July 1, 2024: The Smart City Mission has been extended till March 31, 2025 by the central government after Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy appealed for it recently. As per media reports, Reddy requested union minister for housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar about the extension of the deadline.
While the union government was looking at closing the Smart City Mission by June 2024, there are works in progress in Warangal and Karimnagar under the Smart City Mission in Telangana. According to media reports, there are 66 pending works with project cost of over Rs 518 crore in Warangal. In Karimnagar, around 22 works costing Rs 287 crore are in progress.
An extension was sought till June 30, 2025 for the works to be completed. Acknowledging the request, the centre has granted an extension till the end of March, 2025. In this extended time, no new work will start. This time will be used only for finishing all pending work. Funds for all these ongoing works are expected to be released till September by the central government on a first come first serve basis, reports mentioned.
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