Tathastu Buddy
Naya Raipur is the uber-new planned capital city of Chhattisgarh. Considered to be Naya Raipur it has provisions for even further expansion and infrastructure upgrades in the future.
Nesting between National Highway-6 and National Highway-3, it is about 17 km out of the current Raipur city. Swami Vivekananda Airport is nestled between Naya Raipur and Raipur.
Naya Raipur is India’s sixth planned city after Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Chandigarh (Punjab & Haryana), and Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra), and fourth among the capital cities.
The city is expected to house about 4.5 lakh (450,000) people within a decade.
Objectives of Naya Raipur:
- Becoming a servicing hub, from manufacturing to information technology and biotechnology sectors
- Becoming the financial center of the region
- Becoming a hub for trade and hospitality sectors
- To supplement the local economy, more focus on cultural services
- Becoming a place for affordable and high-quality medical services
- Becoming a hub of quality educational facilities that will help develop a knowledge base
There’s not one but many reasons why this township, is called one of the first integrated cities in the world. Here’s why Atal Nagar is already a self-sustaining city and the pride of Chhattisgarh and the rest of India.
The Future Is Green
Unlike most other towns in India that have resorted to deforestation, Naya Raipur is doing the exact opposite. Afforestation is bang in the middle of the main plan for this city. 27 percent of the land within its area is solely earmarked for planting more trees. There are more than enough areas in Naya Raipur that favor non-motorized transport. This ensures people breathe clean air instead of a cocktail of fumes.
Inclusive Governance with Digital Services for All
The idea of a well-connected smart city will now be a reality. Naya Raipur is designed to provide quick and efficient utility services and bill payments. The whole city is being connected to a network of optical fibers. Using their registered phone number, citizens can easily pay their income tax, renew their travel passes and take care of other bills.
State-Of-The-Art Zero-Sewage Discharge System
Naya Raipur is one of the few Indian cities that can brag about having a zero-sewage discharge system. To achieve this, the city uses a Zero Liquid Discharge System. This prevents sewerage water from entering the city’s waterways. The system recycles the sewerage water by removing dissolved solids and various other kinds of waste leaving only distilled water. The world is talking about the benefits of smart machines communicating with each other using the Internet of things. Chhattisgarh is already doing it.
Integrated Command and Control Centre Making Life Easy
The most important thing about a city is its people. To ensure that is never the case in Naya Raipur, they have inaugurated the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC). It helps provide a single window for all citizen services like a Land allotment, water connection billing & payment, BRTS travel planning, RTI, Grievances, etc. This is done through mobile apps and web portals, making Naya Raipur the 10th official Smart City in India.
Mandatory Installation of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Buildings
What makes a city smart? It is not just advanced technology that is at play. It is also trying to change the habit of people and help them change for the better. The building plans for the city are such that it makes it mandatory to install rainwater harvesting systems. This is a huge part of self-sustenance. Naya Raipur is leading the way.
Having read about all the points, you can see how soon, other emerging cities will follow the Naya Raipur model, provided people all across the nation can be united in thinking ‘development first’.
