Faridabad Enroute To Development To Be ‘Smart'
eGov|May 2018

Faridabad Municipal Corporation is trying to link the property management with Smart City projects so that a single window system could be provided to citizens for all property related matters, says Mohammad Shayin, Commissioner, Faridabad Municipal Corporation (FMC), in conversation with Ritika Srivastava of Elets News Network (ENN).

Ritika Srivastava
Faridabad Enroute To Development To Be ‘Smart'

What recent initiatives have been undertaken for Faridabad Smart City?

Faridabad is a very old municipal corporation and one of the first to come up as a Municipal Commissionerate in north India. The city has a very strong industrial base. Being adjacent to Delhi, it holds huge potential. With passage of time, Noida and Gurugram came up and the growth of Faridabad somewhat got stalled. One of the key reasons for this was the environmental consciousness as well. Faridabad is now facing three major problems. First, its water table is going down very fast. The grand lake of Badkhal has dried up. Second, the pollution level has reached an alarming level. It is the second most polluted city in India and third, our sources of income are less leading to stagnant industrial growth in Faridabad.

What projects have been implemented by FMC under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model?

We have recently entered into an agreement under PPP model for Solid Waste Management with a company called Ecogreen. It is a Chinese company which has come up to manage the solid waste of Gurugram and Faridabad in a joint venture.

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