Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 22: Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh today chaired a meeting to review the process of preparation of plan proposals for Jammu city under Smart City scheme.
Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta, Minister of State for Tourism, Culture and Education, Priya Sethi, Members of Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Shamsher Singh Manhas, Legislators Rajesh Gupta, Devender Singh Rana, Ashok Khajuria, Ajat Shatru Singh and Charanjeet Singh Khalsa were also present in the meeting.
A detailed presentation on the preparations on Smart City Proposal Challenge-2 was made by the representatives of M/s. Voyants Solutions Consultants engaged for the purpose explicitly highlighting the main contours of the plan.
It was given out in the meeting that the consultants will submit the first draft by November 15 after thorough citizen consultations.
“The final draft will be submitted by November 30 while as the December 15 has been fixed as the date for submission of final proposal”, the meeting was told.
The Deputy Chief Minister said the Smart Cities Mission is an ambitious project to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of the people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology, especially which leads to smart outcomes.
He said that comprehensive and sustainable development in this way will improve quality of life, evolving inclusive cities. He said that the entire process is citizen driven and optimal results can be achieved by active participation of all stakeholders in plan conceptualization.
Stressing on better synergy among the concerned line departments for the compilation of data for preparation of wide-ranging proposal for the Smart city challenge, Deputy Chief Minister directed the concerned heads to designate a nodal officer from their departments who shall report to Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation on daily basis with the requisite information so that information compilation for proposal is expedited.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of state for Tourism, Culture and Education, Priya Sethi stressed on identifying the assets of Jammu city in line to their historic and heritage importance to make these the focal points of the developmental plan, which will give impetus to local economy through tourism sector.
Among others the meeting was attended by Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Commissioner Secretary HUDD Hridesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Simrandeep singh and HODs of various line departments.
Earlier, Commissioner Secretary HUDD Hridesh Kumar gave a brief overview of the steps underway towards Smart City Proposal preparation. He said that Jammu Municipal Corporation has been appointed as the nodal agency which will work in synergy with other line departments for preparation of a city vide plan.
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