{"id":19501,"date":"2025-12-13T16:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiaepost.com\/?p=19501"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:09:09","slug":"kumari-selja-has-expressed-serious-concern-over-the-delay-in-smart-city-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiaepost.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/kumari-selja-has-expressed-serious-concern-over-the-delay-in-smart-city-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumari Selja has expressed serious concern over the delay in Smart City projects."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chandigarh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The slow progress of the Smart City Mission was strongly questioned in the Lok Sabha by Sirsa MP Kumari Selja, who stated that 22 projects worth \u20b9577 crore in Karnal and Faridabad are still incomplete, even though their stipulated deadline is December 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reply to the question raised by Selja, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu acknowledged that a total of 161 projects were approved in both cities at a cost of \u20b92,136 crore. Of these, 139 projects have been completed, and \u20b91,559 crore has been spent so far. The remaining 22 projects, worth around \u20b9577 crore, are still under construction. The minister further informed that Karnal and Faridabad together had claimed central assistance of \u20b9980 crore, out of which \u20b9921 crore has been utilized. The ministry has advised the SPV companies of both cities to ensure that all projects are completed by December 2025 under all circumstances.The city of Karnal had 117 approved projects, of which 105 projects worth \u20b9801 crore have been completed, while 12 projects worth \u20b9406 crore are still pending. Karnal has so far failed to utilize central assistance amounting to \u20b959 crore. The city of Faridabad has completed 34 out of its 44 approved projects, worth \u20b9758 crore, while 10 projects worth \u20b9171 crore are still under construction. Questioning the government\u2019s working style, Kumari Selja said, \u201cA Smart City does not merely mean releasing funds, but ensuring transparency, accountability, and time-bound development in public interest. The BJP government\u2019s policies have reduced this mission to incomplete projects and unanswered questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MP also asked the Centre what effective steps are being taken to ensure adherence to timelines and quality standards, especially when such significant delays are occurring in an important urban development programme like the Smart City Mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh The slow progress of the Smart City Mission was strongly questioned in the Lok Sabha by Sirsa MP Kumari Selja, who stated that 22 projects worth \u20b9577 crore in Karnal and Faridabad are still incomplete, even though their stipulated deadline is December 2025.&nbsp; In reply to the question raised by Selja, Union Minister of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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