Central team inspects Smart City works in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE The specification for Smart City 2.0 will be rolled out by the Centre after all the works

The specification for Smart City 2.0 will be rolled out by the Centre after all the works under the first phase is completed, said Central Government authorities on Saturday.

The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) Director and Deputy Secretary (Housing for All-III) S.C. Jana, SCM State Coordinator Sampath Kumar Subramaniam, SCM General Manager S. Baskaran with Corporation Commissioner M. Prathap and Assistant Engineer G. Kamalakannan inspected the works under the mission in Ukkadam, Valamkulam and Race Course.

The Smart City projects in Coimbatore, except for the biomining initiative at the Vellalore dump yard, will be completed by March, said Mr.. Baskaran. The bio-mining may take an additional two or three months, he added.

“After two-three years, there will be so much rush that people may not find the space to park,” said Mr. Jana. . After learning from the completed projects, we will look upon taking up more projets under the next phase - Smart City 2.0 - the modalities for which will be announced by the Centre in three-four months, he stated.

On weeds in the lake, best practices from other projects will be analysed for removing water hyacinth in water bodies, said Mr. Prathap.