Chandigarh, Feb. 20 -- With no fresh budget allocations and no extension from the central government, the operations of Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL)-the special purpose vehicle formed to implement projects under the Smart Cities Mission-are set to wind up by March 20.

In the board of directors' meeting on Wednesday, it was decided that the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of all ongoing projects will be handed over to the relevant departments under the Chandigarh administration and the municipal corporation before the deadline. Subsequently, the CSCL office and its operations will cease to exist.

The Smart Cities Mission (SCM), a flagship initiative of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, was launch...