Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 2

Amritsar Smart City Limited has launched a logo designing and slogan writing competition for its “RAAHI” (Rejuvenation of Auto-Rickshaw in Amritsar through Holistic Intervention) project.

Through the competition, city dwellers can showcase their creativity by designing project logos and writing slogans. For a long time now, Amritsar Smart City Limited has been working on a project to improve public transport of the city and reduce pollution.

Under it, charging stations will be set up at different places of the city for charging e-vehicles. In the first phase of the project, about 7,000 diesel autos will be replaced with e-autos. To replace these old diesel autos, drivers will be given subsidies as well as loans on easy interest rates.

The rest of the autos will be replaced in the second phase. Funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and supervised by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs, the project is now officially named as “RAAHI”. Under it, Amritsar will be the first city in the country where e-auto will be made a part of the public transport system on such a large scale.

All the information about the competition is available on the official website (www.smartcityamritsar.com) of Amritsar Smart City and by visiting the link given on the website, the city dwellers can send their entry by December 31. The winner of the competition will be honoured by Komal Mittal, CEO of Amritsar Smart City and Commissioner of Municipal Corporation, and the selected logo and slogan will be used for the branding of the RAAHI project.

“The young artists and graphic designers of the city should showcase their creativity by participating in this competition. This is the first kind of project in the country which will give them a chance to establish their identity on a large scale,” says Mittal.