A delegation from Telangana state led by Karim Nagar MP Vinod Kumar visited Indore on Saturday and saw presentations of Indore’s smart city project at AICTCl office. The delegates who comprised of Karim Nagar MlA Kamlakar, Karim Nagar’s Mayor and deputy Mayor, municipal corporation commissioner and engineers also inspected BRTS corridor and areas of Rajwada, Subhash Chowk and Biyabani which have been identified for Indore’s smart city project.
Karim Nagar MP Vinod Kumar subsequent to his delegation’s inspection of the provisions of Indore’s smart city project and tour of areas to be developed as smart city, said as compared to Karim Nagar, Indore is a big city with wide roads, better infrastructure, big malls but at the same time Indore has multiple and big challenges.
Telangana MP said that he had heard a lot about Indore’s smart city presentation. The city has been placed on fourth position in terms of people’s participation in the smart city project initiatives. What impressed him that despite Indore being a commercial and industrial city, people here want their city wear its original look that this is what prompted them to have a loot of Indore’s smart city project.
Briefing delegations from Telangana, Indore collector P Narhari said that provisions in the smart city project of Indore have been made as per requirements of Indore city. We have included retro fitting and re-development concept in the smart city project through which Indore’s historical legacies would be kept intact. IMC commissioner Manish Singh, additional commissioner Rohan Saxena and other senior district officials were present on the occasion.