“Jansamvad” – Citizen Participation for Smart City Saharanpur

26 Oct 2015

Saharanpur Municipal Corporation organized an eight day workshop and talk show “Jansamvad” as a part of citizen engagement program under mission smart city. The event was held on 29th September to 7th October 2015 at Hotel Oasis, Delhi Road, Saharanpur between 11:00 AM and 1:00 Pm Daily. More than 800 stakeholders including Honorable MP, MLAs, Heads of various educational institutions, student representatives, senior citizen representatives, RWAs, Media (Print/Electronic), representatives of various associations of advocates, doctors, engineers, CAs, Bankers, Taxi, Rickshaw and E-Rickshaw Unions, Business Group, NGO’s, Social Workers etc were participated in the workshop.

The schedule of workshop was as follows-

S.No.	Date	Participants
1.	29th Sep, 2015	Business Groups, Raiwala & media (Print/Electronic)
2.	30th Sep, 2015	Honorable MP, MLAs, and officers
3.	01st Oct, 2015	ITC, Star Paper Mill, Indian Herbs, IIA, SIA, Town Planner, Architects and builder association
4.	03rd Oct, 2015	Teachers, student representatives, Hotel Association, TaxAssociation, Bankers, CA’s, Bar Association, Woodcarving Association.
5.	04th Oct, 2015	IMA, homeopathic-Yunani Medical Association, Principal All Inter College, Progressives School Forum, Lord Mahavira Academy, GIC & GGIC through DISO
6.	05th Oct, 2015	NGO’s, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Senior Citizen welfare Society, Paondhoi Bachav Samiti
7.	06th Oct, 2015	Janta, Rickshaw, E-Rickshaw and Tanga Union
8.	07th Oct, 2015	Ex word Members of Nagar Palika and Nigam

During this every day the workshop was started by a lighting a lamp by Saharanpur Municipal Commissioner Dr. Niraj Shukla, and chief guests of the workshop on that day.

The workshop was daily started by Dr. Niraj Shukla (Saharanpur Municipal Commissioner) by its own presentation and speech on mission smart city. After that Mr P.K. Sharma (Ex Associate professor, J.V Jain Degree College, Saharanpur) has discussed about mission smart city in details with participants.

This was followed by a presentation wherein citizens were informed about Guidelines, the Mission Smart City and how they can become a part of proposal making process. They were also informed about the various ongoing and planned citizen engagement activities through various Presentations and offline forums. A leaflet containing information about mission Smart City and citizen engagement process and a Feedback form were also distributed.

This was followed by a talk where stakeholders shared their suggestions and ideas on how to make Saharanpur a Smart City. Questionnaire seeking information on general suggestions, Area based development and Pan City initiatives were also filled by stakeholders.

Saharanpur smart city (sahart) – round 2

List of Possible Smart Solutions

Online Reporting or Complaints and filing of applications for various approvals

Informing the Corporation by citizens on any issue/activity which is in violation of municipal bye laws/rules such as encroachments, illegal activities not permitted under the law.
Filing permission for seeking sewerage connection, water connection, road cut etc.
Submission of building plans for approvals
Seeking building occupation permissions(completion certificate)

Online payments for better recovery on resource mobilization

Property taxes
Rentals
Water and sewerage charges
Use of CCTV cameras for surveillance of
Regulating the traffic and pin pointing the traffic rule violators and identifying the hit and run cases
Check on thefts and encroachments and stray animals on the roads
City-wide Surveillance for Safety of woman and child on the roads

Use of sensors in water supply
Smart meters for regulating and saving the power

CITY PROFILE: Smart City Saharanpur (SAHART)

Saharanpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, is a city of 7.5 lakh population (census 2011) id administered by the Municipal Corporation Saharanpur. The city is the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur District as well as Saharanpur Division. Dating back to the Mughal period, situated close to the borders of Haryana and Uttarakhand States and situated in the fertile agricultural region which is famous for plentiful yields in grains and fruits, therefore Saharanpur is one of the flourishing cities of Uttar Pradesh. The city is internationally famous for its wood carving and cottage industry. It is a big market for local agricultural produce, including basmati rice, wheat and mangoes to name a few. A variety of agro-based industrial enterprises – such as textiles, sugar, paper and cigarette factories are located in this city.

The various rounds of a city engagement campaign have brought out the likely proposals for discussion with individuals, various groups of citizens, associations, and the committee formed for smart city proposals as follows:

1. Summary of the Write-up from the Citizens: Problems

			Ranking of Problems
Sr. No.	Problems	Responses in Percent	Problems	Percent to Total
1	Roads	72	Electricity	77
2	Water	62	Roads	72
3	Sewerage	41	Sanitation	65
4	Traffic/transport system	27	Water	62
5	Green space	10	Others	45
6	Sanitation	65	Sewerage	41
7	Electricity	77	Traffic/transport system	27
8	Health	20	Health	20
9	Communication	5	Health	20
10	Education	18	Education	18
11	Health	20	Green space	10
12	Affordable housing	4	Security	10
13	Security	10	Governance	10
14	Governance	10	Communication	5
15	Others	45	Affordable housing	4

2. Summary of the Write-up from the Citizens: Suggestions

Sr. No.	Suggestions	Suggestions In Percent	Ranking of Suggestions
Sr. No.	Suggestions	Suggestions In Percent	Suggestions	Percent to Total
1	Roads	60	Others	73
2	Water	52	Electricity	62
3	Sewerage	30	Roads	60
4	Traffic/transport system	50	Sanitation	60
5	Green space	40	Water	52
6	Sanitation	60	Traffic/transport system	50
7	Electricity	62	Education	48
8	Health	41	Health	41
9	Communication	22	Green space	40
10	Education	48	Environment	40
11	Environment	40	Governance	33
12	Affordable housing	10	Sewerage	30
13	Security	30	Security	30
14	Governance	33	Communication	22
15	Others	73	Affordable housing	10

3. Summary of the Write-up from the Citizens: Expectations

Sr. No.	Expectations	Expectations in Percent	Ranking of Expectations
Sr. No.	Expectations	Expectations in Percent	Expectations	Percent to Total
1	Roads	26	Others	57
2	Water	24	Governance	35
3	Sewerage	10	Sanitation	34
4	Traffic/transport system	10	Education	27
5	Green space	8	Roads	26
6	Sanitation	34	Water	24
7	Electricity	4	Health	20
8	Health	20	Environment	20
9	Communication	3	Sewerage	10
10	Education	27	Traffic/transport system	10
11	Environment	20	Affordable housing	10
12	Affordable housing	10	Security	10
13	Security	10	Green space	8
14	Governance	35	Electricity	4
15	Others	57	Communication	3

4. The emerging final picture out of the 30,000 responses

Tasks All Ranks	Percent Share among Priorities
Tasks All Ranks	Retrofitting	Redevelopment	Green Spaces	Pan City	Clubbed Ist and 2nd Priority 1st Redevelopment:67.51% 2nd Retrofitting:55.37% 3rd GreenSpaces:44.29% 4th Pan city: 32.83%
Ist.	15.79	42.05	22.13	20.03
2nd	39.58	25.46	22.16	12.80
3rd	25.44	20.00	30.92	23.64
4th	19.19	12.49	24.79	43.53
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Issues raised in essay writing by students of colleges and inter- colleges are as follows:
युवा विचार विषय: जन-संपर्क अभियान का निष्कर्ष; आधुनिकता की ओर

क्रम	अवस्थापना
1	सड़क और गलियों का निर्माण एवं आवश्यकता
2	बिजली आपूर्ति की व्यवस्था एवं अक्षय/वैकल्पिक ऊर्जा का विकास, एल.पी.जी.
3	जलापूर्ति की व्यवस्था तथा वर्षा जल संग्रहण
4	सीवरेज व्यवस्था एवं प्रबंधन
5	ठोस अपशिष्ठ व्यवस्था तथा प्रबंधन
6	व्यवस्थित यातायात, यातायात नियमों का पालन तथा स्मार्ट पार्किंग व्यवस्था
7	विधि और व्यवस्था
8	सड़कों पर महिला, बाल एवं वृद्ध सुरक्षा
9	सड़कों का अतिक्रमण, पथिक के लिए व्यवस्था तथा सुरक्षा
10	चौकसी के लिए सी.सी.टी.वी. कैमरों की स्थापना (इंटनेट एवं वाईफाई)
11	सूचना प्रौधिगिकी एवं कम्प्यूटरीकरण प्राथमिकता तथा प्रौधोगिकी पार्क
12	मानकयुक्त शिक्षा सुविधायें कम्प्यूटरीकारण एवं गुणवत्तायुक्त अध्यापक
13	तकनिकी शिक्षा संस्थान तथा विश्वविधालय
14	मानकयुक्त स्वास्थ्य सुविधाये
15	चिरस्थायी पर्यावरण, वृक्षारोपण एवं सौंदर्यीकारण
16	क्रीडावन एवं क्रीडास्थल
17	आवरा पशु समाधान एवं नगर के बाहर व्यवस्था
18	सुव्यवस्थित बाजार एवं आधुनिक मार्केट्स/माल
19	आबादी के बाहर औधोगीकरण, लघु उधम को बढावा एवं रोजगार का अवसर
20	योजना एवं मानकानुसार शहरी विकास तथा निर्धन के लिए आवास
21	पुनर्निर्माण, पुन:संयोजन/संरक्षण एवं पुनर्वास
22	शहरी समुदाय का स्मार्ट सिटी अभियान की सफलता में सहयोग आवश्यक

CITY WIDE CONCEPT PLAN
i) VISION: “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) Acronym: Saharanpur Smart City: SAHART
iii) GOALS:
i. Good Governance, especially e-Governance and citizen participation
ii. Safety and Security of citizens, particularly women, children and the elderly
iii. Smart management of water and power supply
iv. Improving quality of life by adopting redevelopment, retrofit and preservation tools for area based schemes by involving the stakeholders; community based approach.
PAN CITY SOLUTIONS: Emerging out of citizens suggestions/priorities (e-governance)
i. Dividing the city into administrative zones and setting up of zonal offices by Corporation for maximum outreach and early solutions to the problems,
ii. City surveillance by installing CCTV cameras at strategic locations,
iii. Each CCTV camera to have solar panels for 24×7 power supply,
iv. Solid waste/Garbage collection centers and removal for final disposal.

AREA BASED DEVELOPMENT FINALISATION
Based on Public interactions, the area based projects have been identified and prioritized for phased development.
i. Redevelopment project identified and discussed with the citizens for adoption in PPP model.
ii. Land identified for green field project in PPP model is being discussed with citizens/stake-holders.
FINANCING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
i. Efforts are on for involving private sector resource mobilization
ii. Forming JVCs for implementation and execution
ii. Corporation will tie up its financing with the financing institutions

PREPARATION OF DRAFT PROPOSALS
1.Area based:
The proposals have been discussed with the stakeholders and the approach to be followed also discussed with the stake holders
2.Pan City Solutions/Proposals:
For installation of CCTV cameras with solar panels and strategic locations identified and discussed with the citizens. The suggestion on financing and implementation will be discussed for finalization in the next meeting before 15th November.

“Jansamvad” – Citizen Participation for Smart City Saharanpur

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