Dindigul City is located in the central part of Tamil Nadu famous for its traditional lock manufacturing and tannery industry. The City has been shortlisted by Ministry of Urban Development as one of the 100 smart cities in India. The City covers an area of 14.01 sq.km and divided into 48 wards with the population of 2,07,225. In this regard, Dindigul City Municipal Corporation (DMC) has undertaken various activities in preparation of smart city proposal. As part of this, DMC has organized multiple citizen engagement activities, events and programs across the city. A wide range of online and offline techniques were adopted to reach citizens ensuing wider participation from citizens; Face to Face, print and social media including Facebook, Twitter, GMC’s website, MyGov, whatsapp and Door to Door survey for preparing the smart city proposal for Dindigul City. On the basis responses and key stakeholder consultations, the options for ‘Area Based Development’ proposal and ‘Pan City ‘solutions were identified.

The view of citizens in identification of projects to be considered and incorporated in the Draft Smart City Proposal, before to finalize the proposal and submitted to MoUD, all citizens of the city are invited to give their feedback on the proposal framed. In this regard, a brief snapshot of the proposal, capturing all details of the Smart City Proposal can be accessed through this link below. Post your views and suggestions, to refine and finalize the proposal.

Draft Smart City Proposal for Dindigul City