Lok Sabha Question No. 1246 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Status of Projects for Smart Cities
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dayanidhi Maran

- (c)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1246

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 09, 2023

## STATUS OF PROJECTS FOR SMART CITIES

## NO. 1246.  SHRI  DAYANIDHI MARAN :

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of projects planned for the smart cities in Tamil Nadu since the inception of the programme, city-wise;
- (b) the reasons for delay in the implementation of integrated water
- and sewage management, city-wise;
- the status of implementation for piped gas projects; and
- (d) the  projects  which  are  likely  to  be  implemented  in  2023  in  the cities chosen from Tamil Nadu and expected date of completion, city-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) to (d): Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on  25  June  2015.  100  Smart  Cities  have  been  selected  through  4 rounds of competition from January 2016 to June 2018. Under SCM, 11 cities  of  Tamil  Nadu  have  been  selected  for  development  as  Smart Cities  i.e.  Chennai,  Coimbatore,  Erode,  Madurai,  Salem,  Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, and Vellore.

As on 27 January 2023, out of 710 projects worth ₹ 17,186 crore taken up  by  Smart  Cities  in  Tamil  Nadu,  531  projects  worth  ₹13,158  crore have  been  completed  while  179  projects  worth  ₹  4,028  crore  are  at various stages of implementation.

City-wise  status  of  projects  of  the  Smart  Cities  of  Tamil  Nadu  is  as under:

## (Amount in ₹ Crore)

|                 | Ongoing projcts   | Ongoing projcts   | Completed projects   | Completed projects   | Total           | Total   |
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|---------|
| State/City      | No. of Projects   | Amount            | No. of Projects      | Amount               | No. of Projects | Amount  |
| Chennai         | 5                 | 273               | 43                   | 824                  | 48              | 1,097   |
| Coimbatore      | 15                | 773               | 57                   | 682                  | 72              | 1,455   |
| Erode           | 16                | 457               | 38                   | 847                  | 54              | 1,304   |
| Madurai         | 0                 | 0                 | 16                   | 1,900                | 16              | 1,900   |
| Salem           | 23                | 415               | 73                   | 595                  | 96              | 1,010   |
| Thanjavur       | 27                | 398               | 78                   | 605                  | 105             | 1,003   |
| Thoothukudi     | 18                | 441               | 53                   | 620                  | 71              | 1,060   |
| Tiruchirappalli | 28                | 491               | 55                   | 1,057                | 83              | 1,548   |
| Tirunelveli     | 28                | 283               | 56                   | 1,562                | 84              | 1,844   |
| Tiruppur        | 5                 | 272               | 23                   | 2,599                | 28              | 2,870   |
| Vellore         | 14                | 226               | 39                   | 1,868                | 53              | 2,094   |
| Total           | 179               | 4,028             | 531                  | 13,158               | 710             | 17,186  |

(Source: SCM Geospatial Management Information System (GMIS) as on 27 January 2023)

The  period  of  implementation  of  SCM  has  been  extended  upto  June 2023 and all Smart Cities, including those in Tamil Nadu, are expected to complete their projects within the stipulated time.

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