Host of new projects being taken up under Smart City in Srinagar

Srinagar, Feb 14 : The Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) on Sunday convened a meeting of heads of concerned government departments to discuss the projects approved under the Smart City project in Srinagar and to discuss and deliberate over new project proposals submitted to it by different departments and agencies for approval, officials said.
The meeting was convened under the chairmanship of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) SSCL (District Development Commissioner Srinagar) Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.
Speaking on the occasion the CEO, who is also the chairman of a committee constituted to review the impact of approved projects and to assess whether there is a need for replacement of certain projects with new ones, said that it is crucial that projects and their impact are reviewed and if required revised in order to ensure achievement of results as envisaged under the mega project.
Before an extensive discussion on new project proposals was held, the meeting was informed about the completed and ongoing projects along with their details and deadlines. Giving details of the ongoing projects, it was said that these include installation of street furniture and road signages across the city, development of green corridors, establishment of hawker zones, development of parking spaces at Residency Road and underneath the JCRB Flyover, development of cycle tracks, smart street lighting across city, smart water metering, ICCC-Smart Data Center (for civic services, traffic management and disaster response integration).
It was also said that ongoing projects also include setting up of GIS (property development approval) system, grievance management emergency response system, Discover Srinagar One-Stop mobile application, development of bio-toilets at major nodes, upgrading of entire fire services apparatus of city, installation of 10 new Variable Message Display panels and beautification of spaces underneath the JCRB Flyover.
The ongoing projects are under execution at an estimated cost of Rs 140 crore.