KTR requests Centre for increase in funding for urban projects

TELANGANA: KT Rama Rao, Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Government of Telangana has requested the Centre to include requisite funding for the state’s many urban sector initiatives in the next Union Budget 2023–24.

According to Rao, 46.8 per cent of the population of Telangana lives in cities, making it an urban state for which the requisite infrastructure must be built. By providing priority funding for the initiatives being undertaken or planned, the Centre must help the State.

He requested funding for a number of urban infrastructure projects, including the Strategic Road Development Project (SRDP), Strategic Nala Development Project (SNDP), Comprehensive Road Maintenance Project (CRMP),

Hyderabad Road Development Corporation (HRDC), Musi River Development Corporation (MRDC), and Telangana Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (TUFIDC).

He urged the Centre to provide `750 crore, which is 20 per cent of the project’s overall cost (`3,777 crore), listing significant transformative projects like the Solid Waste Management project, bio-mining, Fecal Sludge Treatment Plants (FSTP), and wastewater treatment projects. In addition, he asked for a third of the `8,684 crore to build 41 sewage treatment facilities with a combined capacity of 1,591 MLD over a 2,232 km sewer network. Additionally, he asked about `240 crores for the SNDP, which was started to prevent flooding after a lot of rain.

COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber addresses 13th session of IRENA assembly

NEW DELHI: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, President-Designate of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28), while addressing the 13th session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) assembly, said that renewable energy capacity would need a major boost in the upcoming years.

Al Jaber, who is also the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), assured that the UAE will continue to provide its support in helping advance IRENA’s mission and continue to be the closest partner and the strongest advocate for the organisation.

He stated that last year’s renewables accounted for 81 per cent of the new energy capacity, and the sector will witness tremendous growth in the next five years, which will be greater than the cumulative growth achieved in the last 20 years. To meet this fast pace of growth, IRENA needs to adopt innovative methods. The Minister hailed the Energy Transition Accelerator Financing Platform (ETAF), launched on the sidelines of COP26 and highlighted that the gulf country has committed around $400 million as initial funding support to allow the platform to target funding of emerging economies. IRENA, an intergovernmental organisation that helps countries transition towards sustainable energy, bring together various stakeholders, including governments, ministers, multilateral organisation, energy decision-makers and private players.

Anup Gupta of the Bharatiya Janta Party was elected as the new Mayor of Chandigarh. Mayoral Elections for the city of Chandigarh were held on January 17, 2023, wherein Gupta won by one vote against Jasbir Singh, Aam Aadmi Party’s candidate. Congress party decided to abstain from election.

Industrial zone master plans withdrawn

Due to heavy protests against the development of an industrial zone, draft master plans introduced for Kamaredyy and Jatial municipalities in Telangana, have been withdrawn by the respective district councils. Resolutions to this effect were passed in the council meeting of Kamareddy and Jagtial urban local bodies (ULBs).

Pune organises seminar on urban infrastructure ahead of G20

A seminar on urban infrastructure was organised in the city ahead of the G20 summit, attended by the central and state-level officials and the representatives of financial institutes and industry. They expressed the need to implement a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model in all the urban local bodies and demanded that national-level guidelines be framed for its execution.

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