The Government has announced that its ambitious Smart City project will be primarily driven by private sector and some hilly regions will be part of the scheme.
Urban development secretary Shankar Aggarwal asserted that the project will be executed in PPP model and the government will contribute as viable gap funding (VGF) for the project. By adding further, the Minister revealed that the government is in the process of identifying cities to be part of the Smart Cities project and the process will be completed in a month. All state capitals, union territories and satellite towns of all metros would be included in the smart city list and the scheme would be rolled out in the next six months.
The new government's first budget had announced a mega project of developing 100 smart cities with modern amenities over the years. Smart City entails facilities like modern sewerage system, continuous water supply, solid waste management and infrastructure development among other advanced facilities. Total expected investment requirements for providing these services is around Rs 7.5 lakh crore over 20 years which means the government requires Rs 35,000 crore in a year.
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