The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA) will hold a three-day national conference on “Smart Cities Smart Urbanisation” at SGCCI’s International Exhibition-cum-conventional hall from April 18 to 20.
The event will be attended by Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil, State Minister of Urban Development Vinod Moradiya, and Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, as well as Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, and Darshana Jardosh.
“We are expecting presence of 700 people including union ministers, state Cabinet ministers, and CEO and municipal commissioners of 100 smart cities to attend the event. We have extended an invitation to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and are waiting for his confirmation,” Moradiya said.
Following the inaugural ceremony on the first day, delegates will be shown audio-visual presentations of the development work done in the 100 smart cities.
The minister further said, “An MOU will be signed with World Economic Forum for a virtual centre for urban collaboration. Various awards under the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav will be handed over by MoUHA. Apart from this, India Smart cities Award 2020 would also be given to the 51 smart cities which had done exemplary works…” Surat Municipal Commissioner B N Pani said that the event costs Rs 6 crore, out of which the majority of the funding will be done by MoUHA.