The Bhilai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be setting up a public e-library at Nehru Bhavan in Supela locality of the steel city, officials informed.
Chief Minister Raman Singh in September this year had stated that under the Smart City project, an amount of ` 2119 crore had been set apart for implementation.
The target is to achieve the project goals by 2020. About ` 882 crore is meant for developing better sewerage facility and ` 50 crore for developing gardens, the Chief Minister stated.
An amount of ` 450 crore had been allocated for water facility at Bhilai and Korba under the Amrut Mission.
The Chief Minister instructed the officials to provide l.E.D. lighting arrangements on roads at Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Bilaspur , Bhilai, Korba and Dhamtari within the next six months, he said.
Singh said that the top priority is to provide electricity, drinking water and road connectivity in the urban regions. The State Government is assisting the local bodies in this regard .
The Central government also recently released the first installment of ` 55.29 crore out of the approved Rs 573.40 crore for State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) under AMRUT project for the current financial year in Chhattisgarh.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development has already released Central Assistance of ` 1,062.27 crore to 13 States as first installment under AMRUT project for the current financial year, officials stated.
This is a part of total Central Assistance of ` 5,311.38 crore committed to 13 States for which the Ministry has approved Atal Mission Action Plans for 2015-16 entailing total investment of ` .11,671.76 crores in 286 cities in these states.
The Ministry has so far cleared a total of 939 projects for 286 cities with most of them related to water supply and sewerage network services.
AMRUT project launched in June last year aims at ensuring water supply connections and sewer connections to all urban households in 500 mission cities besides supplying water at the norm of 135 litres per capita per day, on priority. Under this mission, construction of storm water drains, promotion of non-motorised urban transport, provision of parks and green spaces also will be supported.
The purpose of AMRUT is to ensure that every household has access to a tap with assured supply of water and a sewerage connection, increase in amenity value of cities by developing greenery and well maintained open spaces (parks) and reduce pollution by switching to public transport or constructing facilities for non-motorized transport (like walking and cycling).