Focused on not only preserving the traditional and historic traits of the Agra City, but also improving those with the help of technology is one motto being aggressively pursued by Agra Smart City Limited (ASCL), says Arun Prakash, Municipal Commissioner, Agra Municipal Corporation & Chief Executive Officer, Agra Smart City Limited, in conversation with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).
Tell us about the scope of work and size of the area mandated under the Smart City Mission in Agra.
Agra has been selected as smart city second round out of 27 winning cities. At present, the area under Agra Smart City ranges from Jama Masjid to Fatehabad Road – covering a total area of 2250 Acres. In other words, this represents 16 per cent of the entire Agra region that currently stands at 4100 Acres.
Presently, there are nine wards covered under Area Based Development (ABD), with a population of 1.46 Lakh persons, representing 9.26 per cent of the entire city’s population.
Agra’s smart city proposal totals to around 2133 Crores , out of which 1365 Cr is envisaged to be done using Smart City funds and PPP and rest 768 Crores through convergence, which comprises of 23 projects under Smart city and 17 projects under convergence. Work orders of 15 projects have already been issued and tenders are already in process for other projects.
Integrated Command and Control
Center (ICCC): The City Command Center will be the central repository for management and monitoring of all ICT based Smart City components such as Solid Waste Management system, Intelligent Traffic Manangement Systems, Wi-Fi, , CCTV surveillance, digital signages, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors (environment, etc), and all other smart city applications will be integrated, and centrally monitored, tracked and managed from the Operations Command Centre. The ICCC shall be ergonomically designed with area for video wall, operators, offices, conference room, all other amenities, etc.
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