With Balewadi been named as India’s First Smart City in the list of first 20 smart cities to be developed across India, the city aspires to solve its core infrastructure issues in a “future proof” way whilst improving the quality of life by making neighborhoods beautiful, clean, green and fully livable.

The project cost for the same is an estimated 3,000Cr & as much as 75% (Rs. 2,196 cr) will go to develop 900 acres of in and around Balewadi belt. The smart city features will be deployed in a future ready manner in this belt to handle a 4x (40k to 1.6L) population growth by 2030.

Here are key features of Balewadi Smart City:

• 1)   Multi Speciality Hospitals
• 2)   Electric Buses
• 3)   26 Km Elevated BRT
• 4)   Waste Water Recycling
• 5)   Slum Free Area
• 6)   Riverfront Development
• 7)   E-Rickshaws
• 8)   Rain Water Harvesting
• 9)   Zero waste & garbage region
• 10)   Smart Parkings
• 11)   Centralized Command & Contact Center
• 12)   Public Toilets
• 13)   Smart Street Lights
• 14)   WiFi Access & CCTV Camera
• 15)   Express Airport Service

With special emphasis being given in and around Balewadi, this would turn out to be one of the most planned sections of Pune and will see the maximum appreciation as an investment