By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, February 9, 2017: Odisha government will spend Rs 48 crore for Request of Proposal (RFP) for making city’s entire operations online as part of expediting smart city projects in the state capital here.

This was decided at a committee meeting chaired by Electronics and IT Principal Secretary Pradip Jena on Wednesday.

Canada’s IBI will prepare the RFP following which tender will be invited for the project.

Earlier in November last year, French firm Egis and Canada’s IBI had signed contracts with Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) to execute projects under Smart City Initiative in the city. Both firms will act as consultants for four years. While Egis will work for the Bhubaneswar Town Centre District (BTCD), IBI will work in the information technology and smart technology related projects.

Among other things, the optical fibre will be installed throughout the capital city for providing online services. The internet will be made available in all the government offices. Even if the government wants to launch any new project, that will be implemented through Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited.

Several initiatives will be undertaken under the online service project to make everything to be online. Right from providing wifi services across the city, to fee collection from the traffic rule violators, to strengthen the apps like Sarathi and BMC’s My City My Pride, the smart city operations will be online, sources said.

Besides, other services including parking, advance booking, grievance redressal, bill payment, traffic management and form application both in private and government offices will be online.