Pune Municipal Corporation Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is the civic body that governs the inner limits of Pune, India. It is in charge of the civic needs and infrastructure of the metropolis, which is spread over an area of 500 sq. km. and has 3.4 million resident ...

(PMC) is on a list of 100 smart cities declared by the

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for development under the Smart Cities Mission. Pune's quest for better urban living got a boost as it was listed among 100 cities selected by the Union Government of India. As a pre-condition, Pune will need to prepare a city-level plan of its own, which will be evaluated in the second stage of the competition based on a broad set of criteria. At the end, the Union government will select 20 cities that will receive funds for this financial year. PMC has organized a contest for citizens on "How to make Pune a smart city" towards Citizen's participation.

Initiatives

The Digital Pune Hackathon 2015 was inaugurated in the presence of Pune Municipal Commissioner Kunal Kumar. The hackathon has been organised to seek digital solutions to several problems faced by the city in the quest to become a Smart City. Top projects will be selected for implementation in the city by various bodies like PMC, PCMC, PMRDA and PMPML. In January 2018,

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as a part of the Smart City Pune initiative, working with

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References

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External links

Official website

Smart City Projects
of

Pune Smart cities in India