Credited to be one of the most effective officers of his cadre, Kamal Kishor Yadav, has been entrusted with the task of making City Beautiful ‘smart’. Known for his pro-people approach, the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is driving the Chandigarh Smart City projects with a vision to make the experience of living in the city a pleasure. In conversation with Priya Yadav of Elets News Network (ENN), the 2003 batch IAS officer shares how flexibility in project selection and a competent management are playing a crucial role in delivering people-centric projects.
What all has been done in the past one year under the Smart City Mission in Chandigarh?
There are more than 70 projects under the Chandigarh Smart City project. Out of these, 40 projects are basically conversion projects under the banner of Smart City but being financed and executed by the UT Administration. So, there are 30 projects which are purely Smart City components. Out of 30 projects, there are eight projects which are in the RFP (Request for Proposal) Stage and we have recently floated 2 RFPs. Chandigarh Smart City Limited has a new team in place. Recently, a new general manager, NP Sharma, has been appointed, who was earlier Superintending Engineer with Municipal Corporation Chandigarh. Work is picking up pace and in the next Board of Directors meeting we are certain to take up more projects for approval.
Which projects are being focused upon that are now at the execution stage?
Presently we have a 24x7 water supply project in Manimajra area. The Public Bike Sharing project is also ready to take off and we are aggressively working on smart metering and upgradation of sewerage treatment plants. A total of eight projects are ready and coming up with RFPs in November itself.
What are the challenges that Smart City Limited is facing in completion of projects?
This story is from the November 2018 Chandigarh Issue edition of eGov.
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