Time Slippage in Smart City Projects: A Case Study of SIR-Dholera [INDIA]

Looking at the maximum pros of the smart city concept worldwide, India is also adopting it at a very fast pace. To provide core infrastructure with a decent quality of life to habitants, smart city mission is created. Through the application of 'Smart' solutions, a clean and sustainable environment is planned. Moreover, citizens can now expect everything to be easily accessible related to government services as well as to make living comfortable. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) has also been created in each state in order to look after the proper implementation of the Smart City projects. Main focus is on offering an elevated lifestyle and environment to the entire community. However, what is lacking in the mission’s timeframe to complete is not as per requirement of the project. It needs to be more flexible. Based on the case study of Dholera-SIR, it would be a great idea to elongate the span of completion above to ten years. There is also an urgent need to look into minor issues at the same time service providers need to be placed well in advance of their requirements.