NEW DELHI: All state capitals, cities with a population of one to four million and those with tourist and religious importance, would qualify to be a “Smart City”, the flagship urban renewal programmee of the NDA Government, that would boast of world-class transport, 24/7 water supply and electricity, 100 mbps internet connectivity and telemedicine facilities.
The Narendra Modi Government wants maximum participation from private sector in developing 100 Smart Cities across the country, a draft concept paper of which was released on Thursday and put in public domain for comments from experts.
The concept paper, which will be discussed with state government representatives at a meeting on Friday, speaks in detail about the facilities that would be developed in these 100 cities while making them “smart” that includes a smart transport system that would restrict the travel time within the city to 30 to 45 minutes, 100 per cent access to toilets and 100 per cent coverage of road network with storm water drainage network.
The blueprint, which would be fine-tuned further by officials, says a city with a population of up to 40 lakh or more, all state and union territory capitals, cities of tourist and religious importance and select cities which have a population of less than 10 lakh population would get a chance to nominate a satellite city for the “Smart City” project.
“In Delhi, it is being proposed that DDA will develop a new smart city through the land pooling scheme as a demonstratively and the NDMC area may be considered for demonstrating all the components of smart cities,” it says.
