According to the minister of state for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, out of the 99 smart cities announced to date, 91 of them have incorporated special purpose vehicles and 948 projects are currently under implementation at a whopping investment of ₹2.03 lakh crore. Under the Smart Cities Mission, integrated command and control centres in nine cities including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Pune, Nagpur, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal and Kakinada are currently operational. The Centre will control and monitor online water and power supply, sanitation, traffic movement, integrated building management, city connectivity and internet infrastructure under one roof, he added.
