Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said that under the Smart City project, an amount of Rs 2119 crore had been set apart for implementation.
The target is to achieve the project goals by 2020. About Rs 882 crore is meant for developing better sewerage facility and Rs 50 crore for developing gardens, the Chief Minister stated.
An amount of Rs 450 crore had been allocated for water facility at Bhilai and Korba under the Amrut Mission.
The Chief Minister instructed the officials to provide lED 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 Urban Administration and Development Department officials revealed at the meeting that Chhattisgarh State is leading in the entire nation in ‘Swachch Bharat’ Mission in constructing toilets, he said.
Chhattisgarh is ranked first in implementing the prestigious project of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre. About 1.65 lakh private toilets had been built in the town limits of 168 urban bodies and the targets had been met, the Chief Minister stated.
Similarly regarding Prime Minister Housing Project Chhattisgarh is second to Gujarat in allocating low-cost housing at Rs Four lakh a piece to the lower middle-class, he said.
Tenders have been called to construct 7357 houses under the 15 different schemes at a cost of Rs 369 crore. The houses are meant for poor citizens living in the slum regions, he said.
Under the Smart City Project for Raipur a proposal of Rs 3940 crore is under consideration. Advisers are being selected for the Smart City scheme, Singh said.
Bilaspur has been selected in the second round. Naya Raipur will be included in the second round of the Smart City Fast Track competition, he said.
A total of 5143 Rain Harvesting Projects out of 9143 projects had been completed in the entire State. Thirteen Municipal Corporations and two Nagar Palikas are included in the scheme, he said.
Singh who presided over the meeting also reviewed Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana's National Urban livelihood Mission.
The department officials said that 11,000 Women’s Self-Help Groups have been constituted under the scheme. About 1.24 lakh women are members of the self-help groups, he said.
Provision had been made to upgrade Skill development of women. About 60,000 youth will be trained under the Skills' Development Project in the next three years in the urban regions. Under the BSUP scheme 9240 houses had been constructed out of twelve thousand 860 dwellings sanctioned. The project will be completed by March 2017, Singh said.
Nine urban bodies-Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon, Ambikapur, Jagdalpur, Raigarh and Korba have been selected in ‘Mission City’ under the Amrut Mission. The top priority is to provide water supply facility, underground sewerage system, mobile charging point, comfortable seating arrangements for general public and greenery in the regions, he said.
The Mana Airport Highway road project to be built at a cost of Rs 76 crore should be ready by December 2017. He ordered the officials to complete the Inter-State Raipur bus stand to be built at a cost of Rs 49 crore by August 2018, Singh said.
The Chief Minister also reviewed the drinking water schemes and sanitation situation in the urban areas.
Meanwhile, the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) has sanctioned Rs 4.85 crores to 13 urban bodies in Chhattisgarh under ‘Clean India Mission’, officials informed.
This includes sanction of Rs 1 crore to Bilaspur Municipal Corporation, Rs 97.35 lakh to Kharsiya Municipal Council, Rs 53.10 lakh to Jashpur Municipal Council, Rs 17.70 lakh to Katghora Municipal Council, Rs 45.50 lakh to Nagar Panchayat Sariya of Raigarh district, Rs 36.40 lakh to Nagar Panchayat Rajim, Rs 18.20 lakh each to Nagar Panchayat Daundi, Nagar Panchayat Maro, Nagar Panchayat Kharaud and Nagar Panchayat Bhanupratappur.
It is noteworthy that this amount has been sanctioned with recommendation of nodal officers (Clean India Mission Urban) of respective districts, officials informed.
Notably, SUDA in Chhattisgarh is also in the process of preparing a Master Plan for implementation of Solid Waste Management Project in all the 168 Urban local Bodies (UlBs) of Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
Meanwhile , it may be recalled that top brains currently being nurtured in the country’s premier business and technology schools will soon get assignments to prepare urban development plans for civic bodies in Chhattisgarh.
The Chhattisgarh Urban Administration and Development Department has decided to invite interns comprising mainly students and researchers from renowned institutions like IITs and IIMs who would help in preparing better plans for management of water supply, low cost housing, sewerage management, solid waste management, poverty eradication, study of various State and Central schemes related to vehicular traffic management in urban areas.
Moreover, as per official information released during May this year, under the AMRUT Mission the nine municipal corporations- Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai, Korba, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh, Jagdalpur and Ambikapur- have been selected wherein ‘Shahar Sandhan Yojna’ (City Research Scheme) will be launched.
The scheme is aimed at utilizing the educational knowledge of students and researchers in better development of cities, officials said.
The well-developed ‘Greater Raipur’ region has started fast taking shape near Raipur city.
A total of 19 urban centers are being planned in Greater Raipur region which would touch boundary of five municipal corporations, officials informed.
The regions such as Raipur, Naya Raipur, Charoda, Jamul, Kumhari Bhilai-III and Durg will come under ‘Greater Raipur’ region.
Meanwhile, the ‘Raipur Smart City Plan’ has the component of visual mapping of the city for ease of travel across the city, officials informed.
The other key features of the plans would be — CCTV surveillance, Pedestrian only streets, 100 per cent door to door collection, removing street parking among others.
There are also plans to make Raipur a ‘Visually Aesthetic City’ which would comprise street art, neighbourhood art and rejuvenating dead walls.
The plan also has the component of e-Rickshaw zones.