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Hello Jammu News at 10:37:00 AM 0

Panaji, Aug 13 Goa's archives, considered to be one of the oldest in Asia, will now be digitised under the Centre's 'Smart City Mission', minister Vijai Sardesai said.

The archives -- a collection of lakhs of historical documents and records providing information about the coastal state and its people -- are presently housed in a Portuguese- era building in the state capital Panaji.

People fear for the safety of these records due to the dilapidated condition of the building, Sardesai said.

"Also, photo-copying these ancient inscriptions and descriptions is considered a retrograde practice that should be replaced by digitisation," the state archives and archaeology minister said yesterday.

But, the archives department does not have sufficient funds for the purpose, he said.

Therefore, a proposal has been mooted to take up digitisation of archives under the Panaji Smart City Mission, an initiative of the Union government, Sardesai said.

The government has given an in-principle nod to the proposal, he added.

Goa has several records in its archives dating back to the time when the state was under the Portuguese rule.

The state was liberated from the 450-year-old colonial rule in 1961. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 7:25:00 PM 0


SRINAGAR, APRIL 24: Financial Commissioner, Housing and Urban Development Department K B Agarwal chaired Srinagar Smart City Limited meeting here today.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Srinagar Smart City, Dr Farooq Lone, Inspector General of Police Kashmir range, S P Pani, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed, Vice Chairman Srinagar Development Authority, A. M. Raina, Commissioner Municipal Corporation Srinagar Riyaz Ahmad Wani and Assistant Director Archives and Museums besides other senior officers.
Financial Commissioner, H&UDD said that implementation of the Smart city project should aim at value addition of Srinagar as a global tourist destination.
During the meeting, various decisions regarding implementation of various projects under the convergence mode of Srinagar Smart city project were also discussed.
He stressed on prioritizing strengthening of existing sewerage system and minimizing of solid waste generation in the city.
It is pertinent to mention that the Srinagar Smart City Limited is a special purpose vehicle constituted by the state government for implementation of smart city mission in Srinagar city.

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Hello Jammu News at 6:55:00 PM 0


Board calls for speeding up smart city project
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 21-  The board of directors constituted for Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the implementation of Srinagar Smart City Project met today under the chairmanship of the Commissioner Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department, Hirdesh Kumar.
The meeting was also attended by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SPV for the Srinagar Smart City, Dr. Farooq Lone, Vice Chairman Srinagar Development Authority, A. M. Raina, Director Archives and Museums M. S. Zahid, Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation Dr. Shafkat Khan and other senior officers.

The meeting besides taking several important decisions called for filling up the key posts through proper advertisements so that the process of implementation of the important project can be speeded up. It was also decided that the dedicated website for the project would also be developed as soon as possible.
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Hello Jammu News at 6:04:00 PM 0

Discusses various issues of public importance
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 06: Minister of State for Housing & Urban Development Social Welfare, Health & Medical Education, Asiea Naqash today convened a meeting to review the progress of Hazratbal-Buchpora road widening.
Besides road widening; acquisition of land for construction of Marriage hall at Dug Mohalla, Rainawari and widening of Zindshah Majid Road were also discussed during the meeting.
The Minister asked officials to expedite the process of road widening so that the traffic snarls are managed.
Naqash asked various law enforcing agencies to remove the already identified 34 structures for widening of the Hazratbal-Buchpora road – which is acting as a bottleneck for the implementation of the project.
In order to build the Marriage Hall at Rainawari, she said that the Srinagar Municipal Commission should quickly pass the acquisition so that the work will begin the soonest. The Minister remarked that the course of action should itself begin from acquisition process.
Ms Naqash said that in order to upgrade the Shehr-e-Khass, of Srinagar, efforts need to be put in to build these areas following the smart city plan.
She urged the executing agencies to be proactive so that different projects are completed within stipulated period of time. She stressed on the officers for optimal use of funding and removal of bottlenecks in the project of public importance.
The Minister was informed that the Detailed Project Report of Marriage Hall has already been sanctioned under SADP and different agencies are working upon it.

The meeting was attended by District Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr Syed Abid Rashid Shah, Director Planning PW (R&B), Chief Engineer, UEED and officials from SMC, LAWDA and R&B.
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Hello Jammu News at 4:05:00 PM 0


Amritsar, Aug 14 : Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today announced a slew of welfare and development schemes for Amritsar including a Rs 3000-crore World Bank aided project to provide UNDC (Surface) Water based drinking water supply system in the city. The surface water scheme will replace the existing ground water based drinking water supply scheme, thus addressing a serious concern of the region, which is facing severe depletion of the ground water and cases of vector borne diseases. Stating this at a press conference here, the Chief Minister also announced several new development projects, entailing a total cost of Rs 556.90-crore, for Amritsar, which was being developed as a Smart City at a Rs 200-crore investment, of which Rs 100-crore will be shared by the State Government. Capt Amarinder announced the establishment of a Directorate of Fire Services at state level in Amritsar, along with 50 per cent seat reservation for women in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), in line with his government’s decision to make such reservation across the state. Another key decision of the Government relates to provision of free homes for the homeless people and subsidised houses for the economically weaker section under the Shehari Awas Yojana. The Chief Minister also announced devolution of proprietary rights to old tenants on residential and commercial properties of municipal bodies, besides one-time settlement of old arrears of water and sewerage charges and property/house tax. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 7:14:00 PM 0

    SRINAGAR, JULY 07: Minister of State for Housing & Urban Development Asiea Naqash today said the Government is committed to  bring out a comprehensive Srinagar Master Plan.
          While speaking at an event organized by The Institution of Engineers to discuss the Master Plan of Srinagar city (2015-35), the Minister said the aim to revise the master plan was to ensure that there no  discrepancy in it.
          She said utmost care has been taken to include every component in the Master Plan of Srinagar city. The Minister said the experts have already chalked out strategy to  upgrade existing land use plan, population growth, urbanisation, transportation, heritage conservation plan, tourism projections and policy, lake conservation policy etc.
          During the event, the Minister was apprised about the salient features of Master plan which generated a discussion among  participants. While interacting with the participants, she asked them to come forward with their recommendations and suggestions -- to be incorporated into the draft.
          Khurshid Ganie, Chief Information Commissioner, stressed upon experts to make optimal use of resources for creating a sustainable infrastructure. He said that there is a need to incentivize the private planners, colonizers and entrepreneurs to create a satellite township.

          The meeting was attended by Chief Town Planner, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, M. Saleem Beg Convener INTACH (Kashmir Chapter),  Engineers and Scientists from various departments.
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