Bhubaneswar: The ministry of housing and urban affairs has decided to monitor projects being executed under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut) scheme here using geo-referencing web services and a mobile application developed for the purpose.

The aim here is to ensure timely completion of the Amrut projects.

The new monitoring mechanism will be implemented on a pilot basis in five Amrut cities in the country, including Bhubaneswar. The ministry has asked the housing and urban development department to start using the new system and upload the data accordingly.

"We have progressed significantly in the Amrut scheme for which the ministry has chosen the city to implement the pilot monitoring system. We have intimated agencies concerned about the new system and asked them to start uploading the data and photographs of completed and ongoing projects in the database," said an official of housing and urban development department.

According to the direction, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, the Public Health Engineering Organisation and the Odisha Water Supply and Sewerage Board will update the data on projects taken up by them in five sectors that include water supply, sewerage and septage management, storm water drainage, non-motorised transport and green spaces and parks.

Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena said the new monitoring system would ill definitely ease the process of monitoring the status of the projects.

"Such monitoring systems are needed to ensure timely completion of projects. We will definitely comply with the direction of the government and also try to develop a similar model to monitor projects here," said Jena.

The three agencies have submitted plans to develop 17 parks and 38 drinking water supply projects under Amrut scheme.

While Rs 5.4 crore will be spent on parks, Rs 121.16 crore will be used to execute the water supply projects.