Marking two years of office in Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC), Mayor Pramod Dubey on Monday talked about implementation of development works and several schemes besides selection of Raipur in ‘Smart Cities’ project as the biggest achievements of his tenure as Mayor.
With the motto to smoothen the traffic flow in Jai Stambh Chowk, multi-level parking venue worth Rs 11.57 crore wherein 120 two-wheelers and 150 four wheelers can be parked.
Similarly, Central library worth Rs 14.32 crore was designed for the youngsters to provide advanced library with e-library facility, Mayor informed.
He informed that 17 over head water tanks worth Rs 300 crore were constructed under Water Augmentation Project by Public Health Engineering Department.
The largest national flag on the tallest flag post at 82 metres was hoisted at Marine Drive near Telibandha in Raipur at the cost of Rs 1.10 crore and was accomplished in a month.
Also, the pipe line expansion works of Rs 28.50 crore in 137 kms area of the city for the masses was taken up and project was completed.
Besides this, beautification of Telibandha pond at the cost of Rs 5.50 crore, construction of 7500 BSUP houses for slum dweller families, reconstruction of Subhash Stadium worth Rs 14 crore, plying of hundreds of city buses, installation of 10 automatic traffic signals at several squares of city, beautification works of Katora Talab worth Rs 5 crore, establishing drinking water ATMs, constructing 300 houses near lal Ganga Shopping Mall under Rajiv Awas Yojna for slum dweller families, shifting of hundreds of whole sell traders at newly constructed Whole Sell Market near Dumartarai, construction of Haat Bazar worth Rs 2 crore at Mohba Bazar, establishing open-air gymnasium for the residents in 20 gardens and several other development works were completed during last two year.