Excelsior Correspondent
KARGIL, Oct 22: A team of Smart City Project comprising of technical experts from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Rahul Singh and Arun Sharma besides Tahir Ahmad Nodal Officer Smart City Mission ULB Ladakh called on the Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan here today.
The team apprised the CEC about the ongoing stakeholders meetings wherein they are conducting consultative meets to sensitize all the concerned stakeholders regarding the Smart City Mission.
The team further informed CEC Khan that a consultative meeting with the departmental heads was held on 19th and 20th of October, 2020 while another meeting was held with public representatives on 21st of October, 2020.
The CEC was informed these meetings are the first in line of a multistage process of smart city principles so that citizens’ aspirations and participation could be ensured in the development of the smart city.
CEC Khan stated that the team should focus on augmenting and improving all public utilities with innovation and application of technology keeping in due consideration of local terrain and climatic conditions. He further stated that development along vertical alignments could be explored to accommodate public utilities like parking spaces.
Various other important issues like green spaces, public utilities, etc. were also discussed in the meeting.
CEC stressed that public representatives must be taken into confidence right from the planning phase so that active participation and timely cooperation is ensured.
Pertinently, the Government of India has included Kargil among the list of cities to be developed as a smart city under the Smart City Mission which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015.
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