State home department gives Rs101crore for Nagpur Smart City projects

By Realty Quarter Bureau

Nagpur Smart City project will be getting a big boost by the state home department as it released 101crore of funds from Rs 520crore of the same to the Directorate of Information (DIC).

The home department issued a notification to release funds to DIT under the project. Of total Rs520 crore project, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s special purpose vehicle Smart Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL) was supposed to contribute Rs103 crore and already released to DIT. The home department on behalf of city police was supposed to release funds of Rs173.89 crore in installments in five years between 2016-17 and 2022-23. But the home department released Rs110.05 crore till date after an addition of latest funds on the request of DIT.

The DIT is executing the project through L&T Limited. The project is related to Smart City solutions and to benefit NMC and city police. Therefore, the NMC and city police had to contribute. Remaining amount will come from DIT that will be given by the state government.

Under the project, the DIT is installing 3,841 CCTVs at 700 locations, optical fibre cable of 1,200km, 10 mobile surveillance vehicles (MVS), 10 drones, 100 Smart Kiosks with 327 services, smart solutions in 239 city buses, public announcement systems at 50 locations, WiFi access points at 790 locations, Smart Strip on WHC road between Khamla square and Japanese garden square etc. Around 80% works stand completed as on date.