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My Take: It may be unfair to blame the 'smart city' idea for our sinking cities

It may be unfair to blame the ‘smart city’ idea for our sinking cities. After all, the water-logging woes of cities like Patna, Mumbai, and many others pre-date the ‘smart city’ concept. What is true though is that the hundreds of crores being spent on tech-driven ‘smart city’ solutions are really no solution to the crisis of our metros: the real crisis is one of urban governance, especially local level municipal governance.

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Video: Vijay takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM amid loud cheers and chants

TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.