Bhubaneswar: Rourkela has been named between the top 10 cities of victory in ‘Nurting Environmental Challenges’ from the Ministry of Housing and Urban (Mohua) under the mission of Smart.
Other winners include Bengaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, Kakinada, Kochi, Kohima, Vadodara, and Warangal.
The finalists were selected after a comprehensive evaluation of the projects proposed and implemented transportation and access to services to improve the health and welfare of children aged 5 years and their caregivers.
Rourkela was elected by the Expert Committee of 63 cities applicants throughout the country in February last year.
Then, it is part of the 25 cities cohort that receives technical assistance and capacity building to request citizen participation, implement trials and pilots, and build consensus around their proposal.
“The future plan is being made to provide various components, a better environment, and to build a better relationship between senior citizens and children in urban slums,” said Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, Sundargarh Collector.
The city increases two argoWadi centers with playrooms, nurse counseling stations for pregnant women and kitchen parks.
RSCL and RMC jointly take steps to make learning-based learning areas for underprivileged children and communities in Malgodam and Colony leprosy.
Rourkela among 10 smart cities
