Kazan Smart City
A massive urban infrastructure, similar to Modi’s Smart City
mission is India, the Kazan Smart City will greatly expand roads in education,
healthcare, technology, business and tourism. Located in Kazan, it will boost
Russia’ status of a nation, welcoming to foreign investment and creating
special economic zones. The aim of this project is to build smart, socially
attractive modern city that will stimulate the economic development of the
entire region of Tatarstan. Kazan is Russia’s 8th biggest city and
is a new site for IT firms and BPO businesses.
The site is said to be spread over 650 acres. It is well
accessible by the international airport near it. “The first stage of building
out the infrastructure and accommodation should be completed by 2015, and a total
of $10bn will be INVESTED by 2020 to complete the city, if everything goes
according to plan. There are three main areas: an education complex, a business
complex at the heart of the city, and the high-tech park in the southern part
of the city. And 16 plots have already been taken.” (Bne)
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