Dharamshala gets projects worth Rs 195-cr under SCM

28 Jul 2022 CW Team

Dharamshala has bagged projects worth Rs 195 crore by the State government under the Smart Cities Mission. The projects include the construction of walkways, nature parks and a city convention centre. The same was approved during the 20th meeting of the Dharamshala Smart City board of directors.

After presiding over the meeting, chief secretary RD Dhiman said the board approved Rs 101.63 crore project of underground cabling of HT, conversion of existing LT bare cable to AB cable and compressed transformers.

The board also approved the Integrated Command and Control Centre to be enhanced through a project on supplying, installing, testing, commissioning of the data centre, city surveillance and laying city fibre network with operation and maintenance for five years at Dharamshala at the cost of Rs 35 crore.

Dharamshala Smart City is also set to have its own city Convention Centre at Kachahari Adda. The centre would be built at a cost of Rs 6.68 crore.

Besides, approvals were given to various infrastructure projects which included walkways, inclusive roads, nature parks, solar rooftop power plants and smart libraries at a cumulative cost of Rs 52 crore.

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