Puducherry Lt. Governor Reviews Smart City Projects

The Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has directed senior officials of the state to speed up Smart City projects in Puducherry.

According to an official statement from Raj Nivas, the Lt. Governor had a thorough evaluation of projects for the Smart City programme on Wednesday evening. 

133 projects that have been approved by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs are being implemented by the Puducherry Smart City Development Limited in the UT. The statement stated that these projects will cost around Rs 930 crore and will change the city in a big way.

As per the statement, “The constant monitoring of the projects by the Lt. Governor has resulted in completion of 38 projects. Of the completed projects, 17 are related to storm water and sewerage works, 17 public assets and electric works and 4 related to municipal drain works . Projects, such as development of Botanical Garden, Goubert Market, Grand Canal and reconstruction of Pudumai Building on the Beach Road will be taken up very soon.”