JAMMU AS A SMART CITY

 Curtains have been withdrawn, as on last month, the urban development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced names of those lucky Ninety eight urban centers and cities that have been listed by the state governments for smart city scheme, neglecting Jammu and Kashmir completely. JNKPPP leader in his annoying speech said that ,’it is true  failure of ruling party that we have not got even one town in as smart city scheme, The citizens of various cities have started dreaming about future outlooks of their cities and facilities they will enjoy after the development, smart governance, smart energy, smart building, smart mobility, smart infrastructure, and smart technology by having smart city status but we will lack the connectivity completely  because of internal fights taking place in Jammu And Kashmir.’

Jammu deserves to be nominated. Tax collection during last two financial years2011-2012, 2012-2013 in Jammu was Rs9624.63 crore through state excise and commercial tax departments of which Rs7117.61 crore were realized from Jammu division while Rs2507.01 crore realized in Kashmir division. Tax collection from GST, VAT and entry taxes to Jammu and Kashmir is Rs6251.98 crores.Rs31 crore was realized from Lakhanpur toll plaza imposing penalties on tax evaders for violating provisions of Jammu and Kashmir VAT,GST etc.The revenue collection from power and water resources sector indicates that Jammu pays 25 to 30% more tan Srinagar .

Jammu and Kashmir with a population of 1.30 crore is directly linked to many states and almost every visitor first drops here and then proceeds to another destinations. About two crore people visit Jammu for having pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi temple at  Katra So, it is desirable for any visitor to first land in smart city because first intuition of the state caries a significant impact. Jammu climatically is open to all activities throughout the year. People like to watch smart Jammu having beautiful spots

Jammu is the ideal place to put up multi story buildings, flyovers, broad roads to provide smart infrastructure and has a lot of scope of developmental activities. Developing smart Jammu will not only boost tourism industry but also educational, industrial and business actives because the industrialists both at national and international level will take interest to make investments.

Good communication skills are passport to job market. Imparting quality education with focus on overall personality development in child must be result oriented and relevant to the present scenario. It is the time that we have to indulge in our children their creative abilities so that in future they don’t move to different states but stick to its motherland to make Jammu a better and prominent smart city.

It takes a lot of time to develop a small city. it is correct time for Jammu to improve its scenario in education and health facilities. Moreover, I labor my point that it will give decent life to jammuites with the smart city status, it will definitely quench the genuine desire of Jammu and I am sure that this will help in narrowing the gap between the two religions and also the mental attitude of the layman.