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AP geared up to submit potential list
The High-Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) on Smart Cities met on Tuesday in the chambers of Chief Secretary I Y R Krishna Rao. The Chief Secretary and Chairman of the Committee reviewed on the methodology and evaluation adopted by the State for shortlisting of potential candidate in the Smart City Challenge.
SMART CITY MISSION
Hyderabad: The High-Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) on Smart Cities met on Tuesday in the chambers of Chief Secretary I Y R Krishna Rao. The Chief Secretary and Chairman of the Committee reviewed on the methodology and evaluation adopted by the State for shortlisting of potential candidate in the Smart City Challenge.
Krishna Rao informed that the Government of India launched the Smart City Mission for improving the quality of life and for attracting people and investment to the cities. It is mandatory to perform the activities in two stages as per the guidelines of the mission.
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To shortlist their potential candidate smart cities on the basis of Smart City Challenge with the conditions precedent and scoring criteria and place it for review at the HPSC. The highest scoring potential candidate Smart Cities as recommended shall be furnished to Government of India by end of this month.
After receipt of the proposals from the States, Central government will confirm and announce the list of smart cities. These selected cities will then prepare Smart City Proposal (SCP) by engaging reputed consultants. The State government will finalise and send these SCPs to Government of India within the stipulated time as announced by the Centre.
Thereafter, the potential smart cities will be evaluated by a panel of national and international experts, organisations and institutions at the national level and will be picked up for the Smart City Mission. After finalisation, the selected cities will have to create a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for implementation of the programme, the Chief Secretary said.
In the first stage, the Government of India indicated three smart cities for Andhra Pradesh state. The State government is focusing to develop 13 Municipal Corporations as smart cities in all the districts in the State, he added.
