Can Kohima really become a "Smart City"?

Yes, but only if the Politicians/Bureaucrats are ready to survive with just their monthly pay without pocketing from the Smart City Fund. The State Capital is lacking behind in many areas when compared with other states. For decades, our “facilitiless” State Capital has been suffering. For those who will be taking the initiatives for this Smart City Project, can you give Kohima a chance to survive and make it a real Smart City of India and a Smart Capital for Nagaland?

Thujonieyi (Jojo) Khamo Billy Graham Road, Kohima

   


Yes, Kohima can really become a smart city, but not in this generation. We have to make Nagaland a corruption free state before trying to make its capital a smart city. Kohima will never become a smart city if we continue with this system where everyone – from leaders to followers, is corrupt. Spending crores in Hornbill festival will not make Kohima a better place/smart city. Improving road conditions and other facilities definitely will.

Thsanthu Yimchunger Baptist College, Kohima

   


Firstly, when we hear the words "Kohima the Smart City", it sounds highly advanced in terms of overall infrastructure, sustainable real estate, transportation & communications and market viability which include the business and industrial centre. But it is not, we don't have such infrastructure in Kohima. It is a city of single lanes where traffic jams start as the schools and colleges start or end. It is a city where patients with serious illnesses are advised to visit hospitals in Guwahati or Shillong due to unavailability of equipments or instruments in the hospitals. It is a city where shops, restaurants and other markets close before sunset. It is a city where the ruling government is quite smart cleaning up its messes right before inspections. So, how do we call Kohima a "Smart City"?

Ngongang Phom 5th mile Diphupar D, Dimapur

 


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