The Mayor-in-Council on Saturday gave its approval to the draft of Smart City project prepared by Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC). The project draft will now be tabled at a meeting of the Mayor-in-Council on Monday and thereafter, it will be sent to Bhopal on the same day. In all likelihood, the project would be submitted before the Union Government by December 15 this month.
Approval to the Smart City Project draft was given at a meeting of the Mayor-in-Council here on Saturday.
The meeting which was chaired by Indore Mayor Malini Gaud was attended by all 10 members of the Mayor-in-Council (MiC).
At the meeting, which was held in the office of AICTSl, project consultant Hitendra Mehta provided detailed information and salient features of the Smart City project of Indore through slide presentation. Some MiC members also gave their suggestions for its inclusion in the project.
Indore mayor Malini Gaud speaking on the occasion said that her priority is to include Indore among first 20 cities of the country for development of Smart cities. Meanwhile, leader of opposition in the Indore municipal corporation Fauzia Alim Sheikh on Saturday described the hurriedly convened Mayor-in-Council meeting as mere a formality.
State chief secretary Antony Desouza had reviewed the proposals of all seven cities of Madhya Pradesh for Smart Cities in Bhopal on Friday and accordingly it was decided that the Smart City Project of Indore will be approved through the Mayor-in-Council.