Ministry of Urban Development02-January, 2016 12:10 IST
Smart City Plans throw up a range of vision statements
Most
of the cities aspire to be clean and green; others to leverage heritage and
other unique features
Stimulating
economic development and inclusivity common aim
Aligarh
to promote communal harmony; NDMC to emerge as a global bench mark capital city
Dahod
to be a multi-functional tribal hub; Ludhiana to be bicycle capital
Vizag
to be a healthy metropolis; Lucknow to be clean, green and efficient
Smart
City Plans for 95 cities received in the Ministry of Urban Development have
thrown up a variety of vision statements ranging from becoming clean and green
to being a multi-functional tribal hub.
A
perusal of Smart City Plans of 50 cities revealed that 11 cities aimed at emerging
as clean, green and sustainable cities followed by 9 cities seeking to leverage
rich cultural heritage legacy for stimulating development, 8 cities stating
economic growth and development upfront as the core of their vision and the
rest seeking to emerge as tourism hubs, port cities, education and health hubs,
industrial and institutional centres etc., taking advantage of unique features
and strengths of respective cities. Promoting economic development, improving
quality of life and enabling inclusive urbanization is mentioned as part of the
vision by most of the cities.
As
required under the Mission Guidelines, each of the Mission Cities has
formulated City Vision Statement based on citizen consultations.
New
Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in its vision statement aimed at emerging as the
global bench mark for a capital city.
Aligarh
(UP) envisaged becoming an economically vibrant, environment-friendly smart
city while conserving heritage and culture, by promoting communal harmony and
sustainable urban infrastructure.
Dahod
(Gujarat) sought to emerge as a dynamic Dahod and a multi-functional activity
hub for tribals.
Visakhapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh) seeks to be a healthy metropolis while Warangal in
neighbouring Telangana is keen to emerge as vibrant regional economic hub
besides being clean and green.
Lucknow
is keen about emerging as a clean, green and efficient citizen centric city
with a modern economy and outlook anchored in its tradition, heritage and
culture with better quality of life.
City vision
statements State-wise are given below:
Arunchal
Pradesh:
Pasighat
: A well managed clean, green, environment friendly city with a character of
its own defined by scenic beauty, intellectual capital, eco-friendly tourism
and an inclusive capital.
Andhra
Pradesh:
Kakinada
: To transform from Pensioners’ Paradise to economic destination
Tirupati:
A right place to live, work and visit with a high quality core infrastructure
in an inclusive manner, which is intelligently and efficiently managed to
convert the holy city into a smart city.
Bihar:
Biharshariff:
To emerge as a tourism gateway
Chandigarh:
Seeks to be an ideal city which is innovative, distinct and dynamic,
economically vibrant, accessible and livable.
Chattisgarh:
Bilaspur:
To be the cultural capital of the city.
Goa:
Panaji:
To be transformed into a world class, environmentally sustainable and inclusive
city while preserving its heritage, cultural diversity and ecosystems through
innovation and smart solutions.
Gujarat:
Gandhinagar:
An institutional hub with diversified economic base that provides equitable
setting for all to live and work with better quality of life and
infrastructure.
Rajkot:
To become a sustainable, modern, affordable, resilient and technology driven smart
city.
Surat:
Providing equal access to best quality physical and social infrastructure and
efficient mobility through state of the art technology.
Vadodara:
To be a sustainable and clean city with an efficient, sophisticated, skilled
and people centric administration offering best quality services to its
citizens.
Haryana:
Karnal
: To become economically flourishing while embedded in culture and history.
Himachal
Pradesh:
Dharamshala:
To be a smart, sustainable and resilient city with a global imprint and
enhanced quality of life for its residents.
Jharkhand:
Ranchi:
To develop as an industrial centre through inclusive growth practices to
enhance quality of life by adopting smart and sustainable methodology.
Karnataka:
Mangaluru:
To be a clean and green port city, nurtured by a vibrant community and educated
and industrious citizens with pluralistic cultural heritage and health care
services, using eco-friendly technologies for affordable, safe and quality
urban life.
Davanagere:
Aspires to be a city where LIFE nestles. L-Livable, convenient and safe;
I-Inclusive; F-Financially vibrant and futuristic; E-Edutainment, Economic
prosperity and Environment friendly.
Hubbali-Dharwad:
To be the growth engine of North Karnataka by unlocking city’s potential and leveraging
locational advantage and human resources.
Belagavi:
A livable, inclusive and vibrant city with access for all citizens to good
quality and affordable physical and social infrastructure and employment
opportunities.
Madhya
Pradesh:
Indore:
To enter an era of rejuvenation by envigorating city’s rich cultural and
economic heritage and innovation in spatially restructured and sustainable
urban development, mobility, environment, infrastructure, governance and
citizen services for better living.
Sagar:
Revitalize the city as a regional commercial mode creating new business
opportunities and vibrant living spaces for safe and connected communities.
Maharashtra:
Kalyan
–Dombivili: To facilitate a convenient living habitat for its citizens with
excellent transit facilities and enable easy access to other parts of Mumbai
Metropolitan Region.
Odisha:
Bhubaneswar:
To promote responsible governance through participatory decision-making and
open access to information and technology.
Roukela:
To develop as an industrial centre through inclusive growth practices to
enhance quality of life of the people by adopting smart and sustainable
methodology.
Puducherry:
Oulgaret:
To emerge as the most preferred tourism and green industry smart city evolved
on the concept of ‘work-live-learn-play’ environment.
Punjab
:
Amritsar:
To be a vibrant heritage city with world class and eco-friendly infrastructure
leading to enhanced economic growth through responsive resource management
making it a clean and green city.
Rajasthan:
Jaipur:
Aspires to leverage its heritage and tourism, through innovative and inclusive
solutions, to enhance the quality of life.
Kota:
To ensure high quality life through creation of inclusive social and economic
opportunities, enabled by infrastructure and governance.
Udaipur:
To be the ‘Eternal Udaipur’ and world’s favourite lakeside heritage city.
Tamil
Nadu:
Tiruppur:
To be the textile and apparel smart city where enterprise and social
collaboration thrive helping its people live, learn and work better by using
leading technologies.
Thoothukudi:
Most preferred port based and industrial smart city evolved on the concept of
‘work-learn-live-play’ environment.
Tiruchirapalli:
To be the transportation hub of Tamil Nadu with state-of-art infrastructure,
enhanced inter and intra city connectivity and better quality of life.
Uttarakhand:
Dehradun:
To establish the city as eco-friendly knowledge hub of the region, infusing
technology for providing timely and accurate information to citizens and
authorities for decision making and improving the ease of doing business for
promoting tourism.
Uttar
Pradesh:
Agra:
To further consolidate as a world class heritage city with increased economic
opportunities for all citizens.
Bareilly:
To be an economically vibrant city with high public safety, clean environment
and eco-friendly mobility.
Kanpur:
To enhance the identity of the city and provide better quality of life through
governance, social, spatial, economic and environmental impacts.
Rampur:
To unleash the full potential of the city besides emerging as a clean, green
and smart Rampur.
Moradabad:
To make a global impression as a clean, green and smart brass city with best
quality of life for citizens.
Saharanpur:
Promoting and developing local art and skills by engaging citizens in smart
development enabled by the use of technology in city governance and management
for better living.
West
Bengal:
Bidhannagar:
Clean, green, safe, socially embracing, livable and progressive city attracting
new age service professionals.
Durgapur:
To be clean, green and smart Durgapur.
Haldia:
To be the sustainable and smart port city. A city to enjoy and grow.
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