Smart Cities Projects Nearing Completion

Jammu and Kashmir has completed 281 of the 288 projects approved under the Smart Cities Mission, achieving a completion rate of nearly 97.6 per cent, according to government data tabled in Parliament.

- Observer News Service

The figures, according to KNO place the Union Territory slightly above the national average as the centrally sponsored mission transitions into an operations and maintenance phase.

The data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs show that Jammu and Kashmir claimed central assistance of Rs 941 crore under the mission, of which Rs 885 crore has been utilised so far.

Across the two cities, only seven projects with a combined cost of Rs 140 crore remain under execution.

In Jammu, 127 projects with an estimated cost of Rs 2,969 crore were sanctioned, of which 125 have been completed. Srinagar accounted for 161 projects costing Rs 3,634 crore, with 156 completed, the data showed.