KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 -- Imagine a living, thriving pedestrianised smart city roughly the size of 57 football fields equipped with various public amenities and green spaces for 35,000 people in the near future.

Finding it difficult to visualise?

Fret not, you don't need to look any further since one is currently being developed in the nation's administrative capital of Putrajaya.

What is Kota Madani?

Kota Madani or Madani City is a RM4 billion megaproject currently undertaken by the Malaysian government and Perbadanan Putrajaya.

The 102-acre megaproject will be developed by Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd through a public-private partnership model based on the build, lease, maintain and transfer (BLMT) concept, without involving any gover...