New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) A parliamentary panel flagged a financing gap in the country's urban water infrastructure and recommended urgent steps to strengthen funding and operations under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0.

Emphasising the need for long-term planning, the committee also said that the Union Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry should assess additional financial requirements of the urban water supply sector, aligning with demand projections and growth patterns till 2047.

The panel on housing and urban affairs, chaired by Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, presented its report on the AMRUT in Lok Sabha, with special emphasis on urban drinking water.

According to the report, the committee evaluated the adequacy of financial investments under A

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