SDMC brings positive change with the help of IT and its long
term policies.
The development of entire SDMC area as per standards of the
Smart City.
The SDMC Mayor Sh. Shyam Sharma today delivered his address
in the Mayor’s conclave in the 02nd Smart City India 2016 Expo at Pragati
Maidan New Delhi. On this occasion Sh.
Sharma stated that the history of Municipal Corporation and Local Self Govt. is
quite old. The Municipal Corporation of
Delhi was constituted in 1958 with a legislation of Parliament. The challenges before the Corporations have
risen with coming up of more and more new colonies and surging population. Sh. Sharma stated that he feels pleasure in
informing that the SDMC has brought positive changes with the usage of IT and
its long term policies.
While elaborating the concept of Smart Cities Sh. Sharma
stated that under the 1st phase of transformation, 20 cities have been included
in the list of Smart Cities to be developed.
There is only one civic body from Delhi – New Delhi Municipal Council
which will be developed as a Smart City. Despite this the entire area of SDMC
is being developed on the lines of the standards prescribed for the Smart
Cities. The Mayor gave details of a few
initiatives taken in this direction. The
initiatives are reforms in property tax calculation and collection and use of
IT, replacement of the conventional street lighting with the LED lights
resulting in the saving of 49 Cr. along with 5.5. Cr. units of electricity and
installation of solar penals over Mpl. Bldgs resulting in the savings of 4 lakh unit of
electricity. The 02 initiatives have
brought down carbon emission by 42,000 tones.
Apart from these the SDMC has been using recycled water for greening its
parks and has also developed a unique CCTV network to monitor the attendance of
the teachers and students in the schools and Mid day meal programme.
Sh. Sharma while giving details of future projects stated that
the SDMC is all set to implement new initiatives in the field of Health and
Education. He also stated that after
trifurcation of the unified MCD the Corporations have been demeaned. Despite this the SDMC is giving priority to
its developmental activities
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