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H&UDD 'befools' people of JK over Smart City initiative Claims Srinagar, Jammu to be included in list of Smart Cities 9/22/2016 11:04:58 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 22: The Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD) in the state seems to be living in 'fool's paradise' or the department believes that people of Jammu & Kashmir are not wise and they cannot be easily bee-fooled with the help of false claims. The same became clear today when the department claimed that both Srinagar and Jammu cities have been included in the list of Smart Cities and a formal announcement in this regard would be made soon. However, the department did not deem it fit to make the point as why the two capital cities could not be included in the list of Smart Cities in the initial phases. This is despite the fact that Union Ministry of Urban Development had some time back said that neither Jammu nor Srinagar comply with the parameters as laid down for the inclusion of Smart Cities in the country. Both Jammu and Srinagar would have to improve a lot before these cities are included in list of Smart Cities. A spokesperson of H&UDD said the state government is already working on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) to be submitted to the Government of India for inclusion of the twin cities of Srinagar and Jammu in the Smart City initiative. The spokesperson said that out of the 100 cities to be undertaken under the project announced by the Centre only one city from the state was to be taken up, but due to the intervention of the state government the Centre has agreed to take up two capital cities from Jammu & Kashmir under the Smart City initiative. The spokesperson further said that the recently announced cities to be undertaken under the smart city initiative were from the initial lot to be undertaken under this flagship programme. The spokesperson however did not make it clear as how much time the department will take for the completion of DPRs before Jammu and Srinagar are included in the Smart City initiative. It would be in place to mention here that Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in the state has failed to motivate the people at helm in New Delhi to include Jammu or Srinagar in the list of Smart Cities in the country. The state government has come in for sharp criticism from the common masses and the political parties for its failure to include Jammu or Srinagar in the list of Smart Cities.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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