Shortcomings noted in the Dehradun smart city proposal, which was rejected in the first round of the competition, will be acted upon to bring about the required improvements.
Dehradun smart city nodal officer R Meenakshi Sundaram said that smart city development plans should address top-priority citizen challenges by leveraging suitable technology solutions with citizen centricity at the core of smart city.
Dehradun smart city proposal needs to have a citizen engagement strategy to ensure acceptance and participation of the public. Citizen consultation including quantitative and qualitative aspects is also slated to be held. He informed that the smart city proposal which was earlier based mainly on green field approach will now also have more of retrofitting aspect.
In order to ensure that the public is able to make their suggestions on the issue, the citizens will now be enabled to submit their recommendations and feedback on the website mygov.in from February 28 to March 15.