Radio Talk Show – Preparation of Smart City Proposal for Pasighat
Pasighat has been selected under 23 Fast track cities for the Smart Cities Mission, Government of India in which a revamped proposal is to be submitted before 15th April 2016.
In this regard, Pasighat Municipal Council organized a radio Talk show in the form of Group Discussion to elicit Citizen Participation& Engagement in the preparation of new Smart City Proposal. This Group Discussion was attended by:-
1) MLA, Pasighat as public representative
2) Municipal Executive Officer, Pasighat as representative of the organization
3) Smart City Mission officer as Subject Expert.
The participants discussed about the various prospects of making Pasighat a smart city. There were discussions and deliberations on the gaps identified by Govt. of India on previous proposal and way forward on rectifying these gaps. This talk show was organized at All India Radio headquarters, Pasighat.
The video of this Group Discussion is available at:
All are requested to watch this video and actively participate through asking questions & giving comments. You can also give your suggestions and feedback at phone number 8575823996. All your questions will be timely answered and suggestions will be taken into consideration while preparing new Smart City Proposal. Everyone must come forward in this bid to make your Pasighat a model smart city.
The last date to submit your suggestions / comments is 17th March, 2016.
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Poor infrastructure is actually a blessing in disguise as there will be no collateral damages. new projects can implemented smoothly.
Traditional festivals and fares of rich culture values can be showcased as major attractions for tourism Industry. Pasighat is home to many ethnic groups having a pan Indian presence.
Traditional mode of governance is robust in the area and in sync with mainstream governance. This will certainly contribute to smooth transition from a normal city to smart city in future.
Lack of community/ public toilets have been stated in the SWOT as a weakness. However it must be mentioned that pasighat is free from open defecation. And the city is limited in size as well as population. Need for those facilities may only come up at the altar stages when greater development takes place and people converge for economic activities from different places.
Natural scenic spots can be beautiful and made accessible to tourist as well as locals keeping into consideration hygiene and aesthetics of the area. Participation of locals have to be encouraged to make it more unique in terms of both location as well as people.
Building national level multi – specialty health care institution. People of Pasighat does not have this facility. I seen since childhood, many people lost their life on the way to Dibrugadh for treatment, which takes almost a day to reach there for treatment. Here we need a multi specialty health care institution. More than 60 thousands of people are dependent on General Hospital Pasighat, which does not have multi – specialty equipment.
Some of our basic needs (in present scenario):
a. Green City
b. E-governance
c. Clean Environment
d. Crime free city
e. Drainage System.
f. Public Transportation system
g. Stop corruption
h. Street Lights all around the city
i. Stop Hunting by stopping issue of Arm Licence
j. Better use of Panchayati Raj
Why we are not provided with public transport. Each one of us has to own a vehicle to go to market area. How much we are polluting our environment? May be unknowingly, but we are doing so. In another 10 years this beautiful city will become a Hell. Stop Pollution, Save our Mother Land.
With e-governance in the proposal of Smart City, What I am hoping for is clean, speedy, corruption free governance. I dream of my city, my country corruption free.
E-governance will surely bring down the corruption. Corruption which is so much rooted in our system that it will take something to get abolished. Hope this will be implemented at the very beginning of the Smart City Project.