Rajasthan to promote green building concept : CM Vasundhra Raje

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje has said that the green building concept (greenery and cleanliness) should be promoted and incentives be given to those who adopt it for greenery and rain water harvesting structures in the houses and buildings.

In order to add new dimension to urban development Ms Raje said incentives for green buildings and rainwater harvesting structures be given to promote green building.

Chairing the meeting of Urban Development & Housing and Local-self Governance departments here, she directed the officials to focus on cleanliness & sanitation and designing master plans of towns as per GIS pattern.

She further asked the officials for simplification of land use change regulations for benefit of the common man and suggested for drafting rules for conservation of heritage buildings to ensure better protection of our historical legacy.

She directed the officials to follow Amrut Yojna guidelines while preparing Master Plans of four cities by consulting expert firms for this. To ease lives of local residents in Prithviraj Nagar area, the CM



asked urban development officials to hold camps for regularisation of well-populated colonies in the region.

She said that the pace of development works of the Ring Road project be expedited and early decision be taken on project for beautification of Dravyavati River.

Ms Raje asked for cleanliness drive in urban areas under the Swachh Bharat Mission and demanded for effective ban on use of polythene bags. She also emphasized on meeting the target of construction of toilets in urban body regions.

She said that all development works in the cities selected under the Smart Cities and Amrut Yojna be completed in time bound manner.

She further directed on regular and effective disposal of waste and sewerage works in various townships.

Additional Chief Secretary Urban Development Ashok Jain and Principal Secretary Local-self Governance Manjit Singh gave presentations on the progress and achievements of their departments and shared details about status of implementation of various announcements made by the CM, other innovations and affordable housing scheme.