NEW DELHI, (Smart Cities News): On Wednesday, the Union Government said that more than 2,734 projects had been completed under the ‘Smart Cities Mission’ till June 2021.
A written statement to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, said, “The Smart Cities Mission was implemented in 100 cities selected through four rounds of competition from January 2016 June 2018”.
“As of June 30, 2021, these cities had tendered out 5,956 projects worth Rs 1,79,413 crore. Out of these, work orders have been issued in 5,314 projects worth Rs 1,48,029 crore, in which 2,734 projects worth Rs 46,769 crore had been completed.”