India’s first “Smart City” in Navi Mumbai with new airport and township

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Navi Mumbai is going to get the India’s first “Smart City” which is spread over an area of 75 sq km encompassing seven nodes and the upcoming airport with one new township.

Presently, Brownfield project is developing the existing facilities in the few regions such as; Kalamboli, Kharghar, Ulwe, Panvel, Dronagiri, Kamothe, and Taloja nodes and Greenfield project is developing the existing facilities in other regions such as; Pushpak Nagar (2.5 sq km) near the airport, which will developed by the CIDCO at the cost of Rs 35,000 crore. It is expected that by the end of 2019, these regions will get the smart roads, transport, citizen-friendly administration, security other tech-driven facilities with the help of CIDCO.

According to officials, it is expected that many new project will also come in these regions whereas; few are underway.