In a bid to incorporate suggestions from all the sections of the society regarding smart city, a meeting with senior Army officers was held by BMC Commissioner at army sub-area headquarters in 3-EME centre on Friday. Meeting was headed by BMC Commissioner Tejaswi S Naik who shared the presentation of the smart city and discussed suggestions from the senior army officials present at the meeting.
Army officials emphasised on the conservation and beautification of water bodies of the city, more emphasise should be made on e- governance, basic infrastructure should be strengthened, arrangement of advance lighting system, making better environment, advance parking facility and use of unused land were among the major suggestions by the senior army officials.
City mayor Alok Sharma had instructed incorporating of important and valuable suggestions by the citizens in the formation of smart city and with the aim to include suggestions of the citizens and following instructions BMC Commissioner Naik shared plan of smart city and provided valuable suggestions for the smart city.
Suggestions which were discussed in details were regarding the water bodies which are famous across the country should be conserved and special arrangements should be made for their beautification. Use of e-governance should be increased as it will make the systems more transparent and could be managed with ease.
Parking which is a major problem of the city should be incorporated with automated penalty system. Stray cattle also create traffic problems which should be dealt properly. The traffic arrangements should be made proper for smooth and proper traffic flow. Work should be done for increasing use of solar power system and energy conservation were also among the major raised issues.