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U’khand govt to shell out 500 crore for making Doon a Smart City

Hindustan Times | By, Dehradun
Jun 25, 2017 08:19 PM IST

After three failed attempts, the state capital finally made it to the Smart City list in the results of the third round announced by the Union ministry of urban development on June 23

Following Dehradun’s selection in the third round of the Smart City race, the Uttarakhand government will have to shell out a whopping 500 crore to match an equal amount that will be provided by the Centre to the hill state for the project.

A bird's-eye view of Dehradun.(Vinay Santosh Kumar/HT)
A bird's-eye view of Dehradun.(Vinay Santosh Kumar/HT)

After three failed attempts, the state capital finally made it to the Smart City list in the results of the third round announced by the Union ministry of urban development on June 23.

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Dehradun’s proposal was ranked 16th among the 30 cities selected in the third round of the Centre’s flagship project that aims to develop 100 self-sustained townships with well-networked infrastructure and information technology.

Post the selection, the central government provides 500 for each of the selected cities, while the states concerned are required to contribute a matching grant.

This may turn out to be a challenging task for the state government which is already reeling under a debt of over 40,000 crore.

Urban development minister Madan Kaushik said the state government has started gearing up to arrange the funds for the project. “We have to contribute 500 crore and we’ll be making efforts to arrange it on a priority basis as Smart City is a very important project for us,” he told Hindustan Times on Sunday.

Underlining that the state government will shell out the investment from its budget, Kaushik said the government would be generating funds for it through its own revenue resources.

“Besides that, we will be converging projects worth around 234 crore with existing (government) schemes while works amounting to around 177 crore will be conducted through public private partnership (PPP) mode,” he said.

Notably, just 354 hectares or 5% of the city’s total area has been earmarked for development under the Smart City project.

Some of the key projects to be undertaken include Clock Tower heritage restoration, Astley Hall rejuvenation with façade improvement in colonial structure, public transport with 30 electric buses and 200 e-rickshaws, pan-city mobile app and smart model roads among others.

Smart City: Total investment plan:

Clean City: 4.6 crore

Sustainable transport: 265 crore

Healthy and safe citizens: 139 crore

City aesthetics: 102.8 crore

City core infra: 464.3 crore

Total Smart City Capital: 1407.5 crore

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    Neha Pant is a senior correspondent at Hindustan Times based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. She writes on a range of topics including civic issues, urban development, politics, health, women and youth issues, culture and lifestyle.

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