Manav Rachna Educational Institutions have been aggressively supporting the Smart Faridabad campaign

With better profiling, ensuring consistency between citizens' aspirations and action plans, more feasible resource mobilization plans and presenting a more coordinated and integrated picture of how individual projects will contribute to the area level changes; the city of Faridabad now holds a place of prominence in the list of Smart Cities announced by the Government yesterday. It is noteworthy that this has been only possible because of the contributions of the citizens and corporate houses of Faridabad.

Manav Rachna Educational Institutions (MREI) have been dedicatedly working with the Faridabad Municipal Corporation to make this happen. In its effort to transform from an industrial hub to a Smart City, students and faculty members from all schools and higher institutions of MREI generously made their contributions in the various competitions under the Smart Faridabad campaign.

MREI had also adopted the Old Faridabad Railway Station for its upkeep and maintenance under the aegis of Dr. O P Bhalla Foundation. This is the most important station on the Faridabad-Agra chord. Recently, top officials from Northern Railways visited the Old Faridabad railway station and put on record their appreciation for the support of Dr O.P. Bhalla Foundation. The Faridabad railway station is going to be a model railway station for other stations to emulate its path.

Badkhal Lake is one of the most prominent water bodies in Faridabad. The declining level of water bodies and seepage losses are responsible for deterioration of water level of Badkhal Lake which has shrunken about 25-30% of its original volume. Considering the historical factor and the tourism, revitalization of Badkhal Lake is very essential and is being treated as National Development Activity.

In this regard, a taskforce comprising officials from Manav Rachna International University (MRIU) and Global Hydrogeological Solutions (GHS) with the support of the District Administration had been constituted. MRIU and GHS worked on the pre-feasibility study for the revival of the Badhkal Lake. The findings of this pre-feasibility study were presented to the District Administration. The hydrogeological and geophysical survey has provided the information on the extensiveness of the different aquifer zones and the thickness of the overburden, overlying the alluvial sediments.

“The above options for water resources to revive the lake also meets the requirements of the smart city which provides for the recycling of the waste-water and water conservation practices”, informed Dr. Prashant Bhalla, President, MREI. 

Manav Rachna Educational Institutions have also been instrumental in the constitution of the ‘Haryana Water Council or Forum’ — a road map for Haryana to conserve its water resources with recommendations for efficient utilization of water in cities and towns across Haryana.

Manav Rachna Educational Institutions believe that the genesis of a smart city is to provide the highest quality of human life. And all these endeavors are just a step in this direction.