Nagpur : Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will perform bhoomipujan of smart city works worth Rs 3,303 crore in East Nagpur on February 2. The development works are expected to give a facelift to these backward localities of East Nagpur and make it more liveable area. Fadnavis and Gadkari will also perform bhoomipujan of Rs 100 crore works proposed under AMRUT scheme next Saturday at 4 pm.
The smart city has been proposed over 1,730 acre area of Bharatwada, Pardi, Punapur to assure a better, liveable life for the residents and to develop the existing backward areas into new ‘planned and smart’ ones. Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSDCL) has prepared a concept plan for 1,730 acres of land under Area Based Development (ABC) approach.
Central Government had selected Nagpur for development as ‘Smart City’. It has accepted the innovative idea of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to make the areas in East Nagpur ‘smart’ under Area Based Development (ABD) approach. The local body will get Rs 1,000 crore in five years from Central and State Governments, and Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) for development of these areas. HCP Design, Planning and Management Private Limited, Ahmedabad, has prepared a conceptual design of Smart City Project. Shapoorji Pallonji has prepared Town Planning Scheme for the project. The total cost of the proposal of ‘Smart City’ is Rs 3,400 crore.
There is absence of basic infrastructure facilities such as drainage, storm water network, solid waste management, efficient street network, and lack of public amenities, making life of residents miserable. The civic body has decided to implement the scheme by land-pooling method. The ABD approach is expected to improve the lives of 1,13,000 persons of 25,000 families in East Nagpur areas. They will get good roads, water supply, covered sewerage lines, street lights, schools, hospitals, gardens, and recreational facilities.
East Nagpur MLA Krishna Khopde stated that Chief Minister on Sunday promised him that notices issued to land owners for smart city project works would be quashed. Due to land pooling system, there is no requirement of land acquisition and 40 per cent land will be utilised for public utility works while remaining 60 per cent developed land will fetch them more profits, Khopde stated while cautioning people not to be misled by Congress leaders who are trying to obstruct this mega-development of East Nagpur for their own petty political considerations. Under AMRUT scheme, water pipe-lines worth Rs 100 crore will be laid in Pardi, Wathoda, Bhandewadi, Bharatwada, Punapur, and the area will become tanker free, Khopde stated.
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