* Visakhapatnam seeks to transform itself into a healthy metropolis
* Warangal in neighboring Telangana is keen to emerge as vibrant regional economic hub besides being clean and green.
* Kakinada : To transform from Pensioners’ Paradise to economic destination
* Tirupati: A right place to live in, work and visit with a high quality core infrastructure in an inclusive manner, which is intelligently and efficiently managed to convert the holy city into a smart city.
These are the visions of proposed Telugu Smart Cities.
Union Ministry of Urban Development received Smart City Plans for 95 cities. They have thrown up a variety of vision statements ranging from becoming clean and green to being a multi-functional tribal hub.
A perusal of Smart City Plans of 50 cities revealed that 11 cities aimed at emerging as clean, green and sustainable cities followed by 9 cities seeking to leverage rich cultural heritage legacy for stimulating development, 8 cities stating economic growth and development upfront as the core of their vision and the rest seeking to emerge as tourism hubs, port cities, education and health hubs, industrial and institutional centres etc., taking advantage of unique features and strengths of respective cities. Promoting economic development, improving quality of life and enabling inclusive urbanization is mentioned as part of the vision by most of the cities.
As required under the Mission Guidelines, each of the Mission Cities has formulated City Vision Statement based on citizen consultations.
Among other cities, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in its vision statement aimed at emerging as the global bench mark for a capital city.
Lucknow is keen about emerging as a clean, green and efficient citizen centric city with a modern economy and outlook anchored in its tradition, heritage and culture with better quality of life.
In Karnataka Mangaluru wants to be a clean and green port city, nurtured by a vibrant community and educated and industrious citizens with pluralistic cultural heritage and health care services, using eco-friendly technologies for affordable, safe and quality urban life.
Bhubaneswar: To promote responsible governance through participatory decision-making and open access to information and technology.
Roukela: To develop as an industrial centre through inclusive growth practices to enhance quality of life of the people by adopting smart and sustainable methodology.
