As per the latest news, Dubai's Tecom and partners are planning to start the construction of the prestigious SmartCity project in Kochi by November.
The second project monitoring committee meeting of the SmartCity Kochi project was held yesterdat in Dubai under the Chairmanship of Ahmad Humaid Al Tayer, Member of the Supreme Fiscal Committee of Dubai. The meeting was also by prominent persons such asAbdul Latheef Al Mulla, Vice-Chairman, SmartCity and Group CEO Tecom, Dr Adnan Chilwan, Deputy CEO, Dubai Islamic Bank, Suresh Kumar, CEO of Emirates NBD Capital, Yousuf Ali M.A., Vice-Chairman of Norka Roots, Government of Kerala, and Dr Baju George, Managing Director, SmartCity.
The meeting reviewed the progress of the SmartCity Kochi project and set a time line for the activities that is supposed to be completed in the first year. The meeting also allotted the required funds for the same. As per the reports from various sources, the construction works of the Kochi SmartCity project would start on 29th September. As per the project plan the work on the headquarters building of the Cochin SmartCity project would start from November 19th and the committee have also included Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as a special invitee to the SmartCity Kochi board. Apart from Oommen Chandy, Kerala Ports and Excise Minister K. Babu and Yousuf Ali M.A. have also been included as special invitees.
As per Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, things are moving fast and work would begin next month according to the time table and all the hitches seems to be over enough to make the SmartCity Kochi project move on a fast track.
It was Shri Oommen Chandy who had first finalised the proposed mega IT project during his previous tenure as the Chief Minister of Kerala. But unfortunately during the Left Democratic Front reign, headed by V.S. Achuthanandan nothing else happened except for the foundation stone laid for the project.
The second project monitoring committee meeting of the SmartCity Kochi project was held yesterdat in Dubai under the Chairmanship of Ahmad Humaid Al Tayer, Member of the Supreme Fiscal Committee of Dubai. The meeting was also by prominent persons such asAbdul Latheef Al Mulla, Vice-Chairman, SmartCity and Group CEO Tecom, Dr Adnan Chilwan, Deputy CEO, Dubai Islamic Bank, Suresh Kumar, CEO of Emirates NBD Capital, Yousuf Ali M.A., Vice-Chairman of Norka Roots, Government of Kerala, and Dr Baju George, Managing Director, SmartCity.
The meeting reviewed the progress of the SmartCity Kochi project and set a time line for the activities that is supposed to be completed in the first year. The meeting also allotted the required funds for the same. As per the reports from various sources, the construction works of the Kochi SmartCity project would start on 29th September. As per the project plan the work on the headquarters building of the Cochin SmartCity project would start from November 19th and the committee have also included Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as a special invitee to the SmartCity Kochi board. Apart from Oommen Chandy, Kerala Ports and Excise Minister K. Babu and Yousuf Ali M.A. have also been included as special invitees.
As per Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, things are moving fast and work would begin next month according to the time table and all the hitches seems to be over enough to make the SmartCity Kochi project move on a fast track.
It was Shri Oommen Chandy who had first finalised the proposed mega IT project during his previous tenure as the Chief Minister of Kerala. But unfortunately during the Left Democratic Front reign, headed by V.S. Achuthanandan nothing else happened except for the foundation stone laid for the project.
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