After having received nod for Rs 3437 crore Smart City proposal, the general council meeting of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation was organised here on Saturday.
Besides, in the meeting, the corporators expressed their annoyance over the working style of the BMC Commissioner Tejaswi S Naik, stating that he never discusses the proposals and schemes with them.
In the meeting, the coporators were informed that the proposal prepared by the BMC in connection with the Smart City Mission, has been lauded by the State Government and thus, seven cities of Madhya Pradesh who were in the race for becoming Smart City have completed first step.
It was also informed that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa have given green signal to these cities for going ahead in making preparations and giving presentations regarding the project. For final sanction, these projects would be sent to Central Government.
Finally, the Central Government would sort out 20 cities in the first phase, out of 98 proposals of Smart City. After going through the presentation by different cities, the Central government would decide the names of 20 cities in first phase on January 26.
In the meeting, the corporators were also informed about the Smart City proposal by giving presentation. later, the coporators discussed in detail about the project.
However, during discussion, few corporators raised voice against the BMC Commissioner, stating that he never discussed scheme proposals with them. But Speaker Surjeet Singh Chouhan did not allow to speak on the subjects other than Smart City project.