Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday directed the officials to make necessary arrangements for construction of a ‘Musical park’ for holding laser shows in State’s administrative capital.
Singh said the ‘Musical Park’ would be first of its kind in the country. The laser show that will be held in Naya Raipur would showcase the art and culture of Chhattisgarh.
Addressing the officials at a meeting of Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) at the Mantralaya here to review the various construction works underway for development of Naya Raipur, the Chief Minister also directed the officials concerned to build a dormitory with accommodation capacity of minimum 125 persons for poor people coming to Naya Raipur from various parts of the State.
He said the land near village Naya Rakhi should be earmarked for the construction of the dormitory and other necessary arrangements in the context should be completed soon. Singh asked the officials to ensure settlement of maximum number of people in Naya Raipur in the near future. He also said that areas around Raipur city should be developed systematically and low Income Group (lIG) families should be provided with houses in these areas at low cost. The Chief Minister directed the officials to expedite the proceedings of proposed plan of Electronic Manufacturing Park construction.
He said that Central Government has approved Chhattisgarh Government’s proposal of developing an electronic manufacturing park that will comprise of manufacturing industries of televison, mobile phones and other electronic devices. Investors will invest nearly `500 crores for this environment-friendly industrial project of non-core sector.
The Central Government will contribute `50 crore for the project, while the State Government will spend `55 crore on the same, Singh said. The Chief Minister said that on the land allotted for various departments and public undertakings of the State Government and Central Government in Naya Raipur Project Area, construction of office buildings should be started soon and it should also be completed in the prescribed time limit.
Nearly, 1,137 hectares of land in Naya Raipur has been allotted to 108 such Government organisations. Singh told the officials that maximum number of public utility organisations like school, college, hospital etc should be attracted to Naya Raipur Project Area and land should be made available to them at subsidised rates as per the rules.
He issued directives to expedite the infrastructure construction works and complete them as soon as possible. In the meeting, it was informed that under lED street light project of Naya Raipur, work has been completed at a stretch of 35 km and the work related to network control is in progress. For telecommunication facility, the NRDA has signed MoU with Bharat Sanchar Nigam limited (BSNl).
As per the MoU, BSNl has laid OFC duct of 40 kms and a mobile tower has also been installed in sector-27. Construction of BRTS is underway in Naya Raipur, with the support of World Bank. In the same sequence, construction of Control Room, bus depot and eight bus shelters is also in progress. Construction of pick-up point near railway station and old Mantralaya building of capital city Raipur, is also underway. Purchase order of 40 AC buses for public transport under BRTS has also been issued.
Singh said that residential sectors of Naya Raipur will be named after those villages, wherein residents have given away their lands for the new township project. He directed the Culture Department to commence necessary preparations in the direction at the earliest.
Singh said in the meeting that State Government is interested in providing lands at subsidised rates to Grade III & IV Government employees. He directed NRDA officials to chalk out action plan for this purpose as soon as possible.
In the meeting, Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department DS Mishra, Principal Secretary to Energy Department and Chief Minister, Aman Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary, PWD Amitabh Jain, Housing and Environment Secretary Sanjay Shukla, Managing Director, CSPDCl Subodh Kumar Singh, NRDA Deputy Chairman SS Bajaj,CEO Amit Kataria and other senior officials concerned were also present in the meeting.