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City areas earmarked for JNNURM project
CITY LIMITS to be developed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) have been earmarked by officials of the Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC).
CITY LIMITS to be developed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) have been earmarked by officials of the Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC).
Under the Rs 10,000 crore project, development work will be carried out up to Dahi Chowki crossing at Lucknow Road, Sarsaul at Allahabad Road, Ghatampur at Hamirpur Road, Rania at Kalpi Road, Chaubepur and Bithoor at Kannauj Road.
An official list regarding the city limits to be covered under the JNNURM was handed over to officials concerned with the project. Apart from these areas, all gram panchayats and gram sabhas have also been incorporated in the project and overall development of these areas will also be carried out under the project.
Municipal commissioner Arvind Singh has appointed chief engineer of KDA as nodal officer of the JNNURM.
According to KMC officials, development of these areas would be carried out on lines of those done in the satellite areas of New Delhi. Development of these areas will be taken up on priority basis to ease pressure of exodus from rural and semi-urban areas to Kanpur city.
Another important aspect to be taken into account is the economic viability of the area where development is to be carried out.
Director city cleaning Harish Chand Chauhan informed that the expansion of the city and other development work would be carried out keeping in view the expected increase in city population. He added that the city population was expected to grow at the rate of 3.5 per cent per annum and by the year 2025-30 it would reach about 70 lakh.
Special emphasis would also be laid on the development of water reservoirs of the city, he added.
For ensuring development of heritage sights of the city proposals have been solicited from officials of the tourism department by KMC. Keeping in view the acute traffic jams faced by the commuters, KMC has also solicited proposal from the SP traffic in order to streamline the traffic. Both these proposals are likely to be tabled at the next meeting to KMC scheduled to take place on January 24.
Talking to HT, Arvind Singh said, “Responsibilities of all the departments will be fixed so that there is no confusion at the time of execution of the project. “
