STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh on Saturday chaired a meeting to review the process of preparation of plan proposals for Jammu city under Smart City scheme. 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 shall submit the first draft by 15th November after thorough citizen consultations.
“The final draft shall be submitted by 30th November while as the 15th December has been fixed as the date for submission of final proposal”, the meeting was told.
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.
He stressed on launching a comprehensive sensitization programme through media so that people come up with their ideas.
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 shall give impetus to local economy through tourism sector.
Earlier, Commissioner Secretary HUDD Hridesh Kumar said that Jammu Municipal Corporation has been appointed as the nodal agency which shall work in synergy with other line departments for preparation of a city vide plan.
He said that the consulting firm will prepare a smart city proposal to participate ‘in challenge’ competition according to the Smart city Mission statement and guidelines after a detailed citizen consultation.
Hridesh also informed the house that possibilities are being explored to dovetail various other schemes such as AMRUT and SBM, HRIDAY etc with Smart City Mission in achieving urban transformation.
Regarding public relation activity, it was informed that the Informatics Wing of JMC assisted the Consultants has taken different initiatives like creation of My Gov page/Facebook page/Twitter Account/Whatsapp group/opinion poll.
