CHENNAI:An allocation of Rs 1,200 crore has been made for the ‘Smart Cities Mission’ for which the Municipal corporations of Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur and Vellore were included in 2016-2017, while Chennai and Coimbatore Municipal corporations were included in 2015-2016.
As far as Chennai is concerned, the smart city project took off with the formation of Chennai Smart City Limited (CSCL) and is to be implemented at a cost of Rs 1,366.24 crore.