After facing a setback in the race of smart city project in the first attempt, Ranchi has got another opportunity to draft the proposal to gain the status of smart city and submit smart city proposal to the concerned authorities by April 21. With much in-dept analysis, the project report has been designed and was discussed on Monday with all the 55 ward councillors. If all goes well, within the stimulated timeframe of five years, the proposed plan of smart city has to be completed.
“Studying every minute detail, the project has been considered this time; the proposal has been drafted out accordingly after receiving the reviews from various sections. The World Bank funding has strengthened the project,” said, Town Commissioner, Prashant Kumar.
Through area based development and implementing the much appreciated concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD), few essential changes have been made in the new proposal. “Development of green field areas comprising medical college and technical institute has been added in the proposal for which land has already been demarcated for the purpose.
Similarly, Urban Tower will be developed, which will encompass SPV office, command and control rooms of several government offices, JUPMI, Convention Centre, Five star hotel and residential areas decided into various segments like HIG, MIF, lIG and EWS,” pointed out Kumar, while giving the presentation.
The open space will be developed for eco parks, lake harvest and river front whereas smart step too has been considered to enhance the urban transportation system. “Multi nodal transportation hub along with the classification of roads in three different categories including primary (30 metre), secondary (24 metre) and tertiary (18 metre) has been proposed. Non motorized transport (NMT) and green ways too have been included to increase the prospect of the state capital in the race of smart city,” added Kumar.
Under the PAN city solution, intelligent traffic management system have been intended giving importance to intelligent public transport system, corridor management system, parking management system, IPT integration, fare management system. Soon, mobile application ‘Aapki Ranchi’ will be developed giving denizen details about the traffic plan, available parking space etc.
The total estimated cost of this ambitious project is Rs. 1490 crore. “The fund for smart city has been garnered from various schemes which include AMRUT, PMAY, SBM, MNRE and PPP mode. It has also been proposed to utilize the Jharkhand State Urban Development Project (JSUDP) fund too for the proposal,” added Kumar.