We have constructed multilevel car parks to handle over 600 car

28 Jan 2025 CW Team

Kohima, the capital of Nagaland, is one of the fastest-growing cities in the Northeast. Known as the Stalingrad of the East, the growing urbanisation is increasing opportunities as the per-capita income of the state grew by 11.20 per cent in FY2024. Leading the Zonal Smart City in the Northeast, Kezhazelhou Theunuo, CEO, Kohima Smart City Development Ltd (KSCDL), tells NEHA YADAV about the city’s ongoing major projects such as multilevel car parking, Wi-Fi kiosk, the Hornbill Festival and upcoming initiatives.

Last year, it was reported that 60 per cent of your projects had been completed under smart city projects. What is the current status of projects?

To date, we have completed over 90 per cent of our projects. To be precise, it's about 94 per cent. For our small city, we have 32 projects, of which we have completed 30, and two major projects are nearing completion...

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