* Assesses IoT based delivery of services
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 6: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD) to discuss several matters including the functioning of Srinagar Smart City Limited(SSCL) and Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL).
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Finance; Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD; Divisional Commissioners of Kashmir/Jammu; CEOs of SSCL/JSCL and the officers from concerned departments.
During this meeting, the Chief Secretary explicitly specified that both the Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) established for execution of works of Smart City Mission in the twin cities of Srinagar and Jammu should be made self sustainable to continue their smooth functioning.
Dulloo maintained that both these SPVs in the shape of SSCL and JSCL had implemented works worth crores of rupees during the past few years. He pointed out that they had also created many revenue generating assets in both the cities during this course while implementing this mission in J&K.
The Chief Secretary impressed upon the authorities in these SPVs to come up with a workable model that would guarantee their functioning in a self sustainable manner for times to come.
Earlier, the Chief Secretary also took appraisal of the progress made in developing a model for securing 100 more e-buses under PM e-Bus Sewa to be fetched by central assistance.
Meanwhile, Atal Dulloo chaired a meeting of different stakeholders to have a first hand appraisal of different IT interventions contemplated by the departments delivering some essential services to public including Health, Jal Shakti, PDD and others by virtue oftechnical assistance extended by Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) here.
Besides the ACS, Jal Shakti Department the meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Finance & IT Departments; Principal Secretary, PDD; Commissioner Secretary, I&C; MD, KPDCL; Director Handicrafts Kashmir; Director Health, Kashmir; Representatives from BISAG-N and other concerned officers.
During this meeting the Chief Secretary highlighted the significance ofmodern technology that could bring efficiency in the service delivery mechanism besides ensuring their quality and transparency in terms of their outcomes for the general public.
The discussions focused on the concept of developing IoT/SCADA based Smart Water Measurement & Monitoring system here. This system besides ensuring the quality water supply would help in managing timely redressal of public grievances and addressing operational snags in a time-bound manner.
The ACS, Jal Shakti Department, Shaleen Kabra apprised the meeting that this arrangement should address the concerns of people along with help the administration in making right decisions.
As far as the upgradation of G2C services are concerned, the Principal Secretary, IT, Santosh D.Vaidya informed the meeting that the Department had identified the most sought out services by the public to create end-to-end digitized solution for these in collaboration with BISAG-N.
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