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Editorial Ajmer – An Odyssey of Holy City to Smart City Ajmer, the Rajasthan city famous for its Sufi shrine — Ajmer Sharif Dargah, is set for a major overhaul. It is being evolved as a Smart City, as part of the Government of India’s roadmap for developing futuristic cities to highlight the country on a world map.
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Nestled in Aravalli Mountains, Ajmer also holds significance for serving as the base to visit the ancient city of Pushkar, known for the famous temple of Lord Brahma. This has also popularised the city as a unique tourist spot. Also, Ajmer has been selected as one of the heritage cities for the Central Government scheme of HRIDAY (Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana). In this light, efforts are on to steadily introduce digitisation in the city’s administrative system. It is hoped to ensure a makeover as part of realising the Smart City dream. Our special issue of eGov magazine is thus focused on Ajmer, inviting special messages of greetings from Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, and State Minister for Local Self Government and Urban Development and Housing Shrichand Kriplani. Our Cover Story “The Holy and Heritage City of Ajmer Set for Smart Transformation” delves into Rajasthan’s endeavour to bring a holistic social change in Ajmer, also described as ‘Sufi City’. Since being included in the Smart Cities’ list of the Government, the development process has picked up momentum here on various fronts in a major way for ensuring a perceivable change and creating a difference. We have featured from the Rajasthan Government, Dr Manjit Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Local Self Government, State Mission Director-Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT, Government of Rajasthan
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Offering an insight into Rajasthan’s development journey, we have interviews of Shrichand Kriplani, State Minister for Local Self Government and Urban Development and Housing; Vasudev Devnani, Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education, (Independent Charge), Government of Rajasthan; Anita Bhadel, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women and Child Development, Government of Rajasthan; Shiv Shanker Heda, Minister of State and Chairman, Ajmer Development Authority (ADA).
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From Ajmer administration, Gaurav Goyal, Collector and District Magistrate, Ajmer; Himanshu Gupta, Commissioner, Ajmer Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Additional Chief Executive Officer, Ajmer Smart City Limited (ASCL) and Chief Executive Officer, ASCL; Malini Agarwal, Inspector General of Police, Ajmer Range among others have been featured in this issue to explore about various development programmes.
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We have also featured an interview of Munish Moudgil, Commissioner, Survey Settlement & Land Records, Revenue Department, Government of Karnataka, speaking about the DISHAANK mobile app helping citizens to track their land records. Just like Ajmer, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd organised a Smart City Summit in Kota (another Rajasthan city selected under the Smart Cities Mission) last year where policymakers from across the country pondered the various Smart Cities components. A report of the conference offers a comprehensive view of deliberations held at the summit. With a hope that this issue will showcase Ajmer as an upcoming Smart City of Rajasthan to look at, our latest bouquet of special features, articles and interviews are hoped to evoke an invaluable feedback of our readers.
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26 MALINI AGARWAL Inspector General of Police, Ajmer Range, Rajasthan
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28 GAURAV GOYAL Collector and District Magistrate, Ajmer, and Chief Executive Officer, Ajmer Smart City Limited
30 HIMANSHU GUPTA
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INTERVIEWS
THE HOLY CITY OF AJMER SET FOR SMART TRANSFORMATION
14 SHRICHAND KRIPLANI
16 VASUDEV DEVNANI
Minister for Local Self Government and Urban Development & Housing, Government of Rajasthan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Primary and Secondary Education, Government of Rajasthan
18 ANITA BHADEL
20 SHIV SHANKER HEDA
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women and Child Development, Government of Rajasthan
22 DHARMENDRA GEHLOT Mayor of Ajmer
Minister of State and Chairman Ajmer Development Authority
24 DR MANJIT SINGH Addtional Chief Secretary, Local Self Government, State Mission Director – Smart City Mission and AMRUT Government of Rajasthan
Commissioner, Ajmer Municipal Corporation and Additional Chief Executive Officer,Ajmer Smart City Limited (ASCL)
32 GAJENDRA SINGH RALAWATA Deputy Commissioner (Development) Ajmer Municipal Corporation
36 B M BHAMU Managing Director, Ajmer Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (AVVNL)
40 MUNISH MOUDGIL Commissioner, Survey Settlement & Land Records Revenue Department Government of Karnataka
44 l CONFERENCE REPORT
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THE HOLY CITY of AJMER SET FOR SMART TRANSFORMATION
The Vasundhara Raje Government in Rajasthan is making an endeavour to bring a holistic social change in the city of Ajmer, famous as a Sufi City. Since being included in the Smart Cities’ list, the development process has picked up momentum here on various fronts in a major way to usher in a perceivable change, observes Priyanka Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).
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ounded in 7th Century by Raja Ajaipal Chauhan who named it ‘Ajaimeru’ or, the ‘Invincible Hill’, Ajmer is today a famous pilgrimage centre of Rajasthan. Situated almost in the heart of Rajasthan, the city of Ajmer, on its north, has a large artificial lake –Anasagar -adorned with a marble structure called Baradari. It’s an ancient city with modern developments on the outskirts. The Ajmer district, also being divisional headquarters, includes three other districts viz. Bhilwara, Nagaur and Tonk besides Ajmer itself.
holidays and weekends is supplied to the city power grid. The solar PV panels also reduce heat gain into the building, which is minimised by the solar panels covering 70-80 per cent of roof area.
Replacement of Conventional Streetlights A total of 32,000 conventional street lights have been replaced under the scheme of Central and State Government. The installation of LED lights has been done by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). The Operations and Management (O&M)
of the project is under EESL for seven years. Ajmer is involved in energy saving since 2008 after installation of CFL bulbs; now the city is saving more than 50 per cent of the energy after installation of LED lights. This project is being implemented with the help of State Government after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with EESL. Digital billboards are being used to create awareness amongst the citizens. The billboards showcase government flagship schemes, important laws and achievement of the city. Ajmer 311 and Smart City 311 Mobile
The local administration in Ajmer is today applying various smart solutions to ensure a change that facilitates life and the experience of being in this city, which draws a huge number of domestic and international tourists. Ajmer Municipal Corporation is undertaking several projects and initiatives as Smart office project such as: Installation of Solar Panels: Ajmer Municipal Corporation has taken an initiative of installing solar panel of 30 KW solar grids on the roof top of the corporation’s building. The total project cost is about Rs 24 lakh of which Ajmer Municipal Corporation would pay Rs 16.64 lakh in two installments. With this initiative, Ajmer Nagar Nigam or Municipal Coporation is contributing to make an optimum utilisation of solar energy free from carbon emissions. It is thus helping in saving the environment. As a result of installation of solar panels, 70-80 per cent of AMCs building energy is catered by the solar panels, the production of energy continues throughout the day and there is no requirement of the energy after sunset. Excess power generated during
“Power Generation Plant has been installed at Khanpura in Ajmer to generate power from gases. The project was taken up by the Government of Rajasthan under the Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project.”
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Applications: This application has been launched for citizens, councillors and anyone else for filing their complaints by clicking and uploading the picture of the problems related to civic amenities faced by them. Online grievances can be addressed under the subheads; street lights, sanitation, road potholes, public works, and stray animals. Under this application, the citizens are able to upload complaints through their mobile phones along with the picture of the location which is directed to the section dealing with that area. If, however, it is not resolved within 24 hours, it will go to the Commissioner, who shall ensure its resolution. In case it is redressed within the stipulated time, an SMS-based message is resent to the complainant about the status of his complaint. Smart city 311 mobile application has
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citizens are now able to pay online taxes (property tax, development tax etc). This is done through gateway linkages with ICICI and Axis banks. Tax can also be paid through swipe machine at cash counter at Ajmer Nagar Nigam.
Wi-Fi Zone and 4G Connectivity: Ajmer Municipal Corporation has provided 4 G Wi Fi connectivity to its employees to enable them fast and non interrupted internet connectivity. This facility has been developed by Reliance Telecom Services.
Smart Parking: To optimise energy usage and making the parking area available at main building more smarter, Ajmer Municipal Corporation has installed solar lighting and rain water harvesting system for enabling easy percolation.
been launched for the employees of Nagar Nigam which includes modules like field officers inspection module, GPS based attendance module, GPS road checking module and project monitoring module.
Rain Water Harvesting Ajmer witnesses sufficient rains, yet there is no sufficient water, for a variety of reasons, including the fact that the non-monetised value of water is still under-appreciated. Consequently, rainwater is not conserved but allowed to drain away; and water is usually not available during the most needed circumstances, while groundwater is over-exploited. To utilise every drop of water, Ajmer Municipal Corporation has developed a rain water harvesting system in its Municipal Building. The estimated cost for rainwater harvesting system is about Rs. 92.59 Lakhs.
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Sewage Treatment Plant: AMC is planning to install a sewage treatment plant inside its premises for removing the contaminants from the waste water and household sewage. It has proposed a STP to be built within the AMC campus with the purpose of recycling waste water and reusing for gardening and flushing etc. An installed capacity of 10 KLD has been proposed in AMC. “We are making efforts to connect every house – about 70–80,000 with proper sewerage systems,” said Gajendra Singh Ralawata, Deputy Commissioner (Development), Ajmer Municipal Corporation.
Online Payment Solutions: Ajmer Nagar Nigam has become the first Urban Local Body (ULB) in Rajasthan to start the online payment of taxes. Under this initiative, the
Under the convergence project, a major parking is coming up in Naya Bazar – just behind the municipal corporation, says Himanshu Gupta, Commissioner, Ajmer Municipal Corporation, and Chief Executive Officer, Ajmer Smart City Limited (ASCL). “It is heart of the city and very congested area. This parking will be able to accommodate about 800 vehicles. Further, railway department is developing a parking in Topdara area. So, these are two big ticket projects. Besides, Municipal Corporation has marked several places within the city which will be developed as parking areas.”
Gas Based Power Generation Plant in Khanpura Power Generation Plant has been installed at Khanpura in Ajmer to generate power from gases. The project was taken up by Government of Rajasthan under the Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project.
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Smart Raj Project: To improve the service delivery mechanism, enhance transparency in governance and provide better information management for all the Urban Local Bodies in Rajasthan, this project has been adopted by various cities in Rajasthan. Under the project, state-level dedicated call centres are established at Jaipur for effective public redressal. This project will facilitate all major services like tax collections, building permissions, licenses, birth and death registrations, payments, auctions, vehicle tracking etc. GIS based property level mapping of all towns is also being done under this project.
Swachh Bharat Mission: Ajmer Municipal Corporation has launched door-to-door collection of waste with the help of sweepers in different wards. A total of 190 public/ community toilets with 1,900 seats have been completed. Besides, door-to-door collection of waste has been started since 2010.
“We have 60 wards in the city. In ever ward, two waste collections vehicles are deployed. In order to spread the awareness, we have recorded a special song on Swachh Bharat Mission which is played on all 120 waste collections vehicles. About 80 per cent people have stopped throwing their domestic waste on the roads,” said Dharmendra Gehlot, Mayor of Ajmer.
Pilgrimage Hub The Ministry of Tourism has launched National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) to beautify and improve the amenities and infrastructure at pilgrimage centres. A Mission Directorate has been established to implement the PRASAD scheme in 12 cities namely Ajmer, Amritsar, Amravati, Dwarka, Gaya, Kedarnath, Kamakhya, kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi and Velankanni.
HRIDAY The National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) has been launched by the Government of India with a focus on holistic development of heritage cities. The scheme aims to preserve and revitalise the heritage cities to reflect the city’s unique character by encouraging aesthetically appealing, accessible, informative and secure environment. Ajmer is one of the cities out of the 12 cities being developed under this mission. “I wish we use the fund in the best possible manner and keeping the requirement of the citizens in mind, we ensure all-round development. Ana Sagar Lake riverfront
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development, sewage treatment, cleanliness, integrated traffic management system, etc are some of the major projects which will be significant certainly,” said Shiv Shankar Heda, Chairman, Ajmer Development Authority.
Following projects are being taken up under HRIDAY in Ajmer: l Solid Waste Management:
Installation of waste bins in commercial stretch, residential neighbourhood, in the stretch from Delhi gate to Soniji ki Nasiya. l Storm Water Drainage: Drains in residential areas to be covered and existing drains to be repaired whenever broken. l Community and Public Toilets: Restoration/ extension of existing toilet and rehabilitation of street urinals. l Street furniture: Installation of benches and planters in commercials stretches.
The Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) The Government of Rajasthan has selected 35 project areas covering 185 towns with an approved project cost of Rs 1,303.22 crore and Rs 781.93 crore as a grant from the Government of India. Ajmer is one of the cities where 20 roads have been selected under this scheme for underground cabling of 20 stretches of roads.
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‘AJMER Being Developed as Key TOURISM CENTRE’
Shrichand Kriplani
Minister for Local Self Government and Urban Development & Housing, Government of Rajasthan
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Promoting tourism in Ajmer is high on the Rajasthan government’s agenda. Jaipur road precinct upgradation, auditorium at Soochna Kendra, public conveniences, pedestrian friendly walkways, to connecting Dargah area to railway station through sky walks, etc include the ongoing key projects, says Shrichand Kriplani, Minister for Local Self Government and Urban Development & Housing, Government of Rajasthan, in an interview with Harshal Desai and Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).
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Smart City Mission is the most talked about initiative of the Government of India. What are your views on this? Under the leadership of Hon’ble Chief minister Vasundhara Raje, the Government of Rajasthan has been making every possible effort to ensure effective implementation of Smart City projects. In all the four cities i.e., Ajmer, Udaipur, Jaipur and Kota, a huge number of projects worth crores have been already implemented. It should be noted that it takes time to implement projects. The Government is not leaving any stone unturned to make the cities of Rajasthan safer, cleaner, affordable and liveable. Be it e-governance project, LED-based street
light project, our effort is to make the urban areas Open Defecation Free (ODF), installation of CCTVs in cities, Air Quality Monitoring Systems, Rejuvenation of Rajasthan School of Arts, initiatives such as Smart Classrooms, Smart Toilets, Rehabilitation of Bawaris, Waste to Energy (there are hundreds of more such initiatives), and other crucial schemes, we are committed to implement them all with complete success ratio in all the four cities.
Please share your views on the planned development activities for the city of Ajmer? Ajmer is not only one of the four smart cities to be developed in Rajasthan, but it is also one of the 12 HRIDAY cities
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announced by the Central Government. Ajmer Smart City Limited has been allotted funds from both Smart Cities Mission and HRIDAY. Further, there are some schemes which are funded under AMRUT mission as well. All the development activities have been segregated under various divisions by Ajmer Smart City Ltd and the SPV is working on to implement these activities in the best possible manner. Promoting tourism in Ajmer is high on our agenda. Jaipur road precinct upgradation, cultural Park, street painting and heritage, auditorium at Soochna Kendra, tourist information centre at public places, kiosks, public conveniences, pedestrian friendly walkways to connecting Dargah area to railway station through sky walks, etc are some of the key projects we are working on. Further, Anasagar promenades development which includes lake restoration and lake front development work is one of the major projects under the Smart Cities Mission. Besides, the fund has been allocated to implement projects like Green Ajmer, integrated infrastructure improvement which includes projects for streamlining water supply, sewage treatment, sanitation, power distribution, rain water harvesting and solar power generation.
Isn’t transportation another crucial element that needs to be improved? Indeed. It is. We are working on strengthening our infrastructure for better transportation within the Ajmer city. In Ajmer, there are provisions for Development of Bus Q Shelters and Bus Stop Sign Board. New Mini Buses for E-buses, IT System on Buses, Multilevel modern centralised bus stand, Multi-level Car Parking - 2 locations and Open Car Parking at three locations, etc are some of the major activities which will be materialised soon.
The 11 projects for which Prime Minister performed the Bhoomi Poojan last year include 4-Laning of Bar-Bilara-Jodhpur section of NH-112 at Rs 1,249 Crores, 6-Laning of Kishangarh-Gulabpura section of NH-79A and 79 - Rs 1,184 crores, 6-Laning of Gulabpura-end of Chittorgarh section of NH-79 - Rs. 1378 Crores, 6-Laning of Chittorgarh to Udaipur section of NH-76 - Rs. 1223 Crores 6-Laning of new Udaipur Bypass on NH-8 - Rs 726 crores., 6-Laning from Udaipur to Rajasthan / Gujarat Border section of NH-8 - Rs. 1616 Crores, Jaipur Ring Road - Rs 1,668 crores, 2-Lane paved shoulders section of Balotra to Sanderao (Pkg II) of NH-325 - Rs 178 crores,2-Lane paved shoulders section of Balotra to Sanderao (Pkg - III) of NH-325 - Rs 164 crores, 4-Lane CC road with safety imp. in Jhalawar city of NH-12 - Rs 80 crores, 2-Lane ROB and its approaches on NH-709 ext. near Sadulpur Railway Station Rs 24 crores. Source: PIB
What are the plans to develop other cities, especially where the sewage and water supply management need to be focussed a lot? Every city, town and village is important. As per the guidance of Hon’ble Chief Minister, the Government of Rajasthan is focussing on an all-round development of the State. Apart from the Smart City Mission, we are closely monitoring the growth of our all 29 AMRUT cities. Under AMRUT, the Rajasthan Urban Drinking Water Sewerage and Infrastructure Corporation Limited (RUDSICO), has given an order for executing a sewerage project which will have treatment facilities. This project will witness construction of more than 350 km of sewerage network with total eight sewage treatment plants of a total
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capacity of more than 24 million litres on everyday basis. These plants will use batch reactor (SBR) technology. Sewage treatment and water supply are the prime focus areas for Government of Rajasthan and we are going to spend huge amount to improve the infrastructure and services.
How the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing is gearing up to materialise the projects? We are committed to ensure all-round development of our cities – following a systematic and scientific approach. We are working to make our cities liveable. Through our various departments including Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation, Jaipur Development Authority, Rajasthan Housing Board & Town Planning, Urban Improvement Trusts (UITs) and other development authorities, we are contributing to the development of the State of Rajasthan.
Last year, the Central Government inaugurated projects worth Rs 15,000 crores. What is its significance for Rajasthan? Infrastructure is the most necessary component for the development, and we are fortunate that under the leadership of Honourable Prime Minster of India Shri Narendra Modi and Honourable Chief Minister of Rajasthan Smt Vasundhara Raje, Rajasthan is actually witnessing the growth. I believe these projects will play a vital role in boosting the sustainable economic growth in the State. These 12 national highways projects, as rightly mentioned by our Honourable Prime Minster and Honourable Chief Minster, will be gateways to progress. The Government of Rajasthan is working hard to fulfil its promises. We are glad to state that we have already made substantial growth ensuring development of our cities and communities.
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Imparting Education via Digital Innovations in Rajasthan The Government of Rajasthan has started four different portals to help school students, which has also helped the Government to introduce digital innovations in schools, says Vasudev Devnani, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Primary and Secondary Education, Government of Rajasthan, in conversation with Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN). Vasudev Devnani
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What special initiatives have you undertaken for schools in the State? My constituency has 30 schools and every school has some smart classrooms. We are doing all the changes under 3T strategy i.e teamwork, transparency and technology. Without teachers’ participation, this strategy cannot work. Over 21,000 schools have been merged (primary, secondary), so that students don’t have to change their school after every two classes. Girls commuting five kilometers to reach
schools are being provided free bicycles. Girls, travelling more that that distance, are provided transport voucher of Rs 25 per day in advance. For students of Class I to V, an amount of Rs 10 is given as transport voucher and for students of class VIth to VIIIth it is worth Rs 15. Over 2.88 lakh primary girl students are availing this facility. We have also implemented teachersstaff pattern so that even distribution of the staff can be done even for schools in the hinterland. To fill the vacant posts in schools, we have admitted 87,000
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teachers across the State. 21,000 more such teachers will be given jobs this year. We have also announced another 77,000 teaching jobs. I am pretty sure that after all these appointments, all the teacher vacancies will be fulfilled in the State and there will be no teachers’ shortage.
What ICT innovations have you introduced in the State’s education system? There are two portals for the staff and the students-Shala Darshan (for primary schools) and Shala Darpan (secondary schools). Details of all the 4.75 lakh Government teachers are on these portals, it also has information about the students studying in the Government schools. We are also authenticating the Aadhaar number of the students and teachers. We have created the third portal for the private schools which has information of the staff working in the Government schools. For students, we have created an e-gyan portal. Books from Class I till Class XII are there. We are creating a studio in Jaipur through which over 2,000 schools will benefit. We have increased teaching time by 1.25 hours and now Rajasthan Government schools are functional for 6.25 hours. We have also started an attendance system whereby after the class attendance, students pictures and attendance is sent to their parents on whatsapp. This will ensure accountability. We have gained parents’ trust, resulting in enrolment of 14 lakh more students to Government schools. Our board results have increased by 17 per cent in the last three years.
What is the idea behind the Vivekananda Model schools started across the State? We have started Vivekananda Model schools in association with the Government of India. They are English medium CBSE affiliated schools. So the
villagers, unable to pay hefty fees of private schools, can also send their children to these schools that are no less than any private schools. This year we are going to organise four parent- teacher meetings in every Government school. Of these four, one is mothers-teachers meet. Due to our efforts, over 38 lakh parents have attended these meetings. We have started Board examinations in Class V and VIII so that students and teachers remain serious about the education system throughout the school life.
How do you ensure quality of mid-day meals in Government schools? Twice a year, our officials go for education and mid-day meals inspection to far-flung schools of the State. We have also started providing milk to students thrice a week. Mid-day meals are also provided to poor students even on holidays.
How do you ensure quality of education in schools? We give a proper brief to the parents as to what a student should know in a particular class and they can check whether their wards know that much or not. Also, we have started the monitoring of the teachers as to what kind of result are they giving.
What is the new posting method of the teachers you have introduced in the State? Earlier postings of the teachers were decided politically. Now that system has been abolished and a Council has been introduced whereby differently-abled teachers are given preference. After that widows, divorced, ladies and then male teachers come in the line of getting their choice of postings. It is also mandated that every student
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who has completed his/her B.Ed, has to take five weeks of training in Government school. The school will be allotted to them through an online system. Girls will be given preference in allotting schools on road so that they can reach their easily.
Please give us a brief about the Smart classes initiative of the Rajasthan Government? Every school has to have smart classes. It is now compulsory for every Government school in Rajasthan to have at least one computer lab. Till now, only 7,000 schools had computer labs. This year, we are going to establish 5,000 new ICT labs in Government schools. We are also ensuring that every such school has at least one smart class. As per my meeting with Ajmer administration, every school there will have at least one smart classroom to be made by Smart Council. We have also made one 42 hours special IT course designed especially to impart ICT training to teachers. More than 1.6 lakh teachers have been trained through this programme.
How Government of Rajasthan is emphasising on other aspects of education in schools? We have introduced yoga and meditation in our schools. Till Class 5th, we have changed the curriculum to more specific of Rajasthan and India rather than teaching them of the world politics. From Class 7th till Class 8th , 50 per cent curriculum will focus on Rajasthan and other 50 per cent on India. From Class 9th, we will teach about the world. We have also started Matra-Pitra Pooja (parents worship) on 14th February every year. We are also building Bharat Darshan Gallery in every school, so that students can understand why their country is great. We are the first State in the country to have constructed separate toilets for girls in every Government school. Every month, there is a Cleanliness Day in the schools and all the students participate in it.
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WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
Empowering Women Through Holistic Schemes The Rajasthan Government’s Department of Women and Child Development has spread awareness on maintaining children’s good health by reaching out to mothers and explaining them the benefits of a healthy diet, says Anita Bhadel, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women and Child Development, Government of Rajasthan, in conversation with Harshal Desai and Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women and Child Development, Government of Rajasthan
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What initiatives have been undertaken by your department for women and children? Economic and social status of women in Rajasthan is a great concern for the Government of Rajasthan. We have made sincere efforts to improve the status of women with the commencement of several initiatives. To improve the economic status, the State Government has started a number of training programmes for women so that they can also earn their livelihood respectfully. Whatever work the women of weaker section of the society are involved in, the government has made efforts to provide them commercial training so that they can make the most of their existing trades and businesses. Further, we have also Amrita Haat Bazaar so that the women who are involved in small home business can sell their products at good rates and earn decent profits. The products which are prepared or manufactured by the rural women in villages are also liked by people across the country. We have also made arrangements to train such women at Amrita Haat Bazaar and update them on other schemes pertaining to subsidized loan, medical facilities, etc which they can avail. Similarly, we have sincerely worked towards improving the life standards of our children in Rajasthan. We have spread awareness on maintaining good health of children by reaching out to mothers and explaining them the benefits of a healthy diet. We have made arrangements for proper training at Anganwadi Centres for the mothers. There are few activities which are being run by our department to eliminate the issue of malnutrition. We have developed our Anganwadi Centres as full-fledged primary schools. Besides, we have also launched Nandaghar Yojana. This scheme is aimed at utilising community cooperation in modernising Anganwadi
Centres. NGOs and Corporates have been invited to adopt these centres.
Have you taken any initiatives to increase enrolments in Anganwadi Centres?
Magistrates. Free education, free cycles and proper toilets for girls are some of the activities which have been crucial to make people aware about the importance of education for girls.
What is your vision for Ajmer? Yes. In order to attract the students, we have organised dedicated programme called – “Praveshoutsav” to invite parents to enrol their children at Anganwadi. We also did counselling of parents who are not so willing to get their children admitted in schools. The toy bank scheme which was launched by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan has also helped the department to attract new admissions to Anganwadi Centres.
How are you promoting Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana? Our work under Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana has been appreciated by the Government of India. Jhunjhunu and Sikar districts have been awarded for the promotion of this Yojana. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan, through Rajshree Schemes, has formed committees at district level under the supervision of District Collectors and
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We are grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for initiating Smart Cities Mission. Ajmer is one of the four Smart Cities of Rajasthan. It is also one of the HRIDAY and AMRUT cities. I hope Ajmer will soon see tremendous development all around. From MLA fund, we are also contributing to the development of thecity. I request the people of Ajmer to participate in the development activities with a positive approach.
What is your message to the women of Rajasthan? Women in Rajasthan and anywhere in the world are strong and have capability to keep pace with men. They need to have full confidence on themselves and excel in whatever they do. The time is changing and women should make the most of this changing scenario and live respectful lives.
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‘Holistic Development of Ajmer on the Cards’ We want to establish a spiritual hub in Pushkar by building several places for pilgrims to stay on affordable rates. We want people to spend quality time in Pushkar and Ajmer, says Shiv Shanker Heda, Minister of State and Chairman, Ajmer Development Authority, in conversation with Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN). What is the idea behind establishing Ajmer Development Authority (ADA) and the major work being undertaken?
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Minister of State and Chairman Ajmer Development Authority
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Sustainable development of Ajmer is the sole motto of Ajmer Development Authority (ADA). In order to ensure planned and systematic growth and development of Ajmer, the Government of Rajasthan formed ADA in 2013. I assumed the charge as Chairman at ADA in 2016, and since then I ensured the institution play a crucial role in the all-round development of the city. Development of Roads was one of our prime agendas. We have already started work on Ajmer-Jaipur road and making it 6-lane road from 4-lane road. Work on Janana Hospital road has also been started making it 4–lane road. Besides we are also working on connecting Ajmer with Pushkar through a tunnel reducing the travelling time to about 10 minutes. We, at ADA, have been able to work with a vision. We are trying our best to march toward our goals and start the planned projects. Be it parks, funeral parlour, or other public places, we are working on their renovation and development.
What are the other works that have been started by ADA?
We had started a 13 MLD STP plant which was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Further, in association with Rajasthan Electronics and Instrument Limited, we had started an 84 kilowatt solar power plant at ADA rooftop. In an innovative effort, we renovated ‘Nachan Bawri’ and mechanised storage of water flowing from nearby areas. Water ATMs have been installed at various places. Besides, Booda Pushkar Sarovar renovation, Khoda Ganesh Road construction, etc are some of the other projects we are working on.
Kindly brief us on the activities being organised to boost tourism in Ajmer and Pushkar? The first project was the construction and installation of the statue of Maharana Pratap. We already had a beautiful statue of Prithviraj Chauhan. Both these kings had been associated with this city in the past, and it was quite apt to develop these places to attract the tourist. We have also announced in our budget to construct another statue of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati and also planning to build a museum along Jaipur-Ajmer road which will allow tourists to understand the life of great Maharshi. Ajmer is a great tourist attraction – we have Ajmer Sharif Dargah in the city and the only temple of
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Lord Brahma in Pushkar – and places like this will certainly help us boost tourism. We also want to establish a spiritual hub in Pushkar by building several places for pilgrims to ensure an affordable stay. We want people to spend quality times in Pushkar and Ajmer. We are also in the process of exploring possibility to invite all the states from the country to Pushkar and build their guest houses. It will tremendously increase the footfall increasing the economy of Ajmer City. We are also planning to build an International Level Stadium in south part of the City. A detailed project report will be submitted by the consultant. This project will be developed on PPP mode. We will invite the bidders through online bidding process. We had already constructed two tennis courts at the cost of 40 lakhs. Besides, we are also planning to develop an Ajmer Swad -a place where people can relax and relish variety of dishes. We are also planning to build a convention centre in Maharana Pratap area.
What plans do have you to manage traffic problem near railway station? We face the issue of congestion at many places within the city – especially near the railway station. We have prepared a feasibility report on developing a parallel road along Pal Beesla. This parallel road will be significant to ease traffic near railways station. Railway has already made another entry point at Topdara area. The parallel road will connect to the additional entry point at railway station. I strongly feel that once this project is completed, it will be a boon to the citizen of the city.
What about better housing schemes? There were few schemes which –
Maharana Pratap Smarak
“Ana Sagar Lake riverfront development, sewage treatment, cleanliness, integrated traffic management system, etc are some of the major projects which will be significant certainly.”
Nagar. This scheme will also earn significant revenue for ADA which will be used for other work within the city.
What are the challenges you face while implementing different projects? There are all sorts of issues – emotional, religious and legal. But, we at ADA try our best to remove such hurdles without hurting the citizens of the city. I have been fortunate to receive support of my colleagues.
What is your opinion on Smart Cities Mission?
unfortunately – could not be materialised due to some issues. We are trying to start those housing schemes. In my tenure, we have restarted the housing schemes at Panchsheel Nagar. There are about 215 residential plots in this schemes which were allotted on lottery basis. In 2017 end, we had inaugurated a housing scheme in Vijay Raje Scindia
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Ajmer is not only among the selected Smart Cities but also one of the 12 HRIDAY cities. I wish we use the fund in the best possible manner and keeping the requirement of the citizens in mind, we ensure all-round development. Ana Sagar Lake riverfront development, sewage treatment, cleanliness, integrated traffic management system, etc are some of the major projects which will be significant certainly.
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Traffic Congestion Set to Ease in Ajmer: Mayor Dharmendra Gehlot We are working on elevated road which is one of the most ambitious projects. It will have tremendous impact on easing the traffic within the city, says Dharmendra Gehlot, Mayor of Ajmer, in conversation with Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).
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also been ordered. The pathway along the lake has been developed. Ajmer is well on track to meet the expectations of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
How are you handling the issue of sewerage? Sewerage lines in Ajmer were already laid about 10 – 12 years back; however, the connections were pending. Now in association with Ajmer Smart City Limited, we are working on connecting every house with these lines. Earlier, the company who laid the pipelines was not assigned the task of connecting houses with sewerage. We are now again hiring an agency to monitor the situation and making it compulsory for people to connect their sewerage outlets with the main pipelines.
Dharmendra Gehlot Mayor of Ajmer
widened several roads within the city making them more spacious. Especially, the road from Love Kush Gardens to Foy Sagar Lake - which used to see traffics jams - has been widened. We are now planning to widen road at Fawara Circle by covering an open Nullah. Further, we have marked vending and non-vending zones and removing all unauthorised vendors from locations which see traffic jams – including roads near railway stations. Encroachment is one of most disturbing issue. We are making efforts to ensure the traffic is not impinged by people everywhere and anywhere. There are few parking places coming up in Ajmer which will improve the traffic issues in near future. As we know, we are also working on elevated road which one of the most ambitious project and it will
How Ajmer Municipal Corporation has contributed to the cause of Swachh Bharat? The first and foremost thing that we have done in Ajmer is door-to-door collection of waste. We have 60 wards in the city and in ever ward two waste collections vehicles are deployed. In order to spread the awareness, we have recorded a special song on Swachh Bharat Mission which is played on all 120 waste collections vehicles. About 80 per cent people have stopped throwing their domestic waste on the roads. Besides, we have made arrangement to clean all the roads within the limit of Ajmer Municipal Corporation. We have also ensured that the open spaces and gardens have been strictly prohibited from being used as dumping yards. We have also hired people to maintain our gardens. We have also started the beautification work around the Ana Sagar Lake. A deweeding machine has
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We have also installed underground dust bins across the city which has helped us collect the waste at one place. These bins are designed in such a manner that they don’t pollute the air quality around them.
Ajmer needs widening of road to decongest the traffic? Please elaborate. It is true. We have taken several initiatives in this direction. We have
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have tremendous impact on easing the traffic within the city.
Would you like to give any message to the citizen of Ajmer? I will appreciate that people of Ajmer support the corporation in its endeavour. We assure them that we will try our best to serve them in the best possible manner. We have already started several projects, and will continue to bring good initiatives.
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POLICYMAKER’S PERSPECTIVE
Rajasthan Pioneering the Smart Cities Mission The concept of developing Smart Cities is not a short-term goal but long-term plan involving a detailed planning for ensuring the cities are cleaner, safer, and affordable believes Dr Manjit Singh, Additional Chief Secretary – Local Self Government & State Mission Director – Smart City Mission and AMRUT, Government of Rajasthan, in conversation with Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).
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Addtional Chief Secretary Local Self Government State Mission Director – Smart City Mission and AMRUT Government of Rajasthan
“The Rajasthan Government is going to spend a huge amount about Rs 15,000 to 20,000 crores to improve sewage treatment and water supply projects in about 100 cities in the next four to five years.” 24
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You have been one of the key officers working for the Government of Rajasthan, with rich experience of working with several departments, how do you perceive good governance? I have been in the services for 30 years now and, fortunately, I had the opportunities to work in several departments in various capacities including Transport, Tourism, Excise, Urban Development, and others. As far as the Urban Development Department is concerned, I have been working in this sector for almost 12 to 13 years. Rajasthan is indeed a big State. The Government of India has initiated a
number of flagship programmes including the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart Cities, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Transformation (AMRUT), National Urban Livelihood Mission, etc and we are trying our best to implement these schemes in the best possible manner. We are focussing on delivering the projects on time, ensuring maximum benefits to public in the State.
Which department has been the most challenging one for you in career so far? Challenges are everywhere. One should be determined to face the challenges
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and streamline the systems. We should have that will to perform and keep the public faith intact. When I was in the Transport Department, we had introduced online ticketing system for buses. We were the second State to implement such a project. I also got a chance to work in the Excise Department and introduced online licensing process switching over to conductor system and licensing system.
How do you envision the concept of Smart City projects in the State? The concept of developing Smart Cities is not a short-term goal but long-term plan involving a detailed planning for ensuring the cities are cleaner, safer, and affordable. It also needs efforts to make cities suitable for different investments. We are glad that we are well on the track when it comes to implementation of the projects of making all the four cities of Rajasthan smarter. Soon, all the four cities will be better places to live with improved infrastructure, better housing, cleanliness, and waste management systems among other features. We are making efforts to make the best of Information Technology. The State of Rajasthan has been pioneer in LEDbased street light project. Master Plan for all ULBs is in place. Further, we are also working on e- governance projects. Besides, we are also in the process of declaring our urban areas Open Defecation Free (ODF) in next two-to-three months. Besides, the State Government is also working on making cities cleaner with proper sewage and garbage treatment mechanism. The Rajasthan Government is going to spend a huge amount about Rs 15,000 to 20,000 crores - in improving sewage treatment and water supply projects in about 100 cities in the next four-to-five years.
What are the challenges you face while implementing the projects?
We have several bodies involved in decision-making when it comes to the implementation of the projects. This has been one of the major challenges for us and it is everywhere, which many a times delays the work. But we try to ensure the synchronisation of these processes and make efforts to fasten the decisionmaking in the best possible manner.
and CCTVs in major cities. The Bike Sharing Project has been one of the most innovative projects by the Rajasthan Government. We have started this project in four smart cities and it is working fine. We believe this project will ensure easy, eco-friendly and economical transportation for the people.
How are you making the best of Information Technology?
What are your plans to improve the conditions in other cities of Rajasthan?
In collaboration with the IT department of the State, we are implementing Smart Raj Project – an e-governance project -- which allows us to have online services for every Urban Local Body through single window system. There are several modules which allow us to streamline various functions like collection of property taxes, management of assets, and collection of advertisement funds. There are various services which are online and can be subscribed by people. People can seek various permissions online and saving their time and energy.
How crucial is the public transport to make a city smarter? We are working on increasing the number of city buses enabled with GPS
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We are making efforts to make every city of Rajasthan a Smart City. In the four cities, selected under the Smart Cities Mission, the rate of implementation of project will be faster, but we are not going to ignore other cities of the State. We are focused on making these cities cleaner and greener. We will ensure that all the best practices are in place in remaining cities of the State.
What message would you like to give to young officers? I encourage young officers to work hard and keep taking new initiatives. Believe in yourself, be committed to your work and make every possible effort to deliver what you are supposed to deliver.
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LAW AND ORDER PERSPECTIVE
IMPROVING Efficiency with ICT: Malini Agarwal The IT intervention in the Ajmer Police Department has helped a lot in keeping a close watch on city’s activities; and if something is found wrong, we immediately take action, says Malini Agarwal, Inspector General of Police, Ajmer Range, Rajasthan, in a conversation with Harshal Y Desai of Elets News Network (ENN). Malini Agarwal
Brief us about the IT & eGovernance activities initiated by Ajmer Police department?
Inspector General of Police Ajmer Range, Rajasthan
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Nowadays, if you are not well-versed with the use of IT, it becomes very difficult to do policing as well. Like any other department’s setup, we have also been focusing upon the use of IT, and this is amply visible with our department encouraging registration of online FIRs. We have a very ambitious project called CCTNS (Crime Criminal Tracking Network System) in place where all FIRs, charge sheets issues related to investigation are entered online. ICT is very convenient in bringing transparency in work to harness people’s trust and be able be able to get required documents within a stipulated time. Our staff has also shown efficiency as far as disposal of cases is concerned. With the use of social media platforms, especially through WhatsApp etc, we communicate with the different groups at different levels for the fast dissemination of information. IT has been a helpful tool to work-out crimes, contain law and order situation, and expedite the overall police machinery. With the use of Facebook, Twitter, we get people’s feedback about how they felt about our work? How can we deliver with more improvement in our functioning? Besides, patrol vehicles have been
equipped with GPS to keep a tab on their movements, log the activities, and to know how efficient we have been while responding to situation/crisis calls. This in turn makes our department efficient. Likewise, we are also thinking of starting an IT-based patrol system to check locations of officials and men deputed for patrol duties and ascertain their presence on beat locations.
What are the initiatives taken by your department to train employees to make most out of the IT interventions? With the use of IT being so rampant, through internet and other platforms by people, registration of cyber crime related cases has also gone up simultaneously. This is increasing by leaps and bounds. Keeping it in mind, to make our officials well-versed and well-equipped with technology while dealing cyber crime issues, we train them at the police headquarters and training academy as well as at national level by sending them to renowned institutes with expertise to deal in this area. They are taught about various issues related to cyber crime, for instance, how to track cyber crime related cases; how to deal with technical equipments; and usage of technology to decipher cases thus making cyber crime investigation faster and more reliable.
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Command & Control Centre is a feather in the cap of Rajasthan police. This is an ambitious project started by the Government of Rajasthan. The Chief Minister of Rajasthan Hon’ble Vasundhara Raje has taken a lot of interest and also sanctioned funds to establish command and control centers at every divisional headquarter. The CCC is the state-of-art centre equipped with video walls, multiple screens with CCTVs connectivity installed across the city to keep tab over various activities. Control Centre is put to use round-the-clock, appointing especially trained staff to log, locate calls and dispatch information - further making our system efficient as far as reaching out to the complainant or visit to the spot and informing officers is concerned. At the same time, it helps in keeping a close watch on city’s activities; and if something found doing wrong, action is taken immediately. Lok Sabha by-election was recently held here, in which we made an extensive use of our command and control centre to keep an eye on all sensitive activities. We hope to tap its full potential in the days to come.
What type of challenges the department facises in the implementation of IT at all levels? Challenges are manifold: shortage of equipments, lack of trained staff, distance, connectivity etc are some issues to name a few. But, when we compare our previous ways of policing, we are continuously improving. IT initiatives being a top-priority for the Government, when it comes to extending support in delivering our services, we have actually come far and are in a much better position, today. I am sure, as the days move ahead, we will become more efficient and well equipped. Moreover, Ajmer is soon to become a Smart City; as it is already in that category, therefore, naturally police also needs to become smart. I am hopeful that this will not be neglected. IT in the police department is
one of the main constituents to effectively avail benefits to the citizens.
detects the congestion of traffic, is also in the pipeline.
Which are the other areas where IT can be effectively used further?
How effectively is your department involved in citizen engagement?
As our command and control centre is becoming more efficient with each passing days, what we need at the moment is the installation of the state-ofthe art CCTV cameras across the city and even at the outskirts to keep tab of any accidents, incidents, law and orders situations, crime. Officials in the control room are also able to immediately guess the gravity of the situation and communicate accordingly. Likewise, at every divisional headquarter, where we can work-out cases related to cyber crime, we have placed smart units and all necessary equipments to deal with it. Similarly for any city, traffic is one of the most important things. As far as traffic of Ajmer is concerned, we can have IT-enabled signaling system to be able to control the movement of vehicles and address violations, if any, committed by the commuters. At the same time, just by simply looking at the screens, we can communicate with the staff on the field to ensure smooth traffic flow. When commuters know that they are under surveillance, naturally they will tend to follow and abide by the traffic rules, and the same applies to the road encroachments which cause a lot of inconvenience to public. We can also start e-challan to save time. We are also thinking of using body cameras which will be worn by the policemen, so they are at least able to record first hand information about any incident. These cameras will give us an accurate picture as to what really happened? Who all and how many were involved? We are also thinking to introduce helmets with cameras which can have firsthand evidence of any untoward law and order situation when worn by policemen. Installation of smart signaling system, which automatically
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We are all civilian police because we are there to work with the people and for the people. Rajasthan police has done a lot in this area. We believe in the concept of community policing. We even have layers of Community Liaison Groups (CLGs) at every police station as well as district level where we interact with people informing them about our agendas, visions and also in return take their feedbacks to know how they feel about our services, and what best could be done. Here too, technology plays an important role because we are all connected. People can communicate with us on various social media forums of the department. When communication with people is made in that manner, eventually the reach will also expand. Importantly, we are open to criticisms as its helps in improvement in the system. But sometimes, due to paucity of resources and shortage of staff, we are not able to deliver our services as per their expectations, but then we take their criticisms in a very positive stride because people are reaching to us; and when they appreciate our work, it further boosts our morale.
How does the department ensure law and order security during occasions like Urs fair? Firstly during such a large congregations like Urs and Pushkar Fair, a complete monitoring of the system is required. We had deployed a good number of officials and men. Besides installation of CCTV cameras for surveilance, technology is being used in every sphere to keep tab of the deployed personnel and also monitor the status of attendance, which is all done through the software called ‘Badobast’. This software also helps in identifying deployed officials and issue of passes.
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Changing Urban Landscape of Ajmer Under the Special Purpose Vehicle of Ajmer-Ajmer Smart City Limited, major developmental programmes are underway to revive the Anasagar Lake to its old glory, says Gaurav Goyal, Collector and District Magistrate, Ajmer, and Chief Executive Officer, Ajmer Smart City Limited, in conversation with Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN). Gaurav Goyal
Collector and District Magistrate, Ajmer, and Chief Executive Officer, Ajmer Smart City Limited
“Open Air Gymnasiums are being set up in seven parks so that they not only improve the environment of the city but also help in generating awareness among the people who are health conscious and want to do morning walks and other physical activities.” 28
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You have introduced a lot of innovations as Collector and District Magistrate of Ajmer. How has been the experience so far and what plans do you have in near future? Ajmer is a unique city with a rich history and heritage. It has Khwaja Sahab Dargah and Teerth Raj Pushkar. Both are pilgrimage destinations, barely half-an-hour away from each other. Tourists arrive here from across the globe. Ajmer is endowed with a beautiful lake-Anasagar lake-in the heart of the city and hills on the fringe of the city, which makes the city more beautiful. All beautifications and developmental plans of Ajmer are around the Anasagar Lake because it is
a big lake with a perimeter of around 8.8 kms in the heart of the city. Earlier, it was treated as a bane in the city, it was stinking and waste water was being dumped into the lake. The local administration put up iron fencing to discourage people from throwing garbage in the lake. But still the lake was getting dirtier each day. We made a plan for the lake’s development on a full scale.
Please give us a brief of the development plan of the Anasagar lake. A Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) was planned and sewers were also constructed but connections could not happen. We started this STP on the
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banks of Anasagar Lake and launched a drive for sewer connections. This led to the improvement in the quality of the sewerage water. Today, seven million litre water is being processed in the treatment plant and the water is going in the lake after processing. We applied convergence techniques, various schemes, organised local funds for starting developmental works in Anasagar Lake. We started the project as a pilot on 4,500 metres stretch of Anna Chowpatty opposite Regional College. It was appreciated by everyone. People gave feedback that they had never imagined that this lake could become so beautiful. Inspired from that when Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje visited here on 15th August, 2016, she appreciated the 400 metre patch and suggested us to take this project further. We took some funds from Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY), some from Smart City, some from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the companies and through all these funds, we have started the construction of promenade around Anasagar Lake. KPMG is helping us in this construction along with the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and parallel works are also going around. We have also taken up two big stretches for beautification of routes. One is from the Naya Bazaar area and the second one is under Station Road.
What beautification projects are being undertaken by the corporation? Under HRIDAY scheme, facade development and heritage conservation work are in full swing. Almost 70 per cent work has been done. A need was felt for the Central Park in the city. Though a big park like Subhash Udyan was present, people used to avoid it because it has problems of rats, and it was an unplanned old park. So
“We started this STP on the banks of Anasagar lake and launched a drive for sewer connections. This led to the improvement in the quality of the sewerage water. Today, seven million litre of water is being processed in the treatment plant and the water is going in the lake after processing.” under HRIDAY, we planned a Central Park. 70 per cent of the work has been completed. It has a 3 kilometre continuous walkway with pathway, jogging and cycle track is being developed along with children’s park, Yoga park, etc. This will become a very big attraction in the city. Along with Subhash Udyan, we have taken up 25 parks in various parts and residential areas of the city. Open Air Gymnasiums are being set up in seven of those parks and rest of them are being developed so that they not only improve the environment of the city but also help in generating awareness among the people who are health conscious and want to do morning walks and other physical activities.
Traffic is a becoming big menace in the city. What drives have you started to decongest main areas in Ajmer?
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For a long time, there was a need to decongest the Kacheri Road and Station Road which connect south of the city with the north of the city. Institutions are located across the entire city. So, for example, you have to travel from the Government hospital to Government college, it used to take more than half-an- hour during peak time. Both these roads are congested and a demand has risen to construct an elevated road so that south and north part of the city can be well-connected. Very soon, the Rajasthan State Road Development and Construction Corporation Limited (RSRDC) will create this elevated road. It will be a four-lane road. The whole project is worth Rs 200 crore. It is beginning this month itself.
How are you engaging citizens in your projects? We have taken many initiatives which are participative in nature. We started the ‘Paint The Walls Campaign’. It was started in Soochna Kendra and became very popular. More than a km long wall has been painted by students and organisations of Ajmer.
How are you ensuring smart education to students here? We started smart classes with the help of an NGO in 200 schools of Ajmer. Earlier, mid-day meals were cooked locally. So we invited Akshaya Patra Foundation, which has been doing very good work in Jaipur and Bengalauru. With the help of them, in CSR, we have set up a very modernised kitchen. All the Government schools get food from this Akshaya Patra kitchen only. It has not only improved their food quality but also removed teachers from mid-day meal responsibility. The State Bank of India has provided equipment to 20 schools here and remaining schools, we are trying to cover through Smart Cities Mission.
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Ajmer on Road to Development Ajmer Municipal Corporation (AMC) has organised several workshops which allowed the people to convey their ideas and do value additions during the conceptualisation of the Smart City projects. Based upon their needs and expectations, the projects were developed, says Himanshu Gupta, Commissioner, Ajmer Municipal Corporation (AMC), and Additional Chief Executive Officer, Ajmer Smart City Limited (ASCL), in conversation with Kartik Sharma and Harshal Desai of Elets News Network (ENN).
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Commissioner Ajmer Municipal Corporation and Additional Chief Executive Officer Ajmer Smart City Limited (ASCL)
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What are your views about the entire concept of Smart Cities Mission? Smart Cities Mission is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious projects of the Government of India. It has given scope of positive competition among the cities. Not only the ABD (Areabased Development) area but the entire city is competing to have the maximum benefits from the objectives of the mission.
Will you apprise us of the works that have been done in Ajmer so far? The total cost of Smart City projects in Ajmer is about Rs 1,900 cores. About Rs 942 crores are from Smart Cities
Mission, and rest of the amount is to be generated from convergence and PPP (Public Private Partnership) projects. We have already planned projects worth Rs 500 crore and these are going to be started and implemented within one month. Among them, the major project is the elevated road – a much awaited and a long-standing demand of Ajmer. This project is worth about Rs 252 crore. Rajasthan State Road Development & Construction Corporation Limited (RSRDC) has been made executive agency for this project. This road will be developed on the steel structure technology used in the construction of metro lines in the country. Apart from this, about Rs 100 crore project is for water supply rejuvenation – another ambitious
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project being done by Public Health Engineering Department (PHED).
Will you please update us on the work in and around Ana Sagar Lake? There is provision for escape channel project for Ana Sagar Lake – a Rs 250 crore project. We have taken a module on pilot basis and assigned a project worth Rs 20 crores. The work has already started on the site. We are developing promenades along the Ana Sagar Lake which is situated at the centre of the city. This project is being executed under both the schemes - Smart Cities Mission and HRIDAY. Ajmer is one of the 12 HRIDAY cities in the county. Further, to clean and purify the water, we have ordered deweeding machine.
How do Ajmer Development Authority (ADA) and Ajmer Smart City Ltd (ASCL) collaborate with each other to achieve one common goal of development of Ajmer city?
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“I appreciate the support given to us by the people during our journey so far. Citizen engagement is very crucial for the success of Smart Cities Mission across the country. I hope, Ajmer Smart City Limited will continue to receive the support from Ajmarians.”
In Ajmer, Shri Gaurav Goyal, CEO of ASCL is also holding the charge of Commissioner, ADA. So, the coordination issues, which probably occur in other cities, are not here in Ajmer. Besides, he is also the Collector and District Magistrate of the city and has other departments and resources at his disposal which make the overall coordination among various departments and institutions very smooth.
appreciated by the election commissioner and both State and the Central Governments.
How is Command and Control Centre working in Ajmer?
What about the parking management within the cities?
The Command and Control Centre that was developed by Department of Information Technology (DoIT) is already in place. We are proud to say that Ajmer is the first city where the Command and Control Centre was used during elections as well. We had used the video wall for webcasting during the election. It was highly
Under the convergence project, a major parking is coming up in Naya Bazar – just behind the municipal corporation. It is heart of the city and very congested area. This parking will be able to accommodate about 800 vehicles. Further, railway department is developing a parking in Topdara area. So, these are two big ticket
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projects. Besides, Municipal Corporation has marked several places within the city which will be developed as parking areas.
How have you involved citizens of Ajmer in Smart Cities Mission? Citizens are involved since the beginning. The plans under Smart Cities Mission were developed with conscious participation of the people of Ajmer. We had organised several workshops which allowed the people to convey their ideas and do value additions during the conceptualisation. Based upon their requirements and expectations, the projects were developed. The elevated project is the outcome of active participation of people.
Rajasthan is pioneer in implementing LED lighting projects, what are your views on this? Yes. It is true. In Ajmer also we have replaced all the lights with advanced LED lights which have helped us save amount to the tune of 40 per cent.
Would you give any message to the citizens of Ajmer? Citizen Engagement is very crucial for the success of Smart Cities Mission across the country. I hope, Ajmer Smart City Limited will continue to receive the support from Ajmarians. I appreciate the support given to us by the people during our journey so far.
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Ensuring Smart Development with Citizens’ Participation Ajmer Municipal Corporation (AMC) is making efforts to connect every house with proper sewerage system. For transportation and traffic issues, with planned elevated roads, it is being addressed jointly with Ajmer Smart City Limited and Ajmer Development Authorities, says Gajendra Singh Ralawata, Deputy Commissioner (Development), AMC, Rajasthan, in conversation with Kartik Sharma and Harshal Y Desai of Elets News Network (ENN).
Gajendra Singh Ralawata Deputy Commissioner (Development) Ajmer Municipal Corporation
You have been handling development wing at Ajmer Municipal Corporation for a long time. Brief us on some of the major activities.
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I have been serving AMC for a long time since 1995 to be precise and have worked in various capacities. I have been fortunate to be part of this corporation and proudly say that everyone in this institution has always made sincere efforts to contribute towards the development of Ajmer. The corporation has always been trying to help the citizens by performing its duties in the best possible manner. Street lighting and cleanliness are the two activities we have focussed a lot and our work has been appreciated by the citizens of the city. Besides, we pay much attention to several cultural activities that are organised for different communities. We have been ensuring release of good funds to local political representatives so that they can undertake different projects in their respective region.
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What are the challenges you face? How are you addressing these issues?
“We have tried to maintain regular contact with citizens and keep seeking their advices at various occasions. We will appreciate if the citizens abide by the rules and help the corporation in executing the services.�
Like many other cities in Rajasthan, Ajmer is also an old city where roads and streets are quite narrow which cause problems to smooth transportation. Sewerage is another issue. We are making efforts to connect every house, about 70,000–80,000, with a proper sewerage system. As far as transportation and traffic issues are concerned, I hope, with planned elevated roads, it is being addressed jointly with Ajmer Smart City Limited (ASCL) and Ajmer Development Authorities (ADA). We have also constructed public toilets at various places, and also improved infrastructure at bus stops and railways stations.
Kindly elaborate on the cultural activities undertaken by you? Almost every festival is celebrated with enthusiasm, especially the Republic and Independence Days which are celebrated in Patel Stadium. Fagun Festival, which is celebrated around Holi, Nav Samvatsar, Janmashtami, Dussehra festivals are the foremost attractions. These days Urs Celebration is going on. People across the county are coming over here to offer their prayers at Ajmer Sharif Dargah.
What is your message for the citizens of the city? We have tried to maintain regular contact with citizens and keep seeking their advices at various occasions. We will appreciate if the citizens abide by the rules and help the corporation in executing the services. For example, if a citizen litter on the roads, the corporation employees can clean it once or probably twice, but constant littering is a problem. We want them to proactively ensure they connect their houses with sewerage networks. We want people to come forward and let us know what sorts of other issues they are facing.
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ART AND CULTURE
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The work to preserve and maintain the cultural and historic heritage of the city is being done at a very low cost in the most artistic and creative manner. The municipal corporation is undertaking facade lighting to highlight the architectural features of some of the heritage constructions.
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Kala-Kumbh and Rang-Lehar programmes Since Ajmer is also among the HRIDAY cities, a Kala-Kumbh was organised in which several interesting programmes like – art camp, rangoli workshop, photography, artists’ meetup, heritage walk, etc were organised. The Kala-Kumbh and Rang-Lehar programmes were aimed at reframing the relationship between communities. Very often, it is small and simple ideas that have the power to bring about massive and positive changes in our world. Ajmer Municipal Corporation began this change by asking three small questions which eventually unravelled big answers. We thought why creative abilities of artists using their brushes and paints are only harnessed on a single canvas when they could take the same tools and transform buildings, blocks and entire neighbourhood. AMC also planned to involve people living in different areas to participate. This is how AMC leveraged the art to engage community members for their own social, cultural and economic development. The process to paint different sections of the city with vivid hues and patterns by people of Ajmer themselves went way beyond the usual neighbourhood beautification drive. While Rang –Lehar involved pairing artists and communities to transform the urban spaces of city walls, Kala Kumbh included a range of activities such as workshops, art camps and heritage walks. With enthusiastic participation of people, with each individual contributing his or her magical piece of individuality in the artistic fabric of the community, the result was no less then spun gold in terms of people’s local history, culture, social memories, ideas, ideologies, and stories. This is because AMC gave them a platform to contribute to the enhancement of their own neighbourhood. If we talk about the
“The corporation has already completed the beautification work of Municipal Corporation Building, Gandhi Bhawan and ‘Shahid Smarak’.” functional modality, Rang Lehar was organised in three phases which involved painting of the walls of within the city on themes on – “The Many Shades of Woman”, “Incredible India” and “Significance of Games, Fitness and Yoga”.
Facade Lighting Ajmer is one of the famous cities of Rajasthan. Surrounded by Aravalli Range, this Sufi City is a major tourist attraction among global tourists because of the Dargah of Sufi Saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti and Pushkar. The city has also been declared a Heritage City under HRIDAY scheme of Government of India. The work to preserve and maintain the cultural and historic heritage of the city is being done at a very low cost in the most artistic and creative manner. The municipal corporation is undertaking facade lighting to highlight the architectural features of some of the heritage constructions. The corporation
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has already completed the beautification work of Municipal Corporation Building, Gandhi Bhawan and “Shahid Smarak”.
Book Bank and Mobile Library Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje has inaugurated a book bank in Ajmer which is aimed at providing books to students. The main motto of the book bank is to increase the interest among students to read books of their interests. Several NGOs and institutions donated books to the bank. The centre has been established in Gandhi Bhawan and so far about 6,000 books have been donated. The initiative has been appreciated by the people of Ajmer a lot. Besides, a mobile library has also been conceptualised. This serves the students in different areas – at 21 places to be precise - and help students to prepare for several competitive exams. All the books have been provided by the support of citizen of Ajmer. This library is also stationed at various schools and colleges. In order to keep a pace with technology, Kindle – a digital device to read books have also been arranged. These books and their titles are properly stored in computer software so that it becomes easy to find them when needed. The library is open for all and the membership fee is kept minimal. One can even sit inside the mobile library and enjoy reading.
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Smart Power via Smart Technology in Rajasthan A total of 36 towns, over a populace of 15,000, have been selected to undertake smart metering exercises. Around 8,000 feeders will be installed in rural areas in next two months, says B M Bhamu, Managing Director, Ajmer Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (AVVNL) in conversation with Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).
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Managing Director Ajmer Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (AVVNL)
How is AVVNL ensuring power distribution across Rajasthan? AVVNL is covering 11 districts of Rajasthan, from Jhunjhunu to Banswada. It covers Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Nagaur, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Rajsamand, Chhittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Udaipur, Banswada and Doongarpur. I joined as Managing Director in October, 2017. The main challenges before me were how to reduce the losses though ICT interventions, to reduce the electricity theft, and reduce the accidents.
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For that, we divided all the consumers into four main categories-A, B, C and D. A category consumers have houses having air conditioners. B category consumers means people having Big Houses, C means Common Houses and D means Down Houses. We counselled the consumers of C and D category so that they don’t involve in electricity thefts. We suggested them about the use of LED lights which lowered their electricity bills as well. We also destroyed their tools/weapons through which theft was taking place. We started the weekly feeder patrolling system. The distribution, the Low
Tension (LT) line and all the consumers were covered in this patrolling. Consumers felt that their feeder was being cared for and they hence started avoiding thefts. For A category consumers, an in-house evaluation was done to check where they were misusing electricity and the particular time of the power’s misuse. We did the same for the B category consumers. When A and B category consumers were punished, C and D category consumers also got alerted. Within six months of my joining, I have reduced the losses by five per cent.
How are you creating awareness to stop the power thefts and electricity conservation? There are 3,620 panchayats in my area where we completed the awareness campaigns on ‘The Electricity Related Accidents and Misuse’. We did meetings with the commoners and tried to engage them through dialogues. We made a list of 21 points on why accidents are happening. For example, grass and paddy used to touch the high voltage electricity lines
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when being taken on tractors. This was a major cause of accidents. We educated farmers on this. We constructed boundary lines of transformers situated in the densely populated areas. It was done through Bhamashah scheme money. We named the project as ‘Protection Wall from Buhana to Banswada’ project. Through these initiatives, we were able to reduce the power-related accidents by 50 per cent. We were paying average compensation of Rs 2 lakh daily earlier which has greatly reduced due to these measures. We trained our staff in safety measures. Safety is our prime responsibility and concern now. Our Integrated Power Distribution System (IPDS) is for urban areas. We are building 33 KV sub stations. We are strengthening our systems, more transformers are being set up, etc. When I joined here, 23,000 agriculture connections were lying pending. We have paved the way for 16,000 such connections that too in tribal areas. A superintendent engineer has been posted in these areas so that tribals don’t feel any hassle in getting connections. This month, we are going to give 4,000 new connections. Our revenue realisation is over 100 per cent in major areas now.
" LED is a very big revolution which is saving energy. Every year Cumulative Aggregate Ratio is getting down due to the installation of LED lights."
What IT interventions have been done in Smart Metering? We have launched complaint centres in Rajasthan. Our toll-free number-1800180-6565-is also available for consumers. Our National Complaint Number-1912-is also functioning. We are handling these centres smartly. We have started a mobile application where consumers can see their entire data on the application. Grievances like demand for new connection, faults, etc, can be requested on this application. We have tied up with Paytm and Mobkwik to facilitate online payments. Customers can easily pay bills through this. Our Enterprise Resource Planning
Application is soon going to be live, where our entire management system will be online. We have selected 36 towns over a population of 15,000 where we will undertake smart metering exercises. Around 8,000 feeders will be installed in rural areas in next two months. In this way, we have tried to modernise and smart the Ajmer’s discom department. Our focus is currently on Nagaur district. If the losses from this district are taken care of, the total losses will be less than 15 per cent.
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Water, electricity and roads are directly related to common man’s welfare, what initiatives have you undertaken on these issues? The common man is ready to pay electricity charges, provided he gets electricity 24X7. There is a set of consumers who want to get 24X7 electricity but they don’t want to pay. Third set of consumers wants 24X7 electricity. But they don’t have capacity to pay bills. We need to change the public mindset of being reluctant to pay charges. These consumers amount to 70 per cent of the total consumers. We have given Ajmer’s power franchise to Tata Power recently. People are used to the government structure. They might take time to get adujsted to the private players in this sector. Our Government employees have become digitally smart.
What citizen initiatives are advisable to save power? The Power can be saved through proper metering. People mindset also needs to change. In agriculture segment, electricity is getting misued which needs to stop. LED is a very big revolution which is saving energy. Every year Cumulative Aggregate Ratio is getting down due to the installation of LED lights.
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DIGITAL INNOVATIONS
RPSC Goes Digital Inclusion of IT in Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) was started long time back, but in the last six years, RPSC has made innovations which have helped it stay ahead. Use of technology has helped the organisation move ahead in the right direction smoothly and in a transparent way, writes Akhilesh Mittal, Joint Director IT&C, Department of Information Technology and Communication, RPSC, Ajmer.
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Joint Director IT&C, Department of Information Technology and Communication, RPSC, Ajmer
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On Screen Marking System: On Screen Marking System (OSM) has been successfully adopted in the Rajasthan State and Subordinate Services (Combined Competitive) Examination, 2013 and Rajasthan State and Subordinate Services (Combined Competitive) Examination, 2016. In this system, descriptive type scanned answer sheets are evaluated by the experts on the computer. This system improves the quality, accuracy,
efficiency, transparency of the evaluation system. By adopting this system, RPSC was able to declare the result of the said examination in the shortest time period with several benefits. Memory - My Exam My Online Review: RPSC has developed a unique feature which is not only latest innovation in the field of online examination, but also completely
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changes the use of technology with 100 per cent transparency of online examination. After completion of online exam, candidates can view start-to-end automatic action replay of his/her exam being at home from RPSC portal using MEMORY application. The size of MEMORY application software is under 150 KB only which one needs to download. The application then verifies the credential of the applicant and allows to see the action reply which is not a video but seems like a video. The public recruitment is critical and sensitive task and MEMORY application has increased transparency in unique way for online examination. One Time Registration (OTR)/One Time Verification (OTV) system: RPSC has launched One Time Registration (OTR) for the candidate based on Aadhaar for uniqueness of the candidate. The RPSC is using the State Recruitment Portal with a concept of single sign-on. In this system, a candidate can register himself/herself one time with his profile and other required information. Aadhaar number of candidate will be made mandatory for OTR to avoid any kind of duplicity of candidate. RPSC is also planning to launch OTV of the documents integrating with e-vault facility of the Rajasthan Government. This system will save the time of candidates and the Commission. By integrating documents to e-vault, the OTV can also be achieved. The documents integrated with the e-vault facility of the Rajasthan Government, will give the department the facility to verify the documents of the candidates applying online for examination. RPSC is also planning to have rule based qualification criteria matching for candidates applying for examinations by post. Answer Booklet Download: RPSC has developed an application which allows
candidate to download the descriptive answer copies for selected papers online. For this purpose, the candidate needs to first verify his/her credential on online web portal and then pay relevant fee (Rs 50 per paper has been kept by RPSC) online and then he/she can be download the copy. At present these copies are available to only those candidates who already applied under Right To Information Act for getting the answer booklets of written paper.
portal and then pay relevant fee (Rs 10 per paper has been kept by RPSC) online and then he/she can be download the response sheet. Although RPSC is providing OMR carbon copy to candidates to take away after examination but still candidates wants to know what responses has been taken in consideration by RPSC for circle marked by candidate on OMR sheet for questions.
OMR Response Download Application (OMR responses available on-line): A large number of application/request from candidates time to time being made at RPSC either through application/RTI to see the actual responses being picked up by RPSC for their examination being held off-line which is OMR based examination. Although RPSC is providing OMR carbon copy to candidate to take away after examination but still candidate wants to know what responses has been taken in consideration by RPSC for circle marked by candidate on OMR sheet for questions.
RPSC Intranet Application (For RPSC Section/Concerned Staff/Officer/ Officials): IT Cell has developed an application which runs on intranet and fully secure environment for RPSC sections, concerned staff, officers and officials or management to logged in the intranet application and generate details requested/required based on authority access provided at that level to generate the same. This will not only save the time of movement of files, but also expedite the internal system for processing of task and speed-up the delivery mechanism especially where legal/RTI and other special cases where a quick action is required.
So, RPSC has developed the OMR response application online and linked with RPSC web portal for candidate to download the descriptive response answer sheet for selected paper online for concerned examination. For this purpose, the candidate needs to first verify his/her credential on online web
Mobile App for RPSC officials: For effective and fast communication among RPSC officials, a mobile app has been developed as RPSC directory where not only RPSC official’s details are being captured and accessible but also sharing and communication has been made easy.
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INNOVATION FOR GOVERNANCE
Empowering Citizens with ‘DISHAANK’ “DISHAANK is a mobile app which helps the citizen to see the survey number details of any spot by mere tapping a screen,” says Munish Moudgil, Commissioner, Survey Settlement & Land Records, Revenue Department, Government of Karnataka, in an Exclusive Interview with Souvik Goswami of Elets News Network (ENN). Munish Moudgil
It has Additional Director, Joint Director, Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, etc. to administratively man at the level of State, district, block/tehsils. It does the work of creation, maintenance and update of maps and connected records of land survey. In Karnataka, every land transaction that leads to sub-division of a land parcel or land survey number cannot be registered in sub-registrar unless the hissa or sub-division sketch is created and given by the survey department. Hence, lakhs of requests for land survey and hissa sketch are received from citizens.
Commissioner Survey Settlement & Land Records Revenue Department Government of Karnataka
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Give us an overview of the Land Survey, Settlement and Land Records Department, Government of Karnataka.
Further, in all encroachment removal drives and even recent natural drains and lake encroachment removal drives in Bengaluru city it came to light that the common man is cheated by unscrupulous builders and real estate persons who sell them plots created on lakes, forest lands, natural drains, government lands. But a common citizen has no way to know that the land being sold to him is illegal or does not belong to the seller.
The Survey, Settlement and Land Records (SSLR) department is part of Revenue Department of the Government of Karnataka and headed by Commissioner, SSLR. It has about 4,000 government surveyors and 2,000 licensed surveyors.
Recently ‘DISHAANK’ app has been launched by your department. This is quite an innovation when it comes to land survey. Please shed some light on this.
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Governance’. The ICT achieves that. The government and its systems should be like invisible air -- all breathe and use air but are unaware of it. The government that is like air -- invisible and supportive -- is the best form of government.
Realising that when an ordinary citizen purchases a property, he or she has no way to know if the seller is duping him. Later, when he comes to know about it, it gets too late to act. Hence, the solution to the problem lies in empowering the common citizen themselves to verify the factual position of each spot and the land that is sought to be sold to him.
What are the main challenges when it comes to reaching out to the last mile with government services?
The result is DISHAANK, which is a mobile app freely available on Google PlayStore. By downloading it, the citizen by mere tapping of a screen can see the survey number details of any spot. Therefore, using DISHAANK the citizen can avoid getting cheated. Also protects his other friends due to awareness. At the heart of DISHAANK is geo-referenced maps of every survey number, which are then put up on satellite image or Google map. So, the physical property can be seen on revenue survey maps thereby exposing which property falls under which revenue survey number. So, if anyone tries to sell to anybody a property actually existing on a lake or forest or a government land, the citizens can get informed themselves. Until now this information could only be given by the Survey Dept. following an actual spot survey and making of a report thereof. Now, the said information is available in public domain through DISHAANK.
You are known for the algorithm you made for Bhoomi land records portal. How did it all happen and how it has helped citizens? Another algorithm that I wrote is called NameMatching Algorithm. It can compare two names in any language and tell whether they are same or not. This allows us to search the same person in different databases and use the information so created. It has been
also used to find duplicates in the same database. For example, about 2 lakh potential duplicate housing beneficiaries were flagged by the algorithm. Further, the algorithm does not allow the same person to obtain benefits multiple times. Also, it was used to disburse more than Rs 2,500 crores to over 40 lakh farmers in Karnataka as crop damage compensation after ensuring deduplication. DISHAANK is a similar action to prevent cheating of innocent citizens.
How do you perceive more and more usage of ICT and innovation for good governance? The ICT works because it empowers citizen and enables them to watch their own interest. It unshackles citizen from bureaucratic red tape and procedure. It also allows senior officers and government to monitor the field work. The core of good governance is ‘Minimum Government and Maximum
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The main challenges include: (i) Archaic procedure which can be done away with. (ii) The information already available with the government is not used and a citizen is asked to submit information by collecting it from various arms of the government. We are moving towards an integrated information system about citizens where a citizen does not need information from one part of the government to submit it to another part of the government. (ii) Citizen Self-Service Method wherein the citizen selects himself and handles his own fate, is the best way to reach out to the last mile. In Karnataka, we have created caste, income, and residence certificates for the entire population. We ask the citizen to simply print his caste, income or residence certificate from his own home or any cyber cafe rather than run from one office to another. (iii) The field level reporting by field staff is still manual paper-based. We are converting it into mobile app based so that both assignment of work to field functionary is through mobile and his report is also received through mobile. This will expedite delays and also ensure correct inputs. Apart from this, we will enable citizens to submit their own reports.
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CASE STUDY
How Pune Became The Best Governed City Pune has emerged as the best governed city and most equipped to deliver urban reforms according to the 5th edition of Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) report covering 23 major cities. Pune’s success in the study is being attributed to various online initiatives undertaken by the Pune Municipal Corporation with support from ESDS’ eNlight Cloud. A special report by Elets News Network (ENN).
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SDS’ unique and patented auto-scalable cloud technology is hosting over 40+ heterogeneous IT applications of PMC that are helping in making the life of citizens better in Pune. The ASICS study mentions the same as it evaluates the fundamental ability of a city’s institutions to deliver a better quality of life over the medium and long term. The report further states that the municipal data was made available online along with the digital governance roadmap. Also effective systems were implemented to monitor data report and penalise violations. Focus was laid on improving collection efficiencies, explore technology and outsourcing solutions as well as open data standards and actionable data insights . All this could be possible due to eNlight Cloud that was working at the backend to facilitate
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PMC’s e-governance project which involved automating all departments and making more services available online. Pune’s association with ESDS began in 2013, but in 2016, Pune was listed on Union Government’s Smart Cities list, it onboarded ESDS as its Cloud Services Provider. Due to PMC’s initiative, Pune Smart City is Maharashtra’s first Smart City to go live on Cloud. To organise Pune better, PMC took the initiative of e-governance. With ESDS, Pune has gone online with several initiatives and is outsourcing technology. ESDS eNlight cloud platform serves as that backend machinery on the basis of which PMC has been able to take long-term and sortterm IT initiatives in a short span of time. PMC Care and Enterprise GIS were launched recently by PMC. Both are hosted on eNlight platform and very unique in national level. PMC care is an integrated single portal/app that connects citizen to all PMC departments.
“With ESDS, Pune has gone online with several initiatives and is outsourcing technology.”
What PMC achieved with eNlight Cloud
ESDS’ Solutions
Database Management: PMC is benefitting from a complete database and data relationship management solution along with security suites for safekeeping web apps and portals. Disaster Recovery (DR): DR replication and software backups to prevent loss of data has also been proactively added to PMC’s cloud solutions kitty.
Benefits Pune Municipal Corporation had several technological upgradation needs when it brought ESDS on-board in 2016. It is now: l Providing an open participation platform to citizens l Transforming e-governance services to mobile platform l Enabling smart/flexible working and providing citizen services anytime, anywhere l Delivering trade-friendly ecosystem to new startups, SMEs and other industries l Instituting electronic platforms to obtain permissions, licenses and No Objection Certificates through single window approach l Restructuring key business processes, reduce documentation,human touch points, turnaround time, etc.
eNlight Cloud: ESDS superior technology of eNlight Cloud has been deployed by the PMC successfully. Over 40 existing online services are also being hosted on the eNlight cloud like including all Smart City initiatives, PMC websites and related applications. As an e-governance application, scalability is a major feature for PMC which can add on resources when new applications are ready like the PMC mobile app, PMC Office Connect app and others. Managed Services: The entire eNlight solution promises a 99.9 per cent uptime promise. All the apps and sites are supported by ESDS’ sharp 24x7x365 Managed Services and are guaranteed to be running round the clock.
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On-demand availability of eNlight cloud infrastructure provide a great flexibility to PMC with highest uptime for their citizen-centric online services. Shifting of the property tax collection service online with a robust mobile app hosted on eNlight cloud has helped escalate the collection and maintain transparency. ESDS also helped PMC in fine tuning the performance of applications by deploying our application experts. eMagic is efficiently taking care of PMC’s IT asset management, device deployment, comprehensive server monitoring and network management.
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KOTA SMART CITY SUMMIT A Congregation of Policymakers and Tech Leaders
Inauguration of the summit
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ith an objective of bringing experts from Government and private companies together and to create a platform to deliberate on the best practices in Smart Cities across the country, Kota Municipal Corporation in association wth Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd, a media and technology research based company, organised a two-day Smart City Summit on 8th September, 2016. From Kota, Rohit Gupta, Collector and District Magistrate, Dr Vikram Jindal, Commissioner, Kota Municipal Corporation and Kota Smart City Limited participated in the summit. Dr Manjit Singh, Principal Secretary, Local Self Government and State Mission Director, Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT; Subir Kumar, Divisional Commissioner, Bharatpur, Rajasthan; Navin Jain, Mission Director, National Health Mission & Secretary, Family Welfare Department, Government of Rajasthan; Ashutosh A T Pednekar, Commissioner, College Education and Special Secretary, Higher Education Department; shared their views on different aspects of Smart Cities. Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Ambassador of Afghanistan to India, also participated in the Kota Smart City Summit. The conference hosted several panel discussions and industry presentations on significant elements of a Smart City project which includes Role of IoT and IoET in implementing Smart Governance in Smart Cities, Swachh Bharat Mission, Waste Management and Safe and hassle-free transportation. Smart Healthcare and Smart Education are the other two elements which will be discussed in detail at the conference. This was Elets 22nd Smart City Summit held across the country.
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Introductory Address
Welcome Address
DR VIKRAM JINDAL
ROHIT GUPTA
Commissioner, Kota Municipal Corporation and Additional CEO, Kota Smart City Limited
Collector and District Magistrate, Kota and CEO, Kota Smart City Limited
We are developing Dussehra Maidan. It is a Rs 70 crore project and we have started work on the Phase I.We are making it on the lines of Pragati Maidan in Delhi. Phase II will deal with biological park and club houses. For Phase III, we are going to sell the land and come up with residential and commercial properties.The project is going at a 33 per cent faster speed. Although the completion date of this project is June 2018, we are hopeful that by February next year, we will achieve our target. We want smart solutions for parking where solar energy will be generated on the roof of the parking. We want to develop an open theatre in the city. The cost of this project is Rs 10 crore. We want the private sector to come up with solutions for open nullahs in Kota city.
We are recreating Kota project on the lines of Action Udaipur. We started ‘Selfie with Plantation’ campaign to increase the green cover in the city. We have a smart city app where we encourage citizens to upload their selfies.The top planters were recently felicitated at the Digifest held in Kota. All the Kota citizens will get a digital health profile as well.We have set up counters at the Government hospitals where anybody can get their health records digitised.
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Industry Address VIPUL DESAI
Managing Director, Naturetech Enviro Protection Ltd. I strongly recommend to establish R&D centres and Centre of Excellence everywhere so as to develop global competence. A common facility like a community boiler and power supply system will be cost effective. We at Naturetech, are working hard to introduce state-of-the-art facilities for wastewater and sewerage like integrated sludge process called IFAS ( Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge).
Special Address SUNITA VYAS Deputy Mayor, Kota
We are honoured to be featured in Smart Cities Mission of the Government of India. Kota is already on the road to development. The city, which is known for the world-clad coaching facilities, marble industry and rice mills, will be known globally for its unique initiatives now.
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Keynote Address
Special Address
SHAIDA MOHAMMAD ABDALI
R K MEHTA
Chairman, Urban Improvement Trust, Kota & Vice Chairman, Kota Smart City Limited
Ambassador, Embassy of Afghanistan, New Delhi An MoU shared between Afghanistan and India will provide new opportunities for cooperation in the areas of health, science, technology, tourism and culture. We have proposed the collaboration of Kandhar with Mumbai, Jalalabad province of Afghanistan with Hyderabad, Hairat province with Ajmer Sharif, Assam with Helmud Province. We would love to extend such sisterly relations with Kota as well.
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Kota will defintly become accident-free zone due to five bridges on the Chambal river.There are lot of opportunities for tourism in this city. We have developed Kishore Sagar lake and also developed Seven Wonders Park where many films were also shot. We are soon going to construct ‘Beti Gaurav’ parks in the city, realising the dream of our Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje.
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Inaugural Address MAHESH VIJAY Mayor, Kota & Vice Chairman Kota Smart City Limited
We have many Smart Cities projects in the pipeline. To make them successful, we have to make every citizen smart. We would have to take smart decisions. We are trying to implement door-to-door collecton of waste in the city. We are also trying to improve the transportation in the city. We have created green belts in the city as well.
Smart Urban Development for Smart Cities Across India DR D JOHN SAMSON
Commissioner Ramagundam Municipal Corporation, Telangana Although we are not competing in the Smart Cities Mission, still we are trying to learn the processes because Ramagundam as an AMRUT city will soon be competing in the Mission. We are utilising the AMRUT funds to develop water infrastructure so that 24X7 water supply can be started in the State. We will also develop a riverfront project on the river Godavari which flows through Ramagundam.
AWDHESH SHARMA
CEO, Ujjain Smart City Limited Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh We have already started SCADA based street lighting system. We have 13 new bridges built within last four years. We have constructed permanent structures on 27 ghats along the Shipra river. It was appreciated both by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the international community. We have beautified all the entry points of the city. We have constructed a 450bed hospital in the centre of the city and it is running very efficiently.
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Industry Presentation
AMIT SHAH
PRASAD TILVE
General Manager Environmental Engineering, Sintex
Deputy General Manager Netmagic IT Services Pvt Ltd.
Netmagic plays a very important role in connectivity, cloud and data centre and all these services are on-demand paper use, flexible, secured and managed. Smart Cities do not have to invest in capex because we have already invested in it.The entire portal of ‘Mann ki Baat’ is hosted by Netmagic. Most of the big political parties portal are powered by Netmagic.
We are providing water tanks for Swachh Bharat Mission. Along with the toilets, we are giving the septic tanks and the soap kits as well. We are the only company in the country to have started the sewage treatment plant for farmhouses and bungalows starting from 1,200 litres. The reused water can be used for gardening, landscaping, toilet flushing etc. They are zero maintenance plants.
GEORGE KURUVILLA
Chairman & Managing Director, Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) In the last two years, we have won contracts of access control biometric system at 44 airports in the country. The cost of this project is Rs 110 crore. All the employees coming at the airport or all the vehicles coming or going will soon have Radio Frequency Identification tagging. For Kota, we are doing the software part of the Safe City, where we do the incident management which not only gives the camera feeds to the control centre but audio feeds of (police walkie talkies) of the incident as well and what was the social media talking about that incident. Together, all these can collate to become an intelligent information system.
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IT & eGovernance for Smart Development
Special Address
A M DESHPANDE
Technical Director and Joint Secretary, Department of IT, Government of Rajasthan Through Sampark Call Centre, people can lodge their complaints. Concerned authority have to address the problem within two hours of filing the complaint.The complaint gets transferred to concerned officer automatically.
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Special Address
DR RAJIV KUMAR JAIN
Additional Chief Medical Director Ministry of Railways, Government of India
The mCessation programme of the Government of India helps people quit smoking and manage their smoke-free status, without the help of a counsellor, doctor or hospital. The programme details are present on the Government portal www.nhp.gov.in. It also gives mobile number and geographical location of the nearest hospital in case of any emergency.
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Industry Presentation UDAYAN GANGULY DGM, CESC, Rajasthan
Smart meters help you to view your own consumption pattern.The data is available at every 15 mins. In times to come, we will convert the old meters into smart meters. They can be used as a pre-paid meter as well. The meters are self equipped with enabling software at the utilities end.
MANISH BAROT
AGM National Role Maccaferri Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Our solutions are utilised for ground improvement projects and drainage behind the retaining structures etc. We are offering various environmental friendly services for Smart City and clean environment like riverfront development, covering of nullahs, lake or pond beautification, parks or garden development, etc.
M B MATHUR
General Manager Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited In all the panchayats of Rajasthan, we have provided solar system for running IT solutions. We have started putting solar plants in all the four Smart Cities of Rajasthan. For Kota, we have submitted proposal for 600kw solar power plant for collectorate and mandi.
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Industry Presentation
GIRIJA SHANKAR
Assistant General Manager - Technical, Energy Efficiency Services Limited
We are providing the energy efficient appliances under the UJALA scheme. We are providing three such appliances, They are 9 watt bulb, 20 watt LED tubelight, third is 50 watt energy efficient fan. They are available across India including counters of distribution company, post office, Department of IT, Government of Rajasthan etc.
Industry Presentation
PRAMOD MAHESHWARI
Founder Chairman, CEO and MD, Career Point Ltd
Security has become a concern for not only Kota citizens but also the students studying here. Citizens can contribute on enhancing the security. The power of social network, crowd sourcing, and involvement of citizens in all these activities is very important.
GOLAK KUMAR SIMLI
Chief Technology Officer, Passport Seva, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India The vision of the Smart City is to provide services at the doorstep of the citizens. It is high time that smart partners are engaged in sensitive smart city programmes. Partners need to be very stable in terms of investment, technology, creating a trustworthy environment and the control has to rest with the concerned authority.
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Industry Presentation
DINESH ARORA
SIDHARTH SIHAG
Circle CEO Rajasthan, Indus Tower
Commissioner, Udaipur Municipal Corporation & CEO Udaipur Smart City Ltd.
In Kota, we can implement smart corridor which will have smart poles, public wifi hotspots, optical fibre, smart billboards, Smart City lights, surveillance cameras, environmental sensors etc. We have already installed our solutions in various Smart Cities. Our smart gazebo can be installed in traffic areas, bus stands, city public places, It is a multi-purpose system which will help in beautification, wifi, surveillance etc.
We have built a parking in the world city area, which along with the e-rickshaws that we have earlier started, is now going to be used as a platform from where we can launch NoVehicle-Zones. We have managed lot of savings in the solar energy. A budget of Rs 82 crore has been alloted to it. We have started implementing solar rooftops on all the Government buildings. We have also floated tenders for the private players to set up solar rooftops and the electricity generated through them can be purchased by the Government.
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Smart Cities: Present and the Way Forward AMIT LOHIYA
Regional Head Sales (TASC & GBG) Chief Manager ICICI Bank Limited We are creating the digital infrastructure in ‘Digital villages’. We are also providing digital literacy to the villagers.We are imparting special training to them as well. The duration of these programmes range from 15 days to 45 days. We are also giving credit linkages to them for their livelihood enhancement.
J N SHRIVASTAVA
Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Chhattisgarh On the basis of Detailed Project Report we have prepared, we can assure that by 2050 every household of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, will be provided safe drinking water 24X7.The city has surface water system. We have kept in mind the concerns of the citizens while making this scheme.
SUDESH KUMAR SUNDARANI
Commissioner Durg Municipal Corporation, Chhattisgarh Durg has started the zero waste management project. We have educated people on how they can reutilise certain portions of the garbage in their homes only. We educated temple trusts to make manure out of flower garlands and other such items. As a result, 13 temples have become Zero Waste. We coordinated with rag pickers to pick up the garbage which is collected in bags and not littered on the streets and hence, we made our markets also zero waste.
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PRASADU VARGHESE
We have provided 750 garbage vehicles to the Government of Rajasthan’s Swacch Bharat Mission which is being used for garbage collection. We have provided state-of-the-art equipments for the correct disposal of the garbage. For cleaning of the sewers, we have created suction and jetting machines so that people don’t have to go underground for their cleaning. Our Mini jetting machines can even reach small streets and lanes.
One of our project is called Digital document filing system which is used for digitisation of documents. More than 100 Government departments all over India are successfully using this software.The decision making become 100 times faster with this software.
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Mahesh Vijay, Mayor, Kota and Vice-Chairman, Kota Smart City Limited, felicitating dignitaries at the summit.
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Participants showcasing their products at the expo
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SMART SCHOOL
Probit Plus brings “innovaƟǀe” schooling to India
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