Announcing that Gurugram will be developed as the ‘smartest city’ in the country, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday proposed to set up a new Municipal Corporation in Manesar and also develop a new Gurugram city in this area.
Khattar said this after inaugurating Project Air Care and two projects for the beautification of Gateway of Gurugram on Gurugram-Mehrauli (Delhi) road through video conferencing in Chandigarh.
The Chief Minister said that Gurugram and Faridabad being the metropolitan cities of the National Capital Region, separate Metropolitan Development Authorities have already been constituted for both the cities here. Air pollution is a matter of concern for all of us in these cities and in view of this, two projects ‘Air Care' have been started today to clean the air.
Khattar said that along with Gurugram and Faridabad, Karnal has also been included in the Smart City Project. In these cities, there is a need to develop facilities like water management, security system, public transport, buildings, good governance, e-education, telemedicine in accordance with smart norms and infrastructure is also being developed accordingly. He said that these two important projects which have been inaugurated today are a part of this plan.
Congratulating the people of Gurugram for these two projects, the Chief Minister said that these projects have been inaugurated as Deepawali gift. He said that with a view to provide prompt administrative services to the people of Gurugram, Tower of Justice is also being constructed at Gurugram at an estimated cost of Rs 180 crore. He said that the Public Works Department’s Rest House is known as the State of Art which is also the pride of this city.