Smart City Saharanpur: Project SAHART

A. City Profile 1. Quality of Life a. Transportation condition in the city

Saharanpur is the gateway city of Uttar Pradesh in its extreme west. Tourists from the

states of Punjab, Haryana and National Capital Territory, Delhi pass through this city to

reach other tourist places of Uttrakhand. People visiting religious places such as

Haridwar, Rishikesh, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri and Hemkund Sahib

and tourist places such as Dehradun and Mussoorie, all in Uttrakhand, largely pass

through this city. Apart from tourist traffic, Saharanpur itself is a big market of basmati

rice, mango, cigarette, paper production, wood works, handicraft and handloom. These

activities have added to the traffic and transportation problems. To provide relief to the

city residents, Saharanpur Development Authority in the Saharanpur Master Plan have

provided a bypass for intercity traffic and an hierarchical order of roads to cater to

intra-city smooth flow of traffic and for the safety of road users.

Presently, city traffic is managed through the traffic light signals and Police personals

deployment at critical road cross-junctions. The CCTV cameras have also been

deployed by the police at strategic locations which are inadequate and need a city wide

installation to manage ever-increasing traffic on the roads. Traffic awareness for

adherence to the traffic rules has been an integral part of the Smart City people’s

contact program including essay writing.

b. Water availability in the city and reduction in water wastage/ NRW water

Due to ever increasing population, water demand is also increasing. To meet increasing

demand, more water is extracted through tube wells because entire water supply is

tube-well based. Water table is decreasing on account of more water extraction. To

keep water table replenished, measures of ground water recharge by rainwater

harvesting have been made mandatory.

In addition to the ground water recharge through rain water harvesting techniques a

“Mission Paondhoi: Rejuvenation of a Dead River” has been undertaken with people’s

participation. The mission focuses on cleaning of the river, developing river front area

both for ground water recharge and city greens for improving the city environment.

Efforts are being made to check sewage disposal into the river by providing sewerage

system on both sides of the river. This Mission is a joint effort of the citizens and the

Saharanpur Municipal Corporation.

Similar efforts will also be made to revitalize Dhamola river which also passes

through the city. Its floodability will be checked for the purposes of ground water

recharge. Efforts are being made to prepare a canal based water supply scheme for

supplementing tube-well based supply. Thus, an action plan is being put in place for

conjunctive use of surface and ground water. Roof top rain-water harvesting for

ground-water recharge has been adopted in big campuses like ITC Complex, Stadium

Complex, Saharanpur Municipal Corporation(SMC) Complex to name a few.

c. Solid waste management programs in the city

Paondhoi Mission is a holistic approach integrating solid waste management and

sewage disposal. During the last three years with the people’s participation

considerable littering in the city streets has been reduced. People’s awareness

campaigns have been a continuous feature of this mission. Corporation has associated

the NGOs and other organizations to minimize use of polythene bags and encouraging

use of biodegradable carry bags. This effort has been further strengthened by SMC by

putting in place the garbage collection bins in every Mohalla and the new vehicles were

purchased to transport garbage to the designated dumping sites. Efforts were also

made to identify sites for each Mohalla for managing the solid waste at the local level by

providing processing machines converting it into manure for the use of the horticulture.

Now this initiative of SMC has been clubbed with ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’.

d. Safety/ security conditions in the city

Various steps have been taken to ensure safety. These measures include disaster

management plan, flood management plan, fire fighting arrangements and bylaws for

structural safety. The city police has also installed CCTV cameras at strategic

locations for tracking and surveillance. To maintain communal harmony in the city

various committees have been formed. The system has been put in place for filing of

online complaints with the police both at the state headquarters and at the district level-

a two tier system. Hot lines and women help lines are in place for providing quick help to

the women.

e. Energy availability and reduction of outages in the city

UPPCL is the power supplier to the State therefore Saharanpur gets its power supply

from the State agency. It is a professionally managed utility provider for reliable and cost

efficient electricity. It is making sustained efforts for providing uninterrupted quality

power supply. It has undertaken technologically supported for accurate and timely billing

and payment and complaint handling system including on-line applications for new

connections in the city. It has finalized the action plan to minimize the losses and other

costs including the billing efficiency given as under:

Parameter Measurement Reliability of supply 99.50% Technical losses 10% Commercial losses 2% Collection efficiency 97% Billing efficiency 100%

Employee cost 25 p/u

SMC has also taken up with Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development

Agency with its local office to promote solar energy in the city. To begin with major

administrative office campuses and the educational institutions, railways properties and

the big industrial houses have been identified for demonstrative project as best practice.

In this endeavour ITC has set up a 630 KVA solar power unit on the roof tops.

f. Housing situation in the city, specifically role of municipality in expediting

building plan approvals, property tax collection, etc.

Census of India 2011 has recorded 1, 29, 856 house-holds in the city with a population

of 7, 05, 478 persons. The Housing and Urban development Department is taking care

of the housing requirement of urban poor and the Housing Development Department

has constructed houses for the weaker sections numbering about 131 and provided 82

plots. It has also constructed on-room tenements numbering about 64, thus a total of

277 dwelling units have been made available. Municipal Corporation has also provided

night shelter (Rain Basera) near the railway station for the squatters. However, to

meet the housing requirement land for residential development has been earmarked in

the Master Plan 2021, which envisages engagement of private sector for meeting the

requirement.

In Uttar Pradesh urban development roles are well defined. Development Area in

Saharanpur has been notified including the area within the municipal limits. For the

purpose of development and approval of building plans, the powers vest with the

Saharanpur Development Authority (SDA). The matter has been taken up with the SDA

for making arrangement to building approved on line in order to ensure transparent

approval. SDA has taken initiative of developing its own website and is in the process of

making online submission of building plans. However, SDA has enabled self certification

of building plans by the Architects.

2. Administrative Efficiency

a. Overall attendance of Functionaries

Introduction of biometric attendance of staff has not only ensured punctuality but also

the timely reporting has scaled up to 90% of the staff present. It has resulted into better

reporting percentage within time limit as allowed for computerized attendance. b. Two-Way Communication between Citizens and Administration

On-line filing of complaints, making the suggestions and billing system have helped in

bridging the communication gaps between the SMC and citizens. It has also improved

the two-way reporting system between SMC and the State Government.

c. Use of e-Gov to enable hassle free access to statutory documents

On-line consumer complaints and reviews have helped SMC in receiving information

about the performance of its services in various parts of the city without involving much

of its manpower in seeking information. The computerized attendance, preparing salary

statements, bill raising for recoveries and e-tendering have enhanced the performance

and transparency. Legal documents are also available for down loading from the

website of the State government.

3. SWOT Analyses

i. Strengths: Saharanpur is a flourishing business city and an important regional

centre for wholesale and retail trades, particularly in grain, timber, textiles, food and

beverages. Other strengths of the city are the institution set up for public sector

support namely Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute, Institute Of Paper

Technology, (IIT Roorkee Saharanpur Campus), Wood Craft Design and

Development Society, Soil Conservation Training Centre, Postal Training Centre of

Department of Posts, National Centre For Photo and Picture Framing Technology.

These strengths were revealed in the citizens’ contact program and supported by

the draft report of MSME-Development Institute, Agra, Ministry of Micro, Small &

Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India (2011-12).

ii. Weaknesses: Inadequate infrastructure such as reliable power during the working

hours, good road conditions for smooth flow of traffic and its management, proper

drainage system, lack of technology driven logistic arrangements for forward and

backward linkages and IT enabled marketing of products are the weaknesses

which has huge investment potentials. These weaknesses are also pointed by the

citizens during the contact programs.

iii. Opportunities: Saharanpur is located on the Eastern Freight Corridor linking it with

Kolkata in the east and Amritsar in the west. It strengthens the city in attracting

investment opportunities in various sectors of economy such as investments in

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises sector namely readymade garments, wood

carving handicraft and furniture, hosiery items, packaging paper, fruit pulp, jam and

pickle making. There is a huge scope for service sector to provide technical support

for bringing more efficiency and providing logistic arrangements for linkages and

marketing by exploring new marketing avenues enabled by Information Technology.

It offers to the startup IT units huge and scope for e-business particularly to the

micro, small and medium enterprises. There is a growing demand for good

educational and health institutions which are lacking in the city. There is also a

demand for a technical nada general university as revealed in the citizens’ contact

programs.

iv. Threats: The lack of IT support to the wood based units, hosiery and absence of

support infrastructure has already shown outmigration of workers to other areas as

revealed by the citizens. The migration of local art and skill workers is a threat to the

fame of the local art and skill. Inadequate basic infrastructure such as sewerage

and drainage system, reliable power supply, efficient transportation and city

planning are the potent threats revealed during the citizens’ contact programs.

4. Strategic Focus and Blueprint

SWOT analyses are largely based on the economy and the feedback from the citizen

engagement campaign carried by the Saharanpur Municipal Corporation (SMC). This

feedback is obtained through essay writing by students of inter-colleges and colleges,

teachers, and citizens’ participation including women, different associations, various

trade unions, senior citizens, professional practitioners to name a few. Ward-wise

interactive programs were also held at strategic locations for larger participation in the

Smart City Mission. Analyses reveal that a majority is in favour of the use of technology

in the city management followed by redevelopment and retrofitting, roads and

transportation, power, sewerage, drainage, solid waste management, development of

renewable energy source as essential ingredients of capitalizing the strengths and

removing the threats by converting opportunities into investments. Simultaneously,

undertaking the programs of beautification, plantation, rainwater harvesting,

revitalization of Paondhoi and Dhamola Rivers, getting rid of the stray cattle and shifting

of dairy business from the habitation areas to make city livable.

Based on the above feedback there will be two pronged strategy both short-term and

long term. For the first five years the convergence strategy to achieve the goals of

Smart City will be adopted listed as follows;

i. Safety of life on road and managing traffic and tracking of the law breakers by

installing CCTV cameras for city-wide surveillance. This system will be backed

up by solar energy and will be a joint initiative of SMC and the city Police.

ii. To meet power requirement areas identified for harnessing solar energy for its

use in the city will be taken up as a joint venture of SMC and Uttar Pradesh New

and Renewable Energy Agency. Efforts will be made to encourage households

for self-sufficiency in meeting energy requirements during shut-down period.

iii. Contiguous Area Based project conjoining redevelopment, retrofitting and

conservation will be taken up in conjunction with development of roads, water

supply, sewerage, drainage, realignment of electricity poles, solid waste

management and façade improvement. This program will be a joint effort of

SMC and the Saharanpur Development Authority.

iv. The area identified for rehabilitating affected house-holds by the area based

project will be developed by SMC for transitional housing till the facilitation of

regular or permanent accommodation.

v. Initiating Green Field project development in PPP model for promoting IT and

ITES to meet aspirations of the youth by establishing technical institutions,

quality education institutions and health care system with the support of

technology on walk-to-work concept.

vi. Providing appropriate mechanism for promotion of local art and skill in the field of

handicraft, hosiery and logistic arrangements supported by technology by

engaging the local human resource will be integral part of Green Field project.

vii. To provide relief to the old city, the mandi Samiti has initiated the process of

developing Farmers’ facilities on Delhi road i.e. within Awas Vikas Yojna.

5. City Vision and Goals

Vision statement was crafted in consultation with participating citizens. Three

alternatives were discussed during Smart City campaign. These were crafted keeping in

view the city challenges and the strengths of people. These vision statements, in short

form, were put on the web site Mygov.in for voting. These succinct statements were:

i. “Promoting and Developing local art and Skill by engaging citizens in smart

development enabled by the use of technology in city governance and

management targeting attainment of Quality of Life”

ii. “Engaging citizens as co-partners for achieving goals of Smart City Development

by focusing on promoting local skill and art in the attainment of quality of life”

iii. “Developing Saharanpur, in its containments and attainments, as Smart City with

the use of technology and by engaging the stakeholders and private sector for

achieving the quality of life”

These vision statements were deliberated in the public engagement programs for

approval. The statement listed at (i) was approved by the citizens by raising both the

hands. It also scored maximum online public votes on the web site. This succinct

statement contains aspirations of the local people and goals of the Smart City mission

for achieving quality of life in Saharanpur. It lays road map for preparation of action plan

and its implementation.

6. Citizen Engagement

a. Extent of Citizens involved in Shaping Vision and Goals

The extent of citizens’ participation has been explained at point 4 (SWOT) i.e. engaging

all sections of society and all age groups 16 and above. These include students from

inter-colleges and colleges (young generation), teachers, citizens including women,

different associations, various trade unions, senior citizens, government officers, private

practitioners of various professions (Doctors, Chartered Accountants, Town Planners,

Architects, Engineers), Truck/tempo/taxi/auto-rickshaw/rickshaw/e-rickshaw unions to

name a few. Ward-wise people interactive programs were held at strategic locations for

larger participation in the Smart City Mission. Public representatives, MPs, MLAs,

Councilors, past and present were part of the consultation programs for giving shape to

the proposals and firming up thereof. b. Engagement strategy to get best results from citizens

Meeting venues were notified and the invitations were communicated to the people

ward-wise. At the meeting venue, Smart City Challenges and the related issues were

explained to the participants. All of them were requested to raise questions in case of

any doubt, bring out the problems they are facing, share their experiences and give

their suggestions for meeting the goals of the smart city. c. Different means of citizen engagement adopted

Advertisements were also released for information of the public. City-wide publicity was

carried both through the print and electronic media and through letters to individuals,

associations, trade unions, practitioners, principals of the colleges, chairpersons of

institutions and other stake-holders. Each event was covered by the print media.

Individual interviews were also held by the electronic media. d. Extent of coverage of citizen engagement in different media and channels

Exhaustive public consultations have done through both off-line and on-line

communication system. Activities like Essay writing Competitions (2200 Essays),

Workshops and seminars in city schools and localities were also ensured. More than

one lac on-line discussions on Mygov.in, almost 20,000 suggestions on face-book and

35,000 off-line suggestions received in SMC. The services of print media for promotion

and generating awareness about Smart City Mission among the citizens were utilized

on regular basis. In addition, Nukkad-Naatak and painting competitions were also

organized. e. Incorporation of citizen inputs in overall vision

Citizens were engaged in drafting three vision statement as listed (at 5(i) City Vision and

Goals) approved by the citizens by raising their both the hands. The one that scored

maximum public votes on the web site was adopted. This succinct statement contains

aspirations of the local people and goals of the Smart City mission for achieving quality

of life in the Saharanpur Smart City. It lays the road map for preparation of action plan

and its implementation.

B. Area-Based Proposal

Summary

The area-based proposals have three components namely Redevelopment, Retrofitting

and Green Field. The area of redevelopment and retrofitting finalized as a contiguous

block combining both redevelopment and retrofitting. This conjoined proposal of

redevelopment and retrofitting measures about 610 acres out of which 70 acres land

has been proposed for redevelopment. This area in clock-wise direction is bounded by

the Nala running parallel to the Ambala-Saharanpur road in the north, Dhamola river in

the east, ITC mill road in the south and old Municipal boundary in the west. To solicit the

household information, building conditions, household income, living conditions,

consent for transitional shifting house to house survey was conducted. After household

surveys data concerning required number of dwelling units to be constructed,

identification of transitional housing area, required funds etc. was analyzed. Thereafter,

the contents of the scheme were assessed and finalized. This project will cost to the

tune of Rs. 116.20 crore.

Approach and Methodology

For selection of area based proposals, the issues of immediate and long term concerns

were solicited from the citizens and doable in a shortest possible time for providing relief

to the city such as mobility, enforcement of law, safety and security on the roads were

taken as the short term immediate measures and the remaining components were

considered as medium and long term measures ranging between 3-10 years period.

The issues raised by the citizens, both offline and online, were tabulated and prioritized

on the basis of percentage score. The steps were taken for listing the issues and

framing the proposals have two parts given as follows:

a) Step I

i. Desk work relating to the preparation of base map showing city limits, ward

boundaries, street pattern, morphology, existing land uses, city gardens/open

spaces, drainage etc. was completed (Map-1)

ii. Dissemination of information through electronic and print media relating to the

Mission,

iii. Engaging Citizens and their Representatives for wider publicity and engagement of

the citizens in the consultation exercise;

iv. Devising a format for soliciting views/suggestion,

v. Holding Essay and painting Competitions on the Mission,

vi. Organising Corner/Street Shows,

vii. Making presentations at ward level after adequate publicity,

viii. Holding interactive meetings with Various Unions, Vyapar Mandal, Professional

Practitioners, Senior Citizens, different Associations, Clubs, Women groups, State

and Central Govt. officers, to name a few, and separately with the proponents of

green field projects as public-private partners for developing the green field

projects.

ix. Engaging private sector in the Mission for developing solar power, solid waste

management, rain water harvesting, Swachh Bharat campaign, etc.

x. On-line suggestions and voting.

After conducting the Stage-1 consultations, the areas for development were

identified on the map. There was a general agreement that the area within the old

municipal limits which is highly congested be considered for Redevelopment and

Retrofitting and the lands on the Delhi road, Jananta Road, Malhi Road should be

earmarked for the green field project on the map (Map-2)

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Old City: Three Alternative Proposals For conjoint Redevelopment and Retrofitting (Map-3)

Thereafter, Stage-2 of public engagement was started. For this purpose, a

committee of the citizens and their representatives, a committee of the technical experts

and inter-departmental consultation committee was formed for crystallizing the

proposals of area-based schemes. The whole process of public consultation on the

three alternative sites identified for redevelopment and retrofitting, green field project

including pan city proposals were discussed and explained to the committees as well. It

was decided that the redevelopment and retrofitting areas should be contiguous and

integral part of each other. After consultations, the proposals were put on the website of

Mygov.in for voting and published in the newspapers for inviting suggestions.

The Site-1 (Map-4) which got the highest percentage of voting was adopted for

redevelopment and retrofitting. The approach and the impact of this development was

explained to the residents of Site-1 and thereafter a household survey was conducted

as explained supra. The information obtained from household survey was shared with

the people in the scheme area. The areas of willingness and not responding to the

schemes were shared with the Citizens committee, technical committee and

inter-departmental committee including estimated costs of the project.

b) Step-2

On the basis of information collected, contents of the scheme were explained to the

citizens committee followed by a meeting with the technical committee and after giving

the finality to the proposals these were placed before the interdepartmental committee

chaired by Divisional Commissioner. The same proposals were discussed in a meeting

chaired by the Secretary to the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, Urban Development Department

at Lucknow on 28/11/2015.

Green Field Project : The green field project on Delhi road scored the highest vote. It

was decided to develop this project in PPP model only when the proponent of green

field project with whom the MoU has been signed consolidates contiguous chunk of

land not less than 250 acres.

Key Components of Redevelopment and Retrofitting Proposals

I. Identification of sites for transitional housing within the project area and construction

of 64 dwelling units to begin with. Demolition of dilapidated buildings and

undertaking retrofitting of the buildings for proper light, ventilation, toilets, sola

lighting etc. and strengthening the building after removal of encroachments along

roads.

II. Quantification of the land for developing shopping complex for rehabilitation of the

affected shopkeepers.

III. Assessment of total population for providing commensurate amenities as per

UDPFI Guidelines of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.

IV. Provision of open spaces, play grounds, water supply, ground water recharge and

solar energy for street lighting and partial domestic use meeting the requirement

during shut down period, electric sub-stations, Fire safety measures, etc.

V. Provision of lifts with standby generator sets for proposed Stilt+4 construction.

VI. Solid Waste Management through a private agency for door to door collection, with

whom the MOU has been signed (Annexure ).

VII. Provision for gas supply through pipes to the multi-storied dwelling units and to the

retrofitted area as and when gas supply is available to Saharanpur.

VIII. Adequate parking spaces in the stilt floor and open parking for visitors.

The total cost of the project as mentioned supra is estimated to the tune of Rs.

116.20 crore for construction of 600 dwelling units and infrastructure over an area of

610 acres and to be completed from the base line 2016 to 2019.

Smart Urban Form: Transforming the Dilapidation and Congestion into Livability

The area undertaken for redevelopment has narrow lanes which are inadequate for four

wheelers, has no school for quality education, good health facilities and other social

infrastructure but has municipal water supply and paved streets. The present urban

form or the morphology is in shambles will be transformed into the livability by defining

the self-sufficient areas of campus development for housing, retrofitting areas with

required open spaces, street width, sewerage, water supply and drainage, street

lighting, pedestrian paths etc. including social infrastructure.

Convergence Agenda

The convergence is envisaged on similar lines as in the case of pan city proposals as

well as enumerated in the table given below;

Table 1: The Components of Convergence of Redevelopment and Retrofit Project

Sr. No. Mission/Programmes/

Schemes/Projects of GOI

How to achieve convergence

1. AMRUT Since water supply will be tube-well based, will

have its own water supply system. However, it

will be linked with pan city proposal of canal

based water supply in conjunction with AMRUT

project i.e. internal city distribution.

Sewerage disposal will also be linked with the

main sewerage pipeline for final disposal and

treatment of sewage and for use of recycled

water laid out in two way pipelines.

2. Swachh Bharat Mission Swachh Bharat Mission of Government of India

has been linked with the pan city proposal for

door to door collection and waste management.

This programme is already being vigorously

followed by SMC.

Convergence of Implementation

In the event of approval of the projects under AMRUT the areas proposed to be

developed under the area based schemes will be passed on to the SPV for

implementation of the components approved under AMRUT. However, if the projects

under AMRUT do not get approved, the project shall be implemented independent of

the convergence in order to fulfill the aspirations of people aroused during the citizen

engagement programs who were fully involved in framing the proposals. Risk Mitigation The anticipated three risks are described in Table 3 given as follows

TABLE 3

Risk Likelihood Impact Mitigation

Delay in

Approvals

Multitude of agencies

involved in city

development and the

procedures required to

be followed or potent

barriers of increasing

the gap between the

base-line and the

finish line i.e. the

targeted time-line for

Losing the

confidence of the

citizens who

actively

participated in the

discussions and

giving

suggestions in

framing proposals

and crystallizing

Approvals of the Smart

City Proposals(SCP)

should be deemed

administrative approval

of all the Departments

for implementation of

the SCP

the project completion. the proposals.

Lacking

inter-depart

mental

co-ordination

within SPV

The lax attitude of a

number of departments

such as Transport,

roads, power, water, IT,

housing and urban

development, Police

will consume time and

make the projects

unviable due to cost

escalations.

Gradually will

head towards the

failure of Smart

City Mission and

losing the

credibility among

the

citizens-continuati

on of existing

paradigm.

For local level

co-ordination, district

heads should be made

responsible for seeking

approvals of the

competent authority or

be empowered to give

clearances during

implementation phase

after SCP gets the

administrative approval

of the Government.

The

paradigm of

SPV

The proposed

composition of SPV as

set out in the mission

guidelines will be in

direct conflict with the

aspirations,

expectations and

commitments of the

local elected

representatives.

The conflict will be

counter-productive

to derail process of

implementation of

the Smart Mission

Proposals.

There has to be a

judicious balance of

representation i.e the

local representatives in

the SPV composition.

Essential Features Achievement Plan Success Factors

The three factors are

i. Base maps for the city are in place for correctly identifying the areas of operation,

the criticalities of the proposals duly discussed and approved by all the stakeholders

i.e. the procedures followed as laid down in the guidelines.

ii. The quantification of the projects is based upon the digital maps in GIS/Autocad

environs having correctly marked the lengths and breadths of the projects.

iii. Meticulously articulated the financial projections for implementation in a time bound

manner.

Since Area-Based proposals are drawn on scaled maps, meticulously framed proposals

after a due diligence and ground truthing, the factors affecting adversely have been

eliminated before the finalization of the proposals.

Measurable Impact a. Governance:

1. The support of technology will facilitate the performance with minimum man

power and maximum delivery

2. With the two way communication system generated regarding the mails received,

automatically responded receipts and communicated after the decision is taken,

the defaults in water supply and power monitored through the technology will help

in locating the problem without any delay and involvement of man power.

Therefore, it will help reducing the time consumption in decision making

processes and communicating the decisions.

b. Impact on Public Services

1. The delivery of service will be quicker in the redressal of the problem, rectifying

the problems, managing the solid waste, its transportation with support of GPS

tracking system,

2. Reducing water losses will enhance the delivery of services and improving the

quality of life for all sections of society.

C. Pan-City Proposal 19. Summary

The concept of smart city is attaining quality of life by ensuring sustainable development

with safety and security. ICT based Utility corridors are proposed for convenience.

Clean water supply and efficient solar energy networks will counter the adverse climatic

considerations. Rain water harvesting for recharging and ground water table

decentralized sewerage network with zero disposal of waste into water bodies,

recycling it for meeting industrial and irrigation demand will bring environmental

improvement.

Traffic and Solid waste management with support of ICT will enable effective control

and management for better performance to attain quality living.

20. Components

Solar Energy and Rain Water Harvesting System to be developed in city open spaces

identified after public consultation to harness 12 MW solar power in conjunction with

ground water recharge structures. Objective is to meet 10% targeted energy

requirement. This is in addition to individual installations in areas of redevelopment and

retrofitting.

Intelligent Traffic Management and city surveillance through CCTV cameras will

be facilitated by improving road geometrics, providing underpasses at critical junctions,

developing a ring road (Map-9) with horizontal and vertical axis in the old city to facilitate

public transport system and pedestrianizing the streets in the old city. This

arrangement will be clubbed with solid waste collection, transportation and disposal.

Critical locations (36) (Map-6) have been identified for installing CCTV cameras which

will also ensure safety and security of women, children, senior citizens and enforcement

of law. Police Mobile/PCR will be put in place. City will be divided into four zones for

good administration and redressal of public problems. The intended objective is to use

the available road spaces to the fullest.

Presently, about 90% water is supplied from Tube Wells and remaining from Hand

Pumps. To meet ever-increasing requirement with depleting ground water resource and

to make AMRUT scheme sustainable, canal-based water supply has been proposed as

solution to water supply shortages, water balancing and water quality for the Quality

Management.

Smart Utility network system (Underground) supported by SCADA (supervisory

control and data acquisition) is proposed which includes sensor system to regulate,

assess supply and distribution losses enabled by a smart Utility Corridor for proper

maintenance and regulated check.

21. Approach and Methodology

For selection of the pan city proposals, the issues of immediate and long turn concerns

were solicited from the citizens and doable in a shortest possible time to provide relief to

the city mobility, enforcement of law, safety and security on the roads. These were

tabulated and the issues were prioritized accordingly as explained in area based

projects.

a. City Profile and Self Assessment

Profile has already been explained in the area based schemes. The increasing

population demand and stress on existing physical infrastructure is leading towards a

haphazard and unplanned growth of the city in an unregulated pattern. Pan-City

proposals have been prepared within the backdrop of these issues, to address these

issues in shortest possible span and help the city to grow in a planned manner. Critical

issues like Traffic management, Solid waste collection, Sanitation, safety and security

crystallized through public consultations and field visits, have been proposed as the

benchmark achievement proposals enabled by ICT utility network and surveillance

system.

b. Citizen Opinion and Engagement

For Pan-City, like Area Based proposals, three alternative proposals were

conceptualized during desk work and were disseminated through media both electronic

and print handouts soliciting suggestions in writing through e-mails and facebook.

Essay writing and open suggestions were also solicited and people consultation

programmes were conducted. Both in Pan-City proposals were given final shape for

intensive discussion with citizens including public representatives, various associations,

institutions, Govt. Officers, senior citizens, women forums, etc. After attaining

consensus on the alternative proposals these were put for voting by raise of the hands

in all public meetings of Stage-2 and put for voting on Mygov.in, indicating all the

components of Pan City project. The alternative scoring the highest percentage has

been adopted. The steps are the same as followed in the case of area development

projects given as under:

I. Desk work relating to the preparation of base map showing city limits, ward

boundaries, street pattern, morphology, existing land uses, city gardens/open

spaces, drainage etc. was completed.

II. Dissemination of information through electronic and print media relating to the

Mission,

III. Engaging Citizens and their Representatives for wider publicity and engagement of

the citizens in the consultation exercise;

IV. Holding Essay and painting Competitions on the Mission,

V. Organising Corner/Street Shows,

VI. Making presentations at ward level after adequate publicity,

VII. Holding interactive meetings with Various Unions, Vyapar Mandal, Professional

Practitioners, Senior Citizens, different Associations, Clubs, Women groups, State

and Central Govt. officers, to name a few, and separately with the proponents of

green field projects as public-private partners for developing the green field

projects.

VIII. Engaging private sector in the Mission for developing solar power, solid waste

management, rain water harvesting, Swachh Bharat campaign, etc. (Map-11)

IX. On-line suggestions and voting.

There were three alternatives adopting top scorer for pan city proposals followed by

discussion with technical committee for consideration and Interdepartmental meeting

chaired by Divisional Commissioner, Saharanpur.

c. Opinion of the Elected Representatives

Weekly meetings with local representatives including MP, MLA, MLC, etc, in their

respective wards along with the people have been done to ensure the majority will and

to sense public perception about the future development. The suggestion and issues

pertaining at grass root level raised by these public representatives have been included

for their Redressal in the smart city proposals.

d. Discussion with Urban Planners and Sector Experts

A formal committee of renowned and extraordinary experts from the city with diverse

fields is proposed to guide the future development and growth of the city (Annexure...).

These experts (mainly Retd. Professionals with vast experience) are selected on the

basis of their involvement and role of shaping the society during their working tenure

and include representation from all the fields like Governance, Environment, Physical

and Social Development, etc. The proposals for Smart City have been tabled before the

committee and hence approved as per their consent.

e. Discussion with suppliers/partners

Regular meetings both with stakeholders and suppliers were done on almost daily basis

for the better achievement of Smart city objectives. The involvement of private sector

has been done through CSR and PPP modes. The role of line departments in service

provision has been strengthened by defining their individual objectives to be achieved

within the ambit of Smart City Goals. IT based companies are consulted for smart utility

network development and the efficient public delivery system.

22. Demand Assessment

During the analysis of the feedback on the suggestions given in writing and during the

public interactions the highest percentage was scored by electricity (62%) followed by

Roads (60%), Sanitation (60%), Water (52%), Traffic and Transportation System (50%).

Therefore, for the purpose of pan city proposals the elements getting 50% and above

were adopted for framing the pan city proposals and putting for voting on Mygov.in. In

this scheme of things the good governance, safety and security were clubbed with

Intelligent Traffic Management System which was further linked with the road

geometrics for smooth flow of traffic and pedestrian movement.

The above clubbing of proposals supported by the use of technology will provide

sustainable traffic and transportation system, water supply management including

ground water recharge, harnessing solar power to ensure uninterrupted power supply.

For ensuring city surveillance, tracking the violators of the law, monitoring transportation

of solid waste, water management, the CCTV cameras will an effective technological

support for city administration and policing.

For effective city level administration the zonation of the city has been done for

the redressal of problems at zonal level for two way communication. This system will

help in better recoveries of taxes, reporting and monitoring, building operations without

permission and extending immediate help in case of any calamity, disaster, fire hazard

and management of utility services.

23. Inclusion

The pan city proposals involve both the private sector and the public sector, there is

great involvement of private sector in making the city sustainable by ensuring quality of

life. The rooftop water harvesting, individual solar household lighting, involvement of

private sector in solid waste management, assured water supply, and transportation

system in public sector make the pan city proposals inclusive i.e. Accessibility of public

services to all sections of the society with good governance supported by technology.

Social harmony walk is proposed with a formal route in the city to induce a social

inclusiveness within the different communities through both living and walking.

More-ever, an effort has been done to promote healthy environment to access

public and open spaces for social inclusion through efficient Traffic and Solid waste

management. The sense of safety and security especially of the feminine class has

been ensured for the greater connectivity and convergence of the respective class

within the social structure with the help of CCTV Surveillance network, to achieve sense

of inclusiveness in the City Environment.

24. Risk Mitigation (Same as in the case of Area Based Proposals)

Table 3: Anticipated three risks are described in Table given as follows

Risk Likelihood Impact Mitigation Delay in Approvals

Multitude of agencies involved in city development and the procedures required to be followed or potent barriers of increasing the gap between the base-line and the finish line i.e. the targeted time-line for the project completion.

Losing the confidence of the citizens who actively participated in the discussions and giving suggestions in framing proposals and crystallizing the proposals.

Approvals of the Smart City Proposals(SCP) should be deemed administrative approval of all the Departments for implementation of the SCP

Lacking inter-depart mental co-ordination within SPV

The lax attitude of a number of departments such as Transport, roads, power, water, IT, housing and urban development, Police will consume time and make the projects unviable due to cost escalations.

Gradually will head towards the failure of Smart City Mission and losing the credibility among the citizens-continuation of existing paradigm.

For local level co-ordination, district heads should be made responsible for seeking approvals of the competent authority or be empowered to give clearances during implementation phase after SCP gets the administrative approval of the Government.

The paradigm of SPV

The proposed composition of SPV as set out in the mission guidelines will be in direct conflict with the aspirations, expectations and commitments of the local elected representatives.

The conflict will be counter-productive to derail process of implementation of the Smart Mission Proposals.

There has to be a judicious balance of representation i.e the local representatives in the SPV composition.

25. Frugal Innovation

The main proposals of the Pan-City project i.e Canal based water supply system and

Convergence of Solar Farm Rainwater Harvesting Protection and Preservation of Grave

Yards/cemeteries are included as a frugal innovation projects with the future

considerations in mind. About 90% households are consuming water directly from tube

wells which in turn is exerting stress on ground water table depletion and can cause

serious concerns regarding both Environmental & Financial in coming years for the city

as well as the surrounding regions. So, to mitigate the depletion of ground water table

and to ensure safe drinking water facilities to the citizens, Canal based water supply

system has been proposed by connecting Yamuna Canal which will further ensure

ground water recharging and quality fresh water supply. The second innovation being

the proposal of Solar Energy and rain water harvesting system which will ensure the

sustainable use of existing resources. The existing Graveyards/Cemeteries will be

developed as Smart Solar Grids at various locations, generating 12 MW power supply

for city use.

The solar panels will be clubbed with the roof top water harvesting structures.

The rain water directed to ground water recharge will ensure the smooth achievement

of sustainable tube well based water supply.

26. Convergence Agenda

Sr. No. Mission/Programmes/Schemes/Projects of GOI

How to achieve convergence

1. AMRUT Water supply and drainage proposals submitted

to the State Govt. The areas proposed for

redevelopment and retrofit will be converged

with the AMRUT proposals for the purpose of

water supply and drainage of the colony

2. Swachh Bharat Mission The Swachh Bharat Mission has been initiated

and No. of Collection Centers increased from

34 to 60 (67 Truck loads). In addition large Dust

Bins placed at 24 more locations. Private sector

facilitated for door to door collection (NGO's

Muskaan Jyoti ). Dumping Yards hired and two

sites proposed for Land Acquisition. Quotations

invited for purchase of more vehicles.

3. Digital India The digital India programme of department of

electronics and Information technology, GOI, to

transform India into a digitally empowered

society and knowledge based economy has

been incorporated in city administration with the

support of technology to bring in efficiency,

transparency and scale of economy.

27. Convergence implementation

In the event of approval of the projects under AMRUT the areas proposed to be

developed under the area based schemes will be passed on to the SPV for

implementation of the components approved under AMRUT. However, if the projects

under AMRUT do not get approved, the project shall be implemented independent of

the convergence.

28. Success factors

The three factors are

iv. Base maps for the city are in place for correctly identifying the areas of operation,

the criticalities of the proposals duly discussed and approved by all the stakeholders

i.e. The procedures followed as laid down in the guidelines.

v. The quantification of the projects is based upon the digital maps in GIS/Autocad

environs having correctly marked the lengths and breadths of the projects.

vi. Meticulously articulated the financial projections for implementation in a time bound

manner.

Since pan city proposals are drawn on scaled maps, meticulously framed after

due diligence and ground truthing, the factors of success are inbuilt.

29. Benefits Delivered

The pan city proposals are of two types:

Short Term:

i. Showing immediate results within one year which includes e-governance for two

way communication for recoveries and redressal of public grievances;.

ii. Harnessing solar energy to enhance power supply in the city, ground water

recharge, solid waste management in convergence with the Swachh Bharat

Mission.

Long term:

iii. Canal based water supply which will show its results in three to five years time

period.

iv. The construction of underpasses, ring road and improvement of road geometrics

will again show their results within two to three years.

v. The use of ICT linked with Intelligent Transport System is co-terminus with the

improvement of road geometrics, underpasses, ring road development and public

transport system i.e two to three years.

30. Measurable Impact

c. Governance:

1) The support of technology will facilitate the performance with minimum man

power and maximum delivery

2) With the two-way communication system generated regarding the mails

received and automatically responded receipts and communicated after the

decision is taken, the defaults in water supply and power monitored through the

technology will help in locating the problem without any delay and involvement

of much man power. Therefore, it will help reducing the time consumption in

decision making processes, communication and bring a paradigm of

economically managed city administration with support of technology.

d. Impact on Public Services

1) The delivery of service will be quicker in redressal of problem, rectifying the

problems, managing the solid waste, its transportation with support of GPS

tracking system.

2) Reducing water losses will enhance the delivery of services and improving the

quality of life for all sections of society.

3) Convergence will introduce the realm of integrated city development and will

eliminate the multiplicity of similar activities done separately. It will introduce a

realm of effective use of funds by eliminating the wastage of funds in multiplicity.