Smart City is a high tech communication city ​with capabilities to use digital technology. This would help in saving energy and the government ​will be able to easily get in touch with its citizens and will effectively and actively connect with m​any ​of them​​.

Modi in his speech said, “Cities in the past were built on riverbanks. They are now built along highways. But in the future, they will be built based on availability of optical fiber networks and next-generation infrastructure.”