States told to follow DPR norms under JNNURM

In seeking sanction for projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) State governments have failed to follow the guidelines for filing detailed project reports (DPRs) and a whip has been cracked on the State governments by the Union Ministry of Urban Development for the lapse. Improper information about land acquisition, not mention of arrangements for water and sewage and solid waste management, and inclusion of inadmissible components in the DPRs hold up projects, the Ministry has said. The first phase of the JNNURM had to be extended from March 31, 2012 to 2014. The Ministry is in no mood to allow an extension in the second phase.