Cabinet Secretary holds meeting on Smart Cities
Hyderabad, Jan 29 (INN): Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary I.Y.R. Krishna Rao attended a meeting being convened by Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha with all the Chief Secretaries on implementing the Smart City Mission.
Smart City Mission is one of the flagship programmes of Government of India and has identified 98 cities across India in consultation with the States and Union Territories for implementing the programme in phased manner.
Pradeep Kumar Sinha appreciated the Chief Secretary for exercising on Smart City Programme and for its implementation. Based on the recommendations of Panel of Experts these cities are selected and going to be implemented with immediate effect under special purpose vehicle.
The Cabinet Secretary interacted with Krishna Rao to know the reaction on the selected cities of Visakhapatnam and Kakinada under this mission.
The Chief Secretary expressed that the Government of Andhra Pradesh worked very hard in preparing the proposals for three cities viz., Visakhapatnam, Kakinada and Tirupati. Under Smart City Mission programme the Government of A.P. fully geared up for its implementation towards development and guidelines of Government of India awaited. Chief Secretary expressed thanks to the Government of India for its transparent method adopted in selecting the Smart Cities.
Spl. Chief Secretary Planning S.P. Tucker, Prl. Secretary MA&UD Karikala Valaven, Municipal Commissioner Tirupati Vinaychand participated in the video conference.
News Posted: 29 January, 2016
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