Gurugram to be developed as ‘smartest city’, says Khattar

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 11

In a bid to bring Gurugram on the world map, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday announced to develop it as the ‘smartest city’.

For this, the CM also proposed to set up a new municipal corporation in Manesar and develop a new Gurugram city in that area.

Khattar was speaking after virtually inaugurating Project Air Care and two plans for the beautification of the gateway of Gurugram.

The CM said Gurugram and Faridabad being the metropolitan cities of the National Capital Region (NCR), separate Metropolitan Development Authorities had already been constituted for both the cities.

The Chief Minister said along with Gurugram and Faridabad, Karnal had also been included in the Smart City project. In these cities, there is a need to develop facilities such as water management, security system, public transport, buildings, good governance, e-education, telemedicine in accordance with smart norms and infrastructure. He said the two projects inaugurated on Wednesday were a part of this plan.

The CM said with a view to provide prompt administrative services to the people of Gurugram, a ‘Tower of Justice’ is also being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 180 crore.

To get 65 air purifiers

• CM Manohar Lal Khattar unveiled ‘Project Air Care’, a public-private partnership between the GMDA and GSK Consumer Healthcare, in Gurugram on Wednesday
• Under this, 65 state-of-the-art ‘WAYU’ air purifier units with high air quality index (AQI) would be installed in various Gurugram locations