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By
KS Rao & Team
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            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 30th 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).

AAR/KM

 

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