Question : Formation of Committees at City Level under SCM

(a) whether the Union Government has any proposal to set up a Committee at city level with elected Local Body representatives of the city to supervise the on-going Smart City Mission (SCM) across the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the total number of Smart City Projects that have been or to be completed in time particularly in Tamil Nadu and whether any deadline has been fixed to complete the programme, if so, the
details thereof;

(c) whether these committees were formed in all the hundred smart cities including Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the number of smart city projects that have achieved the target in time and the number of those pending for completion, if any; and

(e) the present status of the projects particularly Coimbatore smart city project?

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (c): Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on 25 June 2015. 100 Smart cities have been selected through 4 rounds of competition from January 2016 to June 2018. The implementation of SCM at the City level is done by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created for the purpose. As per SCM Statement and Guidelines, a Smart City Advisory Forum (SCAF) is to be established at the city level to advise and enable collaboration among various stakeholders. It consists of District Collector, Member of Parliament, Member of Legislative Assembly, Mayor, local youth, technical experts, and other stakeholders. All 100 Smart Cities, including Coimbatore Smart City in Tamil Nadu, have established their SCAFs. As on December 2021, more than 580 SCAF meetings have been convened by 100 Smart Cities. 10 meetings have been convened by Coimbatore Smart City.

(d) & (e): As on 21 January 2022, these Smart Cities have tendered out 6,721 projects worth ? 1,88,507 crore; out of which work orders have been issued in 6,124 projects worth ? 1,62,908 crore; out of these, 3,421 projects worth ? 58,735 crore have been completed. The period of implementation of SCM has been extended upto June 2023 and all Smart Cities, including Coimbatore Smart City, are expected to complete their projects within the stipulated time. The status of Smart City projects of Coimbatore is given below:

(? in crore)
DPR Stage Tender Stage Work Order Stage Work Completed Total Projects Total Amount
No. of Projects Amount No. of Projects Amount No. of Projects Amount No. of Projects Amount
0 0.00 0 0.00 17 819.58 56 322.62 73 1,142.20
(Source: Geospatial Management Information System, as on 21 January 2022)


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