VADODARA, November 15: Gujarat Government will soon start the process of implementation of Smart City project in six cities of the state, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said.
Addressing a civic body polls meeting here last night, Patel said, "Tendering and other processes for the Smart City project will begin soon."
The six cities are Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Dahod.
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) election is scheduled to be held on November 22.
"(Narendra) Modi-led government at the Centre has announced a list of 98 cities (for Smart City project), which includes six cites of Gujarat. With an aim to achieve targets of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, the Smart City plan will promote integrated city planning, thereby contributing in the two flagship programmes of the NDA government," she said.
The Urban Development Ministry will provide Rs 100 crore to each city over the next five years for the Smart City mission, she said.
"State government is committed to construct toilets in all 18,000 villages of the state in time-bound manner and the work of construction of two lakhs toilets in 3,000 villages is already completed," she added.
She also announced that soon free Wifi service will be made available in Vadodara and endeavours are on to make the city as an educational hub.
