Total Sanitation Plan for all cities of Gujarat soon

Ahmedabad, 27 November 2014

To achieve the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of Clean India under Gujarat Swachata Mission the Gujarat Government has instructed all eight Municipal Corporations, 159 Municipalities and district authorities to ready their short-term(minimum next five years) and long-term Total Sanitation Plan(TSP)s which will focus on the long term infrastructure development plan for public cleanliness and hygiene. Infrastructure for the zero waste disposal will be foremost priority under the city TSP.

Under the TSP all the Urban and Rural local bodies will have to give their physical goals and their financial needs and their plans to generate financial resources.

The state Urban Development department is working upon a state level TSP for all the local bodies under which based on the input of local bodies common solutions for technical and financial challenges will be addressed like special fund will given to all the Municipalities just to buy sanitation equipment only.

The State Government has allocated hefty Rs.290 crore under for the current year.

A major amendment in the he Bombay Municipal Act and Municipality act is likely during the upcoming budget session by which Municipal authorities will be given special powers to act tough against the litter bugs. TSP will be made mandatory for all under the upcoming legislative amendment. The Government has also instructed for upgrading the General Development and Control Rules(GDCR) for all industrial, commercial, residential and public utilities.