Bhubaneswar: The vision of transforming Bhubaneswar into a truly smart city seems to be fading as several infrastructure projects under the Smart City Mission have become inactive. The most visible one is the city’s automated traffic management system, which has now gone partially manual.

At several major intersections across the capital city, traffic police are once again seen manually controlling vehicles using red and green lights, a clear sign that the automated signal system has stopped functioning.

Bhubaneswar was selected as one of India’s first smart cities in 2016. Under the Smart City Mission, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) was formed on February 23 that year to accelerate development work. BSCL functioned as the nodal agency to implement various projects aimed at mo

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