Smart Cities and Academia Towards Action and Research (SAAR)
January 14 , 2022 1103 days 730 0
SAAR was launched by the Smart Cities Mission.
SAAR will document the projects implemented by Smart Cities Mission.
It is a part of Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav celebrations.
SAAR is mainly implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
The other institutes that join the ministry in implementing the project are the National Institute of Urban Affairs and other premier institutions in the country.
This includes 15 premier architecture institutes.
First, SAAR is to prepare a list of 75 urban projects.
Varanasi, adopting several smart city measures and being the constituency of the PM, failed to enter SAAR.