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Realising a dream project, the Kerala government on Wednesday signed an agreement with its Dubai-based promoters for setting up the Smart City IT project at a 246-acre plot in Kochi.
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SmartCity project is in advanced stage.
The Kerala government on Sunday ended months of speculation by signing the agreement with Dubai-based Technology and Media Free Zone Authority to set up the proposed Smart City on around 100 hectares of land in Kochi.
The EC has said it amounts to trying to better prospects in the polls.
The much-hyped $350-million project had seen the first concrete step when the agreement for the proposed technology venture between the state government and the Dubai-based Tecom was inked on May 15, 2007. The project, to come up at Kakkanad in Kochi is expected to be constructed by adopting globally-benchmarked environmentally-friendly practices that will make its developments highly energy and resource efficient.
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Sizes of cities often turn out to be their enemies because everything costs a bomb to build and operate, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
15-20 cities are expected to get selected for development.
Dr Dinesh Amalnerkar, president of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, has emphasised the need for Maharashtra to strengthen its semiconductor research and manufacturing ecosystem to compete with states like Gujarat and Telangana.
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Out of 98 cities selected for the Rs 48,000 crore Smart Cities project, 24 are capital cities.
In order to complete in time the project, an initiative of the Kerala government and Dubai Holding, the board also granted special powers to the executive members and strengthened the executive team.
Varanasi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in the Lok Sabha, will be developed into a 'smart city' by using the experience of Kyoto, the 'smart city' of Japan, under a pact signed in Kyoto on Saturday.
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Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday said the United Democratic Front government's top priority is implementing the SmartCity IT project in Kochi after sorting out issues in the agreement the previous government had with promoters, Dubai based Tecom "which are against the state's interests."
State government and the investment partner of the project was on a dispute over 'free hold land' issue.
The Kerala government on Thursday signed a lease deed with Tecom of Dubai for the commencement of the civil work of Smart City Kochi.
Dubai-based Tecom, promoter of the Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) Kochi Smart city IT infrastructure project, today threatened to go to court if the state government failed to resolve contentious issues including that of "freehold land", within the next two months.
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India's top metro cities need to improve their infrastructure and other civic amenities too.
The government has informed the Dubai-based Tecom authorities about the steps taken so far in this regard and that it was prepared to hold talks with the firm, chief minister V S Achuthanandan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
Around Rs 2 trillion will flow in over the next five years for development of urban areas across India.
India and the US on Tuesday decided to set up a task force for jointly developing Allahabad, Ajmer and Vishakhapatnam as Smart Cities.
Senor BJP leader O Rajagopal on Friday asked the UDF government not to rush the MoU on the Smart City IT Project in Kochi, alleging that the venture controlled by Dubai Internet City could pose a serious threat to the national security.
