In an attempt to develop few prominent projects for recreational sites and market places, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) conducted meeting with the stakeholders on Wednesday for approving the rectified agendas that has been discussed earlier with the board members.
Notably, after facing objection from few ward councilors, the administrative unit of Municipal Corporation had asked the consultancy firms to rectify the project work as per the suggestions received from the stakeholders. The first phase meeting was conducted in January 2017.
The stakeholders meeting prominently focused on developing Ranchi lake as entertainment hub on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode besides constructing the market complex cum office building at Nagababa Khatal. Also, rejuvenation and conservation of Subernrekha River in the urban stretch under the RMC was taken up during the Stakeholders meet.
HCP design, planning and management Pvt. ltd., the consultancy firm, managing the project of River Subernrekha suggested building nine check-dams covering a distance of 17 Km besides converting few areas into eco-sensitive zones. While for Nagababa Khatal, the consultancy firm has suggested to shift all the 180 shops from New Market area considering the flyover projects and Metro projects.
The consultancy firm, KPMG has also added few more components in the beautification project of ‘Bada Talab’, the work of which that has been undertaken recently. Presenting the layout plan, around 20 major proposals have been included in the beautification project. In an attempt to develop Ranchi lake into recreational sites, plans like waterfront plaza, floating restaurant, amphitheatre with air screen, kids entertainment zone, musical fountain etc have been added in the rectified presentation.
“This was the second phase meeting with the concerned consultancy agencies who have taken the charge of three major projects. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) can only prepared after getting the approval from the ward councilors and other stakeholders. So far, no objection regarding any project has come up yet after the second phase meeting. However, only after the third phase meeting final consent will be given to all the three major projects,” said, Mayor, Asha lakra.
The mega projects that are being covered under the supervision of Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Development Company limited (JUIDCO) had earlier faced objection of several ward councilors on different issues.