Jhansi Sets Benchmark in Healthcare PPPs Among India's 100 Smart Cities
Jhansi Smart City Hospital was recently selected as the finest project under the Public Private Project (PPP) category among all the projects in the 100 smart city projects nationwide. Inaugurated on March 11, it is a 200 bed hospital with state of the art pathology. The project costed Rs. 100 cr. This is a rare case of PPP at the municipal level in health care. The PPPs so far have been in the following areas
- Bus terminals - Mohali, Amritsar
- Water supply- Mysore, Nagpur, Aurangabad
- Waste water treatment- Udaipur, Surat, Adityapur
- Waste to energy plant- Jaipur, Surat
- Multi-level car parking- New Delhi, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur
- Streetlights- Bhopal, Nashik, Bhubaneswar
- Solar- Gandhinagar
- Municipal Geographic Information System- Surat
- Citizen services centres- Bangalore One
- Betterment levy for outer ring road- Hyderabad
- Tourism- Shimla, Kalyan Dombivli
- Public toilets- Hyderabad, Pune
The Jhansi Smart City Hospital stands out as a groundbreaking example of municipal-level PPP success in healthcare. Its recognition as the finest PPP project among India's hundred smart city initiatives highlights the transformative potential of public-private partnerships in expanding essential urban services beyond traditional sectors, setting an inspiring precedent for cities nationwide.
