PASIGHAT, Mar 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) for Itanagar and Pasighat Smart City through Digital Platform (Remote Control) from New Delhi. 
The historic moment was witnessed by the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, DC Dr. Kinny Singh, DIGP Isaac Pertin, local MLA Kaling Moyong, SP Prashant Gautam, Director Town Planning & ULB cum CEO Pasighat Smart City and others through video conference here at the DC’s conference hall.
In his brief speech, DCM Mein said that the state is getting affected by rapid urbanization and the challenges are posing a serious threat to people. To address the problems before they become insurmountable, Itanagar and Pasighat were selected to get transformed into smart cities with citizen-centric services where the focus is on sustainable and inclusive development, Mein added.
These cities are planned to be developed with basic infrastructure such as assured water and power supply, sanitation, solid waste management system, efficient urban mobility,public transport, IT connectivity, e-governance with citizens participation.
Our objective is to overhaul the entire demography of these two cities and replenish the ecosystem with best-fit technology, globally benchmarked public services and good governance besides preserving traditional architecture and ethnicity and ensuring public safety, Mein stated.
According to DCM, the most vital component will be a cloud-based smart city platform that will integrate all smart solutions and help the administrators to remotely manage, optimize and monitor the complete infrastructure and urban services.
 The platform will be displayed in an Integrated Command and Control Centre that will propagate information in a manner that gives administrators the highest-level of situational awareness in order to dispatch instructions or to report to higher levels.
Earlier, Deputy Commissioner Dr K. Singh in her deliberation said that Arunachal Pradesh is known for its beauty and vibrant culture, and with this step of transforming cities into smart ones the state is moving towards syncing its historic magnificence with modernity, with due emphasis in reducing pollution through regular monitoring with environment sensors.
Local MLA Kaling Moyong extended his gratitude to PM Modi, adding that the mission will curb the challenges currently faced due to increasing urbanization.
Among others, Ex-MP T. Gao, Ex-Information Commissioner Nanom Jamoh, CEO (Smart City) Sukhvinder Singh also spoke on the occasion. DIPRO

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