As part of the Bhubaneswar Smart City project, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a solar-powered Adaptive Traffic Signal Control system on Sachivalaya Marg and laid foundation stone for four other projects here on Thursday.
The proposed projects include the Smart Janpath scheme under which existing road from Vani Vihar Square to Sishu Bhavan Square would be redesigned, two Multi-level Car Parking (MlCP) projects at Saheed Nagar and Unit II and the Integrated Public Service Building at Saheed Nagar.
Total cost of all these projects are estimated at Rs 176 crore. Housing and Urban Development NiranjanPujari, MP Dr Prasanna Patasani, MlAs Bijaya Kumar Mohanty and Priyadarshi Mishra and Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena were present, among others.
Under the Smart Janpath project, the 5.5-km road would be redesigned at a cost of Rs 80.47 crore within 24 months.
Similarly under the MlCP project, a parking facility would be erected in Unit II area on an area of 0.972 acres of land at a cost of Rs 46.79 crore within 18 months’ time. It will have Minimum Equivalent Car Space (ECS) for 450 vehicles.
The MlCP at Saheed Nagar would be built on an area of 0.75 acres of land at an estimated cost of Rs 30.95 crore in 12 months’ time. It would have ECS for 250 cars.
The solar-based Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System would come up at a cost of Rs 14.69 crore in a period of nine months. The Integrated Public Service Centre (IPSC) building will come up on a 0.30 acres of land at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore in a period of 12 months.
The IPSC building is envisaged to have a bill payment centre, dispensary, crèche-cum-community group space, ward office, multipurpose hall, skilling centre, digital learning centre and a library-cum-reading room.