Coimbatore Corporation stands first among the 11 urban local bodies in the Tamil Nadu, in completion of projects under the Government of India's Smart Cities Mission mandate.

During a review meeting held in Chennai earlier this month, for officials of all the 11 municipal corporations, Coimbatore Corporation has been declared the first rank holder, assured sources from Coimbatore Municipal corporations. Although, Greater Chennai Corporation secured the third rank and had completed as many projects as the Coimbatore Corporation – 18 – the latter ranked first because it had no project that needed either approval or preparation of detailed project reports.

As per sources, Coimbatore Corporation had completed 18 projects worth ₹ 72.67 crore, had 21 projects in various stages of execution at ₹ 755.56 crore, was evaluating tender for four projects that were worth ₹ 7.28 crore, had called for tender for a project for ₹ 15.7 crore and had five projects worth ₹ 163.59 crore for which it had called for tender.

In all, the civic body had taken up 49 projects worth ₹ 1,014.8 crore.

The projects that the Corporation had completed included installation of air quality monitoring devices, erection of digital display boards, construction of two solar power plants of one MW each, development of four parks among a few others.

The projects that it was implementing included the one for 24x7 drinking water distribution, lake development, and multi-level car parking among a few others.

The projects for which the Coimbatore Corporation was yet to call for the tender included the development of Race Course as a model road, rejuvenation of Narasampathy and Kurichi tanks, biomining accumulated waste in Vellalore and purchase of light commercial vehicles for waste collection.

(Source : The Hindu)