39 projects worth Rs. 671 Cr completed, 45 under-way
Jammu Tawi, Nov 11 (UNI) As many as 39 projects costing Rs 671.33 crores have been completed and 45 are under execution for the Jammu Smart City Mission, said the Chief Executive Officer, Jammu Smart City Project, Avny Lavasa on Thursday while giving presentation here at a meeting.
The meeting was chaired by the Jammu Municipal Corporation, Mayor, Chander Mohan Gupta at a City Level Advisory Forum meet under Jammu Smart City Mission wherein he reviewed the status of projects being executed to transform Jammu into a sustainable and economically vibrant city.
Briefing the meeting, the CEO said that the focus of Jammu Smart City Limited is to improve the quality of life of people by enabling local development and harnessing technology to create smart outcomes for citizens.
It was informed in the meeting that the main components of the Jammu Smart City Project are, city beautification, solid waste management, IT enabled infrastructure, road and parking improvement, disaster and emergency management and civic infrastructure development.
It was also informed in the meeting that the 39 projects worth Rs 671.63 crore have been completed so far and 45 more projects costing Rs 1294.64 crore are at different stages of execution.
The projects including Vertical Garden, Façade Lighting Illumination of Bahu Fort, Fountains at Rotaries, Multilevel Parking at Bus Stand and Phase-1 of Way finding Signage have been completed in a stipulated time frame and work on other important projects is on in full swing.
“The work on Jammu Smart City’s flagship project – the Development of Tawi River Front on the lines of Sabarmati River development front is going on war footing. The DPR of the project is under vetting with IIT-Jammu and the tender shall be floated next week only,” the CEO informed.
The other crucial projects, which are under execution are Jammu Smart Parking (IT based Smart Parking), Public Bicycle Sharing – PBS, Cycle Tracks at several locations, Modernization of Narwal Fruit / Vegetable Mandi, Modernization of Old Sabzi Mandi at Parade, Upgradation of Schools into Smart Schools, Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) and Smart Poles at Junctions.
The Advisory Forum members also gave their valuable suggestions for the overall development of Jammu city.
Lauding the officials for timely completion of several projects, JMC, Mayor, Chander Mohan Gupta said these projects will add charm to the beauty of the city of temples.
“These projects will increase the tourist footfall in Jammu as well as improve the overall look of the city,” he added.
He added that the completion of projects will also boost tourism as well as the economy of Jammu.
Speaking on the occasion, MP Jugal Kishore said that the Smart Cities Mission is an innovative initiative by the union government and the timely execution of projects will bring Jammu at par with other metro cities.
Directing officials to expedite the pace of ongoing projects, MP Jugal Kishore assured all possible assistance to Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL).
He also asked the concerned officers to set a timeline for each under execution work and put in extra efforts to complete these in a time-bound manner.
Deputy Mayor, JMC, Purnima Sharma; Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Anshul Garg; Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jammu, Chandan Kohli; Additional CEO, JSCL, Hitesh Gupta; Director Projects, Sunil Thusu and others attended the meet.
