Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
constituency is drawing close to turn into a smart city, as urban development
ministry laid out the plan of the ambitious project.
Prime Minister Modi, who was elected in May to
represent Varanasi, has taken personal responsibility to upgrade the city into
one of the first smart cities in India.
Modi has a vision of building 100 'smart' cities in India.
The organizers and businessmen who will be the part
of the project were present at the 'seminar on intelligent cities'.
Secretary of India's Urban Development ministry,
Shankar Aggarwal interacted with the people and officials involved with the
ambitious project.
Aggarwal said a smart city may have diverse
significance for different groups belonging to various fields.
Meanwhile, Aggarwal said that they will engage each
and every citizen of the state and take their suggestions regarding the
development of their city.
"We have come up with a concept paper that is on our website. We have asked for suggestions from the people. After the suggestions are gathered, there will be work on citizens engagement, asking people their need and then will come up with a city development plan," said Aggarwal.
"We have come up with a concept paper that is on our website. We have asked for suggestions from the people. After the suggestions are gathered, there will be work on citizens engagement, asking people their need and then will come up with a city development plan," said Aggarwal.
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