Rajasthan Plans Rs 5,000 Crore Urban Water Push by 2026

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Rajasthan plans Rs 5,000 crore in urban drinking-water work and three lakh new connections under AMRUT 2.0 as it prepares for an urban population of 2.20 crore by 2026. Urban Development Minister Jhabar Singh Kharra told ETGovernment that the state is combining GIS-based planning, digital services, affordable housing, sanitation and heritage conservation under its Viksit Rajasthan@2047 programme.

The minister said more than 100 services are now available through the Rajasthan SSO portal, while about 65,000 streetlights are being installed. The state has earmarked Rs 975 crore for heritage tourism and Shekhawati haveli conservation. Land-pooling rules provide 20 to 25 per cent of assembled land for public amenities, backed by Rs 12,050 crore in urban development funding.

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The easy story is that technology, land pooling and large budgets alone can create liveable cities. They cannot. The harder questions concern delivery, maintenance and whether new water, sewerage and housing reach poorer settlements rather than planned townships alone. The minister’s claims should be tested through independent service data: how many of the three lakh water connections are functioning, and whether untreated sewage actually falls around Udaipur’s lakes and Jodhpur’s heritage areas.

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