Separate portal set up for smart city challenge
The Ministry of Urban Development, which has embarked
upon next stage of selecting 20 smart cities, for implementing the plan
this year, has created a web portal for receiving suggestions from the
stakeholders residing in respective cities.
The
portal athttps://mygov.in/ group-issue/smart-city/will feature all 100
smart cities shortlisted by the Centre. It has so far created links for
Bhopal, Gwalior, and Chandigarh. The residents have started posting
suggestions for these three cities. Chennai and Tiruchi, which are among
12 smart cities selected in Tamil Nadu, is set to get a link at the
portal. The consultants, who have been appointed by the State government
for Chennai and Tiruchirapalli City Corporation for preparing Smart
City Challenge Proposal, are working with the officials concerned of
Ministry of Urban Development to create the link. Once it is created,
the stakeholders, including citizens, non-profit organisation, civil
activists, educational institutions, officials, students, officials,
residents’ welfare associations, and others can post their comments and
suggestions on smart city proposals.
Besides
highlighting the problems, they can provide valuable solutions to the
issues so as to include in the Smart City Challenge Proposal, said Simon
Selvaraj, Associate Director, Strategic Consulting, JLL, representative
of one of the consultants for Tiruchi and Chennai City Corporations.
The
meaningful and constructive solutions and suggestions will be
incorporated in the India Smart Cities Challenge, which is a competition
to inspire and support municipal officials to get Rs. 500 crore fund,
besides Rs. 500 crore from the State government, from the Ministry of
Urban Development for the current year itself.
Meanwhile,
the official website of Tiruchirappalli City Corporation has been
linked with the website of India Smart City Challenge administered by
the Bloomberg Philanthropies, a U.S.-based foundation partnering with
the Centre on smart city challenge mission. A separate Facebook and
Twitter accounts had been created for receiving suggestions for
Tiruchirapalli Smart City proposal. The posts and discussions would be
closely monitored so as to get valuable inputs, he added.
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