CURATED BY – VIVEK KUMAR MISHRA | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Satna, Collector Anurag Verma along with Smart City officials on Friday inspected the site of the ongoing Smart City development projects in Satna city. During this, he saw the quality of the construction works and gave instructions to speed up the works and compulsorily complete all the smart city works by June 2024. On this occasion, Commissioner Municipal Corporation Abhishek Gehlot, Deputy Commissioner Bhupendra Dev Parmar, Executive Engineer Arun Tiwari, Executive Engineer Housing Board Mahesh Ghanghoria and officials of Smart City were also present.

Collector Shri Verma started his inspection tour by inspecting the works of Dada Sukhendra Singh Stadium. He inspected the ground work and reconstruction work of indoor games to make the stadium fully equipped at a cost of Rs 8 crore 15 lakh. He inspected the construction work of Dhwari Cricket Stadium being built on the basis of international standards at a cost of Rs 7 crore 19 lakh and gave instructions to increase the pace of the work. The Collector also inspected the HTP of the Municipal Corporation's sewerage plant being built in Mahdeva. Commissioner Municipal Corporation said that in HTP of 15 MLD capacity, 3 MLD of domestic drainage sewage and the remaining sewage of dirty drains will be collected and cleaned here. Continuous monitoring of HTP activities will be done through SCADA system.

The Collector also inspected the construction work of the fully equipped multi sports complex being built at a cost of Rs 35 crore in Sonaura Utaili and gave instructions to speed up the work. So that the work of the complex can be completed by June 2024. He also inspected the Nectar Lake constructed by the Smart City at a cost of Rs 31.69 crore and took further information regarding its operation. The Collector also inspected the construction work of Inter State Bus Terminals being built by the Housing Board near Bypass Maihar Road at a cost of Rs 31 crore 15 lakh. Along with directing the construction agency to bring progress in the works, he also gave guidelines regarding the arrival and exit route of the bus stand and the green belt. Later, the Collector observed the construction work of the community hall being built by the Housing Board near the old Vishwas Rao vegetable market at a cost of Rs 9 crore 16 lakh. Executive Engineer of Housing Board said that 25-25 shops are also being built in the community hall. 11 rooms are being constructed on the upper floor. There will be a large room of about 10 thousand square feet inside the community hall. There will be seating arrangements for 700 to 800 people and auspicious programs will be held here. The Executive Engineer informed that the construction work of ISBT and Community Hall will be completed by June 2024.