The State Urban Administration and Development Department will soon take up the integrated solid waste management project planned for the city.
The project would be taken up and operated under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model on Design, Build , Finance, Operate and Transfer basis, officials stated.
Notably, Raipur and Bilaspur cities in Chhattisgarh which have been included among 100 other cities in the country for ‘Smart Cities’ Mission would also be developed as ‘green cities’.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development will be utilising the services of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), a unit of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to develop energy efficient cities, officials stated.
The State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) in Chhattisgarh is taking up project development under Centre's 'Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation' (AMRUT) project.
A total of nine cities selected under AMRUT are set to receive a major infrastructural facelift in Chhattisgarh.
The cities chosen under the AMRUT Mission are—Raipur, Durg, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh, Ambikapur and Jagdalpur.
Notably, the first high-level meeting of the management committee formed under AMRUT Mission chaired by Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand was held in Naya Raipur earlier to discuss ways to develop infrastructure and bring about improvement in citizen services in various cities of Chhattisgarh.
AMRUT Mission Director Dr Rohit Yadav had informed in the meeting that elaborate action plan would also be prepared for improvement of drinking water supply, sewerage and drainage lines in the selected cities under the Mission.
He had informed that the cities would be provided better public transport, parking facilities and new centres would be established for recreation and development of new parks and green zones would be taken up.
Yadav had stated that the Chhattisgarh government would receive `290.25 crore for implementation of the AMRUT Mission.
He had stated that the State Government and civic bodies would also contribute necessary finances for the transformation of cities.
For development of Raipur city, one third funding for the implementation of AMRUT Mission would be received from the Centre while two thirds of the funding would be made by the State government and the civic bodies.
In rest of the eight cities, the Centre would provide 50 per cent funding while the rest of the funds would be made available together by the State Government and the civic bodies, he said. Notably , the Centre has also approved Raipur and Bilaspur to be developed as ‘Solar cities’ in Chhattisgarh.
So far, 55 existing cities in 27 States/UTs are being developed as solar cities in the country under ‘Development of Solar Cities Programme', senior Government officials stated.