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Amritsar, February 3
15-year-old Kanishka Verma, a student of DAV Public School, has been declared the winner for the logo designing competition, organised by the Amritsar Smart City Limited for its ‘RAAHI’ (Rejuvenation of Auto-Rickshaw in Amritsar through Holistic Intervention) project. Amritsar Smart City project is working on a programme funded by French Development Agency, AFD, and operated by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs called CITIIS (city investments to innovate, integrate and sustain) programme. Under the CITIIS programme, RAAHI project has been started to improve public transportation and to reduce pollution levels in the city.
Komal Mittal, Corporation Commissioner and CEO of Amritsar Smart City, said , “One of the many goals of RAAHI is to replace diesel-run autos with e-autos, along with charging stations that will be constructed in the city to charge e-vehicles. For this, financial subsidy and loan on easy interest rates will also be provided