Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Smart City mission is facing a serious problem

Q: December 15 deadline is coming to an end as not a single state has submitted its smart city plan.

Lekshmi,

9th December 2015

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But urban development secretory, Madhusudan Prasad sent reminder letter to all state chief secretaries last week saying that December 15 deadline would not be extended.

Surinder,

9th December 2015

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The only reason is that the senior officials handling the smart city projects in at least 5 states and as per them the difficulty arises from a phrase "compact area'' in the guidelines. As per the Smart City Mission and guidelines say that the focus should be on sustainable and inclusive development and the idea is to look at compact areas, create a carbon copy which will act like a light house to other potential cities.

jitu jayswal,

9th December 2015

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Right Jitu,
The ministry is insisting that the states should develop adjacent areas in a city. While planned cities like Chandigarh and New Delhi are not facing any problems but larger states with unplanned development and scarcity of land, including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala are getting it difficult.

Supratim,

9th December 2015

@Supratim,
Many states raised the issue at the workshop in November but were told that the Centre's explanation of ''compact area'' would need to be followed. When contacted an urban development ministry official they told that 'compact area' means adjacent area not connected area. They are insisting on Physical nearness because smart areas in these cities would be repeated all over the city.

jitu jayswal,

9th December 2015

Yes, just one week to go for the December 15 deadline, the states are trying to balance the politics with the tough guidelines set by the Centre. Not a single state has submitted its smart city plan to the Union urban development ministry yet.

Supratim,

9th December 2015

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