By Samachar Vishesh
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Chandigarh 19th September:- Expressing his views during a Special
Plenary Session on Smart, Livable and Sustainable Cities at CII
Chandigarh, Kapil Setia,
Chief Architect, Chandigarh Administration said that we must synergize the
values of people with implementation of urban plans, while dealing with civic
issues like water management, air quality, traffic & the like. He apprised
the audience about Chandigarh’s infrastructure as a growing smart city and how
the development has been planned phase wise.
Kamal
Kishor Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal
Corporation, Chandigarh also graced the occasion and said that every city has a
USP and the urban planning & infusion of technology should take place in
accordance to its culture and affordability of the people. He added that
Chandigarh was a planned city but during the course of decades, many issues
have risen which the administration is trying to deal with diligently.
Alok Nayar, Builders
Association of India opined that to improve infrastructure it is very important
to optimise energy usage so that both economic and physical sustainability is
attained.
Jit Kumar Gupta,
IGBC Chandigarh Chapter gave a detailed account of phase wise development of
the UT and how re-densification took place at various stages.
Apprising the participants about the
upcoming infrastructure & construction exhibition, CII EXCON 2019, Anand Sundaresan, Leader-Excon
2019 Task Force on Roadshows & Vice Chairman, Schwing Stetter India
said that this is the tenth edition of the EXCON and our theme this year is on ‘Smart
i-tech- Next Gen India@75’. Excon 2019 will demonstrate the role of smart
technologies and innovation in design in the
manufacture of nextgen construction equipment and machinery to
support the rapid pace of infrastructure development in the country.
EXCON 2019, scheduled to be held at
the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru from 10-14 December 2019 is spread over 3,00,000 square metres and will
have the participation of over 1250 exhibitors including 350+ overseas
companies from 25 countries including China, Germany, Italy, South Korea,
Turkey, UK & USA among others. The 5-day exhibition would attract
over 70,000 business visitors from India and abroad.
Sarvjeet
Singh, Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council & Managing Director, Finvasia
India Pvt Ltd opined that public-private partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure
development is key towards strengthening the industrial ecosystem in the State.
He also said that EXCON 2019 with the presence of world class players in the
construction equipment sector would offer the best in class technologies and
cost effective solutions to infrastructure related projects in States.
Vikram
Hans, Past Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council & Managing Director,
Multi Overseas India Pvt Ltd and Dr
S P S Grewal, Vice Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council & Chief
Executive Officer, Grewal Eye Institute Pvt Ltd also graced the occasion and
expressed their views during the plenary session.
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