The Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (TUFIDCO) and the city corporation held a meeting on Friday to seek opinion on the smart city proposal and also form various working groups. A senior corporation officer told TOI that the meeting was mainly held to form working groups for lake restoration and renovation, traffic movement, infrastructure planning, parks and open spaces and non-motorized transport. ... NGOs also made several suggestions on decentralizing the entire project and also ensuring more public participation. "Many works such as desilting the lakes and technology development could be done by non-profit organisations. It would save a lot of money," said an official.