New initiatives and innovative steps taken by the Department to improve its functioning by increasing the use of Information Technology and/or through any other reforms measures:
- An amount of Rs. 100.00 lakhs has been released to four cities viz. Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar and Nagaon @ Rs. 25.00 lakhs each under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
- An amount of Rs. 20.00 lakhs has been released to Guwahati Municipal Corporation for construction of 833 nos. Individual Households Latrines under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).
- EAP Project submitted to the Government for external aid for an amount of Rs. 1395.00 crores for Solid Waste Management, Water Supply, Sewerage and Sanitation, Storm Water Drainage, Urban Transport system.