The Smart Cities Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India marks June 2023 as the deadline for Pimpri-Chinchwad to complete smart city projects. MoHUA Joint Secretary & Mission Director for Smart Cities, Kunal Kumar, opened up on the development projects under the mission and said that cities including Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Solapur are ahead in implementing projects, hence, the three cities are expected to complete by June 2023. However, he emphasised the need to spread awareness on the mission among the people.
On his visit to Pimpri-Chinchwad, Kunal inspected a few projects under the smart cities mission including projects being implemented in Pimple Gurav, Pimple Saudagar and Akurdi, said Neelkanth Poman, Joint CEO of Pimpri-Chinchwad Smart City Ltd.
As per a report by a national daily, Poman said that the Ministry has promised to release the remaining funds for the smart city projects as the works get completed. As many as 22 projects are ongoing under the Pimpri-Chinchwad Smart City Ltd. Nine of which have been completed. The civic body has received Rs 780 crore from the projects and the Centre will be releasing Rs 200 crore as the projects get completed.
