Chandigarh: UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore launched the first phase of the Public Bicyble Sharing (PBS) project in the Shanti Parking Area, Sector 16, Thursday.
He said Chandigarh was the first to launch a project based on Pan-City with the spread of a pedal-assisted hybrid bike too.
This project will eventually be expanded to 5,000 bicycles and 617 stations within one year, making it the top and largest PBS in India.
Citizens can now go for their daily work on a bicycle and leave their worries to set aside their vehicles.
The advantage of this system is the cost of nominal users and the ease of finding the closest docking station through the SmartBike mobile application, he said.
Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma said UT, with the launch of the project with 1,250 bicycles and 155 docking stations, has entered the Indian city elite category to have their own PBS system.
Tracking the UT administrator garbage collector, together with PT Adviser Dharam Pal, also inaugurated projects under the Mission of City Smart in Chandigarh, including a system for distribution of tertiary water, systems for monitoring vehicles collecting door and door building online plan Approval for commercial units, in Rose Club, Sector 16.
Administrator said the control and procurement control system (SCADA) aims to improve the efficiency of collecting, transportation and disposal of city solid waste from chandigarh with cost-effective and environmentally friendly ways.
This will help monitor, track, and manage various solid waste management tasks associated with door garbage collection to doors through devices that support GPS installed in 642 vehicles.
The movement of the vehicle will be monitored by the team at the command and control center to ensure the route assigned followed.
He said that residents can register in the Clean Chandigarh application to get notifications on their cellphones when the vehicle will reach its surroundings.
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They can also see routes for waste collection vehicles assigned to their area.
If vehicle damage occurs, the command center will get a warning and a replacement vehicle will be assigned to complete the work.