1) The document summarizes a workshop held in Jaipur, Rajasthan on revenue generation and procurement strategies for smart cities.
2) It discusses various challenges cities face in developing smart city plans and initiatives underway in Rajasthan such as housing, sanitation, and renewable energy projects.
3) The principal secretary of Rajasthan outlined projects worth over Rs. 10,000 crore being implemented in the state related to housing, sanitation, water and energy.
Challenges opportunities and way forward in making indian cities and citizens...ANIRBAN CHOUDHURY
This was presented by me during Panel Discussions on Captioned Topic during IoT India Congress – 2016 Bangalore, on 8th September 2016.
http://theiet.in/The_IET_announces_Indias_largest_conclave_on_the_Internet_of_Things%E2%80%93IoT_India_Congress_2016
It was a coincidence that during panel discussions I came across team from Deloitte and C44, instrumental in preparation of NTK's winning Smart City Proposal. For me it was one of the happiest moment for being in the same panel with current mentors, as I was involved with the NTK project from pre-takeoff to maturity stage.
In the captioned presentation I have highlighted the fact that NTK was designed with resiliant features, especially AA-1 of NTK and also how the AA-1D was made LEED Traditional Neighborhood Design compliant more than 1/2 a decade before it was formalized by USGBC, NRF & CNU. I have highlighted the salient features namely
(1) hierarchy of built & open spaces; habitats starting from neighborhoods- community -Towns with distinct boundary have been planned; socio-economic infrastructure has been planned in early 2000 that even fulfill the changed requirements of NBC2005 and UDPFI 2015. ;
(2) Though the city has been planned for inclusion of all class, creed & castes of the society, AA-1D has been designed for a well-diversified population (housing option) such that the SIMPSON Diversity index > 0.75.
(3) The hierarchy of roads and surface drainage were designed in such a way that it's having an inversely proportional relationship.
All the above resilience features were designed and built in the early 2000, 1/2 decade before Draft LEED TND of USGBC was published after 2005.
The structure of AA1D was designed to be resilient as it was meant to promote (a) Compact densification; (b) Scaling of a Traditional neighbourhood; (c) Fine Grain diversity
I have also highlighted the fact that what we have done in (terms of TND design) more than 1.5 decades back in the year 2000-01, is being replicated now as a Brownfeild Retrofit by Global Smart City Barcelona through creation of SMART SUPER BLOCKS ( we were ahead of time).
Also refer to linked-in posting " GREENFIELD URBAN RETROFIT - INSPIRED BY TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN & URBAN PATTERN" for the story behind Smart Retrofit done by me for Action Area 1D in the year 2001.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/greenfield-urban-retrofit-inspired-traditional-design-choudhury?trk=pulse_spock-articles
This webinar was hosted on Wednesday, September 23 2015 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm IST (local time) and was presented by Amit Bhatt, Strategy Head – Urban Transport, EMBARQ India.
On 21 June 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a bold, new initiative - The Smart Cities Mission. The conceptualization of this mission is based on achieving an enhanced livability index in cities and boost public transportation, communication and water, gas and electricity supply. Additionally, this mission will also promote the utilization of technological innovations and familiarize people with e-management as the core of infrastructure. These ‘Smart’ Solutions will in turn drive economic growth. The initiative focuses on the sustainable and inclusive development of cities with the idea of looking at compact areas and creating a replicable model for other aspiring cities.
This webinar discussed what should India’s smart cities aspire to become for their citizens and how should policy makers approach the planning of smart cities.
Webinar Recording - http://embarqindiahub.org/webinars/why-smart-cites-mission-matters-india
Upcoming Webinars - http://embarqindiahub.org/e-learning/webinars
SMART RETROFIT FOR AN UNSMART BANGALORE CITY VER 15 SEPT 2015 A5ANIRBAN CHOUDHURY
SMART URBAN RETROFITS FOR AN UNSMART CITY – BANGALORE introduces the smartness characteristics expected from a metropolis like Bangalore, details the reasons for its UN SMARTNESS as on date and SMART URBAN RETROFITS - Policy initiatives and projects includes
(1) Green TDR: It’s a policy initiative that can be executed very easily by tweaking existing legislations. The cost of execution is nominal and the multiplier effect (tangible as well as intangible) is large.
(2) Solar Green House and Green Retrofits for existing PV Power Plant; Innovative projects to reduce carbon footprint of gridlinked solar PV systems and at the same time promotes food security.
(3) Solar Human Resource Capacity Building; it’s a project cum initiative that helps in guild formation of tradesmen and its operation.
(4) Neighbourhood Solid waste to power plant; Innovative project that includes reduction in ton miles of solid waste transportation; use of proven technology of smokeless incinerator (similar to CHUWASTAR), ORC Turbo Generator (proven Turboden-Mitsubishi) and absorption chiller for a Community Cold Store (using product from Broad/Thermax/Yazaki).
(5) Solar PV Modules globally competitive made @ India;Economic development initiative (Policy as well as governance).
(6) Smart City Investment Trust (SMIT); Governance initiative, SMIT is going to strengthen the position of Mayor heading it, similar to the role played by Gujarat Municipal Finance Board.
(7) Urban Morphology Studies for planned future; Studies and research – conditions precedent that needs to be fulfilled before city-wide smart city initiative takeoff.
(8) Energy Smartness - through demand side energy management studies, community smart microgrid master plans; this is job that needs to be done before before city-wide smart city initiative takes off.
(9) Smart Urban System – Virtual Health City ( based on experience of Singapore, that became a regional biotech hub within a decade. IoE applications that can evolve out of primary to tertiary health infrastructure and all stake holders in a metropolitan city has been covered) and Smart City broadband network ( similar to Goa Broadband Network)
Challenges opportunities and way forward in making indian cities and citizens...ANIRBAN CHOUDHURY
This was presented by me during Panel Discussions on Captioned Topic during IoT India Congress – 2016 Bangalore, on 8th September 2016.
http://theiet.in/The_IET_announces_Indias_largest_conclave_on_the_Internet_of_Things%E2%80%93IoT_India_Congress_2016
It was a coincidence that during panel discussions I came across team from Deloitte and C44, instrumental in preparation of NTK's winning Smart City Proposal. For me it was one of the happiest moment for being in the same panel with current mentors, as I was involved with the NTK project from pre-takeoff to maturity stage.
In the captioned presentation I have highlighted the fact that NTK was designed with resiliant features, especially AA-1 of NTK and also how the AA-1D was made LEED Traditional Neighborhood Design compliant more than 1/2 a decade before it was formalized by USGBC, NRF & CNU. I have highlighted the salient features namely
(1) hierarchy of built & open spaces; habitats starting from neighborhoods- community -Towns with distinct boundary have been planned; socio-economic infrastructure has been planned in early 2000 that even fulfill the changed requirements of NBC2005 and UDPFI 2015. ;
(2) Though the city has been planned for inclusion of all class, creed & castes of the society, AA-1D has been designed for a well-diversified population (housing option) such that the SIMPSON Diversity index > 0.75.
(3) The hierarchy of roads and surface drainage were designed in such a way that it's having an inversely proportional relationship.
All the above resilience features were designed and built in the early 2000, 1/2 decade before Draft LEED TND of USGBC was published after 2005.
The structure of AA1D was designed to be resilient as it was meant to promote (a) Compact densification; (b) Scaling of a Traditional neighbourhood; (c) Fine Grain diversity
I have also highlighted the fact that what we have done in (terms of TND design) more than 1.5 decades back in the year 2000-01, is being replicated now as a Brownfeild Retrofit by Global Smart City Barcelona through creation of SMART SUPER BLOCKS ( we were ahead of time).
Also refer to linked-in posting " GREENFIELD URBAN RETROFIT - INSPIRED BY TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN & URBAN PATTERN" for the story behind Smart Retrofit done by me for Action Area 1D in the year 2001.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/greenfield-urban-retrofit-inspired-traditional-design-choudhury?trk=pulse_spock-articles
This webinar was hosted on Wednesday, September 23 2015 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm IST (local time) and was presented by Amit Bhatt, Strategy Head – Urban Transport, EMBARQ India.
On 21 June 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a bold, new initiative - The Smart Cities Mission. The conceptualization of this mission is based on achieving an enhanced livability index in cities and boost public transportation, communication and water, gas and electricity supply. Additionally, this mission will also promote the utilization of technological innovations and familiarize people with e-management as the core of infrastructure. These ‘Smart’ Solutions will in turn drive economic growth. The initiative focuses on the sustainable and inclusive development of cities with the idea of looking at compact areas and creating a replicable model for other aspiring cities.
This webinar discussed what should India’s smart cities aspire to become for their citizens and how should policy makers approach the planning of smart cities.
Webinar Recording - http://embarqindiahub.org/webinars/why-smart-cites-mission-matters-india
Upcoming Webinars - http://embarqindiahub.org/e-learning/webinars
SMART RETROFIT FOR AN UNSMART BANGALORE CITY VER 15 SEPT 2015 A5ANIRBAN CHOUDHURY
SMART URBAN RETROFITS FOR AN UNSMART CITY – BANGALORE introduces the smartness characteristics expected from a metropolis like Bangalore, details the reasons for its UN SMARTNESS as on date and SMART URBAN RETROFITS - Policy initiatives and projects includes
(1) Green TDR: It’s a policy initiative that can be executed very easily by tweaking existing legislations. The cost of execution is nominal and the multiplier effect (tangible as well as intangible) is large.
(2) Solar Green House and Green Retrofits for existing PV Power Plant; Innovative projects to reduce carbon footprint of gridlinked solar PV systems and at the same time promotes food security.
(3) Solar Human Resource Capacity Building; it’s a project cum initiative that helps in guild formation of tradesmen and its operation.
(4) Neighbourhood Solid waste to power plant; Innovative project that includes reduction in ton miles of solid waste transportation; use of proven technology of smokeless incinerator (similar to CHUWASTAR), ORC Turbo Generator (proven Turboden-Mitsubishi) and absorption chiller for a Community Cold Store (using product from Broad/Thermax/Yazaki).
(5) Solar PV Modules globally competitive made @ India;Economic development initiative (Policy as well as governance).
(6) Smart City Investment Trust (SMIT); Governance initiative, SMIT is going to strengthen the position of Mayor heading it, similar to the role played by Gujarat Municipal Finance Board.
(7) Urban Morphology Studies for planned future; Studies and research – conditions precedent that needs to be fulfilled before city-wide smart city initiative takeoff.
(8) Energy Smartness - through demand side energy management studies, community smart microgrid master plans; this is job that needs to be done before before city-wide smart city initiative takes off.
(9) Smart Urban System – Virtual Health City ( based on experience of Singapore, that became a regional biotech hub within a decade. IoE applications that can evolve out of primary to tertiary health infrastructure and all stake holders in a metropolitan city has been covered) and Smart City broadband network ( similar to Goa Broadband Network)
Trends of Urbanisation in Smart City of Faridabad: A Geographical PerspectiveApoorva Mathur
Faridabad essentially occupies the position of being the oldest city of Haryana. It gradually started emerging as an industrial center for Haryana with the establishment of several renowned manufacturers of products like shoes, tractors, refrigerators, switch gears etc.
Technological Challenges in Managing and Operating a Smart City: Planning for...Biplav Srivastava
This talk discusses smart city in Indian context and how Data/Open and AI/Planning can help in tackling them. Given as part of IEEE Workshop on Technologies for Planning and Acting in Real World Systems at Bangalore, India on 4th Sep, 2015.
Smart City Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision.
In my opinion, this PDF doesn't need too much of a description, the PDF itself is full of information collected from the Authentic Government Site of Smart City Mission http://smartcities.gov.in/
Historically, transportation solutions in India's cities have been implemented more on an ad
hoc basis rather than as holistically planned, fully functional systems. The legacy of
transportation systems handed down from the days of the Raj and still functioning in cities
like Mumbai and Kolkata are in dire need of significant overhaul and upgradation. As India's
middle class' propensity to opt for personal transportation solutions increases, there is a
need for a world-class, efficient and self-sustaining public transportation system in India's
cities. Keeping this in mind, the Ministry of Urban Development formulated the National
Urban Transportation Policy which prescribes guidelines for the successful development of
urban mass transit solutions in India. While this is definitely a step in the right direction,
embattled issues related to legislation, regulatory framework, financing and political
propaganda continue to plague progress.
Creating Smarter Cities 2011 - 02 - Nicos Komninos - What makes cities smart?Smart Cities Project
Smart cities are expected to deal with major contemporary city challenges of competiveness within a knowledge economy, employment for social cohesion, and environmental sustainability, less greenhouse emissions and energy efficiency. The presentation discusses different trajectories and organisational settings that make cities more intelligent, and how collective intelligence, people-driven innovation, and future Internet solutions advance the efficiency, performance, and governance of cities.
1. Letter to all state governments to shortlist potential Smart Cities based on Stage-I criteria according to a number of Smart Cities distributed across states /UTs by the MoUD. This is the first stage of the Intra-State competition.
2. On the basis of response from States/UTs, the list of potential 100 Smart Cities is announced. The second stage of the All India competition begins.
3. Each potential Smart City prepares its proposal assisted by a consultant (from a panel prepared by MoUD) and a hand-holding External Agency (various offers received such as World Bank, ADB, GEF, USTDA, JICA, DFID, AFD, KfW, UN-Habitat)
4. By stipulated date, Stage 2 proposals submitted. Evaluation by a panel of experts.
5. Selected cities declared – Round 1 Smart Cities
6. Selected cities set up SPV and start the implementation of their SCP. Preparation of DPRs, tenders, etc. and Other cities prepare to improve their proposal for the next round of the Challenge
Bhopal smart city development corporation limited (BSCDCL), is a company incorporated under Indian Companies Act 2013, with a sole objective of Planning and Implementing the “Smart city project” in Bhopal.
The company is jointly owned by the Government of MP and is equally managed by Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Limited (MPUDCL) and Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Neologicx, one of the very few companies, who have developed 3 Mobile app for Central ministries of govt of India. Contact us for any requirement related to Mobile app development, Website development, Software development, Digital marketing.
We have recently worked on dream projects of "Ministry of Urban Development" (Swachh bharat toilet locator), Election commision of India (ECI Apps) & E-parchi.
Apart from this, we have delivered ecommerce solutions, matrimonial solutions, community websites, institution website, interactive & responsive websites in past.
Please go through our portfolio for complete details. Contact us, if you feel, we could work for your project !!
Designing Next Generation Smart City Initiatives:Harnessing Findings And Les...Edward Curry
The proliferation of “Smart Cities” initiatives around the world is part of the strategic response by governments to the challenges and opportunities of increasing urbanization and the rise of cities as the nexus of societal development. As a framework for urban transformation, Smart City initiatives aim to harness Information and Communication Technologies and Knowledge Infrastructures for economic regeneration, social cohesion, better city administration and infrastructure management. However, experiences from earlier Smart City initiatives have revealed several technical, management and governance challenges arising from the inherent nature of a Smart City as a complex “Socio- technical System of Systems”. While these early lessons are informing modest objectives for planned Smart Cities programs, no rigorous developed framework based on careful analysis of existing initiatives is available to guide policymakers, practitioners, and other Smart City stakeholders. In response to this need, this paper presents a “Smart City Initiative Design (SCID) Framework” grounded in the findings from the analysis of ten major Smart Cities programs from Netherlands, Sweden, Malta, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Singapore, Brazil, South Korea, China and Japan. The findings provide a design space for the objectives, implementation options, strategies, and the enabling institutional and governance mechanisms for Smart City initiatives.
NIPune (Net Impact Pune Professional Chapter) undertook a challenging assignment Hinjewadi Traffic Optimization (HTO) that involved work with various companies in Hinjewadi, PMC, PMPML and various other stakeholders including NGOs and CIO Pune. Here is the report of the study that describes the methodology, process, key findings and recommendations for various stakeholders.
Need for Smart Cities, Introduction to Smart Cities, India Smart City Initiative Details, Financing Mechanisms to support implementation & Global Examples
Trends of Urbanisation in Smart City of Faridabad: A Geographical PerspectiveApoorva Mathur
Faridabad essentially occupies the position of being the oldest city of Haryana. It gradually started emerging as an industrial center for Haryana with the establishment of several renowned manufacturers of products like shoes, tractors, refrigerators, switch gears etc.
Technological Challenges in Managing and Operating a Smart City: Planning for...Biplav Srivastava
This talk discusses smart city in Indian context and how Data/Open and AI/Planning can help in tackling them. Given as part of IEEE Workshop on Technologies for Planning and Acting in Real World Systems at Bangalore, India on 4th Sep, 2015.
Smart City Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision.
In my opinion, this PDF doesn't need too much of a description, the PDF itself is full of information collected from the Authentic Government Site of Smart City Mission http://smartcities.gov.in/
Historically, transportation solutions in India's cities have been implemented more on an ad
hoc basis rather than as holistically planned, fully functional systems. The legacy of
transportation systems handed down from the days of the Raj and still functioning in cities
like Mumbai and Kolkata are in dire need of significant overhaul and upgradation. As India's
middle class' propensity to opt for personal transportation solutions increases, there is a
need for a world-class, efficient and self-sustaining public transportation system in India's
cities. Keeping this in mind, the Ministry of Urban Development formulated the National
Urban Transportation Policy which prescribes guidelines for the successful development of
urban mass transit solutions in India. While this is definitely a step in the right direction,
embattled issues related to legislation, regulatory framework, financing and political
propaganda continue to plague progress.
Creating Smarter Cities 2011 - 02 - Nicos Komninos - What makes cities smart?Smart Cities Project
Smart cities are expected to deal with major contemporary city challenges of competiveness within a knowledge economy, employment for social cohesion, and environmental sustainability, less greenhouse emissions and energy efficiency. The presentation discusses different trajectories and organisational settings that make cities more intelligent, and how collective intelligence, people-driven innovation, and future Internet solutions advance the efficiency, performance, and governance of cities.
1. Letter to all state governments to shortlist potential Smart Cities based on Stage-I criteria according to a number of Smart Cities distributed across states /UTs by the MoUD. This is the first stage of the Intra-State competition.
2. On the basis of response from States/UTs, the list of potential 100 Smart Cities is announced. The second stage of the All India competition begins.
3. Each potential Smart City prepares its proposal assisted by a consultant (from a panel prepared by MoUD) and a hand-holding External Agency (various offers received such as World Bank, ADB, GEF, USTDA, JICA, DFID, AFD, KfW, UN-Habitat)
4. By stipulated date, Stage 2 proposals submitted. Evaluation by a panel of experts.
5. Selected cities declared – Round 1 Smart Cities
6. Selected cities set up SPV and start the implementation of their SCP. Preparation of DPRs, tenders, etc. and Other cities prepare to improve their proposal for the next round of the Challenge
Bhopal smart city development corporation limited (BSCDCL), is a company incorporated under Indian Companies Act 2013, with a sole objective of Planning and Implementing the “Smart city project” in Bhopal.
The company is jointly owned by the Government of MP and is equally managed by Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Limited (MPUDCL) and Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Neologicx, one of the very few companies, who have developed 3 Mobile app for Central ministries of govt of India. Contact us for any requirement related to Mobile app development, Website development, Software development, Digital marketing.
We have recently worked on dream projects of "Ministry of Urban Development" (Swachh bharat toilet locator), Election commision of India (ECI Apps) & E-parchi.
Apart from this, we have delivered ecommerce solutions, matrimonial solutions, community websites, institution website, interactive & responsive websites in past.
Please go through our portfolio for complete details. Contact us, if you feel, we could work for your project !!
Designing Next Generation Smart City Initiatives:Harnessing Findings And Les...Edward Curry
The proliferation of “Smart Cities” initiatives around the world is part of the strategic response by governments to the challenges and opportunities of increasing urbanization and the rise of cities as the nexus of societal development. As a framework for urban transformation, Smart City initiatives aim to harness Information and Communication Technologies and Knowledge Infrastructures for economic regeneration, social cohesion, better city administration and infrastructure management. However, experiences from earlier Smart City initiatives have revealed several technical, management and governance challenges arising from the inherent nature of a Smart City as a complex “Socio- technical System of Systems”. While these early lessons are informing modest objectives for planned Smart Cities programs, no rigorous developed framework based on careful analysis of existing initiatives is available to guide policymakers, practitioners, and other Smart City stakeholders. In response to this need, this paper presents a “Smart City Initiative Design (SCID) Framework” grounded in the findings from the analysis of ten major Smart Cities programs from Netherlands, Sweden, Malta, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Singapore, Brazil, South Korea, China and Japan. The findings provide a design space for the objectives, implementation options, strategies, and the enabling institutional and governance mechanisms for Smart City initiatives.
NIPune (Net Impact Pune Professional Chapter) undertook a challenging assignment Hinjewadi Traffic Optimization (HTO) that involved work with various companies in Hinjewadi, PMC, PMPML and various other stakeholders including NGOs and CIO Pune. Here is the report of the study that describes the methodology, process, key findings and recommendations for various stakeholders.
Need for Smart Cities, Introduction to Smart Cities, India Smart City Initiative Details, Financing Mechanisms to support implementation & Global Examples
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Libro en español creado por Oscar del Santo y Daniel Álvarez que contiene 102 páginas donde desarrolla el tema de Marketing de Atracción 2.0.
Este libro aborda los siguientes temas:
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What exactly is a Smart City- Features, Choice & More.pdfyamunaNMH
The Smart City mission was introduced by the Indian government in 2015. In 100 cities around the nation, the goal was to boost economic growth and infrastructure. Additionally, this mission aims to develop replicas of these cities that can serve as an example for other communities around the nation as they attempt to become “Smart” cities. The Smart City mission aids communities in tackling environmental and social issues in metropolitan settings.
India’s recent stand on Smart City Development and involvement of various high income countries; initiates the talk of ideal variables for smart city evolution by our own standards. With a vision of Urban Governance for general livability, it becomes imperative to study these parameters and ensure the evolution of our own concept of a Smart City. Our spatial planning models based on unique factors such as Human Diversity, Physical-Social networks and ICT impact on urban fabric, City resilience, etc. make it all the more interesting to evolve a blueprint for Planning a Smart City.
The paper centers the infrastructural developments for the Smart Urban Development in India. The research helps us arrive at a general line of action for Urban Planning implications catering to the Infrastructure Sector, amongst others; thus affecting environmental, social and economic structure significantly. The study further finds the scope of progress, encouraged from various government policies for successful implementation of Smart City Development. It also allows a peek into future scenario of improvements and deliberations particular to Indian standards in consideration with the scenario of other countries.
A smart city, as the name indicates, uses smart technologies and solutions to improve quality of life and create a sustainable environment. In smart city is one that is linked to the internet, has cameras and sensors installed, and makes effective use of social networking sites. So, smart city would need to work on movement and a strong online linkage in addition to the basics of water, sanitation, and power generation.
How to Understand Smart Cities- Smart Cities Mission 2023.pdfyamunaNMH
Smart Cities Mission 2023- On June 25, 2015, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the commencement of the Smart Cities Mission. The project intends to boost economic growth and the standard of living for Indians. According to data gathered during the 2011 Census, 63% of India’s population resides in cities, which account for around 31% of the country’s total population.
AICTE TULIP Internship in Surat Smart City Development Ltd.
Under this internship anyone can explore all the development activities in Surat Municipal Corporation, since I was assigned in Hydraulic Department of SMC.
What exactly is a Smart City- Features, Choice, & More.pdfyamunaNMH
The Smart City Mission was introduce by the Indian government in 2015. In 100 cities around the nation, the goal was to boost economic growth and infrastructure. The goal also aspires to build replicas of these cities that can serve as an example for other communities around the nation to emulate in order to become “Smart” cities. The Smart City mission aids society in overcoming environmental and socioeconomic problems in metropolitan areas.
The Best 8 Smart Cities in India for Living.pdfnayanaNMH
India is demonstrating a rapid growth surge to catch up with the developed nations. Implementing the smart city mission is one such development. The greatest amenities would be available to citizens of an intelligent city in India. It makes wise use of the available terrain. 100 smart cities were the first goal set by the Indian government. This project is almost finish.
In his budget speech, Union Finance Minister Arjun Jaitley
said that “unless new cities are developed to accommodate
the burgeoning number of people, the existing cities would
soon become unliveable.” Modi wants to build over a 100
smart cities to deal with the rapidly increasing urbanisation,
traffic congestion and decreasing quality of people’s lives
and the environment. Fiscal constraints demand diligence
and that global ‘smart solutions’ be tailored to suit this
emerging economy where even basic amenities are hard to
come by for millions.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODELIAEME Publication
Objective: The aim of this paper is to consider the new capital city of A.P “AMARAVATHI” as a case study which is going to handle a huge population in upcoming years. Municipal solid waste is the key alert which would be soon knocking the city with managing and handling issues. Methodology: To study and evaluate the best fit PPP model that suits to the solid waste management as per the land fill estimate that can be implemented to generate revenue and manage solid waste effectively. Extent of land required for the solid waste management and population is estimated by exponential method growth to be generated for the projected year 2040. Findings: Results revels that the best model for solid is waste management for the new capital city AMARAVATHI is automated plastic separation module. The estimated cost and land required for implementing this projected is 260,00,000 and 4500sqm.Total amount of estimated solid waste generated in the year 2040 is 1079 tonnes/day. Applications: Control and management of the municipal solid waste in cities. This model on application could reduce the maintenance cost for the sectors handling and also generate the revenue on using model. Automated plastic separation module which can be undertaken on public private partnership model.
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I
nterestingly, every existing city, which will retrofit under
the Central government’s ambitious programme of Smart
Cities, has been engulfed with challenges.
But as they say,“every challenge brings an
opportunity”; the advent of Smart Cities in the country seems
to be a major boon for citizens.This is mainly because, when
an entire city is retrofitted, the citizens may be tasting a new
wine in an old bottle, but the end results are likely to be
better than the bitter pills they were swallowing earlier.
In a recently concluded Smart Cities workshop
—“Revenue Generation and Procurement Agenda”—
by the Smart Cities Council India, decision makers and
solution providers closely examined what cities should do
today in order to enable a vibrant city operating platform.
This workshop also examined what needs to be put in place
in order to capitalise from innovation in other cities.The
workshop was a great learning experience and threw up many
opportunities for the Council’s partners.
Inaugural session
The inaugural session was an amalgamation of profound
ideas from Pratap Padode, Founder & Director, Smart
SMART CITIES WORKSHOP: REVENUE
GENERATION AND PROCUREMENT AGENDA
How do you unleash innovation in your city? How can you benefit from innovation in other
cities? Cities that can enable vibrant business ecosystems and find the best ways of serving
their citizens will succeed in digital transformation.There is a digital divide between cities
that make the right choices today versus cities that are unaware of the opportunities or
oblivious to the risks.
From L to R: Pratap Padode, Founder & Director, Smart Cities
Council India (SCCI); Dr Manjit Singh, Principal Secretary,
Government of Rajasthan and Purshottam
Biyani, Director-Local Bodies, Government of
Rajasthan in discussion.
Urban profile:
urban population in the
with population of 1 lakh
& above
in the State
Major initiatives:
-
nation and Urban Trans-
-
-
Phase IV.
Road Under Bridges
Projects
Raj” Project
-
3. From L to R:Anil Singhal, Superintendent Engineer, Jaipur Smart
Mission Ltd; Priyavrat Pandya, Municipal Commissioner,Ajmer
Municipal Corporation;Arunkumar Hasija, Commissioner, Jodhpur
Municipal Corporation; Pratap Padode, Founder & Director, Smart
Cities Council India (SCCI); Sanchita Bishnoi,Add. Director,
CMAR, Jaipur in panel discussion
Solid Waste
Management
(SWM)
preparation
Transportation of waste
started in 2010 wards in
plant in other cities in
progress.
containers.
levied for Solid Waste
increase revenue.
Cities Council India (SCCI), and a realistic picture of
India’s Smart City plan was presented by Purshottam Biyani,
Director-Local Bodies, Government of Rajasthan. The
workshop witnessed a full house,packed to capacity.
emphasised on the need for smart and quick solutions for
implementing Smart City projects. Padode also highlighted
the need for sustainable projects and a mechanism in
urban local bodies for revenue generation. In his address,
Padode pointed out the need for error-free and transparent
procurement strategies by the newly formed Special Purpose
Vehicles, created by winning Smart Cities.
A session which witnessed a free flow of views was
hosted by Dr Manjit Singh, Principal Secretary,
Government of Rajasthan, who cleared the air on what
exactly does the Smart City concept mean for a state like
basic infrastructure, where a city can minimise the losses on
4. 4
public utilities, and at the same time gain maximum from it.
Also, his remark on the need for sustainable projects depicted
the impeding challenges that stand before various other cities
in India.
financial requirement for implementing 100 per cent water
supply, sewerage and drainage system, green areas and
improvisation of public transport, would be not lesser than Rs
15,000 crore.”
Panel discussion: Smart City
Development Plan
This session gave an opportunity to city authorities for
discussing the challenges and opportunities that they are
facing while developing a city development plan.
Anil Singhal, Superintendent
Engineer, Jaipur Smart Mission Ltd, was of the opinion
common in nature. In fact, most of the challenges are on the
roads and suggested that for easy movement of vehicular
traffic, road width, instead of length, should be increased.
digitisation front, he suggested that all project functional areas
should be integrated under one command centre for better
monitoring, management, and cost control.
corporations face similar issues, the city of Jodhpur has a
different challenge to tackle — increasing ground water
Anil Singhal,
Superintendent
Engineer, Jaipur Smart
Mission Ltd
Priyavrat Pandya,
Municipal Commissioner,
Ajmer, Municipal Corporation
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levels.According to Arunkumar Hasija, Commissioner,
Jodhpur Municipal Corporation, the situation is mainly
due to lack of water disposal systems and interconnection of
drainage system in the city, which has led to the ground water
level increasing to 12 metres.And since the city receives 200
mld water supply every day, and is likely to get an additional
200 mld in the near future, it looks like the ground water
situation would spill over in coming days.
all set to tackle this issue.The municipal corporation roped in
Corporation to build a four-way underground tunneling system
that can divert the sewage and drainage water to the collecting
point, and enable the same to be treated for further use.
instead of increasing road length, the municipal corporation
should construct signal-free elevated roads that can stretch up
of an SPV will not be fulfilled unless it has absolute power with
job,and importantly,he has to manage the existing basket of
projects along with the new ones in the pipeline.
Priyavrat Pandya, Municipal Commissioner,Ajmer
Municipal Corporation, had a different challenge to face
in his corporation.According to him, unless and until a
corporation has an efficient citizen engagement programme,
no plan would work properly. Sharing his experience, the
commissioner mentioned that when Ajmer first submitted
its Smart City proposal without any involvement of citizens,
they submitted the fresh proposals, around 2.69 lakh citizens
participated in the Smart City proposals.
In the citizen engagement programme, Pandya said, the
AMRUT 2015-2020
projects in Bhiwadi,Alwar,
& Sikar
Swachh Bharat
Mission:
Achievements:
Application
Community Toilets- 1,900
Target:
4,91,105, Community
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making it the first civic priority, giving it more importance
than initiatives like solid waste management.The next to
remaining suggestions were for safety and security, and quality
water supply.
How to generate revenue
This seems to be a big question for every urban local
solve this impeding issue. In a session,“Revenue Generation
Strategies for smarter development of the city”, the private
players gave solutions for revenue generation projects in
property tax, water management, waste to power, renewable
energy, smart parking, e- governance, smart lighting and water
city authorities understand innovative ideas for maximising
revenues in the cities through projects and strategies, inclusion
of PPP in revenue generation, etc.
In his session, Manik Sethi, Manager-Strategic
Marketing,Thomson Reuters, presented an integrated
land administration solution. In his brief presentation, he
helps provide governments foundational level automation
of internal office functions.Also, with this solution, a city
corporation can manage land & property ownership rights,
duty collection.
Interestingly, Sethi showcased a comparative analysis of
city of CapeTown, South Africa, three years back.According
7. can only happen, as explained by Sethi, through a citizen
engagement programme.
Dr Niraj Prakash, Director-Applications
Sales Consulting, Oracle India, explained the digital
intervention process in the form of an example that the
single point technology intervention rather than cities
developing separate solutions for their Smart City plans.
According to him, a state must create a single digital hub
and its services should be made available to all present and
particular public utility service.
In his session, Rushab Shah, Partner, Responscity,
government authority in the audience raised concerns over
irregular property tax collection, inadequate surveys, lack of
competent tax collecting staff and conflict between public
digital infrastructure to overcome these impediments, on the
lines ofVapi, Gujarat where every house has been equipped
digital address.
Procurement strategies and process
This session discussed procurement strategies with focus
on integrated development and aggregation, e-auctioning,
e-procurement, specification, standardisation, technology, life-
cycle costing, transparency, governance and specifications.
As far as efficient project procurement is concerned, the
Central government has advised winning corporations to
Officials from Rajasthan
Government shared their views
during the workshop.
8. highlighted the Central government’s strategy to form a joint
venture between Indian and foreign consultants who have the
experience in implementing Smart City projects.
country.And by doing so, the capacity building of the Indian
companies can also increase.
Saravana Kumar, the CEO of Jaipur Smart Mission,
a newly formed SPV, suggested that municipal corporations
various case studies on technical solutions that have been
applied in other cities.
Devesh Shukla, Business Development &
Solution Sales, Public Sector, Microsoft emphasised
on the monetisation of procurement which is likely to take
place in the entire Smart City plan. Shukla explained the
importance of using ICT for procuring materials for road
project implementations and to improve transparency in the
overall process.
In his detailed presentation, Rajeev Dholakia,AVP-
Smart Cities, Essel Infra Projects, suggested three
procurement models to the august gathering. In his remarks,
management and financial organisation. In addition, he
emphasised that the SPV should have strong monitoring
bundling of a fewer number of contracts to help minimise
managerial tasks at the SPV level and to improve contract
management.
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GokulVenkatraman, Business
Development Leader, Owens Corning, was of the
opinion that the procurement risk can be minimised by
proper material selection.
The road ahead
At the end, cities in India are currently under quick
transition towards a low carbon environment, high
quality of living, and resource efficient economies. Urban
performance depends not only on the city’s endowment of
hard infrastructure, but also on the availability and quality of
knowledge communication and social infrastructure.There is
a growing importance of Information and Communication
profiling the competitiveness of cities.
Information and communication systems play a critical
role in building Smart Cities and supporting comprehensive
wide range of enabling information and communication
technologies, including cloud and network infrastructure,
wireless and sensing technologies, mobile crowdsourcing,
social networking, and big data analytics for Smart Cities.
ICT brings together citizens and integrates
technologies and services such as transportation, broadband
communications, buildings, healthcare, and other utilities.
Advanced communication and computing techniques can
facilitate a participatory approach for achieving integrated
solutions and creating novel applications to improve urban life
and build a sustainable society.
The main purpose of this workshop was to bring
together decision makers and solution providers in the field
of systems, networking and communications, to discuss major
challenges, research problems, and potential applications to
support Smart Cities and urban informatics.
Date: 1 July 2016
Venue:
Jaipur, Rajasthan
The workshop was attended
by IT companies, utility
companies, government officials
and more.
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T
he Rajasthan government has taken a lot of
initiatives in the last couple of years on many
fronts that include Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart
City Mission,Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
UrbanTransportation (AMRUT), GIS-based mapping project,
Housing for All, HRIDAY, National Urban Livelihood
Mission, urban infrastructure projects, sewerage & water
supply projects, e-governance and energy-efficient street
lighting project.
To begin with, our Smart Raj Project is here to improve
the delivery of government services to citizens and business.
This is a state-wide e-governance project initiated by the
present government to cover all urban local bodies (ULBs)
and their municipal services.The government has allocated
Rs 125 crore to improve service delivery mechanism,
transparency in governance and better information
management covering all ULBs.We expect this to be
completed by March 2018.
Under the Smart Raj project, we have included 23 IT
modules that will take care of all the municipal transactions,
building permissions and plans, fire safety NOCs, and so on.
The Smart Raj project will be integrated on a GIS platform
under GIS-mapping project.We have also deployed a state-
“WE ARE DEPLOYING PROJECTS WORTH MORE
THAN RS 10,000 CRORE IN RAJASTHAN”
Dr Manjit Singh,
Principal Secretary,
Government of Rajasthan
Slum Redevelopment on
PPP mode.
(under RAY/IHSDP/
BSUP) out of which
40,000
allotted within next three
months
Prime Minister
Awas Yojna,
(MoHUPA, Gol)
houses)
Yojna received for 4 cities
under process
to be constructed in 2016-
L to R: Dr Manjit Singh, Principal Secretary, Government of
Rajasthan explaining the government’s future course of action on
various projects.
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RUIDProject -
Phase III & Phase
IV (ADB Assisted)
Implemented
of US$ 250 million with
project size of US$ 360
million including State
share of US$ 110 million
projects to be covered - 6
Towns
execution - Single mega
contract, performance
bidders to form company
before contract, reuse &
recycling of treated water
and quality audit through
third party
Project size of Rs 4200 Cr
State to cover - All towns
with> 50,000 < 1 lakh
population + 10 Heritage
Towns + 2 District Hq.
Towns, likely to be started
Supply Projects to be
implemented
level dedicated call centre, which has addressed more than 1
lakh complaints till March 31, 2016.
Now, I must highlight our initiatives in Housing for All.
The objective is to provide housing for all by the year 2020
in all ULBs of the state through slum rehabilitation, affordable
housing in partnership with the private sector and financial
subsidy for individual houses constructed.Till now, we have
out of which 40,000 houses have been allotted and possession
For this programme, a timeline has been prepared and issued
for construction of about 5 lakh houses in next four years.
This bring me to a major issue that every municipal
corporation in the country is facing — open defecation and
solid waste management.
Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, we have constructed
government has already uploaded applications for 2.60 lakh
individual toilets on the website.As far as community toilets
targeted to build 11,000 more.
For solid waste management,the government has already
started door-to-door collection of waste in 2,010 out of 6,000
wards.Our government has prepared detailed project report for
processing plants (RDF/Compost) in eight cities.We have also
invited tenders for mechanisation of transportation and work is
under progress.We have also finalised tenders for setting up of
biomedical waste plants in the remaining 15 districts,and have
tippers and 1,300 containers.
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Meanwhile, we have a goal to become an energy-
streetlight project, the objective is to save electricity without
reducing brightness levels on streets and roads. Rajasthan has
become the first state in the country to sign a memorandum
crore, to be made from saving in power consumption, without
extra financial burden on the state or ULB.About 3 lakh
lights have been replaced in 15 cities and work has been
completed in 14 ULBs. Currently, work is under process
in 16 ULBs.We have a target to complete 5 lakh points by
December 2016.
this programme.The mission components are water supply,
sewerage, urban transportation, drainage and green spaces.
Under this mission, 16 cities will be equipped with sewerage
systems where we will be spending Rs 1,300 crore. Since
we are planning to provide adequate water supply, under this
mission we will be spending Rs 540 crore on strengthening
the water supply situation in 12 cities.As far as green space is
concerned, four cities have been identified so far under this
mission.
We have already issued LOI for sewerage projects in
Interestingly, Rajasthan was the first state to get approval
under AMRUT. Meanwhile, all administrative and financial
sanctions are proposed to be issued before October 2016,
so that enough time is available for implementation. Under
AMRUT, all the ULBs are mandatorily to take GIS-based
mapping project that will enable them in planning, creation,
and development of various infrastructure initiatives in a
Dr Manjit Singh, Principal
Secretary, Government
of Rajasthan addressing
the officials during panel
discussion
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planned manner, through a secured and user-friendlyWeb
headquarters and sub-division headquarters. Phase three will
cover the remaining cities.
Under Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development
Development Bank to the tune of $250 million with project
size of $360 million including the state share of $110 million.
Work on six cities under this has already started and will be
completed in the stipulated timeframe. RUIDP is likely to
Now to make all these schemes work and to have
long-term benefits, it is important that the ULBs become
autonomous, generate their share of finances and depend on
their own revenues to operate and maintain infrastructure.
Apart from this, the accounting of municipalities has to
be improved.The objective is to shift from a cash-based
accounting to an accrual-based accounting system, to update
the accounts and get them audited.
Hence, to improve the accounting and audit of ULBs,
which have been accomplished after signing the MoU
are: empanelment of Chartered Accountants for providing
division-wise accounting and audit services and a Municipal
Finance Reform Cell.
The 13th Finance Commission had recommended
that the ULBs should shift from cash-based accounting to
accrual-based accounting system. Since 2010, an effort has
been made in this direction. But it gained momentum with
were empanelled division-wise and were allotted accounting
and auditing of ULBs.This will ensure that all the payment is
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through RTGS, e-tendering exists for every tender and will
give financial powers to ULBs.
Meanwhile, MFRC was constituted with the aim to
bring about reforms in the financial management of ULBs.
The MFRC will review progress of accounting services and
audit of annual accounts. It will also organise workshops and
training sessions for ULB staff and empanelled CAs. MFRC
will co-ordinate, compile and review MIS formats and
convene review meetings to take appropriate action in respect
of revenue enhancement, funds and budget management.
Here, MFRC will have an uphill task for the current financial
year as the total grant allotment to ULBs is around Rs 65,000
crore.
In the interim, MFRC will also coordinate with the
Smart Raj project team to ensure that accounting, budgeting
and reporting modules are as per the requirement of ULBs.
We have a target to increase revenue from the current 20 per
cent to 50 per cent.
At the end, I personally think that this one-day workshop
will definitely benefit our state’s ULBs for initiating new
ideas.
I am thankful to the people of Smart Cities Council
India for organising this workshop.