If the State Government and Trivandrum Corporation do it right, Trivandrum will be given the Smart City status.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Last year, Union Government shortlisted 100 cities across India for the Smart City programme. Seven cities from Kerala including Trivandrum and Kochi were present in the list but only Kochi made it to the programme.<\/p>\n
State government and civic body accused Central for changing the norms and criteria last minute which caused the cities in Kerala to drop out of the competition. However the real reason to why Trivandrum didn\u2019t made it to the list was that Trivandrum Corporation did not have a comprehensive master plan which is a prerequisite.<\/p>\n
Trivandrum failed to get Smart City status because Trivandrum did not have a master plan which is a prerequisite.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The master plan is one of the mandatory requirements for Centre\u2019s Smart City programme. Master plan is a very crucial document for planned development of any city and zone-based development of various sectors is crucial for drawing Central funds. Due to this reason, Trivandrum was never picked for the Smart City programme even though top priority is given for capital cities.<\/p>\n
The basic criteria for selection of a city for Smart City<\/p><\/div>\n
The draft master plan for Trivandrum, prepared by the State Town and Country Planning Department, was cancelled following opposition from political parties and local protests. The city corporation\u2019s ruling front at that time was least bothered about the future of the capital city. The councillors at that time were also busy with the By-election.<\/p>\n
The draft master plan for Trivandrum\u00a0was cancelled following opposition from political parties and local protests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If Trivandrum can come up with a solid Master Plan, capital city can attain the Smart City tag. Since we have new government both at the state and corporation, let us hope that this time Kerala will get one more Smart City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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