Hyderabad: The Telangana State government under KCR rule has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the allocation of Rs 100 crore for Hyderabad and other metropolis under the initiative was meagre and sought enhancement of Rs 1,000 crore per year.
The state government have sent a request letter to the centre to replace Hyderabad with Karimnagar in the list of smart cities, while introducing a ‘Smart Metro’ concept which includes cities like Hyderabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangaluru. This segment should be allocated Rs 1,000 crore annual.
“The initiative is to be much appreciated. It has addressed a pressing need of the present as well as the future. The chaotic, haphazard and unplanned style of urbanisation that our country has experienced since Independence cannot be allowed to continue and the Smart Cities mission will hopefully create models that can be replicated across the country,” wrote B. Vinod Kumar, TRS Deputy Floor leader in the Lok Sabha to the Prime Minister.
Stating that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has sought enhancement of the annual allocation to Rs 1,000 crore to the six cities which represent the North, East, South, West and Centre of the country, he said these cities stand apart from other cities.
