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Consultants for 88 would- be smart cities selected

In the midst of so much of a negative news , there is some thing to cheer about. Ground work has begun for the Indian Government’s ambitious Smart City project. The government has selected consultants for 88 cities which are to be converted into modern Indian cities, using state of the art , green fuel based infrastructure.

List of cities and consultants chosen for preparing project report for the Narendra Modi Government’s flagship project:

1.Nagpur, kalian-Dombivali, Nasik, Thane, Solapur and Amaravati, all in Maharashtra – CRISIL

2.Rajkot, Kochi, Ajmer, Erode and Coimbattore- ICRA

3.Chandigarh, Raipur, Bilaspur, Karnal, and Faridabad-All India Institute of Local Self-Government (Mumabi) 

4.Vadodara, Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Chennai and Tiruchirapalli-Jones Lang La Salle

5.Surat (Gujarat), Belgavi, Hubbai-Dharwad (Karnataka) and Dind- Darashaw & Co in association with IDOM Inginieria y Consultoria S.A.U and FUNDACION CARTIFF

6.Biharshariff, Oulgaret(Puducherry), Tiruppur and Thoothukudi (TN)-Mahindra Consulting Engineers Ltd in association with SUEZ Environment Consulting and Akara Research and Technologies Pvt Ltd

7.Ahmedabad, Rourkela, Kota and Agartala-Feedback Infra Pvt Ltd in association with Happold Engineers India Pvt Ltd and CISCO Systems

8.Gandhinagar, Indore and Jabalpur-Mehta and Associates in Joint Venture with Oswal Computers and Consultants

9.Gwalior, Sagar and Satna-Voyants Solutions Pvt Ltd in association with MINRAJ Consultants

10.Kanput, Ghaziabad and Thanjavur(TN)-Dorsh Holding GmbH in association with Dorsh Consult India Pvt Ltd and L R Kadaliya and Associates

11.Greater Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Durgapur(W.Bengal)-Alia Consulting Solutions Pvt Ltd and Genesis Fin Tech

12.Ujjain, Dahod(Gujarat)-Haskoning DHV Consulting Pvt Ltd in Joint Venture with Haskoning DHV Nederland B.V and Grant Thornton Green Boulevard

13.New Town Kolkata and Bidahannagar (West Bengal)-Deloitte Touche Tohmastsu India Pvt Ltd in association with Urban Management Consultant and Hijli Inspiration

14. Tirupati (AP) and Tumakuru(Karnataka)-Lea Associates South Asia Ltd in association with Crux Consultants Pvt Ltd and VB Soft Private Ltd

15.Mangaluru and Udaipur-IIDC Ltd in association with Urban Mass Transport Company Ltd and Building Design Partnership Ltd

16.Allahabad and Aligarh-Aarvee Associates Architects, Engineers and Consultants Ltd in association with Mars Telecom Systems Pvt Ltd

17.Lucknow and Namchi(Sikkim)-Data World Pty Ltd in association with Innovest Advisory Services Pvt Ltd and Caritas Eco Systems Pvt Ltd

18.Rampur and Moradabad-Engineers India Ltd in association with JPS Associates Pvt Ltd

19.Selam and Madurai(TN)-Infrastructure Development Corporation (Karnataka) Limited in association with IDFC Foundation

20.Vellore and Tirunelveli (TN)-Shah Technical Consultants Pvt Ltd

21.Agra and Bareilly-International City Management Association with Urban Management Centre and Edge Soft India Pvt Ltd

22.Aizawl and Haldia-Arki Techno Consultants (India) Pvt Ltd and IRS Systems South Asia Pvt Ltd 

23. Hyderabad, Aurangabad-Knight Frank (India) Pvt ltd with Fortress Infrastructure services and PSP Financial Consultants Pvt Ltd

24.New Delhi Municipal Council-KPMG

25.Bhagalpur-Ecorys Nederland BV with Ecorys India Pvt Ltd

26.Dharmashala-TERI with Tractebel Engineering SA, Belgium and Avalon Inrastructure solutions Pvt Ltd

27.Ranchi- I K Worldwide with SCP Consultants Pvt Ltd

28.Davanagere(Karnataka)-CRP Risk Management with Infrastructure Management and Advisory services Pvt Ltd

29.Shivamogga(Karnataka)- Srei Infrastructure Pvt Ltd with Navayuga spatial Technologies and RSP Design Consultants

30.Pune –McKinsey

31.Navi Mumbai- Tandon Urban Solutions Pvt Ltd with Spatial Decisions and Maha Infortech Pvt Ltd

32.Bhopal – Price Waterhouse Coopers with Rudrabhishek Enterprise and CPG Consultants Pvt Ltd

33.Jaipur –Mott MacDonald Pvt Ltd with Ernst and Young LLP

34.Sahranpur –Soft Tech Engineers Pvt Ltd with Design Point Consult Pvt Ltd

35.Dehradun – DDF Consultants Pvt Ltd with MSN Infrastructure and SGI Studio Galli Ingenieria Pvt Ltd

36.Visakhapatnam and Ludhiana –AECOM India Pvt Ltd with AECOM Asia Company Ltd

37. Varanasi and Jhansi-NK Buildcon Pvt Ltd. Ministry of Urban Development has already released Rs.2.00 cr per each Mission city for preparation of city-wise Smart City Plans

Source: PIB, Govt of India  

Pic courtesy: Delhi Metro