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Naya Raipur – The Nerve Centre of Development in Chhattisgarh

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Naya Raipur – the new capital city of Chhattisgarh to be – holds big significance, chiefly in terms of administration and better delivery of public services. A lot of efforts are being put in place to ensure this city evolves as the nerve centre equipped with all amenities to deliver real governance. With Naya Raipur included in the Smart Cities Mission’s list of the Central Government, the State is channelising new projects such as community schools, upgradation of schools, affordable housing, green compliance on existing buildings, vertical gardens for public building, parks among others. Our latest issue captures this city’s rebirth as a capital city and the developments through all dimensions. Our Cover Story is a step in this direction. The cover story-Naya Raipur-The flagbearer of Resurgent Chhattisgarh - has delved into various projects of the city, which is attracting investors’ bucketfull. We have also carried an Exclusive Interview of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, where he talks about the journey of Naya Raipur as the upcoming capital city of the State. Our Special Story ‘Smart City Laying Roadmap of Naya Raipur Development’ is focussed on the progress of Smart City projects in the city. The issue has various special articles by key policymakers of Chhattisgarh including of Mukesh Bansal, Chief Executive Officer, Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA), Salil Shrivastava, Engineer-in-Chief, Naya Raipur Development Authority and Rajat Bansal, Commissioner, Raipur Municipal Corporation, Government of Chhattisgarh. In addition, we have also featured vision of Dr Kamal Preet Singh, Secretary, Department of Industries and Finance, Government of Chhattisgarh. In this issue, we have featured Dr Hari Om, Secretary, General administration Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, whose heart beats for singing as he has always cherished pursuing his passion for music. Also, from industry, we have featured an interview of Ajay Girotra, Managing Director, AG Dauters, Waste Processing Private Ltd. It is hoped our endeavour to bring together such a variety of distinguished personalities and their vision through special articles, interviews and stories will evoke an invaluable feedback of our readers.

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NAYA RAIPUR — THE FLAGBEARER OF RESURGENT CHHATTISGARH

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Collector and District Magistrate, Raipur

Mission Smart City Laying Roadmap of Naya Raipur’s Development

Naya Raipur – Reflecting Modern, Progressive India in Chhattisgarh

Naya Raipur- Emerging as Most Well Planned Indian City

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Chief Executive Officer, Raipur Development Authority and General Manager (Admin.), Naya Raipur Development Authority

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AYA RAIPUR â&#x20AC;&#x201D; THE FLAGBEARER OF RESURGENT CHHATTISGARH

Naya Raipur is a planned city of 21st Century, focussed on socio-economic and cultural life of Chhattisgarh. The new city is eco-friendly integrated with inspiring landscape. It has ancient, healthy and modern way of life where traditional values hold a big significance, writes Gopi Krishna Arora of Elets News Network (ENN). 10

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Origin of Naya Raipur Named after its 36 historical forts, Chhattisgarh, the country’s 17th most populated State came into existence on 1st November, 2000. Initially, Raipur was named its capital but soon, a need for a more dedicated and modern administrative block was felt. Hence, the development plan for an integrated Smart City came into existence to ensure formation of a new capital city. The process of its development was commenced by Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA). It comprises 41 villages under its jurisdiction which consists three layers of Smart City development. It also has 95 square km comprising a dedicated green belt. The new city also has a peripheral region covering 130 sq km, 12 sq kms, dedicated to Raipur and Naya Raipur international airport. The city earned its Greenfield tag as it has a green, cross connected walking belt running across the length and breadth of the city. The linear design of the city allowed the construction of an urban transport project including Naya Raipur’s Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) as well. The city also has plans for underground utility corridor for all the infrastructure services. Optical fibre network is already laid along all the major roads to act as a backbone for smart infrastructure. To take the city to the next level, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based initiatives have been taken wherein in the first phase utility Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) for water supply, electrical network and sewerage is done. Streetlight network is controlled through GPRS to be integrated with Smart City network.

“The city earned its Greenfield tag as it has a green, cross connected walking belt running across the length and breadth of the city. The linear design of the city allowed the construction of an urban transport project including Naya Raipur’s Bus Rapid Transit System.”

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Naya Raipur has 8,000 hectares of developmental potential. A planned city for more than 5.6 lakh people, it has a proposal to have 100 km of four-to-six lane roads. “Clean potable water is supplied 24X7 via a fully pressurised hydro pneumatic pumping system sourced through a 52 MLD Water Treatment Plant. It is a zero discharge city with four decentralised STPs. The recycled water is used for watering the greens of the city. It has 72 km of centrally controlled smart LED street lighting. It has an intelligent public transport system with 13 BRT depots and 30 BRT buses,” said Mukesh Bansal, Chief Executive Officer, Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA). More than Rs 8,000 crore of investment has been already made in the city and another Rs 20,000 crore investment is in the pipeline.

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Integrated Command and Control Centre

“Naya Raipur Integrated Command and Control Centre allows GIS based land and estate management, building permission rehabilitation, water and sewerage billing HRMS and payroll, asset management integration services and digitisation of land records.”

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Naya Raipur’s Integrated Command and Control Centre allows GIS-based land and estate management, building permission rehabilitation, water and sewerage billing HRMS and payroll, asset management integration services and digitisation of land records. “Our ICT intervention for Smart City project consists of six verticals. One is the utility management wherein Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) for water supply, electricity and sewerage is there. The other is city surveillance system wherein CCTV cameras are to be installed. Then we have Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) . We have already started IT-enabled BRT corridor in the city. We have

online tracking of buses, electronic ticketing. This will be linked to the main Control and Command centre,” said Salil Srivastava, Engineer-inChief, Naya Raipur Development Authority. “The most important part is the e-governance part. So every citizen of Naya Raipur is connected to the government through e-platforms. Every citizen will be linked to Naya Raipur through Aadhaar soon.”

Connectivity A new rail line is proposed in Naya Raipur which will connect it with the main Howrah-Kolkata rail line at Raipur city. The proposed railway stations are Raipur, Udyog Nagar, Central Business Street and Purkhauti Muktangan.

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Integrated Transport Network The BRTS is with a real time status update. It has the ticketing and boarding similar to Metro stations. Development of transit oriented zones is also taking place. There is approximately 54 km of cycle tracks and pedestrian walkways. There are separate bus lanes for BRT buses in Naya Raipur. The bus shelters are also differently-abled friendly. There is also public bike sharing system and an Intermediate Public Transport system.

Health Sector Naya Raipur will become future Health Hub of India providing range of health services such as Super Speciality Hospitals, Medical Colleges, Clinics etc. NRDA further intends to attract private sector players to invest in bouquet of health services.

“CBD is the lifeline of the city. The area near the Ekatm Path has been strategically planned as business hub of Naya Raipur. The authority has come up with commercial and retail towers in the heart of this CBD.”

Some very big super speciality hospitals are coming up in Naya Raipur. Also. The city already boasts of Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital built by Sri Sathya Sai Charitable trust and is located in Sector 2 of the city. It is already operational and provides free of cost service to children with heart ailments. India’s premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) research and outreach centre is based in Sector 17. There is a 10-bedded Government hospital and Vedanta Super speciality Hospital is in the process of commissioning its premises soon in Sector 36.

Central Business District (CBD) CBD is the lifeline of the city. The area near the Ekatm Path has been strategically planned as business hub of Naya Raipur. The authority has come up with commercial and retail towers in the heart of this CBD. It has a unique feature of pedestrian walkway lined with informal and formal retail with recreational facilities. It is well connected with BRTS, railways and NMT.

Film City and Amusement Park Located in Sector 39, one of the most scenic sectors with Jhanj lake at the focal point has the potential of becoming an entertainment destination. A film city will be developed on an area of 89 acres and a world class amusement park will be established on an area of 52 acres. The driving theatre is also to be developed in sector 24 of 3 acres. “The Naya Raipur is located in natural surroundings. It has been envisaged as a lively, vibrant city equipped with state-of-the-art physical, social and economic infrastructure,” added Bansal. Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) has awarded land to premier real estate players like Avinash Group, Parthivi Group, Aarti Group, GT Homes, etc, for development of different residential zones in the city.

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You took over as the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister 14 years ago and played a role of visionary leader. Your leadership has made Chhattisgarh prominently visible on the map of India. How has been the journey so far? You are talking about the rising Chhattisgarh on the map of India. This growth and development is not a result of one day. Due to the constant efforts made in last 14-15 years, we have been able to achieve current growth rate in the State. The State of Chhattisgarh was born in 2000 with a rich cultural heritage. It was known as South Kosal erstwhile and was spread on 30 per cent of the land area of the undivided Madhya Pradesh. Despite rich resources, it was one of the most backward areas of the

“From starting with a meagre budget of Rs 7,328 crore in 2003-2004, we have reached to an amount of Rs 83,000 crore in 2018-19.” country. Though it was a part of a big State like Madhya Pradesh, it was not in line with the growth pattern of the country. Spread over an area of 1.36 sq km, Chhattisgarh came into existence at a time when it was badly affected by Naxalism and people were dying of hunger.

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There were many problems i.e. Sarguja and Bastar districts were suffering from natural calamities. Also, it had a negative impression due to being projected as an ‘Adivasi State’. We started from zero. We had the uphill task of creating a developed State. We started focussing on multi-sectors simultaneously. We increased our budget over the years. We gave our people security of education, food and health. Special emphasis was given on agriculture, education, growth of tribal areas, women, children, farmers and youth. We have issued clear mandate that either naxalites should surrender and be a part of our growth story or be ready to die. Surguja district is Naxalism-free now. We have forced the Naxalites to

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confine themselves to a very small area of Bastar and soon, we will capture that area also. From starting with a meagre budget of Rs 7,328 crore in 2003-2004, we have reached to an amount of Rs 83,000 crore in 2018-19.

Today, Chhattisgarh is largely seen as a growth story. What do you see as the greatest accomplishment of Chhattisgarh Government in these 14 years? We were able to stop hunger-related deaths due the successful implementation of Public Distribution System (PDS) in the State. The Right to Food Act has successfully helped over 55 lakh households till now. The rate of malnutrition in the State has decreased from 52 per cent to 30 per cent. We are also providing Rs 50,000 to every citizen for health services.

lot in steel, food security, aluminium, and service areas. We have eased a lot of policies for investors as a result of which investment in the State has increased tremendously.

Tell us about the State Government’s plans for getting foreign investments in Chhattisgarh? What message would you give to the industries looking forward to set up their base in Chhattisgarh? Due to our prime location in the

country’s middle, we are developing it as a futuristic logistics and supply chain hub and Naya Raipur will become the prime centre for this. Investors keep a track of the facilities being provided to the officials. We have tried to provide these facilities and thus increased the investment. Industries interested in setting up their base here also want skilled manpower for their projects for which we have started one of the biggest skill development programmes in the State. In the last three years, over three lakh people have taken advantage of this programme. In last 5

Chhattisgarh is one of the foremost mineral rich States in the country. The Government of Chhattisgarh realises the potential of the industry and the growth opportunities it brings to the State. How are we planning to make the State the best investment destination? Chhattisgarh can be the driving force behind the country’s success story. A lot of development has taken place in the State-both socially and economically in the past 14 years. The State is at number four position in the ranking of Ease of Doing Business. On the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India, we started the Make in Chhattisgarh programme. At present, we have 42 main industrial areas in the State. Metal Park, Engineering Park, Food Park, Plastics Park, Aluminium Park, etc, are being developed. The State has progressed a

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"When Naya Raipur was being developed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had praised it saying that all the new cities should be developed on the lines of Naya Raipur."

years, we have achieved an investment of $115 billion which is around 14 per cent more than the national average.

Chhattisgarh has been positioned fourth in Ease of Doing Business ranking. What measures are being undertaken by the Government to make it better? According to World Bank reports of 2015 and 2016, Chhattisgarh ranks fourth in Ease of Doing Business ranking. We started the single window concept and also the single officer

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concept whereby only one officer gives all the permissions to set up any industry in the State. We have implemented all the key reform areas for businesses. We have focussed on transparency and communication. We are providing all No Objection Certificates, license and permissions online. We have started a helpline service only for industrialists. We are also providing online tax return facilities. To develop human resource and skill development of people, we are opening livelihood colleges in every district.

l Benefits of Single Window System l Single Sign on l Online facility for license issue l Fixed timeframe for land allotment l Service Charter l Tracking Status of application l Alerts through emails and SMS l Electronic Payment system l Complaint Solution System

opportunities are growing in the State. Due to our efforts, BPOs have been set up in places like Dantewada. We have IIT, IIM, AIIMS, Hidayatullah National Law University like institutions. More than 2,300 Skill Development Centres are running in the State. Chhattisgarh is the first State in the country to chalk out a roadmap for State’s IT policy.

Chhattisgarh is leading in urban transformation towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Smart Cities Mission and Naya Raipur is one of the greatest live examples. What are the provisions for further expansion and infrastructure upgrade for Naya Raipur in future? Skill Development is another major focus of the Government of India. What is Chhattisgarh Government’s approach in linking education and employability to make the youth of Chhattisgarh employable? We have developed such a system that the State’s youth can get employment easily. At one side, we are skilling our youths, and on the other side we are doing agreements with various companies to hire local talent. Through schemes like ‘Startup Chhattisgarh’ and ‘Make in Chhattisgarh’, employment

It’s true that Smart Cities concept is new in the country. Even after 70 years of our independence, we have not been able to achieve the growth trajectory which is seen across the globe. When Naya Raipur was being developed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised it, saying all the new cities should be developed on the lines of Naya Raipur. Projects like Botanical Garden, Central Park, Central Business District, Logistics Hub, Pandit Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Industrial and Business Corridor, Dairy Hub, Government

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Offices, residential areas, etc, speak for Naya Raipur’s growth. One of the key highlights of this developing city is that basic facilities like water and electricity will be monitored through SCADA system. Through this system, all the information of the city will be accessed through one common centre. In case of any problem, officials will get notification without any formal complaint from the citizens and officials need not visit every house for metre reading etc. The city has been divided into six sewerage zones and electrification of the city will be completed in three stages. To maximise the use of renewable energy, we have made a system under which 10 percent of the city’s power need will be met by Solar Energy. To meet the power need of the Mantralaya (Secretariat), we have built a 1.3 megawatt Solar Plant. It is also a green building. All the street lights and traffic signals are utilising the Solar Energy. We are also developing the city as a zero discharge city.

Health is an important factor. Better health care facilities contribute to the livability index of any place. How do you score Chhattisgarh in public healthcare system? What are your major achievements in the sector and upcoming plans? Our health facilities have improved over the years. In the last 14 years, we have built 14 district hospitals, 792 primary health centres, 156 community health centres, etc. Four private medical colleges and six Government medical colleges are already present. It is the first State in the country to give free medical services in the country. We started the Mitanin programme in the State to provide emergency medical services to the rural people.

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MISSION SMART CITY LAYING Roadmap of NAYA RAIPUR’S DEVELOPMENT

The Naya Raipur, envisaged to be the new capital city of the State of Chhattisgarh is steadily coming into existence with a lot of infrastructural developments justifying its title as the ‘capital city’. A look at its development through the prism of Smarty City Projects offers an interesting perspective, writes Gopi Krishna Arora of Elets News Network (ENN). 18

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh at Naya Raipur

he overall development can be gauged from introduction of new systems, coming up as part of Smarty City projects. Some of the projects are:

City Command and Control Centre (CCC) The City Command and Control Centre (CCC) is a centralised hub of integration for various components envisaged under the Naya Raipur Smart City system. It acts as a single roof for all the data capturing, processing, consolidation reporting, monitoring and control. Team of various stakeholders can operate on their respective areas from CCC. The integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) based CCC comprises workstations, video wall, CCC application, contact centre etc to manage city operations. The various pillars/tracks of the smart city project that form a part of city administration and command and control centre are:

Smart Governance Smart governance application including

common portal and mobile applications The overall objective of this track/ component is to change and improve the model that governs interaction between the administration and citizens and establishes free-flowing, electronic, customer service system providing information and public services to local residents. The modules incorporated under smart governance are RTI, land and rehabilitation, estate and project, building permission management system, water and sewerage connection and grievance redressal for citizens and legal, meeting management, environment, finance, Human Resource Management System (HRMS) and payroll, file movement modules for city administrators. There will be a common city portal offering all the services and mobile apps for the same.

of electrical and water supply situation and provide alerts and alarms in case of deviation to set parameters. It will enable better decision-making by providing real time data and ensure accountability into the system.

City Surveillance System The city surveillance system has been envisaged to be one of the tools to ensure safety and security of the citizens of Naya Raipur, with an aim to reduce the overall crime graph in the city. The solution will aid in detection and providing response to incidents and provide alerts and feedback to the monitoring authority about abnormal situations. Video Analytics will be done on live video images including detection of violations such as wrong direction, improper parking, loitering etc.

Transport Management System Utility Management System The primary objective of the Utility Management System is real time remote monitoring, control of water, electricity and sewerage system. It is meant to ensure real time assessment

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The Intelligent Transport Management System (ITMS) aims to provide a comprehensive, real-time data-driven capability for design and implementation of policies and strategies for traffic, transit and urban planning. Speed

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MAJOR COMPONENTS OF NAYA RAIPUR l

Capital Complex: A huge complex serves as an administrative edifice of Chhattisgarh.

New Mantralaya (State Secretariat) and Offices of Heads of the Department exists as twins that are home of all the administration of Chhattisgarh.

Residential Colonies (a township is being developed by Chhattisgarh Housing Board near Capital Complex at sector 27 on 62 hectares of land to build 2,600 housing units)

Institutional area, which is home to all the educational institutes.

Gems and Jewellery Park- A special park nurturing Gems and Jewellery sector.

Sports Complex-For the wellness of body and mind, a sports complex is developed. This modern day complex is set up at sector 3 and cover all the modern sports from cricket to canoeing . The complex has a circular layout with excellent connectivity to rest of the city.

Central Business District- A huge Commercial citadel catering the business offices of Chhattisgarh.

Logistics hub-With Naya Raipur becoming the administrative and business of State, there is a huge demand for warehouses. This serves as the means by which we redress this demand.

Software Technology Park- A dedicated software park inviting the whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who of Software Sector.

City Park-A huge park with dedicated lanes for joggers and cyclists and a huge green cover which is ideal for yoga enthusiasts.

Raj Bhawan and residences of Ministers in the second phase close to the Capital complex.

The State Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) in the capital complex in the second phase.

Detection Cameras and Automatic Number Plate Recognition Cameras (ANPR) have been placed at various locations across the city whose feed is integrated with the command and control centre.

Data Centre The data centre located within the Command and Control Centre Building hosts the applications of the entire Smart City system in a highly secured environment. Various design considerations have been followed to create a state-of-the-art facility such as high throughout and performance, high availability and redundancy and network security.

Integrated Building Management System Integrated Building Management System has been installed and configured for Paryavas Bhawan (NRDA office) and command and control building to monitor the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems and security systems.

Intelligent Street Lighting System A centrally controlled smart LED street lighting system has been laid, spread over an area of 72 kms, facilitating the authority to ensure dimming, alternate lighting in various areas during different time periods as per the requirement. This has enormously reduced the cost of operations and also helped in preventive maintenance. Technical parameters like energy, current, voltage, frequency, etc. are obtained regularly with the use of data analytics. Not only the faults but also need of any preventive maintenance is triggered by the system.

City Connectivity and IT Infrastructure The objective of Smart City network is to develop a robust network to meet the present and future requirement for the Naya Raipur. In order to meet the Smart City network requirements, a robust and resilient captive fibre network is laid at pan-city level. At remote locations, wireless communication via GPRS has been utilised.

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Intelligent Transport System for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) Naya Raipur has an intelligent public transport system with 13 BRT depots and 30 BRT buses. The ITS system consists of automatic vehicle location, automatic fare collection, CCTV surveillance and depot management sub-systems.

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CHHATTISGARH’S Tryst with Digitisation Chhattisgarh’s Department of Industries and Finance today offers its all services online including payment of monthly bills. Even the land allotment system is online, says Dr Kamal Preet Singh, Secretary, Department of Industries and Finance, Government of Chhattisgarh, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN). Dr Kamal Preet Singh

Secretary Department of Industries and Finance Government of Chhattisgarh

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How Chhattisgarh government is bringing the big change? What are the focus areas? We are focussing on infrastructural development, social welfare and health sector in particular. We are utilising State’s money in various Central Government housing schemes

as well. Our focus is to provide housing for all in the State.

Which Government services have you digitised so far? We have digitised many public services recently. Every department is digitising their services in the State. We have

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started a common platform for all the digitised services called Lok Seva Kendra. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an e-district project where services like birth certificate, caste certificate etc, are integrated. Registration for driving licenses has been made online by the transport department as well. You can even register your property online. The industries department has also started giving many services online. We are trying to push every service on digital platform so that people do not have to visit the Government offices anymore.

We are also ensuring Aadhaar seeding. We are authenticating beneficiaries in food, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), school, social security and pension database etc. We are also authenticating farmers who sell their paddy to the Government. Public financial management system which is an upcoming payment system of the Government of India scheme will make use of Aadhaar to disseminate payments. Aadhaar will check the beneficiary duplication and delivery of financial benefits by using Direct Benefit Transfer system. Mobile seeding- We are also linking mobile numbers through Aadhaar. For example, Rs 2,100 crore paddy bonus has been distributed to farmers and were informed through a sms. Rupay card activation- Rupay card is a type of debit card. We are trying to improve its distribution across the State.

In addition to providing e-governance, we are also trying to fix a delivery timeline. Under the Right to Services Act, more than 300 services are online. For the financial inclusion, we are making Cooperative Banks install micro ATMs. We have also provided these services through Common Service Centres (CSEs).

Jan Dhan Yojana- Under Jan Dhan Yojana, more than 1.28 crore bank accounts have been opened in our State and and it is higher as compared to the national average. Almost 45 per cent of the State population has been covered under Aadhaar. It is double the national average and almost all the families who wanted minimum one account have been covered under this scheme. Now the challenge is to ensure banking services at their doorstep. We are trying to expand banking services through bank mitras or micro ATMs of Cooperative banks and other institutions because the banking coverage is slightly limited in the State specially in the Left Wing Effected areas. The average balance in our Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jandhan account holder is around Rs 1,450. Around 75 per cent of the accounts are operational and we are trying to get bank accounts to every hook and corner of the State.

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What is the scope of industrial development in Chhattisgarh? The Chhattisgarh Government is promoting development of sunrise sectors such as food processing, textiles, packaging and logistics. If anybody wants to set up an industry in Chhattisgarh, he can find most of the services online. Exemption in stamp duty is also online. Incentives like land premium capital subsidy, electricity etc, have been made online. There is a Service Guarantee Act of State in which every service has a definite timeframe of completion. It varies from 24 days to 30 days. If still the services are not delivered, then the concerned official has to give an explanation for that. There is even a penalty clause for this. Since 2011, we have made the commerical tax return filing online. Even payment of monthly bills, etc is online. Industries department is having online payment systems as well. We have online land allotment system since 2015 which is GIS based. We have started land banks in different districts for industrial use which can be tracked through GIS based maps. Land for industrial use can be booked online. Earlier, people used to visit our offices for registry but online system has improved the ease of doing business here.

What is the role of Government e-market (GeM) portal? GeM is a dynamic portal which is fully integrated like an online market place. It gives you real time information of prices of various goods and services. It is being developed as more user-friendly, reliable and integrated with Government payment systems. For vendors, it is useful as everything including inspection, payments etc is now streamlined on a single platform. On the Government front, it has minimised the usage of manpower causing timely execution.

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‘Strict Rules, Punishment Key to Road Safety’ There is presently no system of testing drivers’ skill before issuing them a license. Many a times the licensing agency doesn’t know about the driver’s skill level. The driver’s fault is a major cause of road accidents in India. We should focus on improving driver’s skill, says Arun Dev Gautam, Transport & Home Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, in conversation with Gopi Krishna Arora of Elets News Network (ENN).

Arun Dev Gautam

Transport & Home Secretary Government of Chhattisgarh

Road safety has become a challenge to public life. What initiatives the State of Chhattisgarh is coming up with to curb road accidents?

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Road safety has become a major concern. The transport sector has to be modernised as cities are getting smarter day-by-day. The fatalities on the roads are rising. Statistics say the number of deaths due to road accidents has risen to almost 1.25 lakh while 5.25 lakh injury cases were recorded. The challenge of road safety has been taken up by all concerned organisations on a war-footing. Even the UN has expressed its concern over the road safety issue in India. The Ministry of Road Transport, Government of India, is putting all efforts to reduce road fatalities. The Supreme Court ordered committee is working in this direction. The committee is reviewing the strategies, action plan and all kinds of institutional infrastructure available in the State.

Road safety initiatives involve many departments. At times, lack of coordination among various departments makes road safety a very difficult task. What is your take on it? The road safety is multi-agency affair. From road development to rules implementation process, so many agencies are involved in it which makes whole process little cumbersome. However, the Supreme Court’s order makes whole phenomena of road safety an easy and controlled task. The order says that every State will have a lead agency. The concept of lead agency takes care of multi agency obstacle of road safety. In this lead agency, one person may be from transport or police department, who will be the chief. There will be subordinates under him from various departments like PWD, National Highway, health, education, and transport. This lead agency will be basically responsible for analysing the data of road accidents, black spots and major causes of it. It also monitors the action plan on road safety which every

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state compulsorily formulates to reduce road accidents.

When we talk about road safety initiatives, there is lot of scope in the engineering work in terms of improvement as it’s a big challenge in India today. What road is lying ahead in this light? There are many road and building agencies in the country. The NHAI (National Highway Authority of India) is basically responsible for maintaining and building national highways. It has come up with very good design of 4-lane highways and national highway. The big concern is they are building a national highway which is a very long and old road. In addition, there is a ribbon development on the roadside. People are found living on the roadside. Underpasses are needed to avoid road accidents. People even jump road dividers. These things reduce the speed of highway and are becoming a big threat to road safety. Apart from highways, other roads are being built under PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana) and state’s PWDs. All these roads till now have not been very sound from design aspect. Road signage, road design, speed calming measures all these things are not present on these roads.

considered to create a drivers’ training school in every State. It is in very advance stage of implementation. That school will cater at least the testing part of it. Before granting licenses, their driving quality will be checked. The effort will be made to ensure driving must be tested authentically. There is presently no system of testing drivers’ skill before issuing them a license. Many a times the licensing agency doesn’t know about the driver’s skill level. The driver’s fault is a major cause of road accidents in India. We should focus on improving driver’s skill. At the same time, some attitudinal training is also needed.

What is your take on sustainable and environment-friendly mobility in the State? Vehicular pollution is becoming a big problem in the cities. The courts and particularly Green Tribunals all have expressed concern on it. The Green Tribunals are very strict on enforcement of emission norms. Every small State, small township is provided pollution checking facilities. On the basis of that we are enforcing emission standards as well as BS3, BS4 norms. Apart from these, if some vehicles are violating emission norms, they are dealt with iron hand. The age of the vehicle, particularly of the commercial vehicles, has also been fixed. Old vehicles are phased out to contain the menace of pollution.

Do you think the electric vehicles could be the future?

Training of drivers is a major concern for road safety, how training providers can play key role on this front? India has not been very advanced country in the field of drivers training. There is no organised system for it. There is no school which provides them certification or proper training. The national policy on driving has been

Any non-polluting, alternative energy source vehicles could be the alternative. It should be like CNG which is very clean energy source. If anything like that comes to the fore, it will be a future transport fuel.

Despite many steps by the Government drunk driving cases are up. What challenges are we

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facing? Do we require tough laws or existent laws need strict enforcement? The drunken driving data doesn’t reflect actual statistics of road accident. Strict enforcement is needed. It should be like that not even a single driver dares taking his vehicle out on the road in a drunk state. Drunken driving is like a death machine running on the road. Apart from strictness of fine and punishment, the certainty of getting caught is also one of the major things which can reduce drunken driving cases. In addition, police on the road should be checking the drunk condition of a driver. They should be well equipped. There should be sufficient staff and sufficient places where it can be checked for drunken driving. Recently, the Supreme Court took a very good initiative directing all the shops, bars and all to move to the 500 meters away from the highway. It reduced the drunken driving cases. As far as enforcement and putting punishment on these people are concerned; much more needs to be done in this direction.

Do you think some awareness or behavioral campaign during student life can help in the long run? People of all ages need to be taught about the road safety. Whether someone walks as a pedestrian, rides bicycle, drives a commercial vehicle or travels in a bus, everyone should be aware about the road safety precautionary measures. These kinds of efforts have already been started. Chapters on road safety have been included right from primary classes onwards. Orientation towards good behaviour on the roads must be done. Audio-visual mediums and the direct briefing by the traffic policemen when someone violates the traffic rules help a lot. Counselling is also required.

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NRDA PERSPECTIVE

NAYA RAIPUR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reflecting MODERN, Progressive India in Chhattisgarh Naya Raipur will be the first Greenfield capital city equipped with all the modern planning and infrastructural methods and yet will keep firmly ensconced in its spirit the culture and values of Chhattisgarh, writes Mukesh Bansal, Chief Executive Officer, Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA), Government of Chhattisgarh.

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aya Raipur will be a sustainable and vibrant city that will fulfil the needs and aspirations of the people from all walks of life. It will be the administrative capital of the State and also cater to the infrastructural needs of industry and trade in the region.

Mukesh Bansal

Chief Executive Officer, Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA), Government of Chhattisgarh

It will have state-of-the-art technology, cherish traditions and core values, and conserve the prevailing man-nature symbiotic culture as well as abundant natural and cultural assets in the region. There has been no compromise on the quality in any of

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the projects that had been taken up in the city. We not only want the city to look beautiful but it shall have state-of-the-art landscape which is sustainable eminently. NRDA decided to inculcate and evolve a new civic and work culture from the initial stages itself. People who are going to live there will have a better and peaceful living style in a pollution-free green environment.

Parthivi, Aarti Group, Avinash Group, GT Homes and Ultra Homes have already made investment in residential sectors of Naya Raipur. NRDA is in the process of selling plots to the interested buyers and builders.

Naya Raipur is just an example of good governance wherein inclusive development is envisaged appropriately.

It is a matter of pride that the existing villages in Naya Raipur are an integral part of planning with a mandate to raise their amenities at par with the new development. It is the first city in India to adopt and implement TOD (Transit Oriented Development) approach with easily accessible transit nodes planned as per TOD guidelines.

It is being developed in accordance with the provisions of Development Plan-2031 being finalised after a series of consultation at different levels.

Naya Raipur has over 100 km of state-of-the-art four-lane and six-lane roads with 53 kms of NMT network. Clean potable water is supplied 24X7

smart LED street lighting. It has an intelligent public transport system with 13 BRT shelters and 30 AC BRT buses. BRTS is ITS controlled. It is also a home to premier health and educational institutes like Satya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, Vedanta Cancer Research Institute, IIIT, IIM, Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), and ITM etc. Currently, an integrated Command and Control Centre is being developed at Sector 19 through which all the city operations shall be monitored and controlled. This is an NRDA initiative. The project includes city surveillance using CCTV cameras, intelligent transport system having speed and incident detection. It also includes SCADA for electrical distribution system, water distribution, and sewerage systen. With Naya Raipur now included in Smart Cities Mission, it will help in channelising new projects like community schools, upgradation of schools, affordable housing, green compliance on existing buildings, vertical gardens for public building, parks etc. All this is aimed towards community on one side and infrastructure reinforcing projects like micro grid and solar energy, smart metering, rain water harvesting, real time water quality monitoring on the other side.

Naya Raipur is divided into 40 sectors of which 21 sectors are residential and, three are for Government offices and staff housing, others are earmarked for commercial, industrial, semi-public and recreational activities. Currently 8,946 housing units have been constructed in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sector 17, 27, 29 and 30 with 7,000 housing units currently available for residential purposes. Reputed private players like

via a fully pressurised hydro pneumatic pumping system sourced through 52 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) Water Treatment Plant. It is a Zero Discharge City with five decentralised Sewage Treatment Plants (STP). The recycled water is used for watering the greens of the city. It has 72 km of centrally controlled

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This will help Naya Raipur to offer standards which no other brownfield city currently offers and no other Greenfield City is prepared to offer. Moreover, after selection of Naya Raipur in the Smart City list, SPV is being formed currently. For the Naya Raipur, SPV will be Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all project developments, infrastructure improvements, operation of utilities and services and to carry out

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regulatory works like approval of building plans, advertisement and property taxation etc.

Vyapam, Police headquarters, Forest Department Headquaters, PWD, Commercial Court etc.

Pi Datacentre will be investing Rs 198 crore approximately in Naya Raipur over a period of five years to develop a state-of-the-art tier-4 data centre with many first-of-itskind offerings like hosting, cloud, managed services and colocation services. It is built on an area of 10 acres. The facility will result in employment generation accompanied with strong CSR and being environment friendly. This creates an IT ecosystem for new companies in Naya Raipur and region where companies can quickly start their businesses tapping into Pi’s infrastructure with lower capex.

There are many who have moved into a new city and saw the place grow. For them it’s an amazing journey. However, rarely you would come across people who can say the same thing about moving into a city. Many generations don’t get such opportunities. People who do grab that opportunity can script a story of a lifetime. This is your chance to write your own story by witnessing a city unfold.

Naya Raipur also caters to the infrastructural needs of industry and trade in the region with abundant 24X7 underground power supply with ring mains and adequate water CSIDC, in supporting DRDA to boost ESDM sector in the State. It is establishing a Green field Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in Sector 22, Naya Raipur. The Government is giving 80 per cent subsidy on total land premium through Chhattisgarh IT department CHiPS (Chhattisgarh InfoTech and Biotech Promotion Society). The EMC cluster is being setup as per the EMC scheme of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. This is the first electronics cluster in the State. Major administrative offices have already shifted to Naya Raipur and started functioning such as HoD, Secretariat, Naya Raipur Development Authority, Housing board, Environment board, Yojna Bhawan, Jail and Home guard,

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At present, the NRDA is a special area development authority constituted under the Chhattisgarh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam 1973, as the nodal agency responsible for the planning and

“Naya Raipur is divided into 40 sectors of which 21 sectors are residential and, three are for Government offices and staff housing, others are earmarked for commercial, industrial, semipublic and recreational activities.”

development of Naya Raipur. At present, the entire area of 237.42 sq km is under the jurisdiction of NRDA which encompasses 41 revenue villages within three development blocks. Moreover, after selection of Naya Raipur in the Smart City list, SPV has been formed. For the Naya Raipur Smart City Mission, SPV will be single point of contact (SPOC) for all project developments, infrastructure improvements, operation of utilities and services and to carry out regulatory works like approval of building plans, utility management, advertisement and levy of user charges etc. The land being offered by NRDA to the investors and developers is litigation free. NRDA has acquired the land and has developed the infrastructure for the further usage. Whenever an investor would seek investment, the infrastructure development charges would be levied on case to case basis. Similarly, the rate of plots will be decided before calling the applications. Land diversion fee will be borne by NRDA. It is the sole agency that will provide – land, layout, diversion, building permissions etc. Naya Raipur’s importance is growing considerably as the major node in trade network and a host of industries in adjoining areas. It is expected that Naya Raipur will set an example of phased development for all the smart greenfield cities across the globe. The most important aspect in the development and sustenance of Naya Raipur is based on continuous citizen engagement. The citizens are engaged with the State authorities through various channels that include social media apps (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube), MyGov app, survey forms and direct citizen engagements.

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SMART EDUCATION FOR SMART CITIES

‘Developing Smart Mindsets for Smart City’

eing a man of education, Choudhary has undertaken a slew of innovative initiatives on smart education to the last mile because he believes that “Education is a fundamental human right and essential for the exercise of all other human rights”.

O P Choudhary

Collector and District Magistrate, Raipur

Ensuring that no one is debarred from this essential right, he embarked on Right To Education- Pardarshi initiative in Smart City Raipur. With the objective of offering easy access of services to its citizens, the administration has automated the implementation of RTE in the district. With smart education, Smart city is about implementing smart solutions and using technology that eases the life of its citizens. Raipur district administration is working hard in this direction. Excerpts of the Interview:

Tell us about RTE Pardarshi initiative and how does the district administration ensure its successful implementation? The district administration of Raipur believes not only in Right to Education

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“There is no Smart city without Smart people.” Driven by these golden words, the district administration led by O P Choudhary, Collector and District Magistrate, Raipur, directed all their efforts towards making citizens smart. Smart is not just a word but it is an attitude imbibed from one’s education, he shares this and much more in an interview with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

rather wants to move a step further and try to provide Right to Equal Education. In this regard we are trying to bring the world of opportunities to the disadvantage sections of the society. This could be achieved by a two-pronged approach for economically weaker section of the society; one is to enhance the capability of the public schools in the country and second is to provide access to the best private schools. With this belief on one hand we are trying to convert 100 government schools into Smart Schools and on other, RTE Pardarshi (transparent) to explore the opportunities available in private schools for disadvantaged sections. As the name suggests, one of the major emphasis of project RTE Pardarshi (transparent) to bring about transparency in data and processes at each stage of the student admission. Earlier, due to manual lottery system, no freedom of choice was given to the target group and chances of favouritism were high due to human dependency and manual intervention of private school principals and government nodal officers in allocation process.

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This was addressed by automating the complete process for the officers and parents and they could select maximum five schools based on their priority.

the team would be able to track child’s attendance, progress in class and identify cases where the child is facing any difficulties or issues.

The automation of the whole process of filing applications and seat allotments removed the cases of human interventions and possibilities of favouritism and thus creating a fair environment.

Any additional support needed for improvement of child’s progress would be provided as and when required. The complete information of the child with respect to the school would be tracked and documented and launched this year. This system will also look into an automatic method of reimbursing the fees directly to the school. Through this the Government is able to ensure that the children admitted are also continuing the education at the highest standard.

What has been the success rate of RTE Pardarshi initiative? How many poor students were admitted into the good private schools of Raipur? The RTE Pardarshi ensured that people have choice in selecting schools for their children, 153 private schools out of 802 were rejected by the applicants for their wards. A unique feature of this project has been ensuring choice of the people, for the people and by the people. It was a huge success for the administration with the system being able to rope in 802 private schools in Raipur city. There was a significant increase in the number of applications as well as enrolments coupled with higher transparency in the overall process. There were 8,962 applications for a total of 9,566 seats, of which 5,589 seats were allotted to students across Raipur on the basis of two lottery rounds. They would now be able to get quality education in some of the best private schools of Raipur. This was possible by district administration with investment of just Rs 17 lakh, with this one time investment we were able to create financial value of more than Rs 153 crore in a year. It will create this value every year without any further investment. The social value created by this noble initiative is immeasurable. The responsibility of the project does not end with students’ admission into private schools The Monitoring System is in developing phase which would include child-tracking mechanism through which

The efforts have been recognised and applauded by the Honourable Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Dr Raman Singh, who further asked other districts to replicate this across the state.

What is the aim of Oxy-Reading Zone and how will it help Raipur students? The Raipur district administration identified an opportunity: Creating a focal point of educational, recreational and spiritual activities for students. The aim is to provide a competitive environment for students where they can read, study and innovate towards better opportunity. The idea was to create a learning environment for students in terms of Oxy-Reading Zone equipped with a Youth Tower and recreational facilities. The theme for the facility has been kept as Oxy-Reading Zone and Youth Tower: Reach the Sky. The Oxy-Reading Zone is located in 6 acre area on GE Road, in the middle of the education hub of city with NIT, Science College, Ayurvedic College, AIIMS and University in vicinity. The area has been specifically chosen with consideration given to student density, cost and travel factors. Another significant initiative was

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undertaken in name of “PustakdanMahadan Abhiyan”, a drive to collect useful readable books from people across the district. The interested people can donate books as well as funds for procurement of books. An initial corpus of Rs 1 crore has been created from DMF towards staffing of books in the proposed Youth Tower. As of now, more than 7,000 books have been collected through this drive.

Please share some salient features of the Oxy-Reading Zone. The Oxy-Reading Zone will boast a Youth Tower with capacity of 1700 seats (inside, rooftop & open). A central library already existed with capacity of 600 students but the facility came under tremendous pressure with memberships getting full within the first year of its operation along-with demand for approx. 10 new membership request being received daily. The green building of Youth Tower will provide for ambient natural light and pleasant temperature by reducing heat effects. A number of casual relaxed open areas, trees having medicinal and aromatic values, tree shades across the campus, trails, open air gym, and pond provide a tranquil environment for well-being of students. The presence of basketball court, a differently abled Facility Plaza with necessary amenities like cafeteria, ATM, bookstore, bank, medical store, stationary shop, sports good outlet & electronic store complete this ecosystem of learning and interacting in the lap of nature. The membership charges are nominal at Rs. 200 per month. The initiative has been supported by the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Dr Raman Singh. The Qxy-Reading Zone and Youth Tower have been taken-up as best practice by state government and it has directed all other districts to replicate the model.

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RAIPUR – The People Powered Smart City A recent study by international research firm Gartner says Citizen Engagement is critical to the success of Smart Cities. Smart City initiatives are no longer about optimised traffic patterns, parking management, efficient lighting and improvements in public works, but enhancement of services and experience, Rajat Bansal, Raipur Smart City Limited (RSCL) Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, writes for Elets News Network (ENN).

aving kept ‘People Powered Smart City’ at the forefront in all RSCL projects since the very beginning, I feel sharing about some of such projects is worth their significance. Kachra Mahotsav (Garbage Fest’ 18): Applauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February’s edition of ‘Mann ki Baat’, Kachra Mahotsav (Garbage Fest’ 18) was organised to increase awareness, creative use of city waste, and multiple techniques for reusing

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garbage. The four-day fest (19 – 22 January) had many attractions including unique installations made from garbage, various workshops on garbage, and band performances by Dharavi Rocks, an internationally acclaimed band comprising youngsters living in Mumbai’s slum area and other renowned bands as well. Heritage Walk: Raipur has many monuments and all of them tell a different story. With a motive to pass on the stories of city’s glorious past, Raipur Smart City Limited initiated the concept of Heritage Walk. The walk, divided into four different routes, is led by heritage enthusiasts from the city who take the group of citizens on an enriching heritage tour. Inaugurated by Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh in January 2018, the Heritage Walk focussed to educate and let people know about the legacy and rich cultural heritage of Raipur. Mor Raipur Club: To integrate fresh and young minds into RSCL projects, Mor Raipur Clubs were created in the major colleges in Raipur. This club comprises student ambassadors as well as enterprising young individuals. The Mor Raipur Club is one point contact between Smart City Raipur and the institution. From time to time, Mor Raipur Club members also voluntarily participate in the activities of RSCL. Anand Samaj Library: The 108-year-old heritage building of the Anand Samaj library was renovated and given a modern touch through various facilities. The seating capacity was increased and more books were added in the reading section while preserving the old books in new almirahs. To accumulate more readers, additional rooms were made along with a new parking space in the premises. Installation of Wi-Fi, initiation of e-library, CCTV cameras and air conditioners in the library along with

"Think Raipur is an initiative to seek ideas from citizens in transformation of Raipur into a Smart City. Launched in September 2017, RSCL, with an intent to promote entrepreneurship invited innovative ideas from the citizens that would make Raipur a better city to live." toilets and drinking water facilities were added in addition to the existing facilities. Established in 1908, Anand Samaj library is the oldest library in Chhattisgarh. Its best feature, apart from its design and history, is the finest collection of old and heritage books. Under the Smart Cities Mission, this library was renovated without tampering the rich cultural heritage and legacy the library has preserved for years. The Smart City’s renovated project of Anand Samaj library is all remodeled with new facilities while retaining its original heritage look to appeal the modern readers. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh inaugurated the renovated structure in January 2018. From time to time, cultural and art festivals are being organised at Anand Samaj Library. Drone Based Property Survey: The Geographical Information System (GIS) based aerial mapping work has been estimated at Rs 97.08 lakh. The areal mapping started from zone 1,

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ward – 8 and the image capturing in all the eight zones have been completed. The overall goal of this project is to geo-enable and to automate various civic body functions. The larger objective is to have base map having detailed information about each property, road network, water bodies, trees census etc, within the jurisdiction of Raipur Municipal Corporation and implement property tax assessment and asset management system which will handle automated workflows. It also encompasses identification of new buildings once in two years through change detection. Smart Sakhi Campaign: Raising awareness regarding sanitation and health education among girls, RSCL launched the Smart Sakhi programme with the help of soft skill trainers and child counselors. The roped in counselors are teaching fine details of physical education, health and sanitation to school girls studying in class 6 and above. It’s primarily focusing on the schools in slum areas. Think Raipur: Think Raipur is an initiative to seek ideas from citizens in transformation of Raipur into a Smart City. Launched in September 2017, RSCL, with an intent to promote entrepreneurship invited innovative ideas from the citizens that would make Raipur a better city to live. In total, 3,000 ideas were received, and all of them fell under the six defined verticals of Raipur Smart City, i.e. Rising Raipur, Shining Raipur, Badhiya Raipur, Harihar Raipur, Compassionate Raipur, and Digital Raipur. The selected 18 ideas are now working closely with State’s incubation centre 36 Inc, where they are being helped with cloud services, software support, eco system and mentorship. (The writer is Rajat Bansal, CEO and MD, RSCL, who has always kept ‘People Powered Smart City’ at the forefront in all RSCL projects.)

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‘Modern and Smart Development of Raipur’ M D Kawre

Chief Executive Officer Raipur Development Authority and General Manager (Administration), Naya Raipur Development Authority

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Raipur Development Authority has ensured all round development and implemented various citizen-centric projects across the city thereby Raipur is taking shape of modern Capital city very fast, writes M D Kawre, Chief Executive Officer, Raipur Development Authority and General Manager (Administration), Naya Raipur Development Authority for Elets News Network (ENN).

ith the advent of Information Technology, the direction of urban development has changed completely. When A P Kanvinde, a renowned planner and Padma Shree awardee, came to Raipur in 2004 as an expert for the concept of new capital of Chhattisgarh, he said a new city cannot be developed on old assumptions. Rather we have to implement modern-day Information Technology Solutions for developing it. When Chhattisgarh State was formed in 2000 and Raipur was declared as its capital, the city was like a small town. Only Indore and Bhopal were big cities of Madhya Pradesh at that time. Gwalior, Jabalpur and Raipur divisions were important but they were not as developed as Indore and Bhopal. The old development in Raipur city was ribbon development where only the areas near main roads were being developed and rest of the areas were undeveloped. Lands were being accumulated but neither landlords were developing it nor were they allowing authorities for it.

Moreover the undeveloped lands were sold to the citizens after dividing it in plots illegally. People, like brokers and land mafias were cheating on people without any map approved from Town or Country Planning Departments. When this matter came to the knowledge of the Chhattisgarh Government, Hon'ble Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh and Minister for Housing & Environment, Rajesh Murat, took initiatives to provide relief to the citizens and to arrange well-planned development with the help of city planning experts in Raipur. After this, for developing the Raipur City under eight city development schemes, initial proposals were sent to the State Government of which the Government has approved two schemes of Raipur – Kamal Vihar and Indraprastha. In the initial phase of planned development with modern infrastructures, Raipur Development Authority faced various types of protests from those working in real estate business property brokers and political parties.

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Despite all the protests and contradictions, the plans of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Minister of Housing and Environment of developing world class infrastructure at Kamal Vihar and Indraprastha were realised. This is a tremendous achievement in a way that experts, administrators and politicians from various countries and different cities of India have studied the development plan. Kamal Vihar is one of the largest city development schemes in the country under which Raipur Municipal Corporation’s five villages are being developed. It is a modern infrastructure being developed by the Raipur Development Authority in 1,600 acres area which has been seen so far only in abroad. Development work in the area is being done by Larsen & Toubro, the country's most renowned construction company. Not only this, due to effective planning and implementation of the scheme, it was awarded with two national awards. First award is “Hudco Design Award 2012-13” on February 22, 2012, at national level in the category of ‘Unnat Nagron ki Abhinay Yojna ki Eco City’ (eco city of the innovative scheme of the new and advanced cities) and second award is "Order of Merit Award", on 23 September, 2015, for public participation in Kamal Vihar Development Scheme, transparent lottery system for plot allocation, computer-based systems for 24X7 water supply, customer relation management, irrigation of gardens through the water from sewage treatment plant and for running the sewage treatment plant from solar energy. 1,600 acres of Kamal Vihar is being developed on the concept of “First Development then Populate” and by including 4,969 landowners in the scheme created in 21 sectors. The purpose behind giving land owners a

developed plot in lieu of their undeveloped land is that the city should be developed holistically according to master plan rather than an irregular development. The housing scheme, being developed at a cost of approximately Rs 1,353 crore, includes development of plots of different sizes for amusement, business, public, semi-public, health, and education. The infrastructure development includes wide roads, Hydro Pneumatic System for 24X7 water supply, underground drainage system, underground cables for electricity supply, and sewage treatment plant. In the 1,600 acre Kamal Vihar scheme, there is also a provision of constructing houses for economically weaker sections of the society in approximately 80 acre land.

Authority in exchange to the undeveloped land of the people affected from illegal plotting. The scheme has a good scope of capital investments. Many residents of Chhattisgarh living abroad have also shown keen interest in Kamal Vihar and have purchased residential and commercial plots for their families. Overall, this urban development scheme will give a new look to Raipur in future.

Developing a national level picnic spot and water sports in 256 acres of Boriakhurd reservoir are also proposed. A City Park is also proposed in the plan. More than one fourth of the area i.e. 28.23 per cent as green area along with an Oxy Zone is proposed to be developed under “Hariyar Chhattisgarh”.

Raipur Development Authority has implemented development and construction schemes across the city including development of Wonderland Recreation Park for entertainment of the citizens of the capital in Raipura and Transportnagar in Rawabhata. In future, Raipur Development Authority is going to launch various city development schemes along with development of Kharun river’s banks. Raipur Development Authority is continuously working on well coordinated development schemes as per the master plan. In this context, slogan of the authority is – “Vikas Hamara Uddeshey, Nirman Hamara Lakshya.

Under the scheme, Chhattisgarh Government has provided developed plots of Raipur Development

(The writer is M D Kawre, CEO, Raipur Development Authority and General Manager (Administration), Naya Raipur.)

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NAYA RAIPUR Emerging as Most Well Planned Indian City Naya Raipur is the new upcoming capital city of Chhattisgarh. It came into existence as a modern, yet culturally rich and environmentally sustainable project when the Government felt the need of an entirely Greenfield and planned capital city for this newly formed State, writes Salil Srivastava, Engineer-in-Chief, Naya Raipur Development Authority for Elets News Network (ENN).

aya Raipur aims conglomeration of the latest real estate development trends to ensure a fruitful progression of this integrated smart city project in India. In 2000, when Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh and Raipur was named the capital, it lacked the basic infrastructure of a capital city. A connected building, which was earlier a hospital, was turned into mantralaya, an institute was converted in the legislature and the Collector house was converted into Chief Ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house.

Raipur has been a small town with high population density from around 200 kms. People from small towns and villages used to come to Raipur even for the smallest need. Also, with Chhattisgarh being the power, steel, cement and mining hub, Raipur was the only gateway to the nation. It used to be a flourishing trading and industrial hub.

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Old Raipur didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the infrastructure and proper buildings to house offices. The offices were housed in residential buildings. Thus, need was felt for a bigger city to function as a capital. It was then, the Government of Chhattisgarh decided to build Naya Raipur. Command Area development Authority was formed for the same which was later renamed as Naya Raipur Development Authority for the development of Naya Raipur.

Site Selection for Naya Raipur For the site selection, a global bid was invited on certain parameters. The present location of Naya Raipur was suggested by eight out of the nine consultants who participated. It was selected on the basis of 26 parameters which is decided on connectivity, availability of water, availability of land with government, type of soil, nonarable land etc.

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Engineer-in-Chief Naya Raipur Development Authority

Fortunately, the policy for procurement of land was adopted by willingness of the farmers. The Government decided to pay more than double the rates for the land, as prescribed in the guidelines. As a result, people themselves came up and gave their land. Most of the area was non-arable land. The core area is 80 Sq kms and around 13 villages fall in this area. The residential area remained with them and we purchased their farmland. The rates of the land were revised regularly. We have 90 per cent of the area with us now. The land is litigation

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free and we have excellent support from the local people. The Government has decided an R&R policy where we are skilling people who gave up their land to us. We have also been paying annuity for 15 years and one developed plot was given to each of them. We started building Mantralaya and roads in 2008. In 2012, the Government was shifted from Old Raipur to Naya Raipur and since then the Government is functioning from the new capital city. Naya Raipur Development Authority has also partnered with major real estate players to develop residential colonies. Naya Raipur has lot of institutes like IIIT, ITM University, Ayush University, Law University etc. IIM, Naya Raipur will be launched soon and land has already been allotted to AIIMS, IIT etc. At present, eight schools are functioning from Naya Raipur and Hill Spring International School is also coming up with IB curriculum in the new capital city. Naya Raipur Development Authority has been focusing on providing an elaborate platform for various institutions to establish their state-of-art campus in the new zone. Naya Raipur has a Sathya Sai Sanjeevani hospital where everything is free and is known worldwide for Pediatric cardiac surgeries. Vedanta, a super specialty hospital as Balco Medical centre has already started. Besides, 10-bedded and 30- bedded hospitals are also functioning in Naya Raipur. Also, 100bedded hospital is being developed by Delhiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Saroj group in Naya Raipur. Jungle Safari in Naya Raipur is an added attraction. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on November 1, 2016. Forest department is also developing a botanical garden herein 400 acres. Naya Raipur also has a central park in an area of 48 acres and it boasts of an amphitheatre with a seating capacity of 1,500.

Naya Raipur has four big lakes, the biggest one is 169 acres around which 18 holes golf course is coming up. A 5-star deluxe hotel from the Mayfair Group is also in progress on the outer side of the lake. Naya Raipur Development Authority has created a world-class infrastructure to offer sports facilities and home to an international cricket stadium which is the second largest cricket stadium in India after Eden Gardens. It has a capacity of 50,000 seats and this has earned accolades of sports stars across the globe. To make the city vibrant, Naya Raipur is divided into 40 sectors, wherein 21 sectors are reserved for housing projects purpose, which makes it an attractive destination for major real estate developers to come up with affordable/luxury projects. Out of 40, only 3 sectors are dedicated to government needs and rest sectors is being developed with the private partnership. Naya Raipur has IT, industrial, institutional, residential areas and the city also has integrated mass transit from day one and elevated BRTS system. We are plying 30 airconditioned buses within Naya Raipur and between Raipur to Naya Raipur. We have also developed an app through which passenger information system and online tracking of the bus is available. Electronic ticketing facility is

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there which enables us to know when any ticket is issued. We have also completed 55 KMS of cycle tracks and pedestrian pathways. We want the city to be non- motorised transport friendly. We have given predominance to people moving through pedestrians and cycle tracks. All our buildings are differently-abled friendly, so are toilets, lifts and ramps of all the offices. Naya Raipur Development Authority has completed 100 kms of four-six lane roads with the largest streetlight LED network with Smart and intelligent street lighting control systems. Most important component of technology initiative for the city is citizen interface where citizens can interact with the Urban Local Bodies. For the approval of building plans, approval of utilities, for any grievance, the citizen need not come to the office. It can be done with the click of a button. We have laid out dedicated optical fibres in the city for the smart governance and a control command centre is also constructed. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided to develop Naya Raipur as a solar city where all the power need will be met through solar energy. Thus, the operational cost for power will be reduced. We are also moving towards reaching the last mile e-connectivity.

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OTHER SIDE OF AN IAS OFFICER

DR HARI OM

Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh

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An IAS Whose Heart Beats for Music Presenting a distinct shade of an IAS officer’s administrative personality, Dr Hari Om, Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, leaves a lot of people amazed with his singing prowess. In an exclusive interview with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN), he talks about his singing, music and writings and much more in detail.

Isn’t maintaining a balance between your passion and service a tough task? What motivates you to pursue the passion? Music connects you with your spiritual side. When you try to rise above this materialistic world, arts like music, dance, writing, poetry, become a medium for it. Music and writing are my passion. I am driven to my inner sense through these arts. I enjoy the process of creating music, writing poetry and stories. Music is my love and I feel, think, and enjoy music to the highest level. I find time to follow music after my office hours.

How do you manage office, practise music and do concerts? How much time do you devote for them? There are constraints also. I have to practise music daily. Otherwise, I will not be able to sing. I consider this practise as my worship and devote at least two hours to it daily. My voice has refined due to constant practise. As far as possible I do concerts on off days. If it falls on working day I take formal leave for that.

How has been this musical journey so far for you? I hail from a small village from erstwhile Sultanpur district now Amethi. I studied in village school till Class 12. There was no pressure on us unlike the pressure which today’s kids face. We were the happiest lot for achieving a score of

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ALBUMS Rang Pairahan, Intisaab, Roshani Ke Pankh, Rang Ka Dariya. Many singles are also released. Also made Few songs for film and TV serials. BOOKS Dhoop Ka Parcham(Ghazals), Amreeka Meri Jaan(Stories), Kapas Ke Agale Mausam Mein(Poetry) and Khwabon Ki Hansi(Ghazals). AWARDS Firaq Samman, Tulsi Shree, Rajbhasha, Vatayan International Poetry Award etc.

become a way of life for me. I am a professional singer now. I have released many albums. My writing also continued simultaneously. I have devoted myself to creativity. I have published four books, released four albums and some more projects are in my mind. Although I don’t have any regular formal training of classical music but I have been learning it from learned local gurus wherever I was posted. And after the use of internet became handy I listened classical Ragas, etc, on YouTube and other websites to learn many things. I have learnt things in piecemeal because of my transferable job but I am exposed now to classical music.

What are your plans? I want to create good music. I want to create my space in the world of ghazals. Great artistes like Ahmed HussainMohammed Hussain have already blessed me and my music and they have constantly supported me. I write my own ghazals, compose them and sing them. If my music finds a place in some film, I would also like to try that out. I am satisfied with my works in the field of music and writings so far. I would love to be known more as a musician and writer in future so just want to keep writing and singing.

Any memorable incident you want to share? 60-65 per cent in Uttar Pradesh board. There was folk music too. God gifts artistic tastes to peopele. I was born with the finer instincts. Folk music attracted me from the beginning. I used to spend nights listening to that music. My father was also happy to see my good marks. There was minimum use of technology in our lives then. So we used to get a lot of spare time. After completing school studies, I reached Allahabad University from where I graduated. After that, I went to Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. I did my Ph.D later on while in service from

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Garhwal University, Shri Nagar now in Uttarakhand. Music was always with me like a good friend. I kept my harmonium with me throughout my student life. I used harmonium when I got bored from my studies. We used to go out only when close friends used to visit me, otherwise I would spend time with music only. I did my PhD in Hindi literature. My father wanted me to try for IAS and I did so. I cleared the civil services examination in 1997. Now music has

There have been many such incidents where my singing got common audience as well as Bollywood professionals like Kailash Kher, Shreya Ghoshal etc, got surprised when I shared stage with them and sang during my field postings as Collector. People normally don’t expect an IAS officer to be an artist of professional standards. So whenever I sang in public, it was taken with utter surprise. Those were the days when I did not to performed in public. Now it’s an open secret. People at large know that here is an IAS officer whose heart beats for singing.

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IL&FS

Technologies brings “Innovative Living” to Naya Raipur

aya Raipur is set to become India’s first Smart Greenfield City. Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) engaged a host of City planners, professional consulting organizations, special interest groups and IL&FS Technologies Limited (ITL) to come up with the design of a world-class city. Thence, IL&FS Technologies, along with Schneider Electric, have worked extensively to bring to life the vision of NRDA.

connections, all citizen services fall under the gambit of this portal. It enables the Naya Raipur citizens to experience a true windowless government service delivery.

Naya Raipur Smart City brings some key innovations to urban living such as Green Building Concept, which will save electricity by virtue of its design allowing ample sunlight and ventilation during the day and use of solar power plant, underground power distribution system, with 12 indoor 33KVA Sub stations, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for the city’s water supply system as well as 10 water bodies and an Oxygen zone for its citizen’s well being.

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To further this dream of innovative living, ITL brought together a multitude of systems to turn the new capital of Chhattisgarh into a truly Integrated Smart City. The Command and Control solution will integrate technologies like CCTV/Surveillance, Traffic Management (Over speeding,

A unique feature of ITL’s solution for Naya Raipur Smart city is its “disable friendly” citizen portal. This portal encompasses all services NRDA has to offer to any citizen living in Naya Raipur. From land allotment to building plan approvals, property tax to utility bill payments, registration to new

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Chief Executive Officer IL&FS Technologies Limited

Automated Challans), Water supply system, Electricity distribution system as well as public vehicle tracking for a world class BRTS which includes conductor less buses with emergency push button, Passenger Information system and smart cards for seamless mobility.

Commenting on this state-of-the-art smart city project, Mr. Durga Prasad, CEO, IL&FS Technologies said, “We are delighted that as part of our endeavor to bring global technologies to India, ITL delivered a first of its kind citizencentric smart solution to facilitate an inimitable standard of living for the citizens of Naya Raipur and help NRDA transform the day to day city governance through decision making based on Data and cutting edge Analytics” ITL’s expertise lies in delivering smart infrastructure through integration of technology into everyday life. ITL offers solutions that transform G2C service delivery through safe and secure online transactions on citizen’s desktop/ mobile. Headquartered in Gurgaon, ITL has delivered successful e-governance solutions in India, South East Asia and SAARC nations. The organization has a distinct position in the industry as it delivers global solutions with a local flavor through flexible business models such as PPP, BOOT, BOO to name a few.

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‘Scripting a New Tomorrow With Waste Management’ We can setup plants at all the banks of drains which are falling into the Ganga directly or its tributaries and can stop this liquid waste polluting Ganga. The amount of useful products which are generated can change the topography of the region, says Ajay Girotra, Managing Director, AG Dauters Waste Processing Private Limited, in conversation with Gautam Debroy of Elets News Network (ENN).

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Managing Director AG Dauters Waste Processing Private Limited

The mission of AG Dauters is converting waste into energy. Kindly tell us about it.

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The world is trying to reach new frontiers every day in every field and make life easier while making us smart. But at what cost? If we see, we are actually back to basics. Today, we are fighting for our basic requirements: clean air, water, and food. Our basics are highly adulterated, polluted environment. Soon, cities will be fighting for survival for clean air and clean water. Our mission is to provide clean air and clean water. It can happen when we stop rampant use of fossil fuels, clean our cities of its waste and clean our sewages and effluents which are polluting our rivers as well as the groundwater. We are making it possible through our zero emission, zero residue waste to energy technology, which not only provides pure drinking water, but zero carbon fuels and green power.

A smart city needs selfsustainability. What is your take on it?

Let’s talk about what smart city stands for. India is a country of huge disparity. On one side we talk about technological advancements of launching 104 satellites in a day. On the other side, over 60% of our population does not have access to basic needs like clean food, water, electricity and basic hygiene. For sustainability, every person, every village, town or city requires clean air, clean water and clean food and if we are able to do….that’s where the smartness starts.

How can AG Dauters help a city in becoming self-sustainable? Every city generates enormous amount of solid, liquid, effluents, bio and other hazardous and toxic wastes, which are being dumped either in landfills or thrown in rivers. All these wastes are full of energy and can provide 24 x 7 x 365 days of power, pure drinking (mineralised) tap water and zero carbon fuels for the city. The cities can forget what is a power cut, what are generators or invertors,

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what is hard water, what are water purifiers, what is 02 -04 hours of sweet water supply, what are the emission norms of vehicles, what is black smoke coming out of diesel vehicles, what is refilling of gas cylinders, what is fetching of fuel for cooking, and what are inorganic fruits and vegetables? The municipal, industrial and medical waste of each city, which are the biggest nightmares today, can become the feeders of the city by producing energy. Our technology and plants produce mineralised drinking water, power and zero carbon fuels in enormous quantities, good enough to make any city self sustainable. For example, from 30 mptd (metric tonnes per day) of solid waste or 01 mld (million litres per day) of liquid waste, our plants generate 10MWh of power. Mineralised and oxidised drinking water, and zero carbon fuels are produced in enormous quantities. Zero carbon fuel can be given as Green Diesel, or piped into homes as cooking gas or can run the vehicles as CNG. Fuel can also be given as Jet fuel for the aeroplanes. Our plants do not produce any kind of emissions or flu gases or any kind of residue. So air, soil and ground water do not get polluted. Large quantity of land is required for disposing of solid wastes and inerts which take away precious fertile land. Urban areas in India generate 1,70,000 metric tonnes of MSW every day and that requires 3,40,000 cubic meters of landfill space everyday ( 62 million tonnes disposal every year requires 3,060 acres every year ). All this can easily be saved and converted into Aquaponic food farms which will produce organic foods: fruits, vegetables, herbs throughout the year, without the use of any pesticides or insecticides, thus making the cities true smart cities.

As you are into the business of converting waste into energy, how can you help in clean Ganga Mission? About 12,000 million litres of sewage is generated in the Ganga basin every day, of which 3,000 million litres per day falls into main stem of Ganga every day from class I & II towns. Out of this, 20% is highly toxic and bio-degradable in nature. Let’s look at what is the potential of this waste which is polluting our most holy river (Ganga) if treated and processed with our technology: l 1,50,000 MWh of green power l 8000 mld of mineralised drinking water ( 800 cr litres ) l 3400 mld of fuel ( 34 cr litres ) We can setup plants at all the banks of drains which are falling into the Ganga directly or its tributaries and can stop this liquid waste polluting Ganga. The amount of useful products which are generated can change the topography of the region as well as contribute to the exchequer in a large way, directly & indirectly.

What are the challenges the smart cities in India are facing? Roads properly lit with proper policing, maintaining traffic signals and rules are basic requirements which in past have not been fulfilled. Cities should first clean up their waste, this will help in cleaning air and water and improve the environment followed by laying down and implementing strict rules traffic rules, maintenance of the public areas and properties, strict adherence to government programs for Reduce, Reuse, Recover, Recycle and Remanufacture. This is when they will actually be called SMART.

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Let’s understand what is the world of waste to energy and what are the technologies which are being used. Broadly, the technologies being used can be classified as: For Solid Waste: l Bio-chemical conversion of biodegradable MSW which includes composting and biomethanation l Thermal processing of MSW : includes technologies like gasification, pyrolysis, incineration and mass burning For Liquid Waste:

l Stp’s or CEPT’s

Our technology is based on plasma gasification, which is a new paradigm in Thermal processing and is integrated with our proprietary processes which takes care of both solid and liquid waste of all kinds at the same time.

In our technology, we do not burn anything but solid and liquid is segregated and solids are converted into syngas with zero emissions and zero residues. The outputs which are generated are Power, mineralized drinking water and zero carbon fuels in enormous quantities…almost 80-100 times more than the nearest technology. The key features of our technology are: l No segregation of waste l Any level of moisture is acceptable l Calorific value has no meaning l No landfills l Small footprint required for the plant l No emissions l No residue l Power, drinking water and fuels are the outputs l Apart from solid and liquid waste, we process any kind of hazmat, toxic waste, seawater, lake or river water, bio-pharma / medical waste or in simple terms anything which is not fit for human, animal or plant consumption are treated and processed in our plants.

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SMART CONSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE

BSBK: Smart Construction Paving Way for Developed India BSBK stepped into India’s Industrial sector in early 1900 under the banner of Bakhtawar Singh Balkrishan as a civil construction company, with accolades for being associated with construction of landmarks like BhakraNangal Dam, Joginder Nagar Power House, Chakki Bridge and Halwada Aerodrome. Commissioning of Bhilai Steel Plant at Chhattisgarh State in 1950s provided an excellent opportunity to aspiring entrepreneurs like us, who had dreamt all along to be decisive in contributing towards development of a free nation. Our operations at Bhilai started with executing road & infrastructure development projects for SAIL, and gradually rose to become one of the leading civil engineering companies, having associated ourselves with execution of projects of national

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importance for all core sector industries and major government and nongovernment organisations. Our goal to make our presence felt amongst those who shared our vision of contributing towards making India one of the fastest developing country, helped us further in expanding our operations to other states as well, with our prime target being industrial and infrastructure development projects. Our present focus is on established and emerging rapid construction technologies, which can match our commitment to innovation and excellence in Nation Building. The biggest barrier to entry for rapid construction technologies in India was mass availability of cheap labor, which made the conventional cast in-situ construction the method of choice. However, now due to the emerging scarcity

of skilled labor as well as a mass boom in the field of affordable housing, rapid construction technologies have gained much popularity. This is mainly due to its lack of dependence on labor, increased speed of construction, and superior quality of finish the technology helps achieve. Keeping all this in mind along with many other advantages, BSBK is proud to have adopted pre-cast and monolithic construction technology in its portfolio. We have setup a state of the art precasting unit in Naya Raipur, Chattisgarh and are currently constructing around 6300 affordable houses. The unit is capable of pre-casting around 300 cubic meters of concrete elements per day, which are then transported and assembled on site. The pace of construction is around 7 houses per day. This precast unit is one of it’s kind in India, through which we aim to set an example on how rapid construction technology can truly benefit the nation and along with building our new smart city, Naya Raipur can achieve the ‘Housing for All’ dream of our Honorable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. At BSBK, we never rest upon our laurels and are passionately driven to continue the high levels of customer satisfaction we have achieved over the past decades. By strategically positioning total quality management in the heart of our operations along timely execution of turnkey projects we strive to be a synonym of excellence in construction engineering.

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Leading from the Front with Smart City Solutions Digital Transformation of City Operations through City Command and Control Centre We are in a century of where growth is fueled by transitions in economy, population and governments with long-term strategic visions. Digital India is poised to take the next big step in laying the technology foundation as it develops greenfield cities with the aim to decongest the main metros and build new, smarter economic growth centres across the country plus transform the 100 brown field cities to increase their livability index. Attracting global business, the investment community and talent, would be easier and seamless in such conditions where the livability index would be vastly improved and competitive with the best in the world. Research has shown that since a city is a “system of systems” achieving efficiency in few areas of operations does not necessarily make the city smart. And one of the reason is the interdependencies between city operations, which are not visible unless and until critical situations or incidences surface. To resolve the management of these interdependencies the concept of city operations centre was developed. However, many cities are struggling to make the right choice in technology and developing measurable outcome of the command centre initiative. Schneider Electric, with its two decades of experience in infrastructure transformational projects, has developed a design for the city command centre, which is powered by its industrial software platform. The design emphasizes on providing solutions to metropolitan operational issues and defining the right outcomes by filling in the technology gaps. And here’s how we deliver these smart solutions… • Technology excellence: Leverages the Information and Operational Technology convergence for city’s digital transformational journey. • Sustainability: Approach which embraces and utilises legacy systems and future technologies making investment sustainable for up to two decades. • Futuristic approach: Design based on interactive command centre empowers the city operators and citizens with information and instant communication to optimize operational efficiency. The result is a digital network that helps run efficient city operations. With Schneider Electric, human convergence is now in an advanced state of well-being in a modern urban environment.

About Schneider Electric Software Schneider Electric Software is leading the digital transformation, helping organizations to address operational and business imperatives across the entire value chain in the industrial, engineering and infrastructure markets. Schneider Electric Software, now part of AVEVA, offers highly proven solution capabilities across engineering, planning and operations, asset performance, and monitoring and control. With over 2 million software licenses deployed at 100,000+ sites worldwide, processing 10+ trillion daily transactions spanning 20+ billion operating parameters, this collection of portfolios operates at the scale necessary to support complex and mission critical industrial operations – including those run by smart cities. This offering is hardware and systems agnostic and can be deployed in a scaled, modular fashion. This enables companies to protect their investments in systems and technology while upgrading their technology footprint to support digital transformation. Supported by the largest industrial software ecosystem, including over 4,000 Systems Integrators and 5,700 certified developers worldwide, customers can rest assured that global delivery and software support standards are consistently deployed at the highest quality to every location. Offering a wide range of commercial options (Subscription, SaaS, Perpetual) and deployment flexibility (on-premise, cloud based) across its available functionality, the Industrial Software Platform enables the lowest total cost of ownership without compromising risk, data security or performance requirements. Learn more about Schneider Electric Software by visiting our website: software.schneider-electric.com or email us at: softwaremarketing.ap@schneider-electric.com

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PM TO BRAINSTORM ON NEW INDIA-2022 WITH PSU CHIEFS The prime minister will preside over the conclave to be held on April 9 on the theme of 'Redefining the role and functioning of CPSEs' to realise the New India-Vision 2022, said officials in the Department of Public Enterprises.

o chalk out a strategy for the functioning and role of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) to realise the vision of a 'new India', Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of heads of top state-run enterprises in April, officials said.

The PSU chiefs will make presentations before the prime minister on HR, innovation, finance, corporate governance, among others, and how these can be leveraged to improve the efficiency of state-owned enterprises to increase their contribution to nation building. "The deliberations in the Conclave will lead to formulation of an actionable roadmap to achieve the target of a New India 2022," a media report quoted a senior government official as saying.

WINGS INDIA 2018 HELD IN HYDERABAD

ir India made its presence felt at Wings India 2018, the sixth edition of the popular civil aviation Exhibition & Conference in India, held at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad earlier in March.

The event, held under the aegis of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been providing an unmatched platform for the aviation players all over the world to debate on diverse topics relating to policy and regulatory regime, emerging challenges and opportunities, international best practices etc and lays down the roadmap for seamless and sustainable growth of Civil Aviation in India. Despite scorching heat, visitors thronged the Wings India 2018 International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation at Begumpet airport here. Visitors came to have a glimpse of different aircraft on display. Wings India 2018 was launched by the IT Minister of Telengana K T Rama Rao, Secretary Civil Aviation R N Choubey, Director General of Civil Aviation, B S Bhullar, Join Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Usha Padhee and other dignitaries. This year the event’s theme was Regional Connectivity – UDAN.

DELHI’S IGI AIRPORT TOPS IN PASSENGERS’ EXPERIENCE INDEX Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has managed to grab the top position in terms of passengers’ experience. The ranking was released by Airports Council International in their annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) rankings. This position was held by South Korea’s Incheon International Airport in 2016. The IGI Airport has the highest number

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demonstrates DIAL’s strong focus on operational efficiencies and resilient approach towards service delivery,” said I Prabhakara Rao, CEO, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL). of passengers commuting-more than 40 million per annum. “It is profoundly gratifying to win this year’s ACI-ASQ award for the world no. 1 rank in the highest category of over 40 million passenger per year. The award

ASQ is a worldwide programme surveying passengers at airports. Key parameters including airport access, security screening, check-in facilities, restrooms, stores, restaurants, etc were surveyed in the programme.

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BHEL GETS ISRO TECH TO MAKE LI-ION CELLS

AAI, IATA COME TOGETHER FOR SKYREV360 AT GENEVA

he Airports Authority of India (AAI) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) have signed an MoU for capacity building initiative, targeting its cutting edge technology SkyRev360, a Make in India initiative in strategic collaboration with IATA. It was signed by S Suresh, Board Member (Finance), AAI and Alexandre de Juniac, Director

General and CEO, IATA in the presence of senior officials of AAI and IATA at Geneva, Switzerland recently. AAI under International Civil Aviation Organisations’ theme of ‘No Country Left Behind’ is targeting Air Navigation Service Providers and Airport Operators worldwide by sharing its comprehensive e-data gathering, invoicing and collection solution ie. SkyRev360.

LED LIGHTS AT AIRPORTS SOON In a bid to replace existing lights with energy efficient LED lights at various airports and buildings of AAI the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed an MoU with the Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL). The MoU was signed by Anil Kumar Sharma, Executive Director (Engg), AAI and Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, EESL in the presence of Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, AAI and senior executives of AAI and EESL. Under the agreement, EESL will replace the conventional lighting at a cost of Rs 24.41 crores. They will carry out warranty replacement for a period of five years. The Airports Authority has replaced old lights with LED at a cost of Rs 16 crores in Phase-I under National LED programme. AAI plans to save Rs 14 crores through saving 20 million units of electricity.

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he Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a technology transfer agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. for the manufacture of space grade lithium ion (Li-ion) cells for the space programme and other national requirements. BHEL said it would set up a facility at its Bengaluru unit to make the cells. It would use the technology developed by ISRO’s rocketry node, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, based in Thiruvananthapuram. Li-ion batteries power various applications on satellites and launch vehicles. An ISRO spokesman said the requirement would go up as the number of space missions is increasing. Currently, BHEL assembles Li-ion batteries using imported cells.

"The technology can also be extended for use in the emerging areas of energy storage and e-mobility," the public sector major said.

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R R Ispat-Setting New Benchmarks

R Ispat is establishing itself well in its new venture of Metal coating of Railways, HT tower and solar fabrication structure. Other than manufacturing MS wires in state-of-the-art block Mill, RR Ispat ventured into manufacturing of LT and HT electrical panels. The Government of India’s initiative for Power for all and UDAY for sustainable power distribution companies opened new opportunities for new players to enter market. The State-of-the-art plate and angle cutting machines have been installed to fabricate electrical towers with minute precision. In line with Make in Chhattisgarh, medium voltage breakers manufacturing has also been started. Looking into Government’s ambitious plan of 1.7 GW solar installation in coming years; RR also entered into field of manufacturing of structures of solar agricultural pump, dual water pump, roof top and megawatt structures. TI (fully type tested LT switchboard assembly) manufactured in RR Ispat is part of almost every building in NRDA governed area. DB Boxes for low cost housing would be another addition in products of RR. Group takes keen interest in greening the city. Apart from creating Make In India Square and beautifying Tatibandh Square; the group is involved in creating an ecozone of 80 acres in industrial area with more than 40,000 trees.

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Dinesh Agrawal Director, RR Ispat (A unit of Godawari Power and Ispat Ltd) With 19 years of experience in electrical engineering, Shri Dinesh Agrawal, aged 46, has been a part of the Hira Group since the founding years. He has been associated with all the technical aspects of the steel rolling mills. He is involved in the day-to-day technical functioning of setting up new plants of the group companies. It is his passion for excellence and success in all his work that has taken RR Ispat to a higher level with their product basket covering 80% of products (HT/LT Panels/Transmission Lin Towers/Cable Trays/Solar PV systems/DB Boxes for low cost housing) used in generation transmission and distribution. We are major contributor to Smart City Naya Raipur and going to add to Indian Railways also.

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