India, Dec. 8 -- With less than a year left in the Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban (SBM-U) 2.0, 80% of the central government funds remain untapped by states and Union territories, according to information given by Union minister of state (MoS) for housing and urban affairs, Tokhan Sahu, in the Rajya Sabha, on Monday.

The states have utilised only Rs.6,639.80 crore out of the total Rs.32,609.99 crore of central government funding, Sahu said while replying to a question by Bharat Rasthra Samithi (BRS) member of Parliament (MP) KR Suresh Reddy.

Smaller states/UTs such as Puducherry, Delhi, Telangana, Chandigarh and Manipur are among the states with the top five utlisation with Puducherry and Delhi topping the list with utlisation around 38%...