Smart City Mission of NDA |
The Smart City Mission was one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s key electoral promises in 2014. The scheme, launched on June 25, 2015, aimed to develop 100 cities across the country, making them citizen-friendly and sustainable. According to data presented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to the Lok Sabha, 2,342 projects worth 12.9 billion dollars have been tendered as of end November. Inching towards this goal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of Integrated Command and Control Centres at five North Eastern Smart Cities, through video conference from New Delhi. The Prime Minister, digitally unveiled the plaque for the Command and Control Centres at Namchi and Gangtok in Sikkim, Itanagar and Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh and Agartala in Tripura. Smart City Command and Control Centres use digital technology to integrate different service networks. They enable real-time collaboration among departments such as Police, Transport, Power, Water, Sanitation, and Public Safety utilities.
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