GANDHINAGAR, Jan 13: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here today that the government was planning to promote domestic and foreign investments though Public-Private Partnership route to build smart cities across the country. “It will take lakhs of crores of rupees to invest in smart cities. You cannot expect the government to make all that investment. We will invite private players to come forward and build smart cities,” Mr Naidu said at a session on building smart cities during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. He said that the government is in the process of coming out with documents on smart cities by the end of the month, adding that the decision would be taken after consultations with all state governments.
“Local and state bodies need to be taken into confidence for development of smart cities. Only after that, we will launch the smart city plan,” he said.
Mr Naidu said that smart cities proposed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government would be liveable as well as provide clean and healthy living conditions. “We want road, developed infrastructure and better facilities. We want all these. We want reforms for urban rejuvenation,” he said.
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