new delhi if you scream anywhere around connaught place be assured that the police control rooms in the vicinity will get an alert for your shrill cry will be picked up by incidentdriven controllers mounted atop smart poles and an alert sent to a hierarchical command and control centre which will signal these pcrs welcome to the new delhi city centre ndcc a 550acre areabased development project according to which the area around cp will be redeveloped by the new delhi municipal council ndmc under the smart city project in four years the finalised plan was submitted to the ministry of urban development on tuesday electric vehicles electric vehiclecharging facility at multilevel parking facilities owned by ndmc a mobile application for advance booking of cycles to enhance last mile connectivity happiness areas subways with pet adoption centres digital smart screens that will inform the public on traffic choke points stock prices temperature and score updates are just some of the things that citizens can expect to see as the city is smartened up by 201920 under stage ii of smart city challenge ndmc was required to submit a proposal for an areabased development project that can be replicated throughout the smart city and also pancity initiatives the smart city proposals will now be evaluated by a committee involving a panel of national and international experts organisations and institutions if selected the process of implementation will start with the setting up of the special purpose vehicle it will be given complete flexibility to manage the project it may appoint project management consultants for designing developing managing and implementing areabased projects the spv will plan appraise approve release funds implement manage operate monitor and evaluate the smart city development projects while ndmc will have a capital expenditure of rs 669 crore for areabased projects for its pancity initiatives it would require rs 122817 crore bringing the total up to rs 1897 crore the ndmc has to meet rs 60474 crore expenses from its coffers while the ud ministry centrallysponsored schemes and ppp funds will meet the rest for a period of five years electric poles will be transformed into smart poles by replacing them with leds incidentdriven controllers wifi access points air quality and noise pollution sensors all roofs in the ndmc jurisdiction will have solar panelsprovided private establishments cooperate and happiness areas will be created where citizens can walk in to learn soft skills like playing an instrument paint or make crafts subways will become vibrant spaces where apart from advertisements and atms there will be pet adoption centres currently in the area identified for ndcc there are 14 subways and they are dark and dingy we aim to change that said an official working on the smart city project special transportation services for the differentlyabled supplementing existing bus transit systems electric vehicles charging bays at ndmc multilevel parking facilities are some of the other things proposed a citizen application for carpooling cycling traffic conditions cctv videos air quality and echallans