Indian smart cities will be model for the world, says Kunal Kumar

Joint Secretary of Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Kunal Kumar said that the Indian smart cities will be model for the world in the near future.

New Delhi: Indian smart cities will be model for the world in the near future, said Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Kunal Kumar, In-charge of India's smart city mission said that " a total of Rs 1,25,000 crore tender have already been done ever since the smart city mission was launched. "Rs 75,000 crore work order has already been achieved," Kumar added. He further said that all cities are doing well.

"Earlier cities were not talking about smart metering, integrated command control system, innovation center but now the situation has been changed," said the mission In-charge. The governmentis now working on much more outcome."We are working on ease of living, economic growth as well as sustainable living," said Kumar.

According to the government statistics, as many as 15 smart command and control center's (SCCC) worth Rs 2,771 crore in 15 smart cities have been completed and work order for setting up 31 integrated command and control centers have been issued. The smart city mission was initiated by the Narendra Modi government in 2016 with ban aim to make 100 cities across India smart.

In this national smart mission, Centre will provide Rs 500 crore to the states whereas each state and its urban local bodies also need to generate Rs 500 crore by its own. Indian smart cities will be model for the world in the near future, says Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.