General Management project on

Smart Cities in Maharashtra

Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

Master of Management Studies (MMS)

(Under University of Mumbai)

Submitted by

Gunjan Chheda

(ROLL NO: 33)

Under The Guidance of

Dr. Sandeep Chopde

2017-19
MET Institute of Management

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This is to certify that project titled “Smart Cities in Maharashtra” is successfully
completed by Mr. Gunjan Chheda during the IV Semester, in partial fulfillment of
the Master’s Degree in Management Studies recognized by the University of
Mumbai for the academic year 2017-2019 through MET Institute of Management,
Mumbai. This project work was original and not submitted earlier for the award of
any degree / diploma or associateship of any other University/ Institution.

Name: Gunjan Chheda

Date: 16th March 2019 (Signature of Guide)

Dr. Sandeep Chopde

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this Project Report submitted by me to the MET institute of
Management, Mumbai is a bonafide work undertaken by me and it is not submitted
to any other University or Institution for the award of any degree diploma/ certificate
or published any time before.

Name: Gunjan Chheda

Date: 16th March 2019 Signature/-

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“Gratitude cannot be seen or expressed, It can only be felt deep in heart and is beyond description.
Although thanks are poor expression of debt of gratitude, yet there is no better way to express it
with sincerity and immense pleasure.”

I acknowledge my inexplicable and deep sense of gratitude to Dr. Sandeep Chopde for constructive
counsel, meticulous supervision untiring inspiration and moral support during the entire project.

I also thank the Director of MET institute of management-MMS Dr. Vijay Page and Course
Coordinator Dr. Sangeeta Tandon for providing me an opportunity for the project.

I want to thank the most important people of my life, My Parents and Friends, who made my work
tension free with their warmth and support.

At last, Help and support provided by friends cannot be matched with mere thanks. Still I want to
thank my friends for their unmatched support.

-Gunjan Chheda

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 Table of Content
Sr No. Contents Page No.
1. Introduction 5
2. Review of Literature 9
3. Research Methodology 11
3.1 Objective 11
4. Data Interpretation 14
4.1 Statistics 19
4.2 Physical Infrastructure 20
4.3 Pune Smart City 28
4.4 Solapur Smart City 34
4.5 Third List Smart Cities 37
4.6 Harishal Smart Village 49
5. Conclusion 53
6. Bibliography 54
Introduction

A smart city is an urban development vision aimed at integrating multiple practical solutions with
respect to infrastructure facilities and services to the citizens and also for efficient management of a
city’s assets. The goal of building a smart city is to improve quality of life by using urban informatics
and technology to improve the efficiency of service delivery and meet residents’ needs. Throughout
history, a city’s evolution has been driven by the needs of its residents and by its ability to integrate
new innovations into its structure and way of life.

The concept of Smart City evolved over the last 20 years. Although Smart Cities have various applicable
definitions, a Smart City may be broadly defined as a city that is able to respond to the needs of its
citizens as promptly and efficiently as possible. Various aspects aimed at improving life in a city are
typically examined in the context of a Smart City. These aspects include but are not limited to
transportation, solid waste management, water supply, waste water treatment, planning, education,
public administration, health care, energy efficiency and safety and security.
A Smart City typically aims to:

1. Make more efficient use of physical infrastructure (roads, built environment and other physical
assets) through artificial intelligence and data analytics and thereby support strong and healthy
economic, social and cultural development.
2. Engage effectively with local people in local governance and decision making by use of open
innovation processes and e-participation, improving the collective intelligence of the city’s
institutions through e-governance, with emphasis placed on citizen participation and co-design.
3. Learn, adapt and innovate and thereby respond more effectively and promptly to changing
circumstances by improving the intelligence of the city.

Since the days of the industrial revolution, cities have been the engines of economic growth. The
revolution was effective in developing prosperity for many countries. Now with greater use of
technology, a number of cities are accumulating data, delivering innovation, and enhancing lives of
citizens.

Four Essential Components of Smart Cities:

Technology

Utilities

Infrastructure

Transportation

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Maharashtra Introduction:

Maharashtra’s capital, Mumbai, has a population of approximately 18 million. It plays a key role in the
economic development of India as it houses the headquarters of almost all major financial institutions,
major banks, insurance companies and mutual funds. Maharashtra’s and more importantly Mumbai’s
business opportunities along with its potential for higher economic standards attract migrants from all
over India.

India’s largest stock exchange Bombay Stock Exchange, which is also the oldest in Asia, is located in
Mumbai. More than 41 per cent of the S&P CNX 5007 conglomerates have corporate offices in
Maharashtra.

Maharashtra is India’s leading industrial state contributing 13% of national industrial output. 64.14%
of the people are employed in agriculture and allied activities. Almost 46% of the GSDP is contributed
by industry. Considerable progress made in the textile industry in Solapur, Ichalkaranji, Malegaon and

Bhiwandi. It is also known for the co-operative sugar industry, where the farmers acquire the share in
sugar mills. Pune is emerging as one of the largest automobile hubs in the nation.

The Government of Maharashtra established Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)

in 1962 to attract industries to different areas of the state. To date 233 areas have been developed around
the state with emphasis on different sectors such as Industrial, IT, Pharmaceutical, and Wine.

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Review of Literature

A literature review is a survey of everything that has been written about a topic, Theory, or research
question. It may provide the background for larger work, or it may stand on own. Much more than a
simple list of sources, an effective literature review analyzes and synthesizes information about key
themes or issues. A literature review surveys scholarly articles, books, dissertations, conference
proceedings and other resources which are relevant to a issue, area of research, or theory and provides
context for a dissertation by identifying past research. Research tells a story and the existing literature
helps us identify where we are in the story currently. It is up to those writing a dissertation to continue
that story with new research and new perspectives but they must first be familiar with the story before
they can move forward.

Purpose of Literature Review

• Identifies gaps in current knowledge

• Helps you to avoid reinventing the wheel by discovering the research already conducted on
a topic
• Sets the background on what has been explored on a topic so far
• Increases your breadth of knowledge in your area of research
• Helps you identify seminal works in your area
• Allows you to provide the intellectual context for your work and position your research with
other, related research
• Provides you with opposing viewpoints

➢ Rohit Agrawal and Ruchi Doshi (2016) - International Journal of Research in Advent
Technology Special Issue National Conference (A study on Smart Cities-Pune) - According to
the Smart City Mission, this project will drive economic growth and improve the quality of life
of people and enable development of local areas. It will help connect technology which will lead
to smart outcomes. The government aims to redevelop slums and convert them into better
planned ones which will in turn improve the livelihood of the entire city.

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➢ Sheshadri Chatterjee and Arpan Kumar Kar (2015) – Smart Cities in developing economies -
This paper aims to analyses scientific studies focusing on both environmental sustainability and
smart city concepts to understand the relationship between these two. To do so the study
identifies information about researchers, models, frameworks and tools focused on the chosen
themes. This research uses a qualitative methodology, through a systematic review of the
literature, which examines the terms, ‘smart city’ and ‘sustainability’, aimed at sustainable
development of smart cities.

➢ Jesse M Shapiro 2006 - Smart Cities: Quality of Life, Productivity, and the Growth Effects of
Human Capital - From 1940 to 1990, a 10% increase in a metropolitan area's concentration of
college-educated residents was associated with a 0.8% increase in subsequent employment
growth. Using data on growth in wages, rents, and house values, I calibrate a neoclassical city
growth model and find that roughly 60% of the employment growth effect of college graduates
is due to enhanced productivity growth, the rest being caused by growth in the quality of life.

➢ Sumedha Chauhan 2016 Addressing big data challenges in smart cities - Big Data has
become crucial for fulfilling the vision of smart cities; however, there are several challenges
associated with its use. This study aims to provide a holistic view of challenges of using
Big Data in smart cities and the solutions to deal with them by systematically selecting,
reviewing and synthesizing the literature in this area.

➢ Nikhil Khatvatkar 2017 Energy Efficient Smart Cities - Smart City-based electronic product
applications are gaining importance nowadays. It contains efficient urban mobility, efficient
public transportation, e-governance, safety and security, smart lighting system, etc. The main
focus of this work is to present a design of street light controller to provide a reduction in power
consumption and wireless control which eventually will provide a reduction in the required
budget of electricity for street lights.

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Research Methodology

Primary data and Secondary data

Primary data is a data which has been collected from the field under control and supervision of
investigator. It is original data which has been collected specially for the purpose in mind through
various sources. It has been collected through observations, questionnaires and other such resources.

Secondary data is a data gathered and recorded through someone else prior to and for the purpose other
than project. It is the data which already exist in being research. It is collected through previous research,
official statistics, web information and such other sources.

In this project secondary data collection method is used where in relevant data is being collected from
websites, newspaper, etc.

The Principles of Smart Cities are:

1. Well-being – Refers to the overall livability conditions in a city, which includes hard and soft
infrastructure, aesthetics, functionality and safety aspects, which build an image of a modern,
well-connected city which is IOT enabled.
2. Equity – Refers to the availability of conditions for the mental, physical and social well-being
of citizens.
3. Efficiency – Refers to how well the city is equipped to meet the demands for resources, finances
and manpower to produce the desired outcomes (i.e., city goals).
4. Foresight – Signifies a commitment to address long-term challenges and aspirations of a city.

Critical Pillars of Smart City Program:

1. Smart Governance: Investments of about US$1.2 trillion will be required over the next 20 years
to spruce up various departments such as transportation, energy and public security to build
smart cities in India.
2. Smart Grid: Three crucial dimensions of smart energy systems are:
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 • Electrification of all households with power available for at least 8 hours per day by
2017.
• Establish smart grid test bed by 2014 and smart grid knowledge center by 2015.
• Implementation of 8 smart grid pilot projects in India with an investment of US$10
million Energy Storage.
• Addition of 88,000 MW of power generation capacity in the 12thFive Year Plan (2012-
17).
• India needs to add at least 250 400 GW of new power generation capacity by 2030
• The Power Grid Corporation of India has planned to invest US$26 billion in the next.
five years.
3. Smart Environment: The crucial dimensions of ensuring sustainable development are:
• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has plans to add capacity of 30,000 MW in the
12th Five Year Plan (2012-17)
• Water and waste water management
• The Indian Ministry of Water Resources plans to invest US$50 billion in the water sector
in the coming years
• About 67% of the rural population
• continues to defecate in the open, and India accounts for about 50% of the world’s open
defecation.
• The Government of India and the World Bank have signed a US$500 million credit for
the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) project in the Indian states of Assam,
Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

4. Smart Transportation: The Government of India has set ambitious targets for developing public
transportation system to support the ever-growing urban populace.
• The Government of India has approved a US$4.13 billion plan to accelerate electric and
hybrid vehicle production by setting an ambitious target of 6 million vehicles by 2020.
• Electric vehicle charging stations in all urban areas and along all state and national
highways by 2027.

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 Railways:

• Metro: The Ministry of Urban Development plans to invest more than US$20 billion on
metro rail projects in the coming years.
• High-speed rail: The proposed 534 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project will
incur an investment of around US$10.5 billion.
• Monorail: India’s first monorail project at Mumbai will cost around US$500 million, of
which US$183 million has been spent on phase I.

5. Smart IT & Communications:

• Cloud computing will evolve into a US$4.5 billion market in India by 2016.
• Under the flagship “Safe City” project, the Union Ministry proposes US$333 million to
make seven big cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and
Hyderabad) to focus on technological advancement rather than manpower Disaster
Management.

6. Smart Buildings:
• India is expected to emerge as the world’s 3rd largest construction market by 2020, by
adding 11.5 million homes every year.
• The Intelligent Building Management Systems market is around US$621 million and is
expected to reach US$1,891 million by 2016.
• Smart buildings will save up to 30% of water usage, 40% of energy usage and reduction
of building maintenance costs by 10 to 30%.

7. Smart Health
• Health budget up by 27% in FY 2014-15 to US$5.26 billion, with special focus on
improving affordable healthcare for all.
• To establish six new AIIMS-like institutes and 12 government medical colleges in the
country.
• Accessible, affordable and effective healthcare system for 1.2+ billion citizens.

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 8. Smart Education:
• The Government of India has allocated US$13.95 billion in the Union Budget and
industry requirements.
• 100% FDI allowed in the education sector.

Economic Investment in Smart Cities:

Entity Investment Plans

France Plans to invest GBP£1.5 billion in development of three smart cities,
including Puducherry & Nagaland.
US Anticipated GBP£25 billion private investment into India, partnership on
clean water and solid waste management for 500 cities.
Japan GBP£22 billion-mix of private and public investment
China GBP£12bn-mix of private and public investment
Germany GBP£0.7bn on solar capacity for next 10 years

Data Interpretation

Economic Drivers for Maharashtra

Maharashtra accounts for approximately 18 per cent of the country’s output of pharmaceuticals.
Maharashtra is the top contributor with 35.04 per cent share of the total biotech revenues. The
petrochemical industry has had significant growth in the state after the installation of India’s offshore
oil wells near Mumbai, in 1976. The state contributes 27.4 per cent to the country’s chemicals,
petrochemicals, oil and gas output.

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Maharashtra accounts for approximately 33 per cent of the country’s output of automobile by value.
The major automobile center in Maharashtra include:

• Pune
• Nashik
• Aurangabad
• Nagpur

Pune is the largest auto hub of India with over 4,000 manufacturing units only in Pimpri Chinchwad
region. Pune is home to large players like Bajaj Auto Limited, Daimler Chrysler Limited, Tata
Motors, etc. Nashik is home to one of India’s largest multi-utility vehicle manufacturer, Mahindra &
Mahindra Limited.

Maharashtra occupies an important place in both the production and export of engineering goods from
the country. The engineering industry in the state is highly diversified and produces a large range of
machine-parts, from industrial machinery to industrial castings and forgings. The industry, which was
initially concentrated in the Mumbai-Pune belt, has spread all over the state with the major production
centers in Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik and Kolhapur.

The major engineering items of production and export in Maharashtra are:

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Maharashtra has also setup Software plants in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik,
Aurangabad and Latur. Maharashtra is the second largest exporter of software with annual exports of
18 000 crores and accounts for more than 30 per cent of the country’s software exports, with over 1,200
software units based in the state. Maharashtra ranks first nationwide in coal-based thermal electricity as
well as nuclear electricity generation with national market shares of over 13% and 17% respectively.

The share of agriculture and allied activities sector was 11.3 per cent in GSDP at current prices in 2013-
14 while its share in employment was 52.7 per cent as per Census 2011. Agricultural credit is an
important input for improving agricultural production & productivity and reducing farmer distress. Crop
insurance schemes are also implemented as a part of risk management and risk mitigation in agriculture.

Irrigation facilities are being extended so that agriculture could be made less dependent upon rain water.
Maharashtra has by far the largest number of Dams in India and the net irrigated area totals only 33,500
square kilometers or about 16% of cultivable land.10 Principal Monsoon crops include Rice, Jowar and
Bajra. Other crops include wheat, pulses, vegetables and onions. The main cash crops include cotton,

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sugarcane, turmeric, and several oil seeds including groundnut, sunflower and soybean. Most of the
sugar production in Maharashtra takes place at mills owned by local cooperative societies. The members
of the society include all farmers, small and large, supplying sugarcane to the mill.

Development Related to urban Infrastructure in Maharashtra

Maharashtra is one of the most advanced industrial states in country. It accounts for almost 15 per
cent of the total industrial output of the country.

Major Industries in Maharashtra include:

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Maharashtra is known for its small-scale industries and is a larger platform for the skilled and industrial
labor. The industry oriented features and availability of skilled human resources makes the state an ideal
destination for knowledge based and manufacturing sectors.

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Net State Domestic Product(NSDP)

Gross State Domestic Product(GSDP)

Between 2004-05 and 2014-15, Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) expanded at a Compound
Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.98 per cent to US$ 264.8 billion and Net State Domestic Product
(NSDP) expanded at CAGR of 11.2 per cent to US$ 237.8 billion. State contributes 40 per cent of
national fiscal receipts & 8.17 percent to total GDP of the Country’s total investment, state accounts for
20 per cent of the proposed total investment under FDI in India, Maharashtra is at the top position.

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FDI approved projects are mainly in the field of Service(24%), Infrastructure(12%), IT(21%) and
Automobiles(10%).

Policy Purpose
To attract IT investments across the state, and
Maharashtra IT/ITES Policy
incentivize IT industry
To increase power production from renewable
Maharashtra Renewable Energy Policy 2015 sources by 16400 MW and from solar power
by 7500 MW
To retain Maharashtra as the leader in
Industrial Policy of Maharashtra 2013
industrial Investment in the country

To ease the land allotment process and also

Maharashtra Tourism Policy
provide tax exemptions at the industrial rates.

To promote business friendly regime and rapid

Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Policy industrial development along with
employment generation

To lay special emphasis on raising processing

Textile Policy of Maharashtra 2011-17 units at various levels, from cotton to
manufacturing textiles

Physical Infrastructure:

Airport

The busiest airport of the country is located at Mumbai and an additional airport has been proposed at
Navi-Mumbai as Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). The Navi Mumbai airport will be
developed through public-private partnership financial model, wherein CIDCO will have a 26% stake,
& the rest will be held by the private developer. The cost of the project has been estimated at 16,000
crores. There is also a proposal to set up a green field airport near Pune. Chikalthana Airport at
Aurangabad has been upgraded recently to serve as an international airport.

The state has 10 domestic airports with prime ones located at Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Aurangabad.

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MIDC to execute setting up new international airport in Pune: The state Government of Maharashtra
has handed over the responsibility of executing the work of setting up a new international airport at
Pune to Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). This airport is planned to cover a
large area of over 2428 hectares (6,000 acres), which will make it the largest airport in India post
completion. The airport is planned to have two runways and once it is constructed there will be greater
number of international flights.

Rail

The rail transport system of Maharashtra is very well developed. The state is well connected to other
parts of the country with a railway network spanning 5,983 km. The Central Railways and the Western
Railways, two of the zones of the Indian Railways, have their headquarters in Mumbai, at the
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Churchgate respectively.

Maharashtra also has an intra-city/sub-urban network of railways. The sub-urban railways carry around
6.4 million passengers every day. The railway network in coastal Maharashtra is a part of the Western
Railways that spreads across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The Western

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Railways also serves some of the ports on the country’s Western coast including the Mumbai port.
Konkan railway connects Mumbai with Mangalore in Karnataka. Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Development Authority (MMRDA) has undertaken mono rail, metro rail projects in Mumbai.

Roads

Maharashtra has a total road length of over 2,67,000 Km. The total length of its national highways is
4,176 Km and state highways is 33,705 Km. Under the on-going National Highway Development
Program (NHDP), 721 Km. is being converted into four to six lane highways. Mumbai-Pune
Expressway of length 93 kms provides excellent connectivity between the key cities of the state.

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Ports

There are basically two main ports located in the capital city of Mumbai i.e., Jawaharlal Nehru Port
(JNP) and Mumbai Port. There are also several ports in the state that handle the export of ores mined in
Maharashtra.

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Jawarharlal Nehru Port

• Largest container port in India

• Handles over 56% of the container traffic in India.
• The port is currently ranked 31st among the top 100 container ports in the world.
• Terminal of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor proposed by Indian Railways (section is from
Sachin which is near Surat to Jawaharlal Nehru Port comprising of Sachin-Valsad-Vasai Road-
Jawaharlal Nehru Port and construction bid is awarded in January 2016).
• Development of Fourth Container Terminal At JN PORT On DBFOT Basis -Project Schedule
Development of Fourth Container Terminal At JN PORT On DBFOT Basis -Project Schedule
and it will complete in the end of year 2017.

Mumbai Port

• The private sector participation in the Mumbai port has been through leasing out cargo berths
for container handling and construction of a captive Coal Jetty by Tata Electric Company.

Maharashtra Maritime Board has identified six ports for development during the next 10-15 years to
cater to the needs of automobile and manufacturing industries as well as special economic zones being
set up in the state and all the ports are being constructed on a Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. These
include:

• Rewas-Aware Port
• Dighi Port
• Jaigad Port (Dhamankhol Bay)
• Jaigad Port (Lavgan)
• Vijaydurg Port
• Redi Port

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Health Infrastructure:

There are 212 medical institutes and 136 nursing colleges with an annual intake of over 13,000 and
3,500 students respectively. The number of beds in various public and government aided health
institutions in the state is 92,106, which is 930 beds per million population.

Government aided health care services include:

Educational Infrastructure:

Maharashtra has the second highest literacy rate in the country next only to Kerala.

The state houses some of the reputed national Research and Development institutes such as Centre for
Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), National Chemical Lab, Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre. Internationally reputed firms including Intel, Texas Instruments and Analog Devices

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have collaborated with IIT, Mumbai, to set up world-class laboratory facilities in areas of digital signal
processing and microprocessors.

Power:

Maharashtra has the largest installed electricity generation capacity all over India. Its capacity to
generate electricity has increased from 37,311 million kWh to 73,129 million kWh between 1990-1991
and 2006-2007. It has a captive power producing capacity of 704 MW. The state’s industrial sector is
the largest consumer of power and then comes the domestic agricultural sector. There has been a sharp
rise in not just the production but also in the consumption of electricity. From the period between
199091 to 2006-07, the total level of consumption has increased from 29,971 million kWh to 62,085
million kWh. Maharashtra is one of the states with significant presence of private sector players in the
electricity generation and distribution business.

Major Urban Centers across the state and infrastructure initiatives:

Mumbai Urban Transport Project(MUTP):

• Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) aims to improve the transport infrastructure and
services in Mumbai through investment in suburban railway projects, local bus transport, new
roads, bridges, pedestrian subways and traffic management activities.
• MUTP is estimated to cost approximately US$ 943 million.
• The World Bank has sanctioned a loan of US$ 542 million for the project.

Mumbai urban Infrastructure Project(MUIP)

• Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project (MUIP) is a US$ 600 million project aimed at improving
the road network in the Greater Mumbai region to facilitate efficient traffic management.
• The project funded by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA),
envisages construction/improvement of over 450 km of the road network during the next three
years.

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Development related to smart cities:

The Smart Cities Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 and it is an
urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with a mission to develop 100 cities
all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable.

The 100 potential smart cities were nominated by all the states and union territories based on Stage 1
criteria, prepared smart city plans which were evaluated in stage 2 of the competition for prioritizing
cities for financing. In the first round of this challenge, 20 top scorers were chosen for financing support
for a period of 5 years commencing from FY 2015-16.

The Smart cities are projected to be equipped with basic infrastructure that will offer a good quality of
life through smart solutions and some of the requisite attributes of these smart cities include:

• Assured water and power supply

• Sanitation and solid waste management
• Efficient urban mobility and public transport
• Robust IT connectivity
• E-governance and citizen participation
• Safety of its citizens

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A total of `980 billion (US$15 billion) has been approved by the Indian Cabinet for development of 100
smart cities and rejuvenation of 500 others. This includes 48,000 crores (US$7.1 billion) for the smart
cities mission and 50,000 crore (US$7.4 billion) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT). The Urban Development Ministry had earlier released `2 crore
(US$300,000) each to the mission cities for preparation of Smart City Plans.

Pune and Solapur are the two cities in Maharashtra among the 20 cities selected in the first list of 20
Smart cities and Jaipur, Surat, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Visakhapatnam, Davanagere, Indore,
Coimbatore, Kakinada, Belagavi, Udaipur, Guwahati, Chennai, Ludhiana and Bhopal are the other
cities.

The Maharashtra Government initially proposes to take up other 8 cities for development as Smart
Cities and has appointed nodal government agencies for the purpose. These cities include Mumbai,
thane, Aurangabad, Kalyan-Dombivali, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nashik, Amravati and Nagpur.

Smart Cities selected in Maharashtra under smart cities Mission:

Pune Smart City

Pune is one of the six cities in Maharashtra that has been selected for development as a Smart City by
the Government of India in the first list of twenty Smart Cities. Pune is ranked second among the twenty
cities in the first list and is second only to Bhubaneshwar. Pune is the ninth most populous city in India
and also the second largest city in state of Maharashtra after the state capital of Mumbai. The city is
known for its manufacturing and automobile industries, as well as for educational institutions offering
courses in information technology (IT), education, management and training, which attract students,
and professionals from India, South East Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Pune is also one of fastest
growing cities in Asia-Pacific region. Pune has also emerged as a new start up hub in India with IT
start ups setting up base in Pune.

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Strengths of Pune City:

Main Features of Pune Smart City:

1. Physical Infrastructure
• Development in Aundh Baner Balewadi (Area Based Development-ABD)
• Road widening
• Street Redesigning
• Bus stops
• BRTS
• Adequate water supply
• Fire Stations

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 2. Affordable Housing
• Making Pune slum-free by 2025 by constructing 20,000 affordable houses every year,
for the next 10 years.
• In Aundh Baner Balewadi area, 300-400 affordable houses will be built at the cost of
Rs. 40 Crore by December 2020.
3. World class customer Care
• Services proposed for water consumers - Online billing, website, IVR, smart metering
etc. will come together in the consumer center.
• This will be a single point of contact for grievances, enquiries and payment.
4. River Water Cleaning
• Massive cleaning effort to remove weeds and garbage
• Building sufficient sewage treatment capacity
• Use of river cleaning technologies such as root-zone technology.
5. Startup Zone
• Favorite destination for IT start-up (>400 local start-ups)
• Proposal of 8 acres start-up zone in Aundh-Baner-Balewadi, which will create at least
40,000 to 45,000 jobs
• PMC has collaborated with NASSCOM to help bring incubators
• and accelerators
6. Transit Hub
• Proposal of a multi-modal transit hub at the entry point to Pune in Aundh-Baner-
Balewadi
• This will have capacity to accommodate 100 buses
• Will be developed by the SPV on a PPP model by November 2018

Pan City Proposal: Transport

Mobility was identified as one of the critical areas requiring intervention during citizen engagement and
stakeholder consultations at the time of preparation of the Smart City Proposal. The pan city proposal
related to transport aims at increasing public transportation usage from 15% to 30% by adding options
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of public transport like metro, BRTS, etc. Mobility enhancements also include increase in trip share of
Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) to at least 30% with bicycles and walking as preferred mode of
transport. Interventions related to public transportation and NMT seek to help Pune in improving
mobility by increasing average speed from 18 kmph to 30 kmph.

The following key project interventions were identified through stakeholder consultations as pan city
proposals aimed at enhancing mobility in Pune:

a. “Smart Pune Public Transport System” to improve availability, reliability and passenger
comfort
• Vehicle health monitoring system (VMS) across around 1080 buses with intelligent kits
and back-end maintenance management system.
• Real-time tracking of 100% buses (VTS) by installing GPS and setting up a central
control room, to monitor driving quality and service levels.
• CCTV surveillance and panic buttons on 510 buses to improve security
• Public information system (PIS) comprising of bus guides and LED screens depicting
ETA and other critical information across all 190 busstops and ~510 buses, along with
mobile app and website providing real-time information.

b. “Smart Pune Traffic Management System” to reduce congestion

• Adaptive traffic signals across 295 signals with central command center (using sensors
to count number of vehicles, based on traffic levels to reduce travel and fuel time).
• Smart parking across 7 Multi-level-carparks, with PIS and real-time mobile app.
• Private bus aggregators as bus and Shuttle to provide premium bus options
• Intelligent road asset management to improve road condition (using GIS).
• Traffic mobile apps and online portal with live and forecasted traffic.

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Smart City Proposal: Water

The overall water supply in Pune City is adequate, although the distribution is not equitable and about
14% of population presently gets less than 135 lpcd due to issues such as topography, water supply for
only couple of hours a day and lack of piped network facilities at household level.

A major part of the city receives intermittent water supply and many areas have water supply only for
two to five hours each day. In view of the fact that Pune’s water availability is adequate, one of the key
goals is to ensure 24X7 water supply of at least 150 lpcd to 100% citizens.

The specific goals for water and sewage sector are 100% of citizens receiving 24X7 150 lpcd water,
reduction in leakage and NRW from 30% to 15%, increase in reservoir storage capacity from 23% to
33%, 100% of city covered by sewage network compared to 91.3% now, 100% of waste water treated
up from 73% and use of recycled water by industries, railways and the construction.

To achieve ‘Smart Water’ solutions to ensure equitable 150 lpcd water to 100% citizen on 24x7 basis,
citizens and government authorities together came up with key strategies such as:

• Smart bulk metering at 8 WTP’s, 58 elevated reservoirs and 328 DMA’s across 6 zones with
SCADA, followed by water audit across 2500 km pipeline
• Helium leak identification system to reduce internal water leakage drastically.
• 100% smart metering across 42,650 commercial connections
• Smart meters for domestic consumption along with revised telescoping tariffs through “give-
up-water subsidy” campaign to accept smart metering and revised telescoping tariffs
• 24x7 water supply to the city through 5 pilot DMA’s which includes 2000 domestic, 300
commercial and 2000 slum connections.
• Comprehensive GIS-based customer.
• survey to increase the number of recorded connections from 150,000 to 400,000.
• Develop a suite of web, app and call-center based solutions to address 37,000 grievances
annually.
• Setup an ICT enabled separate billing and recovery department for water with world class
customer service and improved collections.

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In recent decade the development that have taken place are many, few of those notable projects were,
BRT, Proposal for metro, Construction of flyovers, Provision for cycle tracks. These projects could
have made a large impact in the development of Pune as a smart city but due to improper planning and
execution, these are considered as projects that have failed. The view on this project is discussed briefly
here.

1. BRT: (Bus Rapid Transport) the name itself gives the purpose of BRT which is not fulfilled by
the Punekar’s, which doesn’t fulfill its intended purpose of BRT.
2. Proposal for metro: The final action on construction proposal for metro is not done. As the
Pune city is concern there will be huge cost on construction of metro and will not give the desired
outputs due to its topography.
3. Construction of flyovers: The improper planning, delay in construction period, lack in
alignment of flyover, & failure in diversion of traffic during construction of flyover causes
traffic conjunction as well as delay in transportation. This can be minimized by overcoming the
above requirements.
4. Provision for cycle tracks: This track is not used by the Punekar’s, as the Pune city is concern
there is no use on cycle track by the Punekar’s, as per the survey the cycle used by the punker’s
is 10 % and the cycle track constructed occupies about 25 % space of the road which can be
used by the road if this track are leveled to the road surface by minimizing 40% of traffic, will
effect in faster transportation.
5. Water Supply: Application of water meter is the only way to minimize the wastage of portable
water.

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 6. Drainage Arrangements: Improper construction, poor maintenance cause the sewage water to
flow over the road surface which cause accidents, odor and nuisance to the citizens. By proper
planning & decisions on the above-mentioned points, Pune city can become much faster in
transportation and well in water supply and drainage too. Which will help partly the Pune to
become as Smart City.

Solapur Smart City

Solapur is a city located in the southeastern region of Indian state of Maharashtra. The city has good
connectivity through road and rail. Solapur is the fourth-largest district in Maharashtra in terms of land
area, and seventh largest in terms of population and 43rd largest populated district in India.20 Solapur
district has the highest number of sugar factories (total 33) in India.21 “Solapuri Chadars” are famous
in India and at the global level and they are the famous and first product in Maharashtra to get a
Geographical Indication tag. It has been a leading center for cotton mills and power looms in
Maharashtra. Solapur had the World’s second largest and Asia’s largest spinning mill.

Strength of Solapur:

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Main features of Solapur Smart City:

1. Clean & Efficient Infrastructure

• Assured water supply: leak detection system, improved network & 100% waste water
recycling & reused for industrial estates and landscaping.
• Uninterrupted power supply: underground cabling and renewable energy sources.
2. Inclusive Mobility
• Creating centralized system of public transport through online % mobile based
applications
• Smart bus Stops with interactive maps and information system
• ATV machines and barrier-free features to improve accessibility.
3. Business and Job opportunities
• Provide good infrastructure and streamlining the process for establishing new
businesses
• SMC will support upcoming industries; creating more jobs
• Solapur is central point of tourism sector to improve economic base
4. Clean & Sustainable ENV
• 100% segregation, collection and treatment of waste
• Energy efficient buildings & clean urban mobility (eg. CNG)
• Connected footpaths for pedestrians & landscaping along roads to mitigate dust
pollution
5. Preserve Historical and Cultural heritage
• Revive historical area as important landmark and activity center and introducing
different activities for night/day to increase dwelling time of visitors
• Special services for pilgrims during festivals and events to promote religious tourism
6. Improve Resource Efficiency
• Promote city stadiums and historical areas as major activity zone
• To increase the efficiency of governance in managing resources and funds for project
planning and appropriation of resources in future.

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Vision of Solapur Smart City

Develop Solapur as Religious center, Textile Center, Medical Hub, Education Hub, Improving quality
of life for Citizens of Solapur by improving public service delivery and governance through smart and
sustainable solutions.

Pan City Proposal: ICT based solution towards a responsive governance and a progressive economy
aims to:

• Improve the government’s

• Transparency
• Accountability
• Responsiveness
• Empower the governing body to strengthen their service delivery for the city to progress

The physical components for the pan city solutions are:

1. SCADA systems (Supervisory Control and data acquisition)

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 • The energy generated by Photovoltaic panels will be metered and sent to the main grid
for SCADA system to monitor on street lights.
• SCADA systems will allow remote monitoring of water flows zone-wise and check
pressure levels and identify points of intervention on real time basis.
• Integration of underground cable network with SCADA system to MSEDCL
(Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited), currently in test run
phase
2. AMR Meters (Automatic Meter Reading)
• Installation of smart AMR metering on all the water connections
• Installation of AMR will improve the efficiency of billing and collection which will lead
to enhancement of revenue.
3. GIS-based asset management systems
• Implementing a GIS based property tax management and collection system
• Will enable mapping of utilities like various land use, soils, agriculture, recreation,
wildlife, water bodies, forestry, etc.
• GIS database with the automated database management system for the service sector
would enable timely reporting of the “Service Level Benchmark (SLB)” indicators
with highest reliability factor.

Smart Cities initiatives in Maharashtra including those in third list

The Government of India has recently declared the third list of 27 cities to be developed as Smart cities
and five of these are from the state of Maharashtra. The five cities are Kalyan-Dombivali, Thane,
Nagpur, Nashik and Aurangabad.

Mumbai Smart City

The smart city proposal of Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) focuses on six key areas
Specific areas for development:

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 • Lower Parel– CBD
• Andheri West – IT Hub
• Malad- Bio diversity tourism
• Nariman Point & Kala Ghoda- Commerce & Tourism Development

Mobility/BEST

• Passenger Information System (PIS)

• Rapid traffic management systems
• Advanced transportation controller (ATC) controlled traffic light for real time traffic monitoring

Public Health

• Citizen medical record monitoring system

• IT enabled services for the 100-dispensary project
• E-delivery of services

Solid Waste Management & Sanitation

• 100% garbage collection and segregation at source leading to significant recycling

• Smart monitoring for sewerage management

Storm Water Management

• Plan for storm water management for railway track flooding

E-services

• Superior engagement with citizens

• Wi-fi zone
• Enhance mobile led citizen services

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Navi Mumbai Smart City

The smart city proposal of Navi-Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) focuses on key areas such
as Water Supply & Sanitation

• To increase the coverage of 24 X 7 Water supply to all areas in the city

• Provision of smart metering for all service connections
• Treated waste water recycle and reuse to the extent of 50%

Housing and Inclusiveness

• Encourage Redevelopment and cluster development to include affordable housing options

• Promote the development of Rental housing to accommodate new residents

Energy Source

• To meet power demand for streetlights through Renewable sources

• To develop a grid connected rooftop solar systems on public infrastructure
• To incentivize the generation and use of renewable energy by all citizens

Transport
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 • To establish separate cycle lanes, cycle parking facilities, cycle sharing facilities which
encourages people to use Non-Motorized, clean & Green Transport.
• To encourage development of parking as a part of public transit access

Safety and Security

• Adopt technology such as surveillance cameras, Advanced transportation controller (ATC) for
continuous surveillance and monitoring of the city.
• Establish a central command centre with data analytics

Thane Smart City

The smart city proposal of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) focuses on key areas such as

Develop Thane City Centre as Area Based Development (Area: 1070 acres land parcel; 1000 acres
retrofitting and 70 acres redevelopment)

• Waterfront Development and lakefront development in City Centre

- Protecting mangroves along the creek side
- Waterways & waterfront
- Biodiversity
• Soft mobility: Rent-a-cycle concept, Walkways & FOBs
- Bicycle sharing scheme
- Kiosks to rent and park bicycles
• Decentralized SWM and upgradation of sewerage and drainage networks
- Waste-wise processing units
- Decentralized model for SWM
- Centralized Incineration based SWM
• Lake Bioremediation & Beautification
- Design of pedestrian pathways
- Street-vending zone
- Inclusive access to differently-abled

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Achieving improved service delivery of the water supply system by adopting smart solutions across the
city and gradually moving towards 24X7 water supply.

• Water Audit by SCADA system, Water quality monitoring station, and Bulk flow meters.
• Installation of water kiosks / ATMs in slum areas.
• Scaling up mobile application to include water supply related Complaints.
• Development of online payment gateway for payment of water bills.

Ensuring safety, security and digital connectivity in Thane through enhanced CCTV surveillance and
free public WiFi.

• Surveillance (CCTV cameras) for public safety and security along with enhanced coverage &
vigilance
• Public Wi-Fi will avail easy access to online municipal services and faster redressal of
grievances will be done.

Kalyan-Dombivali

The smart city proposal of Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) focuses on key areas
such as

• Station precinct improvement – Pedestrianization, increased parking and improved east-west

connectivity
• Intelligent coordinated traffic signaling and traffic management system
• Smart on-street parking and parking policy
• Network of green spaces and public areas
• Rain water harvesting and ground water re-charge
• Rehabilitation of existing solid waste dumping ground and conversion into a park / garden •
Water demand management
• Sewerage network augmentation, installation of bulk flow meters and SCADA at all pumping
stations and STPs
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 • MT Bio-Methanation plant, node level MSW segregation / recycling plant and treatment and
landfill site
• Underground power cabling and installation of smart meters
• Creating a data warehouse for the city to tap the data generating at different sources, integrate
them and disseminate the useful information to the specific target groups to facilitate further
decision making

City proposed to be taken up by Government of Maharashtra

The Government of Maharashtra had initially opted for the “Independent Model” for development of
the 8 cities mentioned earlier and now will be adopting this model for the balance three cities are
Mumbai, Navi-Mumbai and Amravati.

400 Crore will be funded annually to help 8 cities i.e., each city will receive 50 crores per year for
smart city development.

As per the smart city scheme, the equal contribution of funds for smart city should be given by the
central government and state government/Municipal Corporations and the Government of Maharashtra
decided to provide funds (with the share of funds planned to be released from its side) to provide funds
to ensure those cities which were not selected in Smart Cities Mission.

The Government of Maharashtra has designated the following authorities for the development of
various Smart cities:

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The state has asked all the 3 cities to form Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and each SPV will have 15
directors on board, representing the following:

Smart Cluster development for Navi-Mumbai Gaothans

• It aims to upgrade the civic and social infrastructure through redevelopment of a larger area.
• Cluster development will legalize 20,000 unauthorized constructions in and around the gaothan
areas of Navi Mumbai.
• The cluster redevelopment scheme will be with a high Floor Space Index (FSI) of four.
• The notified belt that falls under the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of
Maharashtra
- Airoli to Belapur: 14,000 structures
- Kharghar to Dronagiri area: 60,000 structures.
• The State government will provide 25 per cent bigger homes to all existing residents under the
cluster scheme.
• Cluster development will also provide residents with all necessary amenities like water supply,
sanitation, etc.

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 • The project area for cluster scheme has to be minimum 4000 sq m (if required in extreme cases,
permission could be given for the scheme to come up on plot area of 2000 sq m.)
• The government will follow all due procedures including carrying out the “Impact Assessment
Study”.

Smart Townships

• The state government has recently issued the “Urban Township Policy” for integrated
development of more than 100 acres of land.
• The Policy aims to:
- To utilize the maximum development potential
- to attract foreign direct investment in the field of special township project
- to develop smart townships through privatization
- to bring clarity in the process of approval
• The policy plans self-sufficient modern townships with developers being tasked with providing
and maintaining
- timely transportation system
- pedestrian friendly pathways
- cycle tracks
- better power management
- commercial activities
- smart facilities
- including broadband connectivity and CCTVs
• Developers will reserve 15 acres out of the proposed 100 acres for public amenities such as
- markets
- town hall
- school
- public health care
- shopping
- theatre

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 • A total of five per cent of the master layout area has to be reserved for gardens and another 7.5
per cent for play grounds, besides reserving space for public utilities such as a fire brigade
station, police station, sewage treatment plant etc.
• 20 per cent of the residential built-up area in these townships will be reserved for social housing
made up of smaller tenements for the low-income group and economically weaker sections.
• The developers will get an enhanced floor space index (FSI) in the range of 1.7 to 2.

Projects in Pipeline:

Palghar

• Plan to develop a new township complete with administrative offices and logistics in the district
of Palghar
• CIDCO and MMRDA will make Comprehensive plan for Palghar new township
• The core sector where investments will have to be brought and developed includes
education, health and industries.

Nagpur

• Government of Maharashtra appointed L&T as partner to contract for Nagpur development

as “Integrated Smart City”
• The State government has decided to develop this city as it is situated in the central location
of India (the geographical location of Nagpur connects all the major cities of India like Delhi,
Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata
• Phase I will include:
- Laying of 1200 km of optical fiber network
- Creating 136 city Wi-Fi hotspot at key locations
- Setting up 100 digital interactive kiosks
- Developing city surveillance system with 3800 IP based cameras

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 • 6 km (From Japanese Garden Square to Orange City Hospital Square) to be developed as
“SMART STRIP” with state of art systems for ICT based interventions.

Extending the concept of Smart Cities to Smart Villages

Smart villages should aim at enabling villagers to become self–reliant through the smart interventions
such as provision of good education and healthcare, access to clean water, sanitation and nutrition,
sustainable energy services, the growth of productive enterprises to boost incomes, and enhanced
security, gender equality and democratic engagement to achieve sustainable development and in the
process, ensure the socio-economic transformation of Villages.

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Guidelines for Aadarsh Village under Sansad Aadarsh Gram yojana(SAANJHI):

• SAANJHI has responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in villages

and turn them into model villages. The Scheme focusses on
- Nurturing values of national pride
- Community spirit
- Self-confidence and
- Developing rural infrastructure like water supply, electricity, sanitation, transport, etc.
• Process of selecting village for SAANJHI program
- Each member of parliament has to choose one village from the constituency they
represent (except their own village/their in-law’s village).
- Set the parameters like provision of health, education, transport, water, technology, etc.
and make it a model village by 2016.
- Later, two more villages should be selected for developing by the end of 2019.
• Strategies of making identifies villages into an Adarsh Gram
- Entry point activities: to energize and mobilize the community towards positive
common action
- Participatory planning exercise: for identifying peoples’ needs and priorities in an
integrated manner
- Converging resources: from Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes and also
other State schemes to the extent possible.
- Repairing and renovating: existing infrastructure to the extent possible.
- Strengthening: the Gram Panchayats and peoples’ institutions within them

Smart Villages in Maharashtra by Nation Rurban Mission

The Maharashtra government will soon implement the Centre’s National Rurban (rural and urban)
mission in 99 tehsils of the state’s 28 districts

The mission aims to:

• Remove the disparity between rural and urban development

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 • Provide financial and technical facilities
• Create job opportunities

As per the Centre’s guidelines, the State has been divided into “tribal” and “non-tribal” categories
while selecting areas to be included in this mission.

Sr. no Districts Tehsils

1 11 Tribal Districts 49
2 18 Non-Tribal Districts 50
Total 29 Districts 99 Tehsils

• Parameters used while selecting Tehsils include:

- Population growth in the last decade
- Increased number of employment opportunities in non-agriculture sector
- Financial institutions in the district
- Important tourist and pilgrim spots
- Proximity to transport facilities
• Villages selected for Smart Cluster Scheme should have neighboring villages with
approximately
- 25,000 to 50,000 population in the coastal or plain areas
- 5,000 to 15,000 population in tribal or hilly areas
• The mission focuses to develop “Smart villages cluster” based on
- Agriculture and related units
- setting up skill development programs
- mobile health unit
- tap water scheme
- solid and liquid waste management
- building gutters
- LPG connections
- digital literacy
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 - public transport
- civic service centers

Harisal – Smart Village

Harisal, a village in Melghat situated in Amravati district will be the first village to transform into
‘Smart Village’ of Maharashtra. Maharashtra Government and Microsoft decided on September 2015
to convert this village into a digital village.

The village was selected by the Government of Maharashtra as it is the most inaccessible part of the
state where there is an urgent need for facilities such as water, electricity, livelihood, access to basic
transport services, etc.

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Issues in Harisal village:

1. Electricity shed of 18 hours daily (6 hours in the night and 8 hours in a day)
2. Shortage of water supply due to no power to run water pumps as the electricity shedding is for
18 hours.
3. Lack of transport service to the outer skirts of the city for traveling as buses are not frequent in
Harisal Constituency.
4. Lack of education facility: as the nearest undergraduate college is in Dharni, 26 kms away from
Harisal.
5. Lack of healthcare: Only one PHC in entire village, and frequently faces problems such as no
doctor for treatment, lack of medicines, etc.

• Smart solutions proposed for Harisal Village are:

- Sustainable Village Economy
- Banking System with 100% conformity to Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
- Socio-Economic Growth will be measured along with GDP
- Empowering village solving malnutrition problems
- Skill development centre with the help of self-help groups
- Using solar energy to tide over the perennial absence of electricity in Melghat village
- Telemedicine facility and e-learning projects
- Transport connectivity to the main streamline- All the 406 families would be given solar
pumps.
• This smart village will be equipped with:
- Health cards
- Wi-Fi zone
- Mobile Connectivity
- Cashless Markets
- Telemedicine, etc.

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 • Microsoft said that basic facilities would be provided to every villager like
- Health
- Education
- Employment
- Agriculture
- Electricity

The Government of Maharashtra also seeks to develop Smart Cities at 8 other location in the state.
These cities will be developed by nodal agencies such as MMRDA, CIDCO, Brihan Mumbai Municipal
Corporation, Navi-Mumbai. The adhesion regarding the institutional framework has to be taken.

Investment aggregating Rs.4861 crores is estimated for the development of Pune Smart City.
Investment envisaged in Pune and Solapur is Rs.2596.35 crores and Rs.2265 crores respectively for
Smart City Mission. Since only about 1000 crores will be available to city to the combination of Central
and State/Urban Local Bodies, the balance will need to be brought in through tapping existing
infrastructure development schemes, monetizing land banks, leveraging Corporate social responsibility,
initiatives of various corporates and most relevantly Public Private Partnership (PPP).

Urban Township Policy in Maharashtra will have integrated development in area with more than 100
acres of land and cities like Palghar and Nagpur are will be developed as self-sufficient modern
townships. Palghar will develop the township with administrative offices and logistics, industries,
education and health facilities while Nagpur will look into creating Wi-Fi hotspot at key locations,
developing city surveillance system, and laying optical fiber network.

Smart cities need to be financially self-sustainable over the medium to long term. Government support
is aimed at catalyzing private sector investment into infrastructure development in Smart Cities. The
Smart Cities proposal for each city estimates the cost of each project in a phased manner.

Maharashtra therefore present exiting opportunities for private sector participation in Smart Cities
across various infrastructures sectors, smart cities also present an ideal platform to showcase and build
upon cutting edge innovations in the context of infrastructure creation and service delivery with a view

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to enhancing the overall quality of life of the citizens and creating socially and economically vibrant
engines of growth in Maharashtra.

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Conclusion

Pune and Solapur have been selected as smart cites under the Smart City Mission of Government of
India. The institutional framework for this smart cites will be based on creation of Special Purpose
Vehicles with representation from various stakeholders. While the guidelines of the national Smart
Cities Mission will set out the institutional, regulatory and policy framework governing these cities
specific infrastructure, PPP will also be governed by the relevant policies and regulations of the
respective government.

The 8 Smart Cities will receive about 400 crores of funding in five years i.e., Rs.50 crores per years and
also present substantial opportunities in Private investment. Maharashtra government will implement
Centre’s National Rurban Mission in 99 tehsils of Maharashtra This will include developing the villages
with respect to physical and social infrastructure facilities such as provision of transport, water supply,
electricity, technology, education, health, etc. Harisal will be the first village to be developed as Smart
village with facilities such as Wi-Fi zone, Mobile connectivity, Health cards, Telemedicine, etc.

Smart cities need to be financially self-sustainable over the medium to long term. Government support
is aimed at catalyzing private sector investment into infrastructure development in Smart Cities. The
Smart Cities proposal for each city estimates the cost of each project in a phased manner.

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