Centre asks States to focus on impactful and PPP based smart city projects

Rs.32,000 cr worth PPP projects identified so far; 261 impactful projects worth another Rs.31,000 cr

            Central government has asked the States 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. Further to review of Smart City Mission by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during PRAGATI on the 30^th of last month, Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary (Housing & Urban Affairs) wrote to the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories in this regard the next day.

            Shri Mishra urged the States and UTs to ensure commencement of work by November this year on 261 impactful smart city projects in 60 cities that were announced during January- September, 2016. These identified projects accounts for an investment of Rs.31,112 cr . States and UTs have also been asked to speed up work on 370 PPP projects that involve an investment of 32,410 cr.  

            The impactful projects identified range from building 40 outdoor fitness centres in New Delhi Municipal Council area at a cost of Rs.1.31 cr to redevelopment of 340 acre area in Bhopal at a cost of Rs.3,000 cr.

            An indicative list of impactful projects being taken up in the first batch of 20 smart cities and some others are:

S.No	City	Impactful projects	Investment (Rs. cr)
1	Bhubaneswar	Railway Station Multi-modal hub	845
2	Pune	River Front Development and Heritage City Museum	235
3	Jaipur	Talkatora Lake Development with high quality laser show	130
4	Surat	Logistic Park and smart redevelopment of existing creek	210
5	Kochi (Kerala)	Broadway Market and Ernakulam Market Redevelopment	110
6	Ahmedabad	Intermodal Transport Hub and Slum Rehabilitation	961
7	Jabalpur	River Front Development and Green development of Institutional Zone	310
8	Visakhapatnam(AP)	Beach Redevelopment and Shore Protection	365
9	Solapur (Maharashtra)	Rejuvenation of Siddheshwar Lake and Heritage structrues	49
10	Davanagere (Karnataka)	Rejuvenation of Mandakki Bhatti	373
11	Indore	Infrastructure development and Parking 679	679
12	NDMC	Commercial Development of Yahswant Place	89
13	Coimbattore (Tamil Nadu)	Lake development and Non-Motorised Transport infrastructure	526
14	Kakinada (AP)	Space development along canal between Indrapalem Lock and Jagannaickpur Old Bridge and development of eateries	100
15	Belgavi (Karnataka)	Kanbargi Lake Rejuvenation and recreational spaces	10
16	Udaipur	Area development with water, sewerage and road infrastructure and underground cabling	450
17	Guwahati (Assam)	Brahmaputra River Front Development	532
18	Chennai	Pedestrian Plaza	83
19	Ludhiana	Retrofitting of Sarabha Nagar Market	10
20	Bhopal	Redevelopment of 340 acres of area	3000
	Lucknow	Heritage projects, Cultural Hub and Library	160
	Dharmashala (HP)	Redevelopment of Kacchari Adda and Kotwali Bazar	95
	Chandigarh	Affordable housing in Sector 43	321
	Faridabad (Haryana)	Badkal Lake Rejuvenation	45
	Agra	Taj Orientation Centre	232
	Varanasi	Convention Centre	211
	Rourkela	Brahmani Riverfront Development	129
	Raipur	Market development	1026
	Kalyan-Dombivilli (Maharashtra)	Kalyan Station Improvement	427

            Some of the major PPP smart city projects are: Bhubaneswar (Affordable housing-Rs.840 cr), Raipur (Urban Plaza at Ganj Mandi-Rs.983 cr), Bilaspur (Markets development –Rs.1,241 cr), Amritsar (Urban space development –Rs.1,028 cr), Coimbattore (Water supply -557 cr), Warangal, Telangana (Bus stand-Rs.611 cr), Shimla (Tourism and recreation infrastructure- Rs.898 cr), Aligarh (Smart multi-level parking-Rs.289 cr), Bengaluru (Tourism and recreation infrastructure-Rs.234 cr) and Pune (Electrical buses- Rs.170 cr).

Courtesy: pib.nic.in