Dehradun Smart City:
REPL appointed as
Project Management Consultants
Mussoorie
Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) has awarded the Project Management
Consultancy (PMC) assignment to Delhi based firm, REPL (Rudrabhishek
Enterprises Ltd.). The agreement was signed in Dehradun by the CEO – DSCL, Mr. Dilip
Jawalkar, IAS, and Mr. Harish Kumar Sharma, Chief Business Officer &
Operations of REPL.
Dehradun’s area based development (ABD)
envisions to retrofit and redevelop 875 Acres centred on CBD of
Dehradun and transform into a light-house for the city and to showcase as a
smart neighbourhood. The REPL will design, develop and manage
Smart City Project. The project will be
monitored & controlled by the SPV, Dehradun Smart City Ltd (DSCL). REPL will assist the DSCL in
various phases of project implementation which will include the activities such
as preparation of DPR, coordination with various appointed consultants, project
prioritization & phasing, preparing capital investment plan,
implementation roadmap, conducting feasibility study, bid process management
for selection of implementing agencies, and overall project management.
REPL is leading infrastructure consultancy firm, already working on multiple
smart city projects.
In an official statement, Mr. Pradeep Misra, CMD of REPL said,
“Dehradun is a city of great importance for tourism, technical institutions,
economic activities and environmental perspective. It is matter of great pride and
responsibility to be part of developing Dehradun into a Smart City. We are
already working as project management consultants for smart cities of Varanasi,
Kanpur and Indore. Within Uttarakhand also, we are working on projects related
to planning, GIS and infrastructure. Our
combined understanding of the region and also the nature of assignment will
help us in smoothly executing the project.”
Mr. Harish Sharma told that the process of developing plans for
Dehradun Smart City will focus on extensive citizen consultation based action
plans. The emphasis will be on environmental sustainability, economic vibrancy,
smart mobility, use of technology for proactive governance and similar other
dimensions that increase the ease of living while paving ways for greater
development.
The ABD will focus
on areas such as, rejuvenation of cluttered market spaces in city core through
compact mixed-use built forms and pedestrianisation of market looped with
parking facilities for enhanced walkability; Recreation of urban green ; sustainable
and environment friendly public transport, intelligent traffic &
parking management, transport planning interventions and MLCPs for better
urban mobility. Core infrastructure will be strengthened and heritage structures
will be restored as per colonial architecture. The project will also entail all
the other essential components of a smart city, including smart security; solid
waste management; vibrant infotainment hub etc.
The Pan City
proposal for Dehradun has mail agenda of improving public life through better
and modernized service delivery (DehradunOne), maintaining a bird’s eye view of
the city (City Nervous Centre), making use of the existing infrastructure to
transform the city into a smart city and creating an infrastructure for future
smartness (Intelligent Poles), smart health care (Smart Ambulances) and
empowering citizens to make change (Citizen Outreach Program).
About REPL
Rudrabhishek Enterprises Limited (REPL) is
Integrated Urban Development & Infrastructure consultants, having legacy of
25 Years. We integrate a range of services to deliver end-to-end consultancy in
diverse sectors. REPL group is uniquely positioned to manage projects right
from the ideation stage and carry it through planning, designing, execution,
and finally marketing. We can take up a Greenfield or brownfield project and
convert it into an integrated Hi-tech Township, Smart City, IT Park or SEZ.REPL
also provides geographical information system and cloud computing data
management solution for larger townships and urban development projects.
The group is intensively involved in Smart City Mission of
Government of India. We have been providing consultancy in conceptualization,
planning and implementation of multiple smart cities viz., Varanasi (U.P.),
Indore (M.P.), Kanpur (U.P) & Dehradun (Uttarakhand).
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