Smart city project deadlines put off by two months

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL) has extended deadline of all ongoing projects by two months due to the time lost during the lockdown.

CSCL CEO KK Yadav said although all allotted works had been restarted, the deadline had been extended by two months. “However, we expect the e-governance project to be launched on June 1 with at least half of 28 services planned in it,” said Yadav.

The e-governance project will provide major public services online including building plans. Yadav said that they have already launched their web portal.

Also, the public bicycle sharing project that was to start from June in a phased manner will now commence from August, said smart city officials.

Besides, there are several other projects that are at developing or pre-tendering stage that will be revived,