A distinguished member of the fourth estate whom I considered a friend has clearly let his bias against PM Modi get the better of him.
His lack of knowledge & homework clearly showed when he passed a lazy remark about the Smart City Mission on a Sunday afternoon.
His lack of knowledge & homework clearly showed when he passed a lazy remark about the Smart City Mission on a Sunday afternoon.
Some research would have shown the magnitude, speed & impact of various smart city projects.
Let me sift fact from fiction for him.
More than 6000 projects worth nearly ₹1,81,000 cr have already been tendered under the mission.
Let me sift fact from fiction for him.
More than 6000 projects worth nearly ₹1,81,000 cr have already been tendered under the mission.
5,300 projects worth about ₹1,50,000 cr are either completed or being completed on time.
Over the last 3 years, there has been 260% growth in tendering, 380% growth in projects grounded/completed & over 800% growth in projects completed.
Over the last 3 years, there has been 260% growth in tendering, 380% growth in projects grounded/completed & over 800% growth in projects completed.
71 Integrated command & control centres out of 100 have been operationalized in the Smart Cities to help in evidence-based smart governance. Others will be completed by end December.
Many ICCC’s were transformed into COVID-19 war rooms to enable our fight against the pandemic.
Many ICCC’s were transformed into COVID-19 war rooms to enable our fight against the pandemic.
I also invite him & all the others like him, as I did in the case of Central Vista Project, to move out of the comfort of their armchairs & confines of twitter to visit some of these smart cities.
They will be surprised to see the transformation in the lives of the people.
They will be surprised to see the transformation in the lives of the people.
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