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Our aim is to make smart model of the city in an

area of 785 acres

The city of Davanagere is located at a distance of about 260 km from the state capital of Bangaluru.
Davanagere city is undergoing a major overall and the new smart model will include industrial
development, basic infrastructure development like smart roads, smart water, smart street lights
etc. ASHAAD R SHARIFF, MANAGING DIRECTOR, DAVANAGERE SMART CITY LTD spoke to
CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES on the current status of the project and future plans.

Please brief us on the current status of retro tting of Mandakki Bhatti area, will Any interesting highlights or features
your smart city project? ultimately achieve socio-economic-enviro which distinguish this project from other
Davanagere Smart City has initiated 44 improvement. smart city projects?
projects as per the smart city plan approved In addition, The city is enabled with One of the Davanagere smart city project
by the GOI. Out of which 13 projects Information and Communication named Rejuvenation of Manadakki Bhatti
costing around `86 Cr have been started on Technology interventions such as E is demarked as a unique project by the Smart
ground, 5 projects costing around `98 Cr governance, city surveillance, information city mission. Apart from beauti cation of
are under tendering, 4 projects costing `60 kiosks, one city web and mobile the city, we are aiming at socio- economic
Cr are awaiting technical sanction from the app, Intelligent Transport System, empowerment of the urban poor.
higher authority. For the rest of the projects, Intelligent Traffic Management System, Our aim is to improve the living condition
the detailed projects are under nalisation. Environmental sensors, command and of the unnoticed urban poor by providing
e DSCL is aiming to tender the projects control centre. rough this project, DSCL all the infrastructural and socio economic
under DPR stage by the end of May 2018. is aiming to make the citizen participation facilities.
in the government decisions, to ensure
What are the expected long-term impacts transparency, better governance and safety What are the challenges speci c to this
and opportunities from the project? and better urban mobility. smart city project?Key learning’s from
e urban mobility developments such as To talk about the opportunities, by your experience and how they can be
junction improvements, footpaths, roads the implementation of smart city, job applied to the forthcoming projects?
improvements etc. will improve the safety opportunities will be hiked. Projects like e main challenges which we face is the
for the citizens, We aim to improve the walk Mandakki Bhatti will make the city as lack of competitive participants in the
ability by implementing the projects. Smart a merchant hub for the pu ed rice and tendering process. As the concept of smart
city has delineated the old and unplanned increase the economic opportunities. technologies and approaches like PPP made
area of the city for area based development. the bidders to hesitate in the participation.
is area is developed as a new smart model Expected cost of the project and funds To overcome this, we had participated in the
which includes industrial development, disbursed so far? Investors meet held at Banglore organized
basic infrastructure development like smart Expected cost for the overall Smart City by KUIDFC and Smart Urbanation
roads, smart water, smart street lights etc. project `1307.18 crores. In the meantime Summit and Expo at Hyderabad. We could
is overall will improve the living standard DSCL has tendered `86 crores and few of explore the opportunities and could explain
of the people. e impactful projects like the projects are going to be awarded soon. about our projects to various investors.

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