The public amenities and recreation facilities at Swami Vivekananda Sarovar in Raipur will soon be developed as well as maintained through private sector participation, officials stated.
Swami Vivekananda Sarovar is a popular tourist spot in Raipur.
It may be recalled that the Raipur Municipal Corporation will also soon commence work on developing a wide set of world-class recreational facilities at the popular Telibandha lake Front in the city.
The project would be established on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, officials stated.
The RMC is now seeking consultations for Conceptualisation, Development, Operation, Maintenance and Management of water-based and other recreation activities at Telibandha lake front, officials stated.
As part of lake area development, RMC is keen to develop, operate and maintain Public Experience Zone and Entertainment Center at Telibandha lake and its surroundings complementing pre-existing facilities, so as to provide people of Raipur with facilities such as: lake Front Meditation Centre and Event Area, Jogging and Cycling Track, lake Front Kids Play facilities and Adventure Sports, Public utilities & Washrooms, lake Front Entertainment facility, lake front Food Court facility, Water sports facility and even a Floating Restaurant.
Significant to mention here is that a total of nine cities selected under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Mission are also set to receive a major infrastructural facelift. The cities chosen under AMRUT Mission are—Raipur, Durg, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh, Ambikapur and Jagdalpur.
Notably, Chhattisgarh will now also witness total convergence of three major and highly ambitious Centrally-sponsored urban development schemes in the days ahead.
As per a detailed note issued by the Union Urban Development Ministry, out of the 9 States under consideration, there is total convergence of housing, AMRUT and Smart City Missions in respect of Chhattisgarh (2 smart and 9 Amrut cities), Jammu & Kashmir (1 and 3), Kerala (1 and 7), MP (7 and 32), Odisha (2 and 9), Rajasthan (4 and 28), Telangana (2 and 11).
This in effect means, 25 of the 26 smart cities in these 9 States are also covered under AMRUT and Housing missions as well and 123 AMRUT cities under housing mission, it stated.
Significantly, Raipur and Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh which have been included among 100 other cities in the country for ‘Smart Cities’ Mission would also be developed as ‘green cities’.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development will be utilising the services of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), a unit of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to develop energy efficient cities, officials stated.
Notably , the the Centre has also approved Raipur and Bilaspur to be developed as ‘Solar cities’ in Chhattisgarh.
So far, 55 existing cities in 27 States/UTs are being developed as solar cities in the country under ‘Development of Solar Cities Programme', senior government officials stated.
In fact, Raipur city was the only city among nine other cities in the country which was chosen by the Centre among the ‘Pilot Solar Cities’ for implementation of its ambitious ‘Development of Solar Cities Programme’ in 2013-14,as per the 2013-14 annual report of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for 2013-14.