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'Urban infra sector offers Rs.73 lakh cr investment opportunity'
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SME Times News Bureau | 05 Feb, 2016
Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that urban
infrastructure sector offers Rs.73 lakh crore investment opportunity
for private sector and public-private partnership (PPP) investments over
the next 15 years.
"Given the resource limitations of both
central and state governments, private sector investments and PPPs are
the chief instruments of resource mobilisation to build the much needed
urban infrastructure in the country," Naidu said at an investment summit
here.
Naidu said that over and above the support committed by
the central and state governments, ensuring basic urban infrastructure
requires Rs.56 lakh crore, building 2 crore houses for urban poor needs
another Rs.11 lakh crore and Rs. 6 lakh crore for building 100 smart
cities.
Expressing hope that private sector and PPP investments
can be mobilized to address the infrastructure challenge, he said that
10 of the 20 smart cities announced last week have laid down clear road
maps for mobilising PPP investments of about Rs.9,000 crore.
Bringing
out the gaps in urban infrastructure, the minister noted that 50
percent of urban households still do not have water connections.
“These
gaps hit the urban poor the most and developing urban infrastructure
accordingly leads to inclusive urban growth besides enhancing
productivity and quality of life,” he said.
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