A workshop on the role of communication in citizen engangement for Dehradun smarty city was organised joined by the Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) Uttarakhand chapter and the Geet Foundation, Dehradun here in the provisional state capital on Sunday.
Addressing the gathering at the workshop as the chief guest, the director general of the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), Rajendra Dobhal said that Dehradun city had been selected to be developed into a smart city but care should be taken to ensure that the original form of the town is also maintained. He said, “It is the need of the future to facilitate connection of every citizen with technology. Scientific techniques will have to be use as much as possible in the smart city, for which widespread public awareness will be a must. It will also be important to lay stress on citizen empowerment in order to develop the town into a smart city,” stressed the director general of UCOST.
Special guest at the workshop, the chief minister’s media advisor Ramesh Bhatt said that the purpose of a smart city is to provide bettern facilities to the public. Citizens have a vital role in the development of the state and nation, he added. Office bearers of PRSI Uttarakhand chapter and the Geet Foundation also expressed their views on the occasion.