A preliminary report on Smart City should be ready by December and the final report in 15 months, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Tuesday.
At a meeting with USTDA Country Representative Mehnaz Ansari and representatives of a consortium of AECOM, KPMG, and IBM selected for preparing the DPR, Mr. Naidu said that the preliminary report should be ready by December when the Smart City Challenge proposal had to be submitted to the Union Government.
He said that in spite of the MoU signed during the visit of the Prime Minister with the U.S. President, no progress had been made so far on preparing the DPR.
In contrast, the plan of Andhra Pradesh’s new capital Amaravati was readied by Singapore in six-seven months.
He assured speedy approval or fund release.
The reports would help firm up plans during the global investors’ meet in January and the International Fleet Review in February.
‘Prioritise projects’
Union Urban Development Minister M .Venkaiah Naidu said that the Smart City plan should be worked out keeping in view the conditions in Visakhapatnam and availability of land. Projects should be prioritised. The final DPR would take into consideration the views of people and people’s representatives, he said.
Vivek Nanda of the consortium, in his presentation, said six months each was required for basic analysis, integrated master plan, and implementation plan. Principal Secretary, MA&UD, R. Karikal Valaven, said the terms of reference of the USTDA should be approved by October 15.
Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana, his Cabinet colleagues Kamineni Srinivas and Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu, MPs K. Haribabu and M. Srinivasa Rao were present.
Preliminary report should be ready by December when the Smart City Challenge proposal had to be submitted to the Union Government
