Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator UT Chandigarh, taking a review meeting on Smart City Projects
Chandigarh, 6th August 2019: A meeting to review
the status of projects under Smart City Mission Chandigarh was held under the
Chairmanship of Sh. Manoj Kumar Parida, Advisor to the Administrator, U.T.,
Chandigarh in the presence of senior officers of Chandigarh Administration.
Sh. K.K. Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal
Corporation, Chandigarh who is also CEO, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. briefed the
Chairman that tenders for projects work Rs. 111.00 Crore has been received by
Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. which includes major projects like Public Bike
Sharing, Legacy Waste Bio Mining at Daddumajra and E-governance services among
other projects in the city.
The Advisor directed that the tenders for these 9
projects must be finalized by the end of August, 2019. CEO, CSCL further
apprised that DPR’s / RFP’s of projects of worth more than Rs. 900.00 Crore has
been approved or are under review by the Technical Committee. The tenders
for these works will be floated maximum by 31.08.2019. The Advisor
directed that the pilot project for 24x7 water supply in Manimajra should be
re-worked at the earliest and tenders for the same must be finalized by
15.09.2019. The major project which is coming up includes Up-gradation of
5 nos. Sewerage Treatment Plants and Construction of one new Sewerage Treatment
Plant at Kishangarh with total cost of Rs. 550.00 Crore.
It was also apprised that the technical proposal
for development of integrated Command and Control Centre in Sector-17,
Chandigarh has been received from Bharat Electronics Ltd. with whom the
Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. has signed the MOU which is under evaluation and
soon will be brought to Board of Directors for its approval.
The Advisor directed that the Police houses in
Sector-17, Chandigarh which is designated site for ICCC Building should be
vacated not later than 20th August, 2019 and Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. should
immediately float the tenders for construction of building for housing the
ICCC. He also stressed that a single mobile application should be
developed for all the services in the city and existing applications should be
integrated with this app for the ease of citizens. He directed that the
work of Legacy Waste Bio Mining at Daddumajra should be started at the
earliest, so as to give relief to the residents of Daddumajra from the foul
smell and lechatte, oozing out from the garbage dump. The Commissioner
apprised that under the waste segregation scheme 3 nos. material recovery
facilities and garbage transfer stations are being setup at Industrial Area,
Phase-I, 3-BRD and Daddumajra, Chandigarh, so that the transport costs are
reduced and the city is made bin free.
The other major projects coming up in the city are
Smart Classrooms, Underground Utility Mapping, SCADA for recycled water and
Monitoring of Individual Street Lights in Sector-17, 22, 35 and 43,
Chandigarh. The Advisor directed that Pet Bottle Crushing Machine should
be setup at various locations including Bus Stands and Lake area where the foot
fall is very high. The CEO, CSCL apprised that the 20 Nos. Water ATM’s
stations will be setup to provide clean, hygienic and cheap water to the
residents and tourists and the project will setup on PPP Mode.
The meeting ended with directions from the
Advisor that all the departments should expedite the support required from them
by Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. and further directed that Smart City works should
not be delayed at any cost.
The meeting was attended by Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta,
Principal Secretary Home, Sh. A.K. Sinha, Secretary Finance, Sh. Om Bir Singh,
IGP, U.T., Chandigarh, Sh. Sashank Anand, SSP Traffic, U.T., Chandigarh, Sh.
Mukesh Anand, Chief Engineer-cum- Special Secretary, U.T., Chandigarh, Sh.
Kapil Setia, Chief Architect, U.T, Chandigarh and other officials of Chandigarh
Smart City Ltd.
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