The draft Smart City plan for Rourkela would be kept in full public domain by October 15, informed Rourkela ADM K Sudarshan Chakravarty at a public consultation programme, organised by the Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) here on Tuesday.
“Involvement of public in the preparation of the plan is an essential component of the country’s Smart City project,” he added.
Notably, the RMC is the nodal agency to prepare the draft plan in consultation with Gurgaon-based Infra Tech Pvt ltd.
RMC Commissioner DP Mohapatra said Rourkela is already in smart city race and now vying for a place among the first 20 smart cities of the country. He also exhorted media personnel present there to play an important role in this regard by critically analyzing the problems and arrive at solutions.
Satyajit Raigupta from the Infra Tech Pvt ltd made an audio-visual presentation on prioritizing city-level issues and the smart solutions for incorporating them in the draft plan.
He also presented important issues for inclusion in a time-bound programme of 100 days.