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True. In 2016 Smart City mission was heavily promoted and 100 cities won the rights. Not a single one has been developed in 5 years. My parents live in a plann

True. In 2016 Smart City mission was heavily promoted and 100 cities won the rights. Not a single one has been developed in 5 years. My parents live in a planned newly built (< 10 years) area of a major city and they don't have either fibre or telephone cable. Internet is by very poor 4G. Recently a private fibre has started.

shripadk 6y ago
> Not a single one has been developed in 5 years. How do you build 100 Smart Cities in 5 years? That is practically impossible to do. The mission itself spans over 2 decades. The 5 years is for finalization of the selection of cities and then planning. 20 were selected in 2016, and the rest in 2018. You are confusing this timeline with the entire Mission timeline which isn't 5 years by any stretch of imagination. > Not a single one has been developed in 5 years. AURIC is the first one to be completed. You can read more about it here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/indias-first-industrial-integrated-smart-city-set-for-inauguration/articleshow/70999244.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/indias-f... All of these Smart Cities are built in phases. First would be industrial townships followed by residential development. You can't build 100 Smart Cities in just 5 years. Even the Mission itself states that the results will be visible from 2022 onwards. We are still in 2020.
puranjay 6y ago
The budget for the entire project was just way too low. The Center allots 500cr for each smart city, matched by 500cr by the state. When you're dealing with city-wide infrastructure, this much money goes away very quickly