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Tap water coverage in urban areas jumps 64% since 2011

The New Indian Express Dharmapuri

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January 27, 2026

THE Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and its second phase AMRUT 2.0 have delivered a series of achievements.

- PARVEZ SULTAN @New Delhi

Since 2011, tap water coverage in urban areas increased from 49% in 2011 to around 77%. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), 228 lakh tap connections have been provided so far. It has also added 20 lakh sewer connections, rejuvenated 7,480 acres of water bodies, and developed 2,704 acres of green space. After its launch in 2015, under AMRUT, 6,008 projects at a total cost of $83,470.84 crore were approved. Of these, works worth %80,808 crore have been completed, with %74,150 crore already spent. Under AMRUT 2.0, which was introduced in 2021, 7,022 crore has been sanctioned as the Central share in the financial year 2025-26, of whi

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