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Smart City Mission Bhopal

Blunderlust rating★★★★★ 4.6 / 5 · 770 reviews⌖ City-wide (multiple area-based development sites), BhopalEntry #01 in Bhopal
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Nearly a decade after Bhopal was selected under India's Smart City Mission, residents, local leaders and journalists report little to no visible development on the ground, prompting demands for a high-level probe.

The official record states: "Not specified."

“A decade of Smart City funding with, by all accounts, nothing you could point at.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk

Sources

  • https://www.constructionworld.in/urban-infrastructure/smart-cities-projects/bhopals-smart-city-ambitions-still-unrealised-after-eight-years/44748
  • https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/9-years-on-bhopals-smart-city-dream-stuck-in-limbo

Visitor reviews Satire

“Asked a rickshaw driver to take me to the smart city. He laughed for most of the journey and then dropped me back.”
VN V. Nair · Bhopal★★★★★
“Ten years of area-based development and the residents cannot name a single finished thing to point a camera at.”
KR K. Reddy · Bhopal★★★★★
“There is a project office, a logo and a demand for a high-level probe. That is the tour.”
JS J. Singh · Bhopal★★★★★
Blunderlust RecordBL/BHO/2016/OTH
Status
Under repeat repair / stalled
Category
Other
State
Madhya Pradesh
Year
2016 launched; still incomplete as of 2026
Cost to taxpayers
Not specified

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