Chandigarh, September 23:- Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL) along with Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC) and a team of India Smart City Fellows from the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs have organised the first Public Bike Sharing live demonstration in Sector 17, here today.
Sh. Anil Kumar Garg, Additional CEO, CSCL and Sh. N.P. Sharma, CGM, CSCL flagged off the public bike sharing service from plaza, sector 17, Chandigarh.
While sharing information, Sh. N.P. Sharma said that these GPS enabled ‘smart bikes’ have been rented out hourly anywhere in sector 17 for a nominal charge to residents who produce their ID proof and returned to any of 12 designated points by 7 pm.
City residents, students, cycling and fitness enthusiasts have took part in this demonstration event. The demo met with an enthusiastic response by citizens of all age groups who were extremely excited for the real launch of the bike sharing system in the city. Used by nearly 200 individuals of various incomes and occupations in the demo, the PBS promises to be a hit!
In the day long event, 11 points were identified in sector 17 (including Neelam Cinema, TDI Mall, Hotel Oyster, the Plaza, among others), while Sector 16 saw enthusiasts line up in front of Rose Garden to try out the stylish cycles. Interestingly, the points in front of ISBT (sector 17) saw humongous traffic, with some users reportedly cycling for more than three hours at a stretch. Feedback collected during the event will be used to design a more effective system in the city.
The demo was run according to the conditions laid down by CSCL for their proposed project, where cycles were provided for the subsidised cost of rupees 5 for thirty minutes. In the last few hours of the experiment, cycles were also provided free of cost to minors in the area.
Based on this popular reception, one can only expect the bike sharing project in Chandigarh to be a huge success.
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Chandigarh, September 18:- 11th Meeting of Board of Directors of CSCL was held here today under the Chairmanship of Sh. Manoj Kumar Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh. During the meeting, Board has discussed various projects in detail and accorded approval to different projects to be implemented under Smart City Mission by Chandigarh Smart City Limited.
The Board of CSCL has accorded sanction to award the work of Mining of Legacy Waste to the lowest successful bidder, M/s SMS Limited of Nagpur at the cost of Rs. 34 Crores against the estimated cost of 40 Crores. This work will be completed in a time span of 18 Months and the city will be able to get rid of the 5 Lakh Metric Tonne of Garbage Dump accumulated in Daddumajra over the years. The Waste Garbage Dump will be cleared of by the selected firm in scientific and hygienic manner. The residents in the vicinity will get rid of the foul smell and leachate, oozing out from the garbage dump.
The Adviser also given nod to the selection of System Integrator for Implementation of E-Governance Services for the City. By Implementation of E-Governance Services citizens will be able to access the various Municipal Services such as issuing of birth and death certificates, payment of property taxes, electricity-water bill payment, approval of building plans etc. through a mobile application as well as online through web portal. In all 28 services including Online Building Plan Approval System will be implemented under this project. This work is expected to be completed in 12 Months time period at the total cost of Rs. 11.50 Crores by the lowest bidder M/s PricewaterHouse Cooper Private Limited.
The Board also cleared the award of project of Underground Utility Mapping in Chandigarh. The work will be carried out at an approx. amount of 6 Crores in a time limit of 6 Months. All the underground utilities viz water supply pipelines, sewage network, OFC network etc. will be mapped using latest GPR technologies which will be helpful in any future planning of the city as the exact location of the utility services will be known for preparing designing etc.
Apart from the above, the Board of Directors of CSCL have cleared the project of Implementation of SCADA System for Recycled Water Distribution Network, Implementation of Smart Class Rooms and improvement of Basic Infrastructure in 4 Schools of the Chandigarh City on pilot basis. The 90 class rooms of the Govt. Schools located in Sector-22, 35 & 43 will be provided with interactive boards, projectors, smart class room lighting, fire alarms etc. for giving the latest infrastructure and the updated study material to the students. The work of upgradation to smart class rooms will be completed in about 6 Months time period at the cost of Rs. 4.80 Crores and the related civil infrastructure of school building will be upgraded at the cost of Rs. 53 Lakhs.
The Board has also cleared the draft DPR of 24X7 Water Supply (PAN City) costing Rs. 440 Crores and the same has been submitted to Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) for financing of the project from the French development agency, AFD (Agence Francaise de Development). By implementing this project of 24X7 Water Supply, residents of the city will be able to get non contaminated continuous water supply without any drop in pressure.
The Chairman has also given directions to the officers present to complete the tendering process of the remaining projects under Smart City Mission, so that the projects be implemented and executed at the earliest. The meeting was attended by the other Board Members including Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary Home, Sh. A.K. Sinha, IAS, Secretary Finance, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner MCC-cum-Chief Executive Officer, CSCL, Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, IAS, DC, Chandigarh, Sh. Anil Kumar Garg, PCS, Additional CEO, CSCL, Sh. Mukesh Anand, Chief Engineer-cum-Special Secretary, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Manoj Bansal, Chief Engineer, MC, Chandigarh, Sh. Kapil Setia, Chief Architect, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. N.P. Sharma, GM (T.&E.), CSCL.
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British High Commission (BHC) alongwith Department for International Development (DFID) met Commissioner Cum C.E.O, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd., Kamal Kishore Yadav, IAS, with the Deloitte team members for discussing the way forward to identify another intervention under Smart Urban Development of Indian States (SmUDI).
The emphasis during discussion was on possibilities of improvement in traffic management and to review the existing scenario for the purpose of implementation of NMT and pedestrianisation in Chandigarh and identifying the potential interventions that may be taken up during next phase of this programme.
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Further discussions were held in detail on City Investment Promotion Cell and strategy for strengthening start-up eco-systems in the city. The meeting was attended by Alex Pykett, Acting Dy. High Commissioner, Charanjiv Bacchar, Dy. Head of Mission, Javaid Malla, Urban and Energy Adviser from British Deputy High Commission and Harpreet Singh Arora, Urban Adviser, DFID, Kapil Setia, Chief Architect- U.T, Shashank Ananad, Traffic SSP, Chandigarh alongwith Deloitte team members.
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