5 Things That Can Help Gurgaon Earn Smart City Tag
In rapidly urbanizing nations, every city is in the race of becoming smart city. This is not just to look beautiful but also to generate wealth. Urbanizing societies draw attention of people from all across the world and contribute in urban expansion with better infrastructure, new projects etc.
One of the areas with high potential to become a smart city is Gurgaon. The ‘millennium city’ contributes big in Haryana’s revenues but doesn’t even get a quarter of its contribution for own development. This is just because of the list of top builders in Gurgaon and MNCs the city is getting popularity.
Primarily, there are five things that need to be fixed to make Gurgaon a smart city.
- Sewerage:
When it comes to public sewage system, the city lacks the facility in every part. Though privately provided sewerage facility is efficient, not everyone in the city is able to afford these services. The city can do much better if more focus is given to public sewage system connected to official sewerage lines.
- Electricity:
The city has both government and private power supply, but none of them are able to meet the requirements. Further, private production of electricity leads to excessive pollution. New projects in Gurgaon with more focus on private electricity production options are examples of the private producers polluting the city.
- Water supply
The average cost per person for water in Gurgaon is high due to its limited availability. Further, the quality of piped water supply is also poor creating many health issues. By building water mains to Gurgaon, the government can make unlocked land useful and valuable. Further, it will also increase options of affordable homes for those planning to buy property in Gurgaon.
- Law and order
Law and order in Gurgaon needs a lot of improvement to increase confidence of the people in its legal system. Wealthy residents find easy solution to their problems by hiring private security personnel, but not all can afford them. To make Gurgaon smart city, the authorities should focus on improving the security in the city.
- Transportation
Though there has been a lot of improvement in city’s transportation system over years, it still has a lot of scope. With almost every family having at least one care, the transportation system here needs to be better. However, real estate website in Gurgaon boast of unmatched transportation system in the city via buses, wide roads, metro trains etc.
By tackling these issues, Gurgaon can really be made ‘Singapore of India’.
