DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary and Mission Director Smart Cities, Government of India visited the city to review the Smart City projects. During the visit, he was accompanied by Municipal Commissioner K K Yadav, who briefed him about the projects and works being carried out by Chandigarh Smart City. He visited the site of Sector 39 Water Works where augmentation of storage capacity is being done to store one day of drinking water for the city. The foundation stone for the project has been laid by Governor, Punjab and Administrator UT of Chandigarh V.P. Singh Badnore on December 4. The Joint Secretary also took note of solar power generation works of 2000 KWp that have been carried out in the Water Works. During the site visit, he inspected Legacy Waste mining project site at Daddu Majra and appreciated the works that are being carried out, enquired about the bio-soil, construction and demolition waste and RDF disposal that is being done as a part of Smart City. He took note of the fact that 20 acres of land will be freed on the completion of this project. The Joint Secretary also visited the Capital Complex and saw the restoration works of Heritage buildings including Secretariat, High Court and Open hand. A key feature of this visit was use of Cycle to cover a major part of the visit to promote cycling in the city, all the officials used cycles during visits to the Capital Complex and to the next site of the underpass connecting Sector 17 to Rose Garden. He appreciated the design and spaces created for activities to make the area live. The Joint Secretary took special interest in the Integrated Command and Control center and visited the MCC Command room to see the works under progress. A detailed presentation on the works under ICCC was made to the Joint Secretary. He also visited the site of up-coming city command center. (editor@dailyworld.in)