Panel Flags Urban Water Infra Funding Gap, Urges AMRUT 2.0 Boost

• A parliamentary panel flagged a significant financing gap in India's urban water infrastructure.
• The panel recommended urgent steps to strengthen funding and operations under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0.
• It urged the HUA Ministry to assess additional financial requirements for the urban water supply sector until 2047.
• Current AMRUT investments meet only about half of the 2011 expert committee's projected requirements for 2012-2031.
• The committee called for a national-level assessment of urban drinking water demand for the next 25-30 years to form a 'National Urban Water Security Strategy'.

Why It Matters: Urban water funding gap threatens future supply and development.