Sounds cool! ‘Smart Cities’ to also become the safest in the entire country!

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Sounds cool! ‘Smart Cities’ to also become the safest in the entire country!
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It’s a welcome move by Home Minister Rajnath Singh who would soon propose that the 100 'Smart Cities' should be developed as 'Safe Cities' with the help of the latest security equipment like CCTVs, command control centers, patrol cars, aerial surveillance and more women cops.

The 100 ‘Smart Cities’ project announced by the prime minister last month is the part of a government flagship programme.

Rajnath Singh will make a proposal to the Urban Development Ministry that the former's 'Safe City' project should be combined with the Rs 48,000 crore 'Smart Cities' concept so that the 100 cities could be made smart as wells as safe from crime or terror.

The present 'Safe City' project of the MHA covers only seven metros - Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. The MHA now proposes to cover all 100 'Safe Cities' under the concept in association with the Urban Development Ministry.

Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting in this regard with MoS Home Kiren Rijiju, the Director General of Bureau of Police Research and Development NR Wasan and MHA Security Advisor K. Vijay Kumar on Monday. "The smart cities need to be safe cities as well. We are planning to propose the same for planning in advance," Rijiju told ET.
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Last month, the Prime Minister had announced names of 98 cities which will be specially developed as 'Smart Cities' as part of a government flagship project, with one nomination of a city pending from Uttar Pradesh and J&K each.

"The idea is that MHA and UD Ministry should not work in isolation on each of its projects and it is better that MHA works with UD on the latter's project rather than planning for the safety of the cities subsequently," a MHA official said.

The 'Smart City' concept involves promoting mixed land use in area based developments, housing and inclusiveness, creating walkable localities, promoting a variety of transport options and giving an identity to the city based on its main economic activity.

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