Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the II-phases of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation on Friday, as per reports.

As per details shares by the PMO Thursday, it comes to know that SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been designed to realise the aspiration to make all cities garbage free and water secure.  PM Modi will launch the two initiatives at 11 AM at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre here, it said.

Union Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore, Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri,   as well as ministers of urban development of states and union territories, will also be present on the occasion.

These flagship missions denote a step forward in the march towards effectively addressing the challenges of rapidly urbanising India and will also help contribute towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, the statement said.

The mission will focus on source segregation of solid waste, utilising the principles of 3Rs (Reduce, reuse, recycle), scientific processing of all types of municipal solid waste and remediation of legacy dumpsites for effective solid waste management, the statement said, adding that the outlay of SBM-U 2.0 is around Rs 1.41 lakh crore,

AMRUT 2.0 aims at providing 100 per cent coverage of water supply to all households in around 4,700 urban local bodies by providing about 2.68 crore tap connections and 100 per cent coverage of sewerage and septage in 500 AMRUT cities by providing around 2.64 crore sewer or septage connections, which will benefit more than 10.5 crore people in urban areas, the PMO said.

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