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Updated: Sep 07, 2017, 03.26 PM IST
PM Modi had emphasised on early implementation of projects and suggested that the chief secretaries of all states should review the progress of the implementation.
NEW DELHI: With two years to go for 2019 parliamentary elections, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has stepped in to ensure results can be seen on the ground. The Centre has asked states to focus on impactful and public-private-partnership based smart city projects, which would show results over the next one year and have a review mechanism in place.
Ministry of housing and urban affairs, the nodal ministry for Smart Cities Mission has identified 261 impactful ventures worth Rs 31,000 crore and PPP projects worth Rs 32,000 crore for the states to work on.
The move follows directives from the Prime Minister. During a review of Smart Cities mission last week, PM Modi had emphasised on early implementation of projects and suggested that the chief secretaries of all states should review the progress of the implementation.
Secretary (housing and urban affairs) D S Mishra has written to chief secretaries of states and asked them to focus on early implementation of smart city projects that have a visible and transformative impact in the lives of citizens in identified smart cities.
Mishra has urged the states to ensure commencement of work by November this year on 261 impactful smart city projects in 60 cities that were announced between January and September 2016. These identified projects account for an investment of Rs 31,112 crore. The states have also been asked to speed up work on 370 PPP projects that involve an investment of Rs 32,410 crore The impactful projects identified range from building 40 outdoor fitness centres in New Delhi Municipal Council area at a cost of Rs 1.31 crore to redevelopment of 340 acre area in Bhopal at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore.
Some of the major PPP smart city projects are Bhubaneswar (Affordable housing- Rs 840 crore), Raipur (Urban Plaza at Ganj Mandi- Rs 983 crore), Bilaspur (Markets development – Rs 1,241 crore), Amritsar (Urban space development – Rs 1,028 crore), Coimbatore (Water supply – Rs 557 crore).
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Updated: Sep 07, 2017, 03.26 PM IST
PM Modi had emphasised on early implementation of projects and suggested that the chief secretaries of all states should review the progress of the implementation.
NEW DELHI: With two years to go for 2019 parliamentary elections, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has stepped in to ensure results can be seen on the ground. The Centre has asked states to focus on impactful and public-private-partnership based smart city projects, which would show results over the next one year and have a review mechanism in place.
Ministry of housing and urban affairs, the nodal ministry for Smart Cities Mission has identified 261 impactful ventures worth Rs 31,000 crore and PPP projects worth Rs 32,000 crore for the states to work on.
The move follows directives from the Prime Minister. During a review of Smart Cities mission last week, PM Modi had emphasised on early implementation of projects and suggested that the chief secretaries of all states should review the progress of the implementation.
Secretary (housing and urban affairs) D S Mishra has written to chief secretaries of states and asked them to focus on early implementation of smart city projects that have a visible and transformative impact in the lives of citizens in identified smart cities.
Mishra has urged the states to ensure commencement of work by November this year on 261 impactful smart city projects in 60 cities that were announced between January and September 2016. These identified projects account for an investment of Rs 31,112 crore. The states have also been asked to speed up work on 370 PPP projects that involve an investment of Rs 32,410 crore The impactful projects identified range from building 40 outdoor fitness centres in New Delhi Municipal Council area at a cost of Rs 1.31 crore to redevelopment of 340 acre area in Bhopal at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore.
Some of the major PPP smart city projects are Bhubaneswar (Affordable housing- Rs 840 crore), Raipur (Urban Plaza at Ganj Mandi- Rs 983 crore), Bilaspur (Markets development – Rs 1,241 crore), Amritsar (Urban space development – Rs 1,028 crore), Coimbatore (Water supply – Rs 557 crore).
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