The tall claims of the government despite of Andhra Pradesh, the state can not get more than four smart cities.
The state government has recently proposed to develop 14 smart cities and the three mega cities in the hope that the Centre will fund the project. But sources said this was unlikely and smart cities can be reached only in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and Nellore. Indeed, the former are three that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu dreams of becoming megacities.
A senior official told TOI that while the AP government has demanded the lion's share of the smart city program of the central government, which can become a reality. "It is not reasonable to require a fee of 10 percent from the Centre, which aims to develop intelligent 100 cities across the country," the official said. According to sources, nearly Rs 7 lakh rupees will be spent on 100 smart cities in the next seven years.
The smart city concept is broad, with a mixture of industrial development and urbanization of governance quality to facilitate your business. Several other elements that could be incorporated into these cities include IT enabled transaction mechanism, the efficient energy, water facilities and solid waste management and public transport quality. In short, they will be provided with metro, BRTS, the ring road, Wi-Fi, water supply 24 hours power supply.
The Centre has framed the guidelines on the concept of smart city and a clear picture will emerge only after the detailed project report is ready. "We need a consultant, which in turn draw up the terms of reference for other professional to prepare the detailed project report consultancy," said an expert who is helping the government of AP on issues of urban planning. The concept of smart cities are delegated to the lines of the city of Gujarat International Financial Technology (GIFT) and the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) conducted by the respective governments. According to an official, smart cities will benefit from the improved services as a system of dynamic signaling traffic instead of static with fixed term for 30 seconds. In this system traffic will be monitored by CC cameras and consequently time signal is automatically adjusted. Currently Bangalore has adopted this system in some areas.
