Monitorable Targets For 11 - Punjab State Planning Board

installation of 700 stand alone systems in schools in Punjab under this programme. Under
JALMANI project, 1600 stand alone water purification systems will be installed in rural schools
during 2010-11. The State Govt. has set up a “Shikayat Nivaran Kendra (SNK) at Mohali with a
Toll free number 1800-180-2468 for the redressal of consumer’s complaints relating to Rural
Water Supply. This “Shikayat Nivaran Kendra (SNK) has been outsourced on contract basis to
DOEACC Chandigarh for operation & registration of consumer’s complaints.
71. The State Government is providing assistance to poor people in rural areas for
construction of individual toilets. 2,82,863 toilets were constructed upto 31/03/09 by incurring
an expenditure of Rs.178.20 crore and 2851 toilets will be constructed with balance amount of
Rs.1.80 crore.. An additional 7 lac toilets are required to be constructed in the villages at an
estimated cost of Rs.420 crore. The cost of construction of toilets has been revised from Rs.6300
per unit to Rs.7800 per unit from the year 2007-08 which has further been revised to Rs.10,
000/- from the year 2009-10. An outlay of Rs.250 crore was provided in the 11 th Five Year plan.
Notwithstanding the present initiatives of the Union and State Governments, it is a hard fact that
adequate, clean drinking water and basic sanitation facilities continue to elude the majority of
our rural population. Taking serious cognizance and keeping in view the escalated cost the State
Govt. provided Rs. 100 Cr in 2009-10 as additional central assistance for construction of toilets
for economically backward families. About 1 lac toilets will be constructed with this amount
in 2010-11.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
72. Punjab is looking forward to channelize the investment from both within India
and abroad to promote real estate development in a big way. For the first time, the State has
come out with a comprehensive policy prescribing collection of External Development Charges,
License/Permission Fee and Change of Land Use charges, to generate sufficient revenue to
provide the ultra modern urban infrastructure. The revenue received on account of CLU by the
State Government during last three years was Rs 210 crore. A sum of Rs. 45.54 crore has been
received during current year i.e.2009-10. New Town Planning norms conforming to
international standard have been laid for the development of towns. Master Plan of 11 cities
Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Mullanpur, Dera Bassi , Zirakpur, Kharar Banur, Bathinda, Abohar, Sri
Hrgobindpur and Regional plan Mohali have already been notified. The Local Planning areas
for 44 towns/cities have also been notified. Special Area Development Authorities have been set
up for integrated development of Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar Ludhiana, Patiala and Mohali.
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