Construction of smart bins, installing panic buttons in all its schools, setting up charging stations for electric cars, installation of grid connected solar panel at various municipal buildings and with focus to deliver services by adopting smart IT-based initiatives; New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Chairman Dharmendra presented a surplus 2020-21 budget on Friday.
The Chairman presented the financial projection of the total receipts of the ‘Budget Estimates’ (BE) Rs 4,372.40 crore for the financial year 2020-21 and expenditure for the revenue receipts are projected Rs 3,719.65 crore for the same financial year.
It is proposed to make live ‘Integrated Command and Control System’ by March 2020 to integrate 30 services which will become nodal point of availability of all online data and information related to smart services which can be monitored on real-time basis and necessary action can be taken, he said.
Keeping in view the public appreciation and participation in ‘Public Bike Sharing System’ (PBS), the NDMC is going to introduce ‘Smart e-Scooter System’ in its area and the first phase will be completed by June 2020, he said.
“It also proposed to set-up of 100 more fast public e-charging stations in NDMC area with higher capacity (150KW) and can charge 3 vehicles at the same time at three times faster speed,” he said.
On the basis of the feedback received from parents, it is proposed to introduce smart classes in primary sections of NDMC and Navyug schools in the year 2019-20, he said, adding that the process in this regard has already been initiated and the primary sections will be equipped with the latest Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) based smart classes in the session 2020-21.
The Chairman further said that tablet based Wi-Fi enabled classrooms will be set up in each of secondary and senior secondary schools in the year 2020-21. It is proposed to provide a fiber based internet connectivity of appropriate band width in all NDMC & Navyug schools in the year 2020-21, he added.
“We also plan to introduce cycling clubs in its five schools in financial year 2020-21. Each of the schools will be provided 20 cycles for forming the club. The NDMC School cycling club will be used to spread messages about the fit India and other social messages in neighbourhood areas of the school,” he said.
In order to mitigate air and dust pollution, it is proposed to undertake intensive plantation of shrubs and grass to cover all left over open soil surface or barren portion in all avenues and lanes in the NDMC area and proposed plantation of 5,000 trees and five lakh shrubs,” he added.
“NDMC has planned to construct smart bins which will be smart enough to provide real time data of present level of filling of these bins to the command centre and to send alerts on the mobile phone of concerned person managing these bins. This would be completed in FY 2020-21,” he said.
It was also proposed to develop theme based gardens like herbal garden, Bamboo Park and medicinal park etc. in identified parks, he said, adding that many gardens such as Topiary, Cactus, Succulents, Fragrance and Brielle Garden etc are also proposed to be developed this year.