Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri hailed the Smart City Mission, which has completed eight years today.<br />''<br />''In a tweet, the Minister congratulates the people and said the Prime Minister's landmark project is a flagship urban sector Mission with a total project size of 1,80,000 crore rupees.<br />''<br />''He said over 5800 completed projects have transformed urban spaces and offered ease of living to the citizens of the country.<br />''<br />''Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Smart Cities Mission on the 25th of June, 2015.<br />''<br />''The objective of the Smart Cities Mission is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens with a clean and sustainable environment through the application of 'Smart' solutions.<br />