The Gurugram Metropolitan Authority (GMDA) has approved Budget proposals of Rs 1,443 crore for the financial year 2019-20.
During its third meeting held under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal, GMDA also approved revised proposals of the current financial year. The works carried out by GMDA in the last one and half year, were also reviewed.
Chief Executive Officer, GMDA, V Umashankar informed the Chief Minister that Rs 508 crores would be spent on ongoing projects from the total Budget proposal of Rs 1,443 crore. These works included improvement works of Lt. Atul Kataria chowk, six lanning of road from Umang Bharadwaj chowk to NPR, Mahavir chowk and improvements around Huda City Center Metro Station. Deliberations were held to provide connectivity from old Gurugram to new Gurugram through metro services. Similarly, detailed discussions were also held on city bus project.
Later, while speaking to mediapersons, the Chief Minister informed that a provision of Rs 90 crore has been made for the smart city initiatives in Gurugram, which included establishment of Integrated Command and Control Centre, the launch of the City Wide Public Safety CCTV system with the traffic management system and Centralized Integrated Water Management System.
He said that under smart city projects, free Wi-Fi facility for 1 hour would be provided for public at bus queue shelters and Government offices, which will be connected through optical fibre cable.
Chief Executive Officer, GMDA, V Umashankar said that under smart city initiatives, optical fiber of about 600 kms would be laid in Gurugram, out of which optical fiber of 105 kms and more than 250 kms long ducts have been laid. This work is being done by three agencies and it is estimated to be completed by June 2019.
He said that the tenders have been invited for the first phase of City Wide Public Safety CCTV system and adoptive traffic management system. About 16 services including traffic lights, garbage management, police stations, water supply, sewerage etc will be included in this project.
Besides, more than 60,000 cameras installed in malls and other private places would also be attached to this system.
A sum of about Rs 535 crore has been fixed for development of roads, drinking water supply, sewerage system, storm water drainage, environmental protection and water recycling work, he added.
In the year 2019-20, the provision of Rs 44.77 crores will be spent on salaries, wages, man power, IT and communication and GIS Infrastructure. Out of receipt of approximately Rs 534.90 crores, Rs 120 crores will be received from water and sewerage charges.
