Hardeep Singh Puri hails Smart City Mission:  It’s changed the contours of the cities

5800 completed projects transform urban areas

Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri hailed the Smart City Mission, which has completed eight years today.

In a tweet, the Minister congratulates the people and said the Prime Minister’s landmark project is a flagship urban sector Mission with a total project size of 1,80,000 crore rupees.

He said over 5800 completed projects have transformed urban spaces and offered ease of living to the citizens of the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Smart Cities Mission on the 25th of June, 2015.

The objective of the Smart Cities Mission is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens with a clean and sustainable environment through the application of ‘Smart’ solutions.