Team Herald
PANJIM: The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) has assured full and active cooperation for the Smart City Mission, which is being implemented by Imagine Panjim Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) in coordination with various agencies.
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All such agencies executing various works in the State capital under the Smart City Mission made a presentation of their projects for CCP councillors on Friday.
The Public Works Department (PWD), Water Resources Department (WRD), Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA), Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) and Architecture Autonomous made power-point presentations of their respective ongoing projects.
Speaking to Herald post the meeting, CCP Deputy Mayor Vasant Agshikar said that they were quite impressed with the quality of works and felt these projects will help transform the capital city and also address various issues.
He gave the example of how works can be monitored from the Integrated Command Centre which will have GPS tracking and that besides the putting up CCTV surveillance system, there would be barcodes for houses for waste collection.
He also said that most of the tenders are in the advanced stage and that the work orders should be issued soon.
He also said the agencies were asked to update CCP and coordinate with them and local councillors for works in their respective wards. Agencies were asked to immediately restore the roads that are dug up as well to their original condition.
He also spoke about how through the Smart City, CCP is able to get various equipment such as sky lifts, which would help the corporation.
Some of the project taken up earlier was also revisited like the promenade behind the Swimming pool, where the size of it has been increased to 2.6 km from 1.6 km.
Agshikar said projects like rejuvenation of St Inez Creek, concretisation of ‘new smart’ roads, were also reviewed anong others.
