Smart villages should be built on the lines of smart cities: Gadkari – Times of India
Smart villages should be built on the lines of smart cities: Gadkari NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday made a case for building smart villages on the lines of smart cities. Speaking at the 42nd Convocation of School of Planning and Architecture, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said, "In urban areas we are making smart city... why we are not thinking on the line that how we should make smart village. "So that thing is in my mind. I am also making a smart village. A plot of 1,000 square feet, a house of 500 square feet in Rs 5 lakh... and for entire life the electricity and water are free," the minister said. He further said that knowledge is very important and added that the conversion of knowledge into wealth is the future of the country. The educat...