| Maharashtra
leads in JNURM projects
The Hindu
Maharashtra
is now the leading States under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission
(JNURM) with 47 projects being approved at a cost of Rs.6,396 crore. The
State has got more number of projects than those cleared for Gujarat and
Andhra Pradesh.
Maharashtra submitted 106 proposals costing Rs.23,000 crore and of this
the Centre cleared 47. On Thursday, a meeting of the State-level steering
committee on the JNURM cleared 26 proposals for the Mumbai metropolitan
region and other cities. These will now be submitted to the Centre for
approval.
The 26 proposals are estimated to cost Rs.3,395 crore. They are located
outside the Mumbai city.
The committee also approved the city development plan for the Mumbai Metropolitan
Region (MMR) as well as some other corporations. The State has so far
received Rs.700 crore under the Mission.

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