The transfer marks a significant leap in India's city transformation, with DRAP concentrating on the elimination of legacy waste dumpsites by September subsequent 12 months, and UiWIN aiming to unlock non-public and multilateral investments to gasoline infrastructure development in cities, in keeping with the imaginative and prescient of ‘Viksit Bharat.'
The Union Minister of Housing and City Affairs inaugurated DRAP, UiWIN, and different key initiatives throughout the two-day ‘Nationwide City Conclave 2025' within the capital.
Talking on the occasion, the minister highlighted that these initiatives can be pivotal in constructing cleaner, greener, and extra habitable cities, aligning with the broader imaginative and prescient of ‘Viksit Bharat @2047.'
He identified that by 2047, India's city inhabitants will account for round 50 per cent of the full inhabitants. To cater to this rising demand, all stakeholders, together with central and state governments, non-public gamers, and people, should collaborate and make investments considerably in city improvement, a vital step in direction of realising the dream of a ‘Viksit Bharat.'
In line with the Ministry of Housing and City Affairs (MoHUA), the two-day conclave, themed ‘Sustainable City Growth and Governance,' introduced collectively policymakers, city planners, and consultants to chart the roadmap for constructing future-ready, livable cities. Beneath DRAP, the Centre will fast-track the remediation of remaining dumpsites throughout city India in a mission-mode effort to realize ‘Lakshya Zero Dumpsites' by September 2026. The initiative goals to reclaim worthwhile land for public use and neighborhood improvement.
At present, 1,428 websites are beneath remediation, with 80 per cent of the legacy waste concentrated in 214 websites throughout 202 City Native Our bodies (ULBs). DRAP will prioritise these high-impact places, which collectively maintain round 8.8 crore metric tonnes of legacy waste.
The federal government has allotted central monetary help of Rs 550 per tonne for waste remediation. To this point, MoHUA has disbursed Rs 4,181 crore for initiatives value Rs 10,228 crore, benefitting 2,484 ULBs throughout 28 states and Union Territories.
Up to now, 1,048 out of two,476 dumpsites, holding about 25 crore metric tonnes of waste, have been remediated, reclaiming practically 7,580 acres of land.
The Ministry added that the City Funding Window (UiWIN) would function a one-stop platform to draw non-public capital and long-term concessional funding from multilateral companies such because the World Financial institution and Asian Growth Financial institution.
UiWIN will even concentrate on selling Public-Personal Partnership (PPP)-based city initiatives to speed up sustainable infrastructure improvement.
MoHUA Secretary Srinivas Katikithala mentioned the conclave displays a “collective city effort” to make Indian cities extra reasonably priced, safe, and sustainable. He emphasised that India requires a cohesive “Staff City” to fulfil the imaginative and prescient of a ‘Viksit Bharat' by 2047, so that every one initiatives and programmes can come collectively beneath one roof for well timed decision-making.
The primary day of the conclave additionally featured technical classes on regional planning, transit-oriented improvement, metropolis mobility, livelihood technology, and capability constructing, setting the tone for India's subsequent part of city renewal.
