Summary:
“So far the situation is uncertain and it is difficult to predict that Kozhikode could get the Smart City project. The Ministry has included Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram in the 90 cities already selected to be developed as smart cities. Kozhikode failed to make it to initial list at the time of Smart City Challenge in 2015. The Kozhikode Corporation had tasked its secretary to push the issue with the Smart Cities Mission in New Delhi. ‘Uncertain’However, Corporation Secretary Mrunmai Joshi said the civic body had been receiving contrasting reports from the Ministry and the LSGD on the smart city project..