Centurion town Pasighat, the headquarters of East Siang district, is striving hard to get selected in the first batch of 20 cities this year across the country under Smart City initiative of the Centre.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development has selected 100 cities in the country under Smart City mission with one city each in the North Eastern states for five year (2015-2019), while 20 cities would be selected every year.
"Each selected city would be provided an amount of Rs 1000 crore with 50:50 share (Centre:State) by the Centre to be developed into a smart city with all modern amenities," Municipal Executive Officer of Pasighat Municipal Council (PMC) Deepak Shinde said here yesterday.
He said, the Centre would consider 90:10 fund sharing for all the north eastern states.
Stating that the district administration has been making all-out effort to prepare a good smart city proposal for submission to the Centre by December 17 next, Shinde disclosed that the names of 20 cities to be taken up this year would be announced by December end this year.
"Pasighat town having a population of 24,000 with 5000 households is ahead among all NE states. We have already started process for preparation of the proposal after the state government recently appointed a consultant," Sinde, who is the in charge DC said.
