Finish Dravyawati, Ring Road projects on time: Raje to babus
Chief minister Vasundhara Raje directed officers to complete the projects going on under the smart city project, beautification drive and other development schemes in Jaipur and other cities on time.
She said people of Jaipur are eagerly waiting for Dravyawati Riverfront project and Ring Road, along with other development projects.
She was reviewing the urban development projects of many cities, including projects of four smart cities.
Raje said Dravyawati river, ring road, beautification of walled city, lighting system on roads and other projects going on in Jaipur should be completed within the fixed deadline of August 15. She suggested executing agencies to increase the number of labourers to finish the work before the deadline.
She said maximum green area should be developed along the sides of Dravyawati river, so that people can get pure air. She directed officials to intensify the process of land acquisition for the next phase of Ring Road.
She also reviewed the works of pond at Choti Chaupar, smart lighting, green cover and beautification of Kishan Bagh, Talkatora lake development, multilevel parking and renovation of stepwells in Jaipur. She directed to encourage people to put rooftop solar energy panels at their houses and launch a special campaign.
Local bodies secretary Naveen Mahajan and Jaipur Development commissioner Vaibhav Galria informed about the progress of various projects through power point presentation. They informed that the ranking of implementation of smart cities projects at Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer and Kota is among top 15 in the country.
Discussion was also held on smart class room, central command centre building, road and sewerage projects in Udaipur; development of Dusshera Maidan and solid waste management in Kota; in Ajmer the elevated road, Annasagar lake development project and renovation of drinking pipelines in Ajmer city along with construction of Ambedkar Bhawans, modern toilets and development of crematorium and graveyard proposed by the local bodies and other development projects.
Additional chief secretary (ACS) finance Mukesh Sharma, ACS urban development PK Goyal, principal secretary tourism, art and culture Kuldeep Ranka, director local bodies Pawan Arora, commissioner Jaipur Municipal Corporation Ravi Jain, chief executive officer Jaipur Smart City project Suresh Ola, National High Authority representatives and officers of various departments and representatives of executing agencies were present in the meeting.
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