500 cities will be developed under AMRUT scheme.
100 smart cities to become a reality as Cabinet approves the project, earmarks Rs 100 trillion for the purpose.
'Modi's popularity is a myth.' 'The Modi government has fulfilled zero promises.' 'They have not done anything.'
Naidu was an ABVP activist during the Emergency and was arrested and jailed.
He also emphasised on the need for saving water and planting trees to preserve the environment.
Implementation of the reforms through a special purpose vehicle is a way to seek greater accountability.
Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization, predisposing cities to disaster risks