Tiruchi’s failure to make it to the first list of 20 Smart Cities has come as a huge disappointment to civic activists.
Expectations were running high among city residents after the it topped in the rankings in Tamil Nadu for being developed as Smart City by the Union government.
Activists pointed out that this was not the first time that the city had lost out on major projects and failed to get the much needed capital infusion for development of civic infrastructure.
Under the earlier UPA regime, the city failed to make it to the list of cities that were developed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Civic activists hope that the Corporation would do better and improve on its proposals to get the city included in the next phase.
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