Dehradun was smarter earlier but now it has been completely distorted, therefore a strong determination and vision is required to get it back on the right track, said Padma Shri awardee Avadhash Kaushal at a conference held on the subject of smart city- future cities and villages on the occasion of the fifth death anniversary of late Rajya Sabha MP and former Dehradun mayor Manorama Dobriyal Sharma.
Addressing the gathering, Kaushal said that strong will power is necessary to make the Dehradun a really smart city like before.
According to him, along with environmental protection, modern technologies should be used to develop the cities and villages so that future generations can be provided with better civic amenities. Presiding over the conference, the former president of the Pradesh Congress Committee, Kishore Upadhyaya said that working towards fulfilling the vision of the late MP for the cities and villages of the future would be the real tribute to her. The development of cities should be undertaken while also keeping the development of villages in focus.
The conference organiser Asha Sharma said that the recommendations finalised as part of the Doon declaration during the conference will be sent to the state government and public representatives besides using social media and other mediums to elicit action on the same.
