Singapore firm to design town centre for Bhubaneswar's smart city project

Project to cost firm Rs 8 cr; East Coast Railways, Bhubaneswar Smart City will be important stakeholders

Singapore-based Surbana Jurong has won the bid to design the Bhubaneswar Town Centre (BTC) project. This is going to be the first such transit-oriented development (TOD) project in the country.
 

The innovative design for the BTC project will cost over Rs 8 crore. The project is being developed by the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) on around 12 acres of land. As the project site shares its location with the city’s main railway station within the Bhubaneswar Town Centre Smart District, both East Coast Railways and Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd would be important stakeholders in the