Centre, states to meet on smart cities Friday: Naidu

Posted on 30th Jan 2015 12:30 pm by mohit kumar

Chennai, Jan 29 (IANS) The central government will give a shape to its Smart Cities programme after a two-day meeting of secretaries of state governments and union territories on this issue in New Delhi from Friday, said union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu.

"A final shape to the smart cities concept would be given at the meeting. Each state will have three smart cities, excluding the state capital," said Naidu at a conference on Tamil Nadu Smart Cities organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here Thursday.

The central government has plans to develop 100 smart cities.

According to Naidu, the smart cities would be developed through public-private participation (PPP) model. The central government, state government and the urban local bodies would collaborate in developing the smart cities.

At the two-day meeting with the secretaries, issues like the kind of support, hand holding that would be needed, ensuring citizen's participation in urban governance, reforms needed to be undertaken and other related matters would be deliberated, he said.

Naidu said countries like the US, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Sweden and Germany have showed interest in building smart cities in India.

He said the central government is also mulling to announce a "city challenge" initiative where aspiring cities would be measured on defined parameters.

Other news

Obama given copy of US telegram to India's constituent Assembly

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday gifted US President Barack Obama a

The forgotten Mahatma (Comment: Special to IANS)

We remember Mahatma Gandhi only on October 2 and January 30. The symbolic spinning of the charkh

Ukraine-Russia War: Using nuclear weapons against Ukraine would be Russia's biggest mistake, warns Biden

Ukraine Russia War: US President Joe Biden has warned Russia against using nuclear weapons in Ukr

Murder of Bajrang Dal worker in Karnataka: State minister alleges - Muslim goons responsible; In Shivamoga, miscreants set fire to vehicles, schools and colleges closed

A Bajrang Dal worker was stabbed to death at around 9 pm on Sunday in Karnataka's Shivamogga dist

Another big achievement will be added to the name of Yashasvi Jaiswal in Dharamshala, you just have to do your favorite work; Viv Richards will enter the club

Yashasvi Jaiswal's bat has played very well in the four Test matches played against England so fa

New Labor Code: Four days a week work, three days rest? Modi government can implement these rules from July 1

New Labor Code: Modi government is going to bring a new labor law. If it came into effect from 1s

Bigg Boss 18: Vivian and Chahat clashed in the nomination task, this contestant's name came forward to be sent to jail

In the initial episodes of Bigg Boss 18, the contestants started fighting with each other. Not ev

Emergency like situation in Delhi: AQI still at 500 today, schools closed... many flights and trains delayed; visibility affected

Air pollution in the country's capital Delhi has reached dangerous levels. The fog along with pol

WHO on Covid-19: WHO said - the origin of the corona is not clear, although a study on leaks from the lab is necessary

An expert group of WHO has said that more studies need to be done to find out the origin of the c

Qutub Minar Hearing: The verdict on the Qutub Minar case will come on June 9, know what happened in the court today?

Qutub Minar: Delhi's Saket Court has reserved its order on a petition seeking the right to worshi