IMPHAL, February 25: The Ministry of Urban Development has so far sanctioned Rs 459.93 crores to ten states as the first instalment under `Swachh Bharat Mission`™ for the year 2014-15.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Babul Supriyo in the Lok Sabha in a written reply to M Murali Mohan, Hema Malini and five other members.
Maharashtra received Rs 135 crores, Karnataka received Rs 80.01 crores, West Bengal received Rs 64.01 crores, Gujarat received Rs 40.95 crores, Andhra Pradesh received Rs 40 crores, Bihar received Rs 37.72 crores, Chattisgarh received 30.79, Madhya Pradesh received 18.81 crores, Manipur received Rs. 11.21 crores, Odisha received 1.43 crores.
The sanctions include Rs 310.10 crores for Construction of household and community toilets (Rs.310.10 cr), Awareness generation activities (Rs.48.00 cr) and Capacity building (Rs.12.00 cr).
Babul Supriyo has further informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas, 1.04 crore household toilets are targeted to be built by 2018.
State-wide targets in respect of household toilets under the Mission : Tamil Nadu-13.95 lakhs, Uttar Pradesh -11.83 lakh, Maharashtra-8.99 lakhs, Karnataka-8.88 lakhs, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana-7.93 lakhs, West Bengal-7.88 lakhs, Madhya Pradesh-7.32 lakhs, Rajasthan-5.62 lakhs, Bihar-5.47 lakhs, Gujarat-4.06 lakhs, Odisha-4.03 lakhs,Chattisgarh-3.51 lakhs, Jharkhand-2.31 lakhs, Haryana-2.16 lakhs, Punjab-1.96 lakhs, Kerala-1.76, Assam-1.46 lakhs and NCT of Delhi-1.25 lakhs etc.