The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India (GoI) has initiated
Smart CitiesMission (SCM), under which select cities will be developed as smart cities with
a focus on improvingcitizen services with ICT intervention. Smart Cities Mission is an
urban renewal and retrofittingprogramme by the Government of India with a mission to
develop 100 cities all over the countrymaking them citizen friendly, sustainable and
investment destination. Under the smart city scheme,Government has emphasized to
improve the basic civic amenities of the cities on one hand andthe provision of modern
technological advances for ease of living on the other hand. The Smart City Proposal for Sri Vijaya Puram envisions to implementing a number of projects categorized
into Area Based Development (ABD) projects and Pan City components. The ABD projects focuses
on physical infrastructure components, whereas the Pan City components focuses on the ICT
interventions in the city. The component as being undertaken as part of the Pan City Proposal
to make Sri Vijaya Puram a vibrant and Eco-friendly tourist destination, focusing on economic
development, efficient urban services, participatory social development and connectivity