India, July 28 -- The Union government has approved the Urban Flood Risk Management Programme Phase I for seven cities, with a total outlay of Rs 3,075.65 crore, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha.

The seven cities are Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Chennai. The government has also approved the Urban Flood Risk Management Programme Phase II for 11 cities, with a total outlay of Rs 2,444.42 crore. These are Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kanpur, Patna, Raipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Visakhapatnam, Indore and Lucknow, he stated.

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