SHILLONG: The Shillong Smart City Mission has received a shot in the arm after the appointment of T Krishna T Murthy as the Chief Executive Officer of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the project.
Informing this here, Urban Affairs Minister Hamlet Dohling said the process to appoint the Project Management Consultant (PMC) for the smart city is also under way and will be in place within a few days.
Dohling also informed that the other projects which are to be taken up under the mission will be decided once the SPV sits and discusses the matter.
It may be mentioned that the state government has decided to go ahead with the idea of developing Shillong into a smart city though there are no direct indications from the Centre if it will sanction the funds for the project on 90:10 or 50:50 basis.
However, the Centre has assured to assist the state in any eventuality.
Last year, Shillong was selected as the 100th city to receive funding under the Smart Cities Mission, which was also the final slot.
The Smart City Mission was one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s key electoral promises in 2014. The scheme launched in June 25, 2015 aims to develop 100 cities across the country, making them citizen-friendly and sustainable.
The total proposed investment in the selec-ted cities under the scheme is over Rs 2.5 lakh crore.
