Rajiv Gauba, Secretary in the Union Ministry of Urban Development tells BW Businessworld’s editor-in-chief Anurag Batra that the years 2017 and 2018 would see a lot of action on ground in the realm of smart cities. He says that even though the first few months of the Smart Cities Mission had been consumed by essential basic activities, a very large number of projects in the cities were now ready to take off. Gauba, however, feels that the limited revenues and limited capacity of cities around the country was a big challenge. Excerpts of an exclusive interview:
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Around Rs 800 crore has been earmarked for construction of 70-acre market at Tikri Khampur to decongest the "overcrowded" Azadpur Mandi.
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Under the subsidy programme, in the last two years domestic consumers using up to 400 units of electricity per month are charged at half the rate.
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The places for which the CM approved these nine water supply schemes are: Bhiwandi-Nijampur (Rs 205.52 crore), Nanded-Waghala (Rs 24.12 crore), Parbhani (Rs 102.94 crore), Beed (Rs 114.19 crore), Shirdi (Rs 36.65 crore), Lonavala (Rs 33.48 crore), Ahmedpur (Rs 44.52 crore), Chikhaldara (Rs3.81 crore) and Dondaicha Varwade (Rs 20.91 crore)
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Set up with financial support from the Department of Personnel and Training, the gymnasium is equipped with two treadmills, one recumbent bike, two cross trainers, one multi-gym, a flat bench, an inclined bench and dump bell sets. The facilities will be further expanded in due course.
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A total of 3.77 crore voters will determine the fate of 17,331 candidates for 3210 seats up for grabs in 10 municipal corporations, 11 zilla parishads and 118 panchayat samitis in the second phase of polls being seen as "mini general elections."
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Madhya Pradesh has been sanctioned 82,262 houses in 49 cities and towns with an investment of Rs.5, 260 cr with central assistance of Rs.1, 071 cr. Jammu & Kashmir got 4,915 houses in 24 cities and towns with an investment of Rs.240 cr and central assistance of Rs.74 cr. Dadra & Nagar Haveli’s capital Silvassa has been sanctioned 803 affordable houses with an investment of Rs.26 cr and central assistance of Rs.12 cr.
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As of now, projects worth about Rs 1.35 lakh crore have been committed for smart Cities
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