JAMMU: Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Nitishwar Kumar reviewed the Jammu Smart City Project in a meeting held on Thursday at the Civil Secretariat here.
Divisional Commissioner Jammu(Chairman JSCL), Sanjeev Verma; Deputy Commissioner Jammu, and CEO Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) Sushma Chauhan; Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC); MD SRTC Jammu; VC Jammu Development Authority (JDA), Jammu; Director Floriculture Jammu; Director Tourism Jammu; Chief Wildlife Warden, Manda Zoo; Chief Engineer Jammu Power Development Corporation Limited (JPDCL); Chief Engineer, Jal Shakti Jammu; Chief Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu; Chief Engineer UEED Jammu; Executive Engineer JKEDA Jammu; Representatives from Fire and Emergency Services Jammu and PMC representatives attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the CEO of Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) presented a detailed report on the various initiatives taken by the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the project. She gave a brief history of the JSCL which was one amongst 100 cities selected by the Union Government, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in the 3rd round of the Smart City Mission.
The CEO JSCL briefed the chair about the projects completed so far, under the implementation stage, and the ones likely to be started soon.
These included projects completed such as Public Wi-Fi at eight locations; JSCL Academy for skills, Multi-Level Semi-Automated Car parking at City Chowk, GPS enabled vehicle for waste collection, Development of green spaces, Street lighting conversion from Sodium Vapour Lamp to LED.
The Projects already under implementation are Wayfinding signages, Vertical garden under flyover between Dogra and KC Chowk, Two bin segregation dust bins, Reverse Vending Machines, Panjtirthi Parking, Refuse Compactor, Smart Power Metering, Multi-level car parking at Bus stand, Recreational park at Bhour Camp, Musical fountain at Bagh-e-Bahu, Façade lighting Illumination of Bahu fort, Façade lighting illumination of Mubarak Mandi, Jammu Zoological park, Upgradation and Modernisation of Fire & Emergency Services.
