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MEIL PURA at Kondapalli and Ibrahimpatnam Panchayats Krishna District, AP. Hearty Welcome Presentation By P.C. Shekar Reddy (President, MEIL) Road Shows on PURA, 17-18 July 2012. Outline of the Presentation. About MEIL Concept of PURA Infrastructure Development Sequence
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MEIL PURA at Kondapalli and Ibrahimpatnam Panchayats Krishna District, AP Hearty Welcome Presentation By P.C. Shekar Reddy (President, MEIL) Road Shows on PURA, 17-18 July 2012
Outline of the Presentation • About MEIL • Concept of PURA • Infrastructure Development Sequence • PURA 2.0 - Financial Drivers • PURA 2.0 – Key Govt. Departments • How to Select PURA Cluster? • Community Participation • Conclusion
MEIL – Leadership ThroughEngineering Excellence • Status of MEIL PURA: Empowered Committee Meeting in the last week of July to approve DPR • Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) has become a major player in shaping “Tomorrow’s India”. Annual Turnover-Rs 3,500 cr • Expertise in more than 90% of all types of infrastructure projects - Drinking Water, Irrigation, Roads, Buildings, Sewerage, Power Transmission & Distribution, Solar Power, Thermal power, hydrocarbons, etc.
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Concept of PURA • Developed nations: only 2% to 4% population dependent on agriculture. Major chunk of labour force (more than 50%) comes from food chain, processing, distribution, retailing, tourism, etc. • In India 60% of population is engaged in agriculture. At present it can only provide gainful employment to 25% of population, hence, large scale migrations • “PURA” - To consciously absorb surplus people by unlocking the Rural India’s Development potential through Infrastructure Creation and Business Development • PURA is a powerful tool, which has potential to stop migrations
Infrastructure Development Sequence Due to scarcity of funds in rural areas, it is impossible to maintain the following development sequence. • Under Ground Drainage • Drinking Water • Internal Drains/Strom water Drains • Under ground cables, Gas pipeline, etc • Roads • Street light poles • In PURA, delivery of schemes is simultaneous as per the sequence. Great synergy in implementation • Designed for 30 years (Ultimate Population)
Reasons for Migrations? • Food • Basic Physical Amenities • Health & Education • Livelihoods • Entertainment
PURA 2.0 - Financial drivers • Corporate Branding • New opportunity in Rural infrastructure • There is a scope for 500 PURA projects, if Pilots are grounded successfully • Prompt Payment • Complex Project- Great scope for Consultancy assignments (MEIL Expertise in more than 90% of all types of infrastructure projects)
PURA 2.0 - Financial drivers • Once Concept Plan is approved, most of the expenditure would be taken care of • PURA grant for • Maintenance for 10 years • 1% Management fees • Deficit ROI on Add-on facilities • DPR preparation cost • Bank Guarantee charges, etc
How to select PURA Cluster? • Unstinted Support from State Govt. • Willing Support of Sarpanch, MLA/MP • Drinking water, source sustainability • Compact Area – not scattered area • Proximity to Urban city/growth centre • Specialty – scope for innovation • Willingness of the people to pay user charges • Revenue generating Model with scope for viable Add-on projects. Safe and secured area
Community Participation • A sense of Community ownership is must for sustainability of the PURA Project. successful only if Decision Ownership lies with the community • Participatory Rural Appraisal, Focused Group meetings, GramSabhas, Meetings with Ward members, Public Representatives were done specifying on various issues pertaining to planning and implementation of MEIL PURA • Participatory development approaches : Planning, Designing, Construction and Maintenance periods
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Success of PURA depends on • State Govt. – 50% (includes MDWS. If State Govt approves DPRs, MDWS would sanction) • Viability of PURA Cluster – 20% • Implementing Agency – 30%
Conclusion • PURA is a Practical, Doable and Viable Business Model • Any Infrastructure Company can easily implement PURA Project (As it only consists of several simple and small executable sub-components) • TINA factor
New Horizons, New Challenges. . . meil Let’s join hands in the Business of Building India!
PURA Contact : pcs@meilgroup.com Krishna District l Andhra Pradesh