Mission cities pick up consultants for preparation of Smart City Plans
Updated: Oct 06, 2015 02:51:00pm
New Delhi, Oct 6 (KNN) As many as 88 cities included in the Smart City Mission have identified 37 consulting firms for preparation of city-wise Smart City Action Plans, the Ministry of Urban Development said on Tuesday.
The remaining 10 cities in North-Eastern states and Union Territories will do so by this week end. Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir are still to nominate one city each for smart city development.
“CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited in association with Pri Move Infrastructure Development Consultants Private Ltd and Probity Soft Private Limited has bagged the contract for 6 cities followed by Jones Lang La Salle Property Consultants India Pvt Ltd in association with Townland Consultants Pvt Ltd and Tata Consulting Engineers, ICRA Management Consulting Private Limited in association with NJS Engineers India Private Limited and All India Institute of Local Self-Government for 5 cities each,” said the ministry.
The selected consulting firms will prepare smart city proposals under the supervision of urban local bodies and state governments based on review of previous plans and interventions undertaken.
All city-wise Smart City Plans will be evaluated in the second stage of City Challenge competition for identifying the top ranking 20 cities for financing during the current financial year.
Foreign companies or their Indian associates are associated with the preparation of smart city plans for most of the cities.
These companies include KPMG for NDMC, NK Buildcon for Varanasi, Lea Associates for Tirupati, ICRA for Ajmer, Data World for Lucknow, Alia Consulting for Greater Mumbai, Jones Lang La Salle for Amritsar, Ecorys Nederland BV for Bhagalpur. (KNN Bureau)
The remaining 10 cities in North-Eastern states and Union Territories will do so by this week end. Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir are still to nominate one city each for smart city development.
“CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited in association with Pri Move Infrastructure Development Consultants Private Ltd and Probity Soft Private Limited has bagged the contract for 6 cities followed by Jones Lang La Salle Property Consultants India Pvt Ltd in association with Townland Consultants Pvt Ltd and Tata Consulting Engineers, ICRA Management Consulting Private Limited in association with NJS Engineers India Private Limited and All India Institute of Local Self-Government for 5 cities each,” said the ministry.
The selected consulting firms will prepare smart city proposals under the supervision of urban local bodies and state governments based on review of previous plans and interventions undertaken.
All city-wise Smart City Plans will be evaluated in the second stage of City Challenge competition for identifying the top ranking 20 cities for financing during the current financial year.
Foreign companies or their Indian associates are associated with the preparation of smart city plans for most of the cities.
These companies include KPMG for NDMC, NK Buildcon for Varanasi, Lea Associates for Tirupati, ICRA for Ajmer, Data World for Lucknow, Alia Consulting for Greater Mumbai, Jones Lang La Salle for Amritsar, Ecorys Nederland BV for Bhagalpur. (KNN Bureau)
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