Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) Scheme in a cluster of villages having a population of about 25,000 to 40,000.
An official spokesman said under the scheme, select private partners would develop livelihood opportunities, urban amenities and infrastructure facilities and maintain the same for a period of 10 years in identified villages or cluster of villages. Funding would be sourced from the Central Sector Scheme of PURA.
As many as nine projects have been initiated under PURA through the PPP mode across five states and one UT in the first batch. It was proposed to undertake a second batch of 10-15 pilot projects for which the Planning Commission had already made available additional funds to the tune of Rs 560 crore.
The private partners would be required to provide standard amenities like water supply and sewerage, roads, drainage, solid waste management, street lighting and power distribution, besides undertaking some economic and skill development as part of the project.
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