Chhattisgarh Urban Development Minister Rajesh Munat on Friday alongwith senior officials of Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) held extensive discussions on extension of low-cost citizen services with experts attending the ‘Smart City World Expo’ at Barcelona in Spain , officials informed.
On the occasion NRDA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rajat Kumar made a presentation on the development of Naya Raipur as a world-class Smart City in India.
He informed through the presentation that Naya Raipur’s development is based on international benchmarks in Smart City development.
It may be recalled that a ‘Master System Integrator’ will manage the extraordinarily high-technology oriented ‘Naya Raipur Smart City System’.
The Naya Raipur Smart City System will comprise Smart Governance, City Surveillance, Intelligent Transport management System, Electricity and Water supply and City Command and Control Centre among others, officials informed.
Notably, the Naya Raipur as a Smart City will leverage the collective intelligence created by connecting physical, institutional, social and economic infrastructure to deliver a quantum improvement in the quality of life of local population, they informed.
Notably, the new capital city of Chhattisgarh is a ‘green field’ city and is planned to develop its infrastructure gradually in order to provide world class amenities and facilities to its residents and visitors.
NRDA has taken the next step in “Smart City’ development with plans now for ‘Information &Communication Technology” (ICT) enablement of infrastructure and citizen services, officials informed
Notably, Naya Raipur is already among five other cities in the country chosen as ‘Demonstration Cities’ for the Centre’s ambitious Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP).
The final five cities participating as 'Demonstration Cities' under Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) are - Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Mysore (Karnataka), Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra).
Detailed project profiles were prepared by all cities with the assistance of the SUTP Consultants and then endorsed by the SUTP Steering Committee to be included to SUTP as ‘City Demonstration Projects’, officials stated.
It plans of developing a project comprising IT-enabled systems to manage a host of utilities using state-of-art technology.
The design would comprise IT enabled land management system, city surveillance besides a host of other systems till now popular and being used only in the developed countries.
The other city management systems include intelligent lighting systems, pay and use parking systems, city guide map available through web browser, intelligent transport system, city level wi-fi touch screens across the city, display boards across the city for providing real-time information, emergency alert and crisis response systems, traffic re-routing applications based on real time traffic data.
The city would also have an Central Control Center for monitoring all the services including central traffic control and management system.
It may be recalled that Naya Raipur has emerged in the country with the largest land bank of a mammoth 237 square kilometres ( 23,700 hectares).
The NRDA has plans of developing a ‘Transport Hub’ spread over an area of 161.9 hectares in the new capital city.
The hub would include setting up Light Rail Transport System (LRTS) stations. The area being earmarked for the 'Transport Hub' would be 12.55 per cent of the total area of the new capital city, officials stated.
Notably the Chhattisgarh government will be utilizing ‘Centralized Project Management Software System’ (CPMS) for automation of Project Monitoring, Controlling and Reporting task for key projects undertaken in the entire State.
The Government is investing significantly in the State to build physical Infrastructure -Highways, Bridges, Water & Electrical distribution system etc.
In order to closely monitor and control these major Infrastructure Projects from inception to closure, Government of Chhattisgarh wants to implement Centralized Project Management System.
Chhattisgarh Infotech and biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS), is the nodal agency of Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Government of Chhattisgarh in the state of Chhattisgarh to implement the software based monitoring project.
The Centralised project management software system would be used for monitoring work of major departments and agencies such as Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation (CGRDC), Chhattisgarh State Power Development Corporation Ltd (CSPDCL), Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA), Public Works Department (PWD) and Water Resources Department (WRD).
This apart, a Centralized Project Management Unit (CPMU) – Team of consultants would work as an interface between Secretariat and Government Implementing Departments and system integrators to ensure proper monitoring of the project works.
Five residential sectors having more than 8000 dwelling units have been completed in Chhattisgarh’s new high tech capital Naya Raipur, officials informed.
The habitation in the residential sectors has also commenced, they informed.
It may be recalled that the Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) will also develop a ‘Land Management System’ for managing disposal of land for infrastructure development, officials informed.
Naya Raipur as a Smart City will leverage the collective intelligence created by connecting physical, institutional, social and economic infrastructure to deliver a quantum improvement in the quality of life of local population, they informed.
Notably, the new capital city of Chhattisgarh is a ‘green field’ city and is planned to develop its infrastructure gradually in order to provide world class amenities and facilities to its residents and visitors.
NRDA has taken the next step in “Smart City’ development with plans now for ‘Information & Communication Technology” (ICT) enablement of infrastructure and citizen services, officials informed
Notably, Naya Raipur is already among five other cities in the country chosen as ‘Demonstration Cities’ for the Centre’s ambitious Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP).
The final five cities participating as 'Demonstration Cities' under Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) are - Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Mysore (Karnataka), Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra).
Detailed project profiles were prepared by all cities with the assistance of the SUTP Consultants and then endorsed by the SUTP Steering Committee to be included to SUTP as ‘City Demonstration Projects’, officials stated.
It plans of developing a project comprising IT-enabled systems to manage a host of utilities using state-of-art technology.
The design would comprise IT enabled land management system, city surveillance besides a host of other systems till now popular and being used only in the developed countries.
The other city management systems include intelligent lighting systems, pay and use parking systems, city guide map available through web browser, intelligent transport system, city level wi-fi touch screens across the city, display boards across the city for providing real-time information, emergency alert and crisis response systems, traffic re-routing applications based on real time traffic data.
The city would also have an Central Control Center for monitoring all the services including central traffic control and management system.
It may be recalled that Naya Raipur has emerged in the country with the largest land bank of a mammoth 237 square kilometres ( 23,700 hectares).
The NRDA has plans of developing a ‘Transport Hub’ spread over an area of 161.9 hectares in the new capital city.
The hub would include setting up Light Rail Transport System (LRTS) stations. The area being earmarked for the 'Transport Hub' would be 12.55 per cent of the total area of the new capital city, officials stated.