Question: The country’s first green field smart city will be –
(a) Ahmedabad Smart City
(b) Bangalore Smart City
(c) Ranchi Smart City
(d) Jaipur Smart City
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On September 9th, 2016, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation building the nation’s first Greenfield smart city project
- Ranchi will be the first Greenfield Smart City of the country
- This WiFi City will be equipped with Carbon free zone, modern traffic control system, World-class education hub, 24-hour electricity-water, toilet at every 200 meters, and many other facilities.
- The goal of the government is to provide housing to every person in the state by the year 2022.
- He also laid foundation stone for Urban Civic Tower, Convention Centre and Jharkhand Urban Planning and Management Institute in the Campus of Ranchi Smart City Area.
- On this occasion Vice President also released the master plan of Smart City, Jharkhand Urban Transport Corporation Limited and Real State Regulatory Authority website.
- State government has paid Rs 743 crore to Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) for 564 acre land for the Smart City project.
- The Smart City Project will be completed in a time span of two years with transparency.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170641
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintHindiRelease.aspx?relid=67018
http://www.uniindia.com/news/other/vice-president-lays-foundation-for-the-nation-s-first-green-field-smart-city-project-in-hec-of-ranchi/984775.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/venkaiah-naidu-lays-foundation-for-smart-city-project-in-ranchi-criticises-maoists-4835477/