Chandigarh has been selected under the fast track cities for Smart City Mission by the Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).
In this phase, Chandigarh will be competing with 23 other cities, to enhance its Smart City proposal and become eligible for funding on accelerated basis in 2016-17, said UT Home Secretary Anurag Agarwal while addressing a press conference here on Monday.
To refine its vision, mission and a proposal based upon suggestions received from panel of expert and MoUD, the consultant team from AECOM India Pvt ltd has been hired. The consultant team is on ground since last four weeks reviewing comments received from panel of experts and MoUD, talking to stakeholders, conducting assessment of previously submitted SCP and making necessary refinements to the Chandigarh Smart City proposal, said he.
He informed that the strategic blueprint for Chandigarh was developed based upon the city’s SWOT analysis, citizen input in terms of their needs and aspiration, benchmarking of relevant case studies and review of planned, ongoing and proposed projects.