Taking cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'Smart City Project', the Chhattisgarh Government will be developing Bhilai as ‘Super Smart City’.
To figure out an elaborate working plan for developing Bhilai as 'Super Smart City', the Urban Administration and Development Minister Amar Agrawal on Wednesday held a meeting at the Mantralaya here.
Discussing the project with officials, Agrawal said “as per the vision of Chief Minister Raman Singh, Bhilai will be raised as ‘Super Smart City’ for which suggestions from residents will be sought and working plan in this regard will be chalked out accordingly.”
The Super Smart City Plan (SSCP) will be prepared by ensuring public participation and centralization of centrally funded schemes like Clean India Mission, AMRUT mission and Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana and State diverted schemes along with land and resources, said Agrawal.
Notably, the meeting chaired by Agrawal was attended by Principal Secretary (Urban Administration) R P Mandal, Director of Urban Administration Department Dr Rohit Yadav and senior officials of the department.
Meanwhile, Agrawal directed officials to invite financial proposal from advisors (organizations) listed by the Central Government for preparing the plan and asked them to issue a notification in this connection within three days.
After having agreement with selected advisory organization, suggestions will be sought from labourers, teachers, public representatives, youths, house wives, advocates, doctors, businessmen, industrialists, architects and other sections of the society for developing the super smart city, he said .
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Mission Smart City on June 25 this year for developing as many as 100 cities in India as smart cities. In first phase, two cities of Chhattisgarh, Raipur and Bilaspur, have been selected.
“Since, Bhilai is one of the prominent industrial and educational centres in the country, it is not less than ‘mini India’ and keeping this fact in mind, it will be developed as ‘Super Smart City’ as per the vision of Chhattisgarh Government,” said Agrawal.
In the meantime, officials apprised the Minister said that concerned authority is efficiently working for ensuring toilet and connect of water supply in each house of Bhilai.
As many as 31 public toilets are being constructed here in the region for households which lack sufficient land for construction of toilets.
Meanwhile, works for disposal of garbage with scientific process has also been completed here.
Under AMRUT mission, the Bhilai Municipal Corporation is going to provide water supply connection in each household, carry out septic management and develop big gardens and also take up massive plantation drive, informed officials, elaborating that in this regard, work plan to the tune of around Rs271 crore has been sent to the Central Government.
To promote transportation facility in Bhilai, as many as 40 city buses has been dedicated to the region whose operation has already started, added officials.
A bus facility (air conditioned) between Durg railway station and Raipur airport will soon be started to enhance public facility,said officials.