NEW DELHI: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will quickly expand as its roads as ‘sensible roads’ below the Smart City mission of the Union govt. These roads could have special features like landscaping, vertical gardens, cycle tracks, boulevard furnishings, plazas/eateries, pelican crossing and 3-d zebra crossings.
NDMC has decided on three roads — Mother Teresa Crescent highway, Janpath highway and Sansad Marg — to expand. Senior officials claimed that the council is getting ready the delicate and a specialist has been appointed to publish the design.
“The concept of sensible roads is to supply higher facilities on a specific stretch like open-air cafeteria, landscaping, boulevard furnishings, and so forth. The mission will even see replacing boulevard lighting with LED lighting, with the sensible poles having Wi-Fi facility,” mentioned a senior NDMC reliable.
The plan used to be first proposed via union minister Venkaiah Naidu in January remaining year. At the time, it used to be additionally proposed to make Connaught Place a vehicle-free zone. However, the Connaught Place plan didn’t take off because of objections from the New Delhi Traders Association and lack of arrangements from the NDMC. However, senior officials pointed out that paintings has been initiated for the sensible highway mission and blueprint is already able for Mother Teresa Crescent highway.
“Once the designs are authorized via the council, we can float the delicate to award the paintings. The scope of investment is yet to be decided via the council, which is able to occur most effective after the designs are able,” mentioned a senior NDMC reliable.
At Mother Teresa Crescent highway, the paintings to expand boulevard furnishings has been awarded to SAIL and the paintings for creating pelican crossing might be done in consultation with the visitors police, officials added.
The sensible roads could have sensor-based sensible parking system as smartly. People can ebook the slot using NDMC 311 cellular app at any desired location upfront and pay through e-wallet or web banking. The paintings has already been awarded to a personal firm, officials mentioned.
NDMC has procured 60 sensible poles, which could have facilities like Wi-Fi, CCTV digicam, setting sensors and warm LED. Along with sensible poles, those roads could have digital interactive information panels. People can use this panel for registering any proceedings with NDMC and in addition can avail services and products online.
NDMC has decided on three roads — Mother Teresa Crescent highway, Janpath highway and Sansad Marg — to expand. Senior officials claimed that the council is getting ready the delicate and a specialist has been appointed to publish the design.
“The concept of sensible roads is to supply higher facilities on a specific stretch like open-air cafeteria, landscaping, boulevard furnishings, and so forth. The mission will even see replacing boulevard lighting with LED lighting, with the sensible poles having Wi-Fi facility,” mentioned a senior NDMC reliable.
The plan used to be first proposed via union minister Venkaiah Naidu in January remaining year. At the time, it used to be additionally proposed to make Connaught Place a vehicle-free zone. However, the Connaught Place plan didn’t take off because of objections from the New Delhi Traders Association and lack of arrangements from the NDMC. However, senior officials pointed out that paintings has been initiated for the sensible highway mission and blueprint is already able for Mother Teresa Crescent highway.
“Once the designs are authorized via the council, we can float the delicate to award the paintings. The scope of investment is yet to be decided via the council, which is able to occur most effective after the designs are able,” mentioned a senior NDMC reliable.
At Mother Teresa Crescent highway, the paintings to expand boulevard furnishings has been awarded to SAIL and the paintings for creating pelican crossing might be done in consultation with the visitors police, officials added.
The sensible roads could have sensor-based sensible parking system as smartly. People can ebook the slot using NDMC 311 cellular app at any desired location upfront and pay through e-wallet or web banking. The paintings has already been awarded to a personal firm, officials mentioned.
NDMC has procured 60 sensible poles, which could have facilities like Wi-Fi, CCTV digicam, setting sensors and warm LED. Along with sensible poles, those roads could have digital interactive information panels. People can use this panel for registering any proceedings with NDMC and in addition can avail services and products online.
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