This smart city reached ninth position in the Smart Cities Ranking

29 Oct 2022 CW Team

Under the Smart Cities Mission, Solapur City Development (SCDCL) has installed LED street lights and e-toilets for approximately 500,000 pilgrims visiting the Siddheshwar temple. Trimbak Dhengale Patil, CEO, shares more on the progress…

Benefit of events like Smart Urbanation (SU) to India’s Smart City Mission Events such as these facilitate the exchange of ideas. People are made aware of the programmes undertaken by their cities while also providing solutions to problems.

Pace of progress under the Smart Cities Mission
We have made tremendous progress and reached the ninth rank. The city has a total of 50 projects, of which 34 have been completed and the rest are ongoing. Ten of these projects will be finished in three months and the rest will be completed within the stipulated time.

Impact of the pandemic on project timelines
Our road projects were halted as labourers were also impacted and we did see delays in our project timelines...

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