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2.5 years into smart city plan, only 5% of projects finished

• 90 “smart cities” have identified 2,864 projects.
• Of these, 148 projects worth Rs 1,872 crore have been completed.
• About 72% of the identified projects are still at the stage of preparation.

Two-and-a-half years after PM Narendra Modi announced his government's ambitious Smart City Mission, only 5.2% of the total identified projects have been completed with just 1.4% of the total envisaged investment of Rs 1,35,958 crore.
According to data presented by the housing and urban affairs ministry to the Rajya Sabha on January 4, 90 "smart cities" have identified 2,864 projects.

Of these, 148 projects worth Rs 1,872 crore have been completed. Work on another 407, accounting for about 14% of the total investment envisaged under the mission, has started. About 72% of the identified projects are still at the stage of preparation of detailed project report.

Of 90 cities that have approved smart city projects, only 31 have completed at least one. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) leads the chart with 23 completed projects, followed by Varanasi (16) and Raipur (10). Twenty-seven cities have not issued a single tender for works to be carried out under the mission.

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