This city’s brownfield development will be impetus for planned areas

29 Oct 2022 CW Team

Chinmay Gotmare, CEO, shares his insights on Nagpur Smart & Sustainable City Development Corporation’s (Nagpur Smart City) area-based and pan-city developments, the opportunity to experiment, and more….

Benefit of events like SU to India’s Smart City Mission
Well, no one city can say that it has seen all and done all. So, when we come to conferences like this, it helps us to understand the challenges, opportunities and how current issues are handled by counterparts in another city, and what issues may come up in the future.

Impact of the pandemic on project timelines
I wouldn’t say there was any stay on infrastructure projects but, yes, it did affect timelines due to non-availability of workers and permission delays. However, the pandemic has showed us how to use the existing smart city infrastructure to further develop.

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