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Farooq Abdullah slams Jammu Smart City project, asks to revive Darbar Move

National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Monday expressed dismay over the state of the Jammu Smart City project and criticised the lack of visible development and basic infrastructure. He also called for a revival of communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir through restoration of the Darbar Move. "I feel ashamed when I see your so-called smart city. I do not consider this a smart city. I don't see any functioning lights anywhere. What kind of smart city is this?" he told reporters. Abdullah, who visited the city's Raghunath bazaar late at night, took a dig at the those executing the Jammu Smart City project. "Simply calling it a smart city does not make it one. It needs to be developed as such to truly be called a smart city." He also lamented that the people of the region had been silently enduring these shortcomings. "The people here do not protest; they simply endure everything," the former chief minister of the erstwhile state said. Extending new year greetings, Abdullah .

Updated On: 10 Dec 2024 | 6:52 AM IST

Bipolar nature of city planning

Private clauses, like those for balcony dimensions, building setbacks etc, are highly overstretched

Updated On: 16 Feb 2023 | 4:01 PM IST

RailTel bags Rs 170.11cr contract from Puducherry govt for Smart City

RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, a Mini Ratna Public Sector Unit (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways has received a work order from the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry for design, develop, supply, install, test, commission and Operations and Maintenance (O & M) for five years of Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC) and other associated activities for Puducherry Smart City.The estimated total value of the work order is Rs 170.11cr (including GST) which will be completed in 10 months' time.As per the official statement, RailTel has been selected through competitive bidding and it is the first smart city project awarded by Puducherry Government.It further said that besides ICCC, the project includes Data Center Disaster Recovery (DC-DR), On Street Parking Management, Intelligent Traffic Management System, Creation of online/mobile based platform to facilitate tourists and visitors, City level application and Smart Dashboard, Smart Kiosks,

Updated On: 14 Jan 2023 | 7:02 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh leads in completion of smart city projects, shows data

Varanasi had the highest completion rate of 87.1 per cent among all the cities.

Updated On: 02 Apr 2022 | 6:10 AM IST

How can a city become a 'smart city'? This is how Tel Aviv did it

To be a smart city is to know your people, know what they want, and know what they need

Updated On: 23 Apr 2018 | 8:21 AM IST

EU delegation assures alliance with Odisha in innovation, entrepreneurship

MSME presented details of the Start-up Odisha Initiative and appraised the delegation about the salient features of the policy

Updated On: 24 Feb 2018 | 2:24 PM IST

Smart Cities: After 2 years, only 6.3% of projects under implementation

Contracts awarded for only 23% of projects under the Atal Mission

Updated On: 13 Jul 2017 | 2:40 AM IST