388 CR SANCTIONED FOR KAKINADA SMART CITY: SUJAYARUN

Kakinada: Smart City Mission Chief Executive Officer SujayArun on Saturdaysaid under the Smart Cities Mission, the Union government has sanctioned Rs 388 crore for Kakinada for various works inthe first phase.

City MLA VanamadiVenkateswara Rao chaired the meeting along with Mayor Pavani and Commissioner Aleem Basha. Speaking on the occasion, Sujay told that Rs 6 crore have been spent for the establishment of an office and other works. He said the remaining amount would be spent on various development works.

He said all the 14 government schools in the city would be digitalised and Vivekananda Park and Gandhi Nagar parks would be beautified. E-Rickshaws, solar power panels would be established on all the government buildings.