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Rahul is wasting his time in the villages.
The real action and economic growth will come from the cities.
There will be/is on going a massive population shift from the village to the city.
Hence the urgency to built new smart cities.
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What are smart cities and how they will be built.
.By Times of India.
PM Modi had announced his vision to set up 100 smart cities across the country soon after his government was sworn into power mid last year. Since then a race has been on among cities to land on the list that the ministry of urban development is compiling. The 100 smart cities mission intends to promote adoption of smart solutions for efficient use of available assets, resources and infrastructure. Dipak Dash explains what these smart cities are and how they will work.
1.
A
city equipped with basic infrastructure to give a decent quality of
life, a clean and sustainable environment through application of some
smart solutions.
What is a 'smart city'?
2.
Assured
water and electricity supply, sanitation and solid waste management,
efficient urban mobility and public transport, robust IT connectivity,
e-governance and citizen participation, safety and security of citizens.
Basic infrastructure
3.
Public
information, grievance redressal, electronic service delivery,
citizens’ engagement, waste to energy & fuel, waste to compost, 100%
treatment of waste water, smart meters & management, monitoring
water quality, renewable source of energy, efficient energy and green
building, smart parking, intelligent traffic management system.
Smart solutions
4.
The
next step is identification of the 100 cities and for this a city
challenge competition to be conducted by Bloomberg Philanthropies is
envisaged. The current plan looks to select 20 cities this year followed
by 40 each in the next two years.
What's the next step?
5.
It
is part of the US-based Smart Cities Council, which is a consortium of
smart city practitioners and experts, with a 100-plus member and advisor
organizations operating in over 140 countries.
Smart Cities Council India has been formed
6.
A
Special Purpose Vehicle will be created for each city to implement
Smart City action plan. The SPV will be signed with the urban local
body, state government and the Centre for implementation of the project.
All states will get at least one smart city
7.
After
government announces the guidelines, states will be asked to nominate
names of cities for a ‘City Challenge Competition’ and the chosen ones
will get Central fund of Rs 100 crore each year for 5 years.
How it will work
9.
1. Retrofitting 500 acres:
Planning in an existing built-up area in a municipal ward, preparing
plan with citizen participation (example: Connaught Place in Delhi,
Bhendi Bazar in Mumbai).
2. Greenfield 250 acres: Introduce smart solutions in a vacant area using innovative planning (example: land pooling/land reconstitution in Outer Delhi, GIFT city in Gujarat).
3. Redevelopement 50 acres: Replacement of existing built-up area and preparing a new layout plan with enhanced infrastructure by way of mixed land use (example: Kidwai Nagar in Delhi).
Area-based development
2. Greenfield 250 acres: Introduce smart solutions in a vacant area using innovative planning (example: land pooling/land reconstitution in Outer Delhi, GIFT city in Gujarat).
3. Redevelopement 50 acres: Replacement of existing built-up area and preparing a new layout plan with enhanced infrastructure by way of mixed land use (example: Kidwai Nagar in Delhi).
