The Naya Raipur Development Plan-2013 has 194.13 hectares of land reserved for light and Service Industry which is 2.42 per cent of the total land use planned in the new capital region, officials informed.
Notably, the Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) will also develop an ‘Institutional and Research Area’ in a sprawling 264.95 hectares of land in the new capital.
The new capital region would also have a ‘University Area’ built in an area of 411.5 hectares.
Notably, Naya Raipur is among five other cities in the country chosen as ‘Demonstration Cities’ for the Centre’s ambitious Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP).
The final five cities participating as 'Demonstration Cities' under Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) are - Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Mysore (Karnataka), Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra).
Detailed project profiles were prepared by all cities with the assistance of the SUTP Consultants and then endorsed by the SUTP Steering Committee to be included to SUTP as ‘City Demonstration Projects’, officials stated.
NRDA to cite an example is going for an ‘Intelligent Rain Water Drainage System’ fixed with indicators to send alert before water logging or flood situation with option for automatic valve opening system, officials stated.
It plans of developing a project comprising IT-enabled systems to manage a host of utilities using state-of-art technology.
The design would comprise IT enabled land management system, city surveillance besides a host of other systems till now popular and being used only in the developed countries.
The other city management systems include intelligent lighting systems, pay and use parking systems, city guide map available through web browser, intelligent transport system, city level wi-fi touch screens across the city, display boards across the city for providing real time information, emergency alert and crisis response systems, traffic re-routing applications based on real time traffic data.
The city would also have an Central Control Center for monitoring all the services including central traffic control and management system.
The Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) is in the process of constructing a Multi-modal logistic Park in Chhattisgarh’s new capital.
Chhattisgarh’s new hi-tech capital would also have an ‘Integrated Freight Complex’ spread in an area of 130.67 hectares, officials stated.
Early this year, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had also put forward a proposal that a ‘Cargo Hub’ should be developed in Naya Raipur .
He had stated that his Ministry will bear the entire development cost if the Chhattisgarh Government agrees to provide land for the proposed hub.
To this, Chief Minister Raman Singh who had met the Union Railway Minister in New Delhi and had assured the latter that his government will provide land for the project.
Chief Minister Raman Singh In June last year had stated that the campaign for 'Make in Chhattisgarh' on the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make In India' is gaining momentum with many units relating to Information Technology and Solar panels to be established in the State.
Singh was addressing the 'Gen-Next Summit-2015' in Raipur.
The summit was organized by the Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) in association with a magazine related to Governance matters.
At the summit, there was a detailed discussion on the prospects of establishing Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) units in Naya Raipur.
Singh had said that there is an enthusiastic and positive environment for the establishment of Information Technology companies and industries related to Energy sector.
The manufacturing of mobile phone handsets, Tablets, electronic and solar power instruments will start on a large-scale soon, he had stated.