A joint team of members of the National Institute of Urban Affairs, French Development Agency (AFD) and Espelia (Paris) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, has reached Ranchi on a two-day tour. On Monday, the team members inspected the Sewerage Treatment Plant located in the Ranchi Smart City Complex and praised this plant based on state-of-the-art technology.
The joint team visited to inspect the work going on under the ambitious scheme CITIIS 2.0, approved by the Central Cabinet of the Government of India in May 2023, preparations have begun to determine the operational guidelines regarding the selection of cities and the implementation of the plan, for this, efforts are being made in the field of waste management in important cities across the Country. On this occasion, in the presence of State Urban Development Agency Director Amit Kumar and Ranchi Municipal Corporation Administrator, Shashiranjan, information about waste management in Ranchi city was given through power point presentation.
The y informed about door to door waste management information in Ranchi, various treatment plants built in Ranchi city, mini transfer station, existing and under construction sewerage treatment plants, future plans for disposal of solid and liquid waste, the plant being set up by GAIL for waste to gas. The team was also apprised of the land filling and beautification plan and the latest tender information and others at Jhiri dumping yard.
The command control and communication center of Smart City was also inspected by the team, before this a power point presentation based on the command center was also kept before the team. The members were made familiar with the functions of the Command Center by conducting demos.
The team members were also informed about the integrated infrastructure construction being built under Ranchi Smart City, the special technology used in it and the benefits derived from it. After giving information through power point, a field visit was also done for them. In this sequence, the members also visited the STP of Smart City.
The members inspected the dumping yard at Jhiri and also inquired about the plan prepared by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation to make the place beautiful and clean. In this sequence, the plant under construction by GAIL at Jhiri was also inspected.
In fact, this team is taking information about the good efforts being made in the field of waste management in important cities across the Country and the challenges being faced during this period, in order to prepare operational guidelines for the selection of cities and implementation of plans under CITIIS 2.0. Operational guidelines will be prepared on the basis of this information and challenges. Under this scheme, 15 cities have been selected in the first phase and 18 cities are to be selected in the second phase. The cities which will be selected under this scheme will be given grants for development by the Government of India in collaboration with the French agency.