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Kapil Arora, president of the association, said like architects, civil engineers who are members of the Institution of Engineers (India), a statutory body, have equal rights in designing and architectural works in India. Another engineer Kulwant Singh said the architects have already been involved in Smart City projects, but practicing engineers have always been ignored. FORMATION OF SMART CITY PROJECT’S COMMITTEEFile complaint, say they understand technical problems better than architectsTribune News ServiceLudhiana, July 11The Council of Engineers filed a complaint with the Mayor as well as the Municipal Corporation Commissioner for allegedly ignoring of the role of civil engineers as ‘technical experts’ in the formation of Smart City Project’s Committee by the MC under the Smart City Mission. “As per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Urban Development, technical experts should be included in the Smart City advisory forum at the city level. We condemn this act of ignorance by the department as engineers, too, play a major role in development works,” he said..