULBs / Parastatal agencies towards citizens. The JNNURM lays thrust on following components:

The core focus area of the Sub-Mission is on infrastructure projects relating to water supply and sanitation, sewerage, solid waste management, road network, urban transport and re-development of old city areas with a view to upgrade infrastructure therein, shifting industrial and commercial establishments to conforming areas. Under this scheme between 2005 to 2014, 33 projects have been sanctioned which covers 07 megacities and the funds for all the projects Rs 6052.30 Crore have been disbursed to concerned urban local bodies, which includes central, state and ULB share of the project. The programme covers six Nagar Nigams namely Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi and one Nagar Palika Parishad, Mathura.

There are 11 Water Supply projects in these above cites in which total 7 Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) are proposed as per DPR out of which 5 WTPs work have been completed and 3 WTP's put to public use, 240 Nos. New tubewells has been completed and put to public use, 102 Nos. Tube wells and put to public use, 162 Over Head Tanks (OHT) have been completed and 126 OHT put to public use, 142 Clear Water Reservoir (CWR) has been executed and 82 CWR put to public use, 4918 km Distribution System has been laid and 3234 km has been commissioned, 412 km Raising main has been laid and 270 km commissioned.

There are 12 Sewerage projects, out of which 5 has been completed. 4 Nos. STPs has been completed and put to public use, 29 Sub Pumping Stations (SPS) commissioned and 2140 km sewer line has been laid. There are 2 storm water drainage schemes which has been completed in which 122 km new drain and 23 km old drain has been made functional & put to public use. Out of total 7 solid waste management schemes 2 has been completed & put to public use.

The objectives of the scheme is to improve infrastructural facilities and help to create durable public assets and quality oriented services in cities & towns of population more than one lakh and less than ten lakh. Under this scheme between 2005 to 2014, 64 projects pertaining to water supply, sewerage, storm water drainage and solid waste management have been sanctioned which covers 46 cities and the costs of all projects Rs 1188.55 Crore have been disbursed to concerned urban local bodies, which includes central, state and ULB share of the project.

Out of 64 schemes, 47 has been completed and put to use. Out of 17 continuing schemes, 4 schemes have more than 90% progress. Thus, 14 schemes likely to complete in 2016-17 and rest 3 schemes will go beyond 2016-17. Approximately 92 lacs population of these towns will get benefited after completion of UIDSSMT Programme.

There are total 37 water supply projects, out of which 34 Water Supply projects has been completed in which 01 WTP has been completed and put to public use, 426 New tubewells has been completed and put to public use, 23 Tube well (rebore) also completed and put to public use, 176 OHT has been executed and 174 OHT put to public use, 42 CWR has been completed and put to public use, 3516 km DS has been laid and 3452 km DS commissioned.

There are total 5 Sewerage projects out of which 3 has been completed in which 2Nos. STPs has been completed and put to public use, 5Nos. SPS commissioned and 468 km sewer line has been laid .

There is only 01 storm water drainage scheme which has been completed in which 22.28 km drain has been made functional and put to public use.There are total 19 solid waste management schemes out of which 9 has been completed.

Apart from schemes sanctioned under the mission period, 07 more schemes were sanctioned during the transition phase (2013-14), amounting to Rs 323.68 Crore for the cities viz., Raebareilly, Auraiyya, Sultanpur, Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad, Amethi, and Kasya.

In UIDSSMT programme GOI plans to develop satellite town near 07 mega cities across the country. In Uttar Pradesh Pilkhua town of District Panchsheel Nagar had been selected to be developed as satellite towns with 03 scheme which include water supply, sewerage & solid waste management scheme(SWM) of sanctioned cost Rs. 67.528 Cr. Out of which water Supply & sewerage Scheme has been completed & SWM scheme is likely to be completed in financial year 2016-17

The main objective of the reforms is to provide an enabling environment for the growth of the cities by improving urban governance, enhancing effective urban service delivery and augmenting civic infrastructure. Financial sustainability of ULBs and Parastatals agencies such as Water and Sewerage Department, Public Health Engineering Departments, Public Work Departments, Development Authorities etc. can be brought about through reforms in property tax, improved accounting practices, and levy of appropriate user charges. The enhanced role of the ULBs would also warrant administrative and structural changes along with process re-engineering of the key work streams such as municipal accounts, collection of taxes and levies, approval of building plans, citizens centric services such as issues of birth and death certificates, citizens’ grievance redressal etc. The Reform Agenda comprises of a set of “Mandatory” and “Optional Reforms” to be implemented at the State and ULB level.

District Planning Committee (DPC) - Constituted and working

Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC) - The provision of the creation of MPC has been inducted in the Nagar Nigam Act. As per section 57A, in every Metropolitan Area a Metropolitan Planning Committee will prepare a Draft Development Plan for Metropolitan Area as a whole. The Metropolitan Area of 5 KAVAL Towns and Meerut City has been notified. The rules have been framed and notified.

The recommendations of the 4^th SFC accepted and implemented.

All core Municipal Functions are with ULBs. Some Parastatals are working in the delivery of functions like- city planning by deciding the land uses, Building Plan approval, Transport and Fire Services.

The Jal Sansthans are merged into concerned Nagar Nigam.

There are 635 ULBs in Uttar Pradesh. This function is performed by 529 ULBs except 106 ULBs. In 106 ULB’s (74 Regulated Area, 27 Development Authorities and 5 Special Area Development Authorities, the function of Urban Planning and service delivery is being performed by Development Authorities and Regulated areas.

The functional assignment to ULB’s in City Planning and Delivery functions is related to the prime responsibilities as they are assigned the role of policy making in city planning and development being active member of Advisory Committee of Development Authority.

The ULB’s shares the accountability at technical and administrative level being part of policy making and planning process of Urban Planning and Service Delivery. The Municipal Commissioner is also a member of technical committee for sanction of building plans; whereas no objection certificate (NOC) from Municipal Corporation and Jalkal Department is made as mandatory provision.

There are sufficient provisions under U.P. (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 (UP Act No. 13 of 1972) regarding the Rights and Obligations of the landlords and tenant. In the section 21 and section 16(1) (b) there are provisions for the vacation of the premises under the tenancy, if land lord requires it in good and bonafide intention. Further, if it is occupied by other than tenant i.e., unauthorized occupant, the land lord will get benefit of release of premises in his layout under this Act. First and foremost provision to protect the interest of Land Lord is exemption for forty years of the applicability of this Act on the buildings constructed after 26.04.1985. It is also provided in the Act that if the building comes under the provisions of this Act for the first time then the choice of Land Lord regarding tenant will prevail. Moreover if the Land Lord does not want to rent out the building then the building will not come under the purview of Rent Control.

The required amendments in Nagar Nigam Act, 1959 and Nagar Palika Act, 1916 have been incorporated for the constitution of ward committee for each ward in a Municipality. The Uttar Pradesh Municipality (Ward Committee) Rules, 2009 have also been formulated. Community participation is being encouraged through structures like the Area Sabha and Ward Committee, as envisaged in Community Participation Law. The development plans relating to wards, is finalized and put-up before the Executive Committee by the ward Corporators, to be finally included in the Annual Budget.

The U.P. Municipality Public Disclosure of Information Rules 2009 has been formulated. The Rules include information regarding the:

Proceedings of municipality,

Directory of officer and employees,

The particular of offices who grant concessions, permits, licenses and provide civic amenities,

Audited financial statement like- receipt and expenditure accounts, Annual Budget and Balance Sheet,

The core municipal services levels provided,

Particular of all plan,

Proposed expenditure with actual expenditure and,

Reports on disbursement made,

Details of subsidy programmes and criteria of beneficiary identification,

Particulars of City Development Plan,

Particulars of major works and time of completion and,

All details of Municipal Funds.

1. 
   Revision of bye-laws to streamline the approval process for construction of buildings, development of sites etc.
   

The Development authorities have modified the existing building byelaws in order to streamline the approval process.

The dissemination of information regarding the building byelaws have been made available through websites of Authorities and Awas Bandhu.

MIS linking all offices having bearing on building permission has been made available through internet and online facility for submission and sanctioning of building plans is introduced , current status regarding the citizen’s request applications is updated regularly on the development authority websites.

The Building bye-laws are revised, and presently, the time-line for sanction of Building Plans for residential building is 30 days and for commercial building is 90 days.

The process of sanction of Building Plan is simplified and in the old built up area, sanction of Building Plan upto100 meter is not required.

In case of residential plots, up to 300 sqm, the allottee will be given standard building plan, at the time of registry and following the setbacks if any, as per Building Bye Laws, the further sanction of Building Plan is not required. The time reduction to seven days for residential buildings and 10 days for commercial buildings is therefore achieved to that extent.

2. 
   Revision of bye-laws to make rain water harvesting mandatory in all buildings and adoption of water conservation measures.
   

3. 
   Earmarking at least 20% of developed land in all housing projects (both Public and Private Agencies) for EWS/LIG category with a system of cross subsidization.
   

4. 
   Simplification of legal and procedural frameworks for conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes.
   

5. 
   Introduction of computerized process of registration of land and property.
   

6. 
   Administrative reforms
   

The responsibilities and duties was not properly defined for some centralized revenue staff (Tax Assessment & collection )

For environmental aspect no post for environmental Engineer (Especially for Solid waste Management) at ULB level.

Shortage of Technical & Managerial staff.

Non availability of qualified IT staff.

Inadequacy of E-Gov set-up.

8. 
   Structural reforms.
   

Demand and collection of Taxes are being maintained and monitored at Zonal office.

Demand and collection of Water & Sewer tax also are being maintained at Zonal level.

Registration and redressal of complaints are being done at Zonal offices.

Act amended regarding formation of Ward Committee.

City level monitoring committee of stakeholder has been formed by Ganga cell of GoUP.

A city level co-ordination committee has been constituted by Environment department of the state.

City level co-ordination committee also formed for cleaning of river.

City Level Co-ordination committee has been constituted in the Zoning of Street Venders.

It is proposed to constitute a City Level coordination committee in the framing and execution of City Sanitation Plan.

Creation of cadre of municipal staff for different technical discipline has been recommended in the report submitted to State Government on 22.5.2009. The cadre of different discipline at Nagar Panchayat, Nagar Palika Parishad and Nagar Nigam level has been recommended. The State Government has accepted the report and the necessary action is being taken. The reorganization of Executive Officer cadre is under consideration at State level and at the U.P. 6th. Pay Committee level.

Revenue ( Tax assessment & collection ) staff cadre reviewed

The post of Environmental Engineer for ULB has been created.

Reorganization of Executive Cadre.

A separate Directorate for Food and Drugs Control has been established.

ULB Level Reforms: Status

1. 
   Introduction of system of e-Governance using IT applications like, GIS and MIS for various services provided by ULBs/ Parastatals.
   

2. 
   Adoption of modern, accrual-based double entry system of accounting in ULBs/ Parastatals.
   

The State Government has accorded highest priority to the Accounting Reforms in Local Bodies of Uttar Pradesh. Its status is as under:

Accounting reforms in the local bodies of Uttar Pradesh have gone far beyond the UIG towns. As of today 611 local bodies of U.P. are in advanced stages of operationalizing accrual based Double Entry accounting system (DEAS). By 31^st March 2015 all the 630 local bodies in Uttar Pradesh would migrate to accrual based DEAS.

Uttar Pradesh Municipal Accounts Manual has been prepared and approved by the State Government.

Consequent to the adoption of new accounting system, U.P. Municipal Account Codes have been revised. Currently U.P. has two separate Municipal Account Codes namely U.P. Municipal Accounts Code, 1918 and U.P. Nagar Mahapalika Account Code, 1959. The State government has taken a policy decision to replace the dual code with an uniform account code for all the local bodies. This is a significant step forward in modernizing the financial system of even the smaller local bodies to proactively prepare them to meet the future challenges of urban local governance. The proposed uniform U.P. Municipal Account Code, 2012 is been prepared and is in the process of being finalised.

Finalization of the list of Assets and Liabilities and the valuation thereof cannot be a one-shot exercise given the poorly maintained maze of decades old records at any given ULB. This process of updating the said list will continue at least for another 2-3 years before a true picture starts to emerge. As such the finalization of list of Assets/ Liabilities cannot be seen as a limiting factor in preparing the financial statements. The Balance Sheets and financial statements so prepared will be revised accordingly as and when new facts come to light.

State government has taken concrete steps to effect the changes in related activities like restructuring the business processes at the ULBs and adoption of Outcome Budgeting.

3. 
   Reforms of property tax with GIS, so that it becomes major source of revenue for ULBs and arrangements for its effective implementation.
   

4. 
   Levy of reasonable user charges by ULBs/Parastatals with the objective that full cost of operation and maintenance is collected within the Mission period.
   

5. 
   Internal earmarking of budgets for basic services to the urban poor.
   

GIS based property Tax management system has enabled ULB’s to identify the un-assessed properties and bring them under tax net. This resulted in identifying 30-40% un-assessed properties. There has been increased in demand and collection.

The computerization of property tax, online billing and deposit has reduced the pressure of bill distribution; timely payment has lessened corruption and arbitrariness of collection staff in giving rebates. It has helped in centralized monitoring of Tax Collection.

The Public Grievance Redressal module has introduced transparency and accountability. Complaints can be prioritized and assigned to appropriate officials. This system is useful to understand ‘what kind of problems’ occurs at which part of the city and at what time of the year.

E-Governance has resulted in higher transparency general awareness, about ULB administration and increased accountability.

Formation of ward committees at each ward level has ensured public participation in budget preparation process.

Double Entry has ensured physical verification of fixed assets and identification of assets and preparation of Financial Statements at any given point of time.

Greater transparency in accounting and disclosure.

Readily available financial information for the case of decision making.

Yearly preparation of balance sheet receipt and payment account, income and expenditure account.

Inherent internal controls and internal checks to safeguard the ULB from frauds and errors.

E-Governance in urban local bodies of Uttar Pradesh

The e-Governance DPR has been sanctioned worth Rs 23.61Cr on 20-12-2010 in CSMC (Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee) held at the Government of India (GOI) level. According to e-Governance guidelines issued by Government of India, 8 mandatory services are to be provided by Municipal Bodies to common Citizens.

Ministry of Urban Development GOI have identified 7 cities viz., Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad, Kanpur, Meerut, Matura and Agra as to be earlier subscriber of Unified Statewide e-Governance Framework (USGF) with Kanpur Nagar Nigam as Lead ULB (urban local bodies), whereas the State has decided to cover all 14 Nagar Nigams in first stage and later to be rolled out to 195 Nagar Palika Parishad and 426 Nagar Panchayats.

Under the E- Governance for Municipalities 8 modules like- Birth & Death registration, Centralized Admin Module, Property Tax, Public Grievance Redressal, E- Procurement and Accrual Based Double Accounting System (DEAS) etc., have been developed and are being implemented in 14 Nagar Nigams. For all 635 ULBs common state level portal has been launched http://www.e-nagarsewaup.gov.in/ulbapps.

The e governance architecture under this program has been conceived:

State-wide Unified Application for all 635 ULBs

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) & Go-Live for all 14 Municipal Corporations

Later, scaling to rest 621 Urban Local Bodies

Capacity Building Awareness, Training & IEC

Integration with Central Mission Mode Projects (MMPs), Lokvani/CSCs

Integration with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) payment gateway& SMS Gateway

Services are being provided toCitizens&ULB Staff

	Name of Module	Status
1	Birth & Death Registration	Live
2	Centralized Admin Module	Live
3	Payment of Property Tax	Live
4	Water Supply & Other Utilities	Live
5	Grievances & Suggestions	Live
6	Personnel Information System	Live
7	E- Procurement	Live (KNN Started, Saharanpur, Meerut, Allahabad & Varanasi are in process).
8	Works Flow Management	Live
9	Monitoring of Projects / Ward Works	Live
10	Licenses	Live
11	Estates	Live
12	Accounting System	Live
13	Building Approvals	App Dev in Progress
14	Stores Management	Under Audit

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