Rs 38.5 crore sanctioned for Patna Smart City projects

PATNA: The state urban development and housing department on Monday approved several Patna Smart City projects, including construction of a cafeteria, happy street, foot overbridges, beautification of SK Memorial hall and infrastructure development at schools.
The meeting of the board of governance of Patna Smart City Limited held on Monday also sanctioned Rs38.50 crore for completing these projects. UDHD secretary Anand Kishor instructed the officials concerned to get these projects completed on time.
“Projects include both area-based as well as infrastructure development.The main purpose behind Patna Smart City is its economical development and use of technology to provide better life to the residents,” said Kishor. He said a cafeteria will come up besides the multilevel parking at the cost of Rs10 crore.
Kishor said the stretch between Hotel Maurya and DM’s residence has been selected for the ‘happy street’ project and Rs7 crore will be spent on that. He further said police stations falling under the area-based development will be renovated with an estimated outlay of Rs2.50 crore.
“Infrastructure of schools will be developed with Rs4.63 crore. The beautification of SK Memorial Hall will cost Rs4.97 crore. Four entrance gates of Gandhi Maidan will be constructed at the cost of Rs4.50 crore,” said Kishor. He further said several schemes have now been dropped from Patna Smart City Project, which include water supply project of Rs10.44 crore, recycled water supply project of Rs34 crore, rooftop farming project of Rs22.50 crore and e-rickshaw project worth Rs8 crore.