Last Updated on November 11, 2021 at 8:06 pm
The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), Mayor, Chander Mohan Gupta on Thursday chaired a City Level Advisory Forum meet under Jammu Smart City Mission and reviewed the status of projects being executed by the Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) to transform Jammu into a sustainable and economically vibrant city.
The meeting was attended by Member of Parliament, Jugal Kishore; Deputy Mayor, JMC, Purnima Sharma; Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Anshul Garg; CEO, JSCL, Avny Lavasa; Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jammu, Chandan Kohli; Additional CEO, JSCL, Hitesh Gupta; Director Projects, Sunil Thusu; Team Leader, PMC Pushpendra Srivastava and President Chamber of Commerce, Jammu, Arun Gupta and officials of several government departments.
Giving a detailed presentation on the works taken up and completed so far, Chief Executive Officer, JSCL, Avny Lavasa said that the focus of Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) 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 & Parking Improvement, Disaster & 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 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 Wayfinding Signage have been completed in a stipulated time frame and work on other important projects is 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 in next week only,” the meeting was informed by the CEO JSCL.
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.
