Q:In a letter to chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Digvijay Singh told that the area is considered a green belt and there is possibility of felling thousands of trees for the much boosted project
Latest Answer: Yes, now they have started raising questions on study conducted for Smart City in the area. They are saying that the project is being implemented despite valid opposition from Bhopal Citizen's Forum and against the opinion of intellectuals.
Q:Union urban development secretary Rajiv Gauba has asked Pune and other cities selected for the Smart City Mission to ensure that it is launched by June 25.
Latest Answer: Hi folks,
Aftyer 2 hrs of interaction, Mr. Gauba observe the progress in terms of converting of Smart City Plans of these cities into specific projects for tendering and awarding of works. Gauba found out that each city's progress in respect of putting in place institutional mechanisms that have been put in place, transfer of central grants and share of respective states to SPVs, preparation of Detailed Project Reports for calling tenders, and so on etc.
Latest Answer: Pune was ranked 2nd in the smart city competition but that ranks doesn't matter. What matter is not where a city stands now but where it likes to go and how it proposes to go. It will be based on a model drawn from the vested strength of a city and backed by a reliable action plan.
Q:Pune will be the first city among the first batch of 20 smart cities and now they are planning to hire CEO to successfully execute the most ambitious project.
Latest Answer: Good evening friends!!!
Yes the upgraded version is impressive enough to get selected in the fast track round of smart ciites as it rest on a 3-tier strategy such as new packaging, better participation and convergence with government's running projects.
Latest Answer: If you are looking for a job or already working in real estate, you may get lucky as http://www.sonipatproperty.com companies are giving above average salary increases. This despite both the residential and commercial markets have not grown as aggressively as analysts or the industry have been hoping under the Modi-led NDA government.
Latest Answer: Hi folks,
Have you read the news in which Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu sent a message yesterday that money allotted for the smart city projects can not be used for other purposes. They also asked the 20 selected cities to get the projects off the ground by June 25, the day Smart City Mission completes one year of its launch
Latest Answer: Hi Shreya,
It definitely is refreshing to hear that the Mumbai proposal is the lowest among the 10 major cities. However, I am skeptical as to how far this will remain accurate when it comes to the implementation of the project. If we look at the past project proposals both in Mumbai as well as other cities in the country we an see that more often that not they have overshot their initial estimate. While the low proposal is still welcome, I doubt that the project will be able to stick to it's proposal considering the high amounts of corruption, bureaucracy etc.
Q:In a major embarrassment to the state government, the Himachal Pradesh High Court today cancelled the memo issued by the Centre on August 27 to include the name of Dharamsala in the "Smart City" project list.
Latest Answer: It is observed that the State Mission Director has left out his powers by nothing analyzing the self appraisal sent by the Urban local bodies as if he was being charged by some other agency.
Latest Answer: Hi,
Under Smart Cities mission, 98 cities that have been included have a total population of about 13 crore which accounts for 35% of total urban population in the country. After receiving all Smart City Proposals, the ministry of urban development will set in motion the second state of "City Challenge Competition".