Joint Secretary & Mission Director Smart Cities Govt. of India visit Chandigarh
Chandigarh, December 05: – Sh. Kunal Kumar, IAS, Joint Secretary and Mission Director Smart Cities, Government of India visited city to review the Smart City projects. During the visit, he was accompanied by Municipal Commissioner Sh. K K Yadav, IAS who briefed him about the projects and works being carried out by Chandigarh Smart City. He visited site of Sector 39 Water Works where augmentation of storage capacity is being done to store one day of drinking water for the city. The foundation stone for the project has been laid by Honourable Governor, Punjab and Administrator UT of Chandigarh Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore on 4th December.
Joint Secretary also took note of Solar power generation works of 2000 KWp that have been carried out in the Water Works.
During the site visit, he inspected Legacy Waste mining project site at Daddu Majra and appreciated the works that are being carried out, enquired about the bio-soil, construction & demolition waste and RDF disposal that is being done as a part of Smart City. He took note of the fact that 20 acres of land will be freed on the completion of this project.
Joint Secretary also visited Capital Complex and saw the restoration works of Heritage buildings including Secretariat, High Court and Open hand. A key feature of this visit was use of Cycle to cover major part of the visit to promote cycling in the city, all the officials used cycles during visit of Capital Complex and to next site of underpass connecting Sector 17 to Rose Garden. He appreciated the design and spaces created for activities to make the area live.
Joint Secretary took special interest in Integrated Command and Control center and visited MCC Command room to see the works under progress. A detailed presentation on the works under ICCC was made to Joint Secretary. He also visited site of up-coming city command center.
Later during the visit a detailed presentation on status of all the works under smart cities was made by CMC Sh. K K. Yadav, IAS to Mission Director. Mission Director expressed his satisfaction on progress and at the same time laid emphasis on expediting the works.
Joint Secretary gave his suggestions to review the projects based on output parameters like reduction in NRW, time savings etc. He also suggested to take citizens feedback for all the services on e-governance platform including the rating of the services provided. Similarly, he suggested having electronic feedback system for public toilets and their cleanliness. For innovative projects, he suggested that passive housing which are environmental friendly and have lesser energy consumption. He was also of view that as Chandigarh is independent India’s first planned city, a park where children can learn basics of Urban planning using Lego bricks can be planned.
During the visit, he was accompanied by Sh. N. P. Sharma CGM, Chandigarh Smart City and officials of CSCL and EGIS International PMC for Smart City and officials of Engineering Department.
