Lok Sabha Question No. 411 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Smart City Project in Gwalior
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Bharat Singh Kushwah

O.I.H.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 411

TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 21, 2025

## SMART CITY PROJECT IN GWALIOR

NO. 411.   SHRI BHARAT SINGH KUSHWAH:

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

- (a) the  physical  and  financial  status  of  the  Smart  City  Project  in Gwalior along with the details of completed works since inception of the project, till date;
- (b) the details of all the balance/remaining funds for approved projects;
- (c) the  details  of  the  provisions  made  for  utilisation  of  the  income generated from the works executed under the Smart City Project;
- (d) whether the  works  for  which  deadlines  have  been  extended  are expected to be completed and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)   the manner in which the remaining funds are likely to be adjusted along with the details of the alternative developmental works?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI MANOHAR LAL)

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 411 FOR ANSWER ON  AUGUST 21, 2025 REGARDING SMART CITY PROJECT IN GWALIOR

- (a) & (b) As per the information provided by the State, as on 31 st  July, 2025, out of a total 83 projects amounting to ₹ 1,572 Cr undertaken by Gwalior Smart City under Smart Cities Mission (SCM), 80 projects (96 % of total projects) amounting to ₹ 1,405 Cr have been completed and remaining 3 projects amounting to ₹ 166 Cr are ongoing.

Gwalior  Smart  City  has  been  able  to  claim  its  entire  allocated Central Financial Assistance of ₹490 Cr under SCM and the same is reported to have been utilized by the city. Details of completed and ongoing projects along with project cost in Gwalior Smart City is given at the Annexure.

- (c)   As  per  SCM  Guidelines,  the  income  generated  from  the  works executed under the Smart City Projects will be used for making the Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) self-sustainable.
- (d) Post the financial closure of SCM on 31 st  March, 2025, Ministry of Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  issued  Advisory  No  27 dated 10 th  June, 2025 to all States/ UTs wherein Special Purpose Vehicles  (SPVs)  have  been  advised  to  ensure  that  all  ongoing projects under SCM must be completed under their stipulated time period not later than December, 2025.
- (e) As reported by Gwalior Smart City, the available funds have already been allotted to completed and ongoing projects under SCM. After the completion of projects, savings of Central Financial Assistance, if any, will be refunded to the Consolidated Fund of India.
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## Reply to part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 411* for answer on August 21, 2025 regarding Smart City Project in Gwalior

## List of completed and ongoing projects in Gwalior Smart City

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                                                                                 |   Amount (in ₹ Cr) | Milestone      |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Construction of Comprehensive Sewerage System in Lashkar area (ABD) of Gwalior                                                                               |             173.33 | Work Completed |
|        2 | Waste Water Management System including DEWATS                                                                                                               |             161.53 | Work Completed |
|        3 | Solar Panels on Roof Top of Public Building                                                                                                                  |             119.2  | Work Completed |
|        4 | Smart Road with underground Electrical Work, Beautification and placemaking work and Development Maharaj Bada Pedestrianization part project id MAD-GWA- 173 |             112.84 | Work Completed |
|        5 | Construction of interstate Bus terminus (ISBT) with Commercial Space and Landscaping                                                                         |              81.56 | Work Completed |
|        6 | Intelligent traffic management system                                                                                                                        |              70.13 | Work Completed |
|        7 | Infrastructure development for 24 X 7 Water Supply                                                                                                           |              69.67 | Work Completed |
|        8 | City Gas Distribution Network                                                                                                                                |              49.32 | Work Completed |
|        9 | Energy Efficient Smart LED Street Light                                                                                                                      |              49.2  | Work Completed |
|       10 | Integrated Command Control Center at Moti Mahal                                                                                                              |              40.57 | Work Completed |
|       11 | Collection and Transportation Infrastructure                                                                                                                 |              30.89 | Work Completed |
|       12 | Construction of School Complex at Shiksha Nagar                                                                                                              |              22.01 | Work Completed |
|       13 | Construction of Service Roads from Gole Ka Mandir to Maharajpur (Airport T Point)                                                                            |              20.96 | Work Completed |
|       14 | Construction of 200 Bus stops                                                                                                                                |              18.4  | Work Completed |
|       15 | Design, Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Façade Lighting for five selected government institutional, administrative and historic buildings in Gwalior |              16.57 | Work Completed |
|       16 | Providing, Erecting & Fixing Smart Wayfinders & Real Time Automatic Digital Display units on various roads                                                   |              16    | Work Completed |
|       17 | Solid Waste Manegment                                                                                                                                        |              15.87 | Work Completed |
|       18 | Design, engineering, supply, erection, Testing and commissioning of 33kv gas Insulated switchboard based power Sub station in Maharaj Bada                   |              15.82 | Work Completed |

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                |   Amount (in ₹ Cr) | Milestone      |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|       19 | Operations of Inter and Intra City Buses on Cluster Basis                                                                                                                                   |              13.21 | Work Completed |
|       20 | Victoria Market as Geo science Museum                                                                                                                                                       |              13    | Work Completed |
|       21 | Construction of Four Dwars (Gateways), at Four Entry Locations in Gwalior                                                                                                                   |              12.41 | Work Completed |
|       22 | Upgradation of Road from Phool bagh to Kila Gate square to Hazira Chowk                                                                                                                     |              11.78 | Work Completed |
|       23 | Conservation and Adaptive Upgradation of Central Library, Lashkar as Digital Library                                                                                                        |              11.09 | Work Completed |
|       24 | Conservation and Adaptive Reuse of Bharat Scout and Guide as Digital/ Virtual Cultural Heritage Museum and Planetarium                                                                      |              10.25 | Work Completed |
|       25 | Gandhi Road Beautification Redevelopment of Placemaking at Gandhi Road.                                                                                                                     |              10    | Work Completed |
|       26 | Upgradation of Road From Gudi Guda Ka Naka to Chirwai Ka Naka road in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                                                                               |               9.97 | Work Completed |
|       27 | Upgradation of Construction of Hazira To Padav (Near Plate form No. 4) Via Tansen Road in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                                                           |               9.94 | Work Completed |
|       28 | Upgradation of New Collectorate Road (Collectorate Tiraha to Alpura Chauraha) in Gwalior                                                                                                    |               9.94 | Work Completed |
|       29 | Upgradation of CollectorateTiraha to Railway Track Roads in Gwalior                                                                                                                         |               9.46 | Work Completed |
|       30 | Upgradation of Play Grounds                                                                                                                                                                 |               9.18 | Work Completed |
|       31 | Conservation, Adaptive Upgradation and Development of Government Gorkhi Higher Secondary School (Gorkhi Palace Complex) as Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Model and Smart School Campus |               9.03 | Work Completed |
|       32 | Up gradation of Road between Behta Highway (NH-44) to Jaderua Dam                                                                                                                           |               9    | Work Completed |
|       33 | Redevelopment of Huzrat Kotwali Market and Mandi with modern amenities                                                                                                                      |               8.7  | Work Completed |
|       34 | Smart Parking - Phase 1                                                                                                                                                                     |               7.8  | Work Completed |
|       35 | Lighting Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning and Operation and Maintenance of Facade Lighting of various structures in Gwalior                                                  |               7.36 | Work Completed |
|       36 | Conservation, Retrofitting, MEP and Other Allied and Development Works for Conservation and Adaptive Reuse of Moti Mahal Annexe Historic Building as ICCC                                   |               6.72 | Work Completed |
|       37 | Upgradation of Music and Fine Arts College                                                                                                                                                  |               6.31 | Work Completed |
|       38 | Development of Integrated Smart Washroom in Gwalior, MP (Phase-II) on Design, Built, Operate, Maintain and Transfer (DBOMT) Basis.                                                          |               5.89 | Work Completed |

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                                                                         |   Amount (in ₹ Cr) | Milestone      |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|       39 | Rainwater Harvesting with Recharge pits                                                                                                              |               5.8  | Work Completed |
|       40 | Installation and operation of Public bicycle sharing system                                                                                          |               5.62 | Work Completed |
|       41 | Development of Integrated Smart Washrooms                                                                                                            |               5.3  | Work Completed |
|       42 | Marketing and Communication agency for GSCDCL                                                                                                        |               5.15 | Work Completed |
|       43 | Junction Improvement & Beautifications                                                                                                               |               5    | Work Completed |
|       44 | Up-gradation of Nehru park                                                                                                                           |               4.59 | Work Completed |
|       45 | Design Supply Install Operate Maintain And Transfer Of Musical Fountain At Katora Taal Rajpath Road Gwalior                                          |               4.23 | Work Completed |
|       46 | Digitalization of Nagar Nigam Museum                                                                                                                 |               4    | Work Completed |
|       47 | Upgradation of Chandebadni Nakka to Railway Roads in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                                                         |               3.95 | Work Completed |
|       48 | Upgradation of Gendewali Sadak Road                                                                                                                  |               3.94 | Work Completed |
|       49 | Development of Smart Classrooms, including supply, installation, commissioning, integration and maintenance in Municipal Schools in Gwalior          |               3.6  | Work Completed |
|       50 | Maintenance of Garbage Transfer Station in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh for 2 (Two) years.                                                                |               3.49 | Work Completed |
|       51 | Remaining Civil, IT, HVAC & Firefighting works for Digital/Virtual Cultural Museum and Planetarium at Bharat Scout and Guide (Gorkhi Palace Complex) |               3.43 | Work Completed |
|       52 | Up-gradation of Ladies Park                                                                                                                          |               3.35 | Work Completed |
|       53 | Procurement of Truck Mounted Dry and Wet Garbage Suction Machine with Operation and Maintenance in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                           |               3.3  | Work Completed |
|       54 | Facade Restoration of MLB college, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                                                                           |               2.96 | Work Completed |
|       55 | Redevelopment of Katora Taal                                                                                                                         |               2.92 | Work Completed |
|       56 | Civil Conservation Works for Facade Improvement of Select Heritage Buildings of Maharaj Bada                                                         |               2.38 | Work Completed |
|       57 | Incubation Centers for Startups                                                                                                                      |               2.07 | Work Completed |
|       58 | IEC Campaign for Citizens                                                                                                                            |               2    | Work           |
|       59 | Upgradation of Tansen Nagar Road to Race Course Road                                                                                                 |               2    | Work Completed |
|       60 | Junction Improvement & Beautification in Gwalior (MP) under Gwalior Smart City Mission                                                               |               2    | Work Completed |

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   Amount (in ₹ Cr) | Milestone      |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|       61 | Upgradation of infrastructure in Chowpaty at Phoolbagh, Gwalior                                                                                                                                                                                 |               1.91 | Work Completed |
|       62 | Upgradation on Shivaji Park                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |               1.32 | Work Completed |
|       63 | Design, Fabrication and Installation of Sculpture from Scrap/ Waste material for Beautification of public places                                                                                                                                |               1.09 | Work Completed |
|       64 | Revival of old non-functional Bavadi's and wells through Rainwater Harvesting in ABD region                                                                                                                                                     |               0.89 | Work Completed |
|       65 | Machine Repair works and Operation and Maintenance of Regional Art and Craft Design Centre, Gwalior                                                                                                                                             |               0.88 | Work Completed |
|       66 | Selection of Supplier for vehicle mounted modular fault location systems for low and medium voltage cables (up to 33 KV ) Under GSCDCL                                                                                                          |               0.81 | Work Completed |
|       67 | Completion of balance civil and interior works for restoration of town hall into a place of performance for theatre & other performing arts at Maharaj Bada                                                                                     |               0.77 | Work Completed |
|       68 | Design, Construction, Operation & Maintenance of Selfie Points                                                                                                                                                                                  |               0.64 | Work Completed |
|       69 | Marketing and Communication agency for GSCDCL Project Extension for 1 Year                                                                                                                                                                      |               0.62 | Work Completed |
|       70 | Renovation and Rejuvenation of Skill Development Centre at Regional Art and Craft Design Centre                                                                                                                                                 |               0.56 | Work Completed |
|       71 | Completion of civil and interior works for 37 class rooms identified for smart class room project in Gwalior                                                                                                                                    |               0.52 | Work Completed |
|       72 | Selection of Service Provider for Setting up Conference room                                                                                                                                                                                    |               0.38 | Work Completed |
|       73 | Construction of rainwater harvesting Recharge pits                                                                                                                                                                                              |               0.24 | Work Completed |
|       74 | One City One App                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |               0.23 | Work Completed |
|       75 | Translocation of Trees in Gwalior                                                                                                                                                                                                               |               0.2  | Work Completed |
|       76 | Conservation and Adaptive Reuse of a former Birth- Death- Marriage Registration Office Building into a Tourist Information Centre (TIC) at Maharaj Bada                                                                                         |               0.18 | Work Completed |
|       77 | Up-gradation of Museums at Maharaj Bada, Gwalior                                                                                                                                                                                                |              11.74 | Work Completed |
|       78 | Development of Theme Park in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                            |              11.65 | Work Completed |
|       79 | Construction of 2 Nos. of Garbage Transfer Stations along with Supply, Erection and Commissioning of Transfer Station Static Compactors with Loading Mechanism, Detachable Containers 20 cum. Cpty, Hook Loaders with Vehicles and Weighbridges |              10.5  | Work Completed |
|       80 | Retrofitting and adaptive Reuse of Old Nagar Nigam Office at Bada Gwalior                                                                                                                                                                       |               4.54 | Work Completed |
|       81 | Constuction of Multilevel Car Parking at Maharaj Bada part project MAD-GWA-145                                                                                                                                                                  |             100    | Ongoing        |

As per information provided by States / UTs as on 31 st  July, 2025.

| S. No.   | Project Name                                                                                                 | Amount (in ₹ Cr)   | Milestone   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------|
| 82       | Auditorium (800 Capacity) And Multipurpose Hall With Staying Facilities [Redevelopment of Galav Guest House] | 56.34              | Ongoing     |
| 83       | Up Gradation of Nagar Nigam Museum                                                                           | 10                 | Ongoing     |
|          | Total                                                                                                        |                    |             |
|          |                                                                                                              | 1,572.00           |             |