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MAGAZINE The Sun City’s Tryst with Innovative Urban
Development
It compiles ICT-related advancements
being introduced, exercised by Located in the extreme west of India, in the state of Rajasthan, Jodhpur is indeed
various government organisations via a city full of wonders. Not just is the blue panorama from the top of the city a
eGovernance module. sight to behold, but the Sun City has also progressed with time and imbibed the
urban transformation.
NEWS
Jodhpur has not only maintained its stature as a tourism hub, but has also carved
Dealing with various key developments a niche space in terms of education, research, and healthcare. The city is home to
and policy-related decisions that multiple institutes of national importance and eminence such as Indian Institute
define Indian governance style at large, of Technology (IIT), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Space
this section throws light on the most Research Organisation (ISRO), National Law University (NLU) among others.
important aspects.
To assess Jodhpur’s tryst with urban transformation, Jodhpur Development
WEBSITE Authority in association with Elets Technomedia is organising National Urban
Development Summit, Jodhpur on September 27, 2019, with the vision to promote
With a reach of sixty lakhs, the website urban development initiatives in Jodhpur and to exchange the best practices
is pushing the Digital India campaign of from other parts of the country.
the Government of India. It highlights
various dimensions of anything and This special issue of eGov magazine is dedicated to the urban development
everything related to the changing initiatives in Rajasthan with special focus on Jodhpur. The cover story narrates
trends of governance in India . the several innovations and initiatives taken by the city vis-à-vis the state to
make it more liveable and resilient and further develop the tourism aspect.
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This edition of eGov magazine also carries a host of interviews of policymakers
This segment narrates the discussions from Rajasthan such as Ghanshyam Ojha, Mayor, Jodhpur Municipal Corporation;
and deliberations of participants at the Meghraj Singh Ratnoo, Commissioner, Jodhpur Development Authority, Prafulla
occasional conferences held nationally Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Jodhpur and Gaurav Agrawal, Commissioner,
or internationally. Ajmer Development Authority. We also bring to you the special articles by
policymakers with a focus on waste management and transport sector of
CASE STUDIES Rajasthan.

It deals with in-depth detail of various From a national perspective, this magazine carries exclusive interviews of Vivek
projects being implemented in any Aggarwal, Joint Secretary (Crops & IT) and CEO-PM Kisan, Amrit Abhijat, Joint
part of the country, worth inspiring Secretary and Mission Director, Housing for All, Ministry of Housing and Urban
others in providing solutions. Affairs (MoHUA) and Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, National Mission
for Clean Ganga. To bring the state perspective, we also bring the interview of
VIDEOS Santosh Kumar Sharma, Commissioner, Kanpur Municipal Corporation & CEO,
Kanpur Smart City Limited. Last but not the least, Dr Suyash Goyal, CEO, Goyal
The youtube channel ‘EletsTv’ deals Hospital & Research Centre has shared an overall perspective of the healthcare
with live recorded versions of tech- sector of the state.
experts and key decision makers who
participate in key debates or discussion I hope the bouquet of interviews and articles in this issue of eGov will keep our
of Elets knowledge conferences. esteemed readers updated on the progress made in the fields of governance and
innovations in Rajasthan.
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CONTENTS

08 Jodhpur Embracing Innovations towards Ensuring Urban and
Tourism Development

12 AMRIT ABHIJAT 16 MEGHRAJ SINGH 18 GHANSHYAM 24 GAURAV 28 DR SUYASH 30 VIVEK

Joint Secretary and RATNOO OJHA AGRAWAL GOYAL AGGARWAL
Mission Director, Housin
for All, Ministry of Commissioner Mayor, Jodhpur Commissioner CEO, Goyal Hospital & Joint Secretary (Crops
Housing and Urban Affairs Jodhpur Development Municipal Corporation Ajmer Development Research Centre & IT) and CEO-PM
(MoHUA) Authority Authority Kisan
Government of India

FEATURES 34 PRAFULLA 38 RAJIV RANJAN 41 SANTOSH KUMAR

KUMAR MISHRA SHARMA

Commissioner of Police, Director General Commissioner, Kanpur
Jodhpur National Mission for Municipal Corporation
Clean Ganga and CEO, Kanpur Smart
City Limited

20 36

Suresh Kumar Ola Shuchi Sharma

Commissioner, Jodhpur Municipal Secretary, Higher & Technical
Corporation Education, Government of
Rajasthan



COVER STORY Jodhpur
Embracing
Innovations
towards
Ensuring Urban
and Tourism
Development

Jodhpur, the second-largest city of Rajasthan has borne a citizens, but for the tourists as well.
The primary focus areas for the
rich historic legacy and now leveraging the modern civic bodies are in the aspects
of infrastructure, commercial
amenities to experience urban transformation. The city, projects, residential design &
construction, and unauthorised
which is one of the famous tourist destinations in India, colonies. Talking about the role of
Jodhpur Development Authority,
is also innovating towards the existing and untapped vis-à-vis other development
authorities of the country, Meghraj
resources to evolve further. Popularly known as Sun City, Singh Ratnoo, Commissioner,
Jodhpur Development Authority
Jodhpur, over the years is undergoing multiple facets of says, “development authorities
have a major role to play
changes towards being a resilient and sustainable city; as they conceptualise and
implement various infrastructure,
write Kartik Sharma and Sreetama Datta of Elets News commercial projects, residential
design & construction, and
Network (ENN). slums development. Further,
implementation of master plans,
Jodhpur, the second-largest The second metropolitan city of the eco-friendly schemes, and
city of Rajasthan bears a rich state, Jodhpur is progressing towards a transport systems are some other
historic legacy and exudes rapid, yet gradual urban transformation. functions which are executed by
an aroma of royalty. For any The civic bodies of the city, Jodhpur the development authorities.”
city, the manifestation of Development Authority (JoDA) and
development lies in progressing towards Jodhpur Municipal Corporation are
development whilst maintaining its on the move to make the city more
heritage. liveable and resilient not just for the

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What makes Jodhpur different
from other cities

The walled city of Jodhpur has a
distinguishing feature, which has earned
it the nickname of Blue City. Majority of
the houses are painted blue to resist the
massive heat. The city is also popularly
known as the Sun City owing to its
exposure to the sun.

It is indeed a challenge for the civic “The walled city of buildings. Separate equipments are COVER STORY
bodies to give a facelift to a historic Jodhpur has a installed at the spots.”
city without compromising the original distinguishing feature,
virtues. However, the city authorities are which has earned it Water Management – Making
aiming to bring a holistic development the nickname of Blue Every Drop Count
towards building a smart and resilient City. Majority of the
urban ecosystem. houses are painted Being a water-scarce state, Rajasthan
blue to resist the is putting an extra foot forward
What are the focus areas of Jodhpur’s massive heat. The city towards conserving, recycling and
urban architects? Let’s find out. is also popularly reusing water. According to Ajitabh
known as the Sun City Sharma, Secretary to Chief Minister
WASTE MANAGEMENT – A owing to its exposure and Chairman, Rajasthan Renewable
MOVE TOWARDS CLEANER to the sun.” Energy Corporation Ltd, the state is
AND GREENER JODHPUR developing construction projects like
same campus which is 20 kilo meters big dams for water storage. Apart from
The vision of Jodhpur Municipal from the city and 20 MLD STP is located that, there are several schemes in the
Corporation is ‘Swachh Jodhpur, Swasth in Nandri which is 22 kilo meters from pipeline for water management and
Jodhpur, Harit Jodhpur’ or Clean the city.” drinking water scheme.
Jodhpur, Healthy Jodhpur and Green
Jodhpur. The vision of healthy Jodhpur Adding to the waste management Talking about the state’s vision on
can be realised if the other two aspects, measures taken by JMC, Ojha says, the water management policies
clean and green Jodhpur are achieved. “Jodhpur Municipal Corporation and prospects, Sharma states, “To
Talking about the plan to progress is enabling door to door garbage ensure efficient water usage, we
towards a cleaner and greener Jodhpur, collection, and separate system of have to educate people more. For
Ghanshyam Ojha, Mayor, Jodhpur collecting garbage to fertilizer at hotels, that, we have to come out with water
Municipal Corporation says, “The restaurants, hospital and multi-storied harvesting structures. We have to
Municipal Corporation of Jodhpur has think about rainwater harvesting
made the programme for the cleanliness structures in rural as well as urban
of the city by providing extra labour, areas. These are some ways through
vehicle, dumpers, loader, dustbins, etc. which we are trying to deal with the
With the help of this approach, indeed problem of water scarcity.
the city of Jodhpur will be clean.”
Ensuring Safety and Security
Suresh Kumar Ola, Commissioner, for Citizens and Tourists Alike
Jodhpur Municipal Corporation (JMC),
“At present, three Sewage Treatment In a bid to provide safety net across
Plants (STPs) are functional in Jodhpur, the residents of Jodhpur, as well as the
namely Salawas 50 MLD STP Phase
I, Salawas 50 MLD STP Phase II, and
Nandri 20 MLD STP.”

He also adds, “Both 50 MLD STP Phase
I & Phase II are located in Salawas, in

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tourists, Jodhpur Police is taking multiple Within this, anybody who puts in an uploaded online and everything would
actions such as Crime and Criminal application eventually finds its way be visible to the concerned applicant.
Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), to a file. Besides, JoDA has seeded all This would bring the highest levels of
Hotspot Analysis, Cyber Cell and Tourist the applications that are received on a transparency and accountability,” says
Police among others. single window on the FTS. So that the Agrawal.
According to Prafulla Kumar, applicants get a single-window ID and Sharing the significance of implementing
Commissioner of Police, Jodhpur, CCTNS through the website, and can track the technology in the regular functioning of
has been implemented by Jodhpur entire movement of their application. JoDA, Ratnoo, the present Commissioner
Police and it allows all the police stations Going Paperless: JoDA is endeavouring says, “IT and eGovernance can be
to access crucial criminal records and to make the entire office paperless, by leveraged to make the entire operations
information. Through the data analysis, passing a regulation indicating entry in JoDA more transparent and smooth.
it becomes easier for Police force across or circulation of papers illegal inside I strongly believe that we at JoDA must
the state to map crime and criminals. the premises. “All our files would be embrace advanced technologies to make

COVER STORY The other plans in the pipeline include everyone’s life easier. We will surely
setting up of Cybercrime Cell and keep looking for innovations which can
Tourist Police Station in Jaipur. “We have streamline the functioning of JoDA.”
roped in Hotel Associations and Guide
Associations as well. We are planning to Stating the technology initiatives
launch an information card as well which implemented by JMC, the Mayor states,
will be a handy tool for visitors to contact “To ease the services to the city of
the necessary departments and places Jodhpur, Municipal Corporation has
in the city. We are making efforts to been providing online services like birth
outreach the people visiting the Sun City and death certificate, trade license, etc.
with increased visibility,” says Kumar. The Single window system is operated by
Municipal Corporation of Jodhpur.”
Technology Deployment by Civic He also adds, “All Municipal services like
Bodies issue of lease deed, name transfer, sales
permission, Land use charge, NOC for
Technology, especially in terms of IT In a bid to provide bank loan, complaints regarding road
and ICT are deployed in a big way safety net across the lights, sewerage cleanliness, dead animal
across the civic bodies of Jodhpur, residents of Jodhpur, encroachments, etc. are done online.”
such as JoDA and JMC. Talking about as well as the tourists,
the multiple technological innovations Jodhpur Police is Implementation of Integrated
adopted by JoDA, Gaurav Agrawal, taking multiple Traffic Management System
former Commissioner of JoDA says, “IT actions such as Crime (ITMS)
and e-governance are a very important and Criminal Tracking
part of governing things well, improving Network and Systems
office management, and delivering better (CCTNS), Hotspot
services to consumers.” Analysis, Cyber Cell
File Tracking System (FTS): Within this and Tourist Police
system, all the files submitted at JoDA among others.
(metadata part) are uploaded online on
FTS and then the file movements are
recorded into it. When a file moves from
person A to person B, it is recorded in
the system and a pendency report is
generated.

Single Window Service Delivery System:
Within this single window system, seven
to eight kinds of services are offered.

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To ease the traffic congestion of the
city, the urban planners are aiming to
utilise ITMS in a big way. As the priority
for the city administrators is to ensure
a smooth flow of traffic along with the
safety of the drivers and pedestrians
alike, deploying ITMS is one of the best
solutions planned to ensure the same.

Sharing the current status of the ITMS, around nine-and-a-half kilometres in the heritage and culture of Western COVER STORY
Commissioner of Police Prafulla Kumar length. Rajasthan.
says, “We have installed CCTV camera
across the city. We are seeking the Jojari Riverfront Development Project: “As we know, there are local art, music
help of IIT Jodhpur for meaningful Development work of Jojari riverfront and handicraft abundance in and
manipulation and analysis of CCTV from Banar to Salawas is in progress. around Jodhpur. This agreement will
data. ITMS, I would say, is a significant help us promote this and generate
project. We are in the process of Fortifying Sports Infrastructure: The some jobs as well,” states Ratnoo.
sending proposals to the Government to popular sports stadiums of the city,
implement ITMS mechanisms in the city Barkatullah Khan stadium and Gaushala Like an ideal tourist destination,
as well.” stadium will get massive facelifts, as Jodhpur is not just basking in the
planned by JoDA. historic glory but is constantly
Upcoming Projects of JoDA manoeuvring towards making the
Jodhpur – Upping the Game of major attractions in and around the
The JoDA has the following projects Tourism city more tourist-friendly.
in the pipeline which are likely to be
executed in the next five years. The Blue City is topping the chart as Untapped regions of Jodhpur are
Road Networks: An elevated road from a tourism paradise with attractions being utilised to develop as tourist
Patwar circle to Akhaliya circle of about like Mehrangarh Fort, Umaid Bhawan, attractions and to ensure more
six-and-a-quarter kilometres long is on Umaid Garden, Fort Mandore, Kaylana footfalls. These include jogging and
the pipeline. According to JoDA, tender Lake and Balsamad Lake to name a cycling tracks around the Kaylana lake,
for the preparation of Detailed Project few. The abundance of historic flavour wax museum around Surpura Dam,
Report (DPR) for this is under process. across the city with forts and palaces park and musical fountain around
Apart from this, there are several other has attracted tourists across the Ganesh temple, Umaid Garden and
road construction and strengthening world. Notably, multiple movies have building an amphitheatre in Ashok
projects undertaken by JoDA. been shot across the city including Udyan to name a few.
Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight
Drain Construction: Construction of a Rises. The city administrators, as well as
drain and a 100 feet road from Saran the State Government, are optimistic
Nagar to Banar bypass. This will be that within the next five years, the
number of tourist arrivals would reach
In a bid to improve the tourist footfall in almost double the numbers with these
the Sun City, the Department of Tourism endeavours and the overall urban
of Rajasthan Government has signed transformation.
a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the UNESCO to promote

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SPOTLIGHT: HOUSING FOR ALL SPOTLIGHT: HOUSING FOR ALL

Housing for All aims to complete
construction of houses under Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) by 2022

A city cannot be treated as smart, unless its citizens are
provided with decent pucca housing at affordable cost.
Presence of slums in a city is another area of concern to
provide the city a clean image. PMAY (U) is dealing with
such issues by providing pucca houses equipped with basic
services to every eligible city dweller in both slum and
non-slum areas, says Amrit Abhijat, Joint Secretary and
Mission Director, Housing for All, Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, in this
interview with Elets News Network (ENN).

Amrit Abhijat

Joint Secretary and Mission Director,

Housing for All, Ministry of Housing and

Urban Affairs (MoHUA)

Government of India

What is the role of Housing for
All or Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojna (PMAY U) in order to have
a comprehensive development of
Cities?

“By the time the Nation completes 75 city is another area of concern to development of cities requires multi-
years of its independence in 2022, there provide the city a clean image. PMAY (U) focal approach consisting of housing as
should not be any family without is dealing with such issues by providing well as basic infrastructures. A number
owning a house for his living” is the pucca houses equipped with basic of flagship schemes have been launched
vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. services to every eligible city dweller in by Government of India such as Smart
Narendra Modi. A city, free from kutcha, both slum and non-slum areas. Sh. Cities Mission, AMRUT, SBM, HRIDAY
semi pucca and temporary dwelling Hardeep S Puri, Hon’ble Minister of for integrated development of cities,
units with provision of adequate State (I/C), Housing and Urban Affairs, recognising the contribution of cities in
housing, is integral part of holistic has been guiding and supporting us in the GDP of the country. These schemes
development of city, as it depicts the our pursuit of integrated Urban are mandated to provide basic
façade of the city. A city cannot be Transformation. Comprehensive infrastructures such as water supply,
treated as smart, unless its citizens are
provided with decent pucca housing at
affordable cost. Presence of slums in a

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drainage, SWM, roads, public transport, PMAY(U) House in Uttar Pradesh Availability of land is essential for the
electricity and application of technology success of affordable housing sector in
in management of these infrastructures “A number of flagship the country. In order to promote the
smartly. Under the leadership of Sh. schemes have been affordable housing and unleash the
Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, launched by potential of land available with the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India private sector, MoHUA has circulated
PMAY (U), while contributing towards such as Smart Cities eight PPP models under which, the
betterment of the cities, is marching Mission, AMRUT, SBM, private developer is allowed to
towards achieving the goal of “Housing HRIDAY for integrated construct houses on his own land and
for All” by 2022. development of cities, seek benefit of PMAY (U) under the
recognising the banner ofaffordable housing and avail
Give us an overview of the contribution of cities in various exemptions and concessions.
present status of the scheme, the GDP of the Presently, a total of 257 projects have
especially with respect to country. These been approved under PPP model with
Haryana in general and schemes are mandated 4.39 lakh houses in various States.
Gurugram in specific. to provide basic
infrastructures.” What are the latest technology
PMAY (U) has witnessed remarkable deployments in your
achievement over last four years since department? How are these
its launch on June 25, 2015. A total of contributing towards the
85.17 lakh houses have been execution of the project?
sanctioned by Government of India till
now under all 4 verticals of the scheme, A technology Sub-Mission under PMAY
where 51 lakh have been grounded and (U) has been set up to facilitate adoption
26.5 lakh houses are completed. As far of modern, innovative and green
as Haryana is concerned, a total of 2.64 technologies and building materials for
lakh houses has been approved where faster and quality construction of
share of AHP projects is highest with houses. Building Material and
1.8 lakh houses. A total of 38,346 Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC),
houses are grounded and about 16,000 an autonomous body under MoHUA is
houses are already completed. A total of responsible for certifying and promotion
23,715 houses have been approved for of new construction technologies in the
Gurugram and approximately 3,700 are country. As of now, 16 new construction
completed. technologies have been certified by the
agency and SoR has been released by
What is the role of Public-Private CPWD.
Partnership in the scheme?

PMAY(U) House in Odisha A Global Housing Technology
Challenge- India (GHTC-India) was
launched to identify and mainstream the
best alternate construction technologies
from across the globe for a paradigm

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shift and an enabling eco-system in the PMAY(U) Project in Gujarat developed where beneficiary can upload
construction sector. The year 2019-20 selfie and testimonial from his/her smart
was declared as “Construction of the implementation of the mission. phone. The best houses constructed by
Technology Year” by the Hon’ble Prime the beneficiaries in each State will be
Minister. Subsequently, six Light House As Ministry is committed to awarded.
Projects at six locations in the country construct more than 1 crore
will be executed for demonstrating and houses under the Mission, what What is the way forward with
delivering ready to live houses in a is the financing arrangement? respect to the HFA mission in the
shorter time, with lower cost and with coming years?
better quality in a sustainable manner. The current validated demand is 1.12
These projects will act as a live crore as per the demand assessment The focus of HFA mission in coming
laboratory for learning and replicating carried out by the States/UTs. Apart years is to ensure completion and
the best construction technology. These from the budgetary allocations, a delivery of all the houses as per the
disruptive technologies will transform National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) validated demand in States/UTs by the
the housing construction practices by has been created to mobilise Rs 60,000 year 2022. Any additional demand based
impacting the speed, scale and quality of crore as Extra-Budgetary Resources on eligibility in forthcoming years will
houses. The Potential Future (EBR) to ensure smooth flow of also be considered in the scheme.
Technologies will be provided with resources to the projects where Rs Secondly, there will be focused
Incubation and Acceleration support 28,000 crore has already been drawn. intervention in slums towards de-
through Product Development, slumming India. A detailed strategy is
Networking Opportunities and Is there any provision for being worked out by the Mission to
Marketing Support following the recognising best performance of redevelop the slums in partnership with
principle of ‘Lab to Land’. the State/UT in the Mission? State governments, community and
private developers.
What are the challenges of the The role of States/UTs and other
scheme? stakeholders needs appreciation and it’s With respect to promotion of
1. Land: Availability of encumbrance free all happening with their support and construction technology, the Light House
land for affordable housing projects in coordinated effort. The Mission has Projects will be executed and upscaling
the cities is one of the major challenges instituted PMAY (U) awards to recognise will be done. In order to mainstream
under the scheme. There is scarcity of the best performance of the State/UTs these technologies, few courses on new
Government land within the city limits. and cities in implementation of the technology are being launched in
MoHUA has developed eight PPP scheme in addition to the CLSS Award association of School of Planning and
models to unleash the potential of land for recognising the contribution and Architecture (SPA). The potential
available with private sector. Further, performance of Banks/ PLIs. Six technologies will be given incubation and
coverage of the scheme has also been categories of award will be given which accelerator support through IITs to
extended to include planning/ includes State, Municipal Corporation, further develop these technologies and
Development areas to make more land Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayat, make them market ready.
available for affordable housing. special awards and beneficiaries level
2. Slum Redevelopment: In-Situ Slum awards. A separate mobile app has been
Redevelopment (ISSR) component of the
Mission envisages redevelopment of
slums using land as a resource. Such
strategy could not get momentum due to
issues regarding land. A multi-layered
strategy is being developed by the
Ministry to deal with slum redevelopment
issue as per the size of the town.
3. Unforeseen Challenges- Natural
calamities such as earthquakes, floods
and cyclones have devastating impact
not only on communities by destruction
of infrastructure, displacements and
homelessness, but also affects the pace

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Aiming towards Holistic
Development of Sun City

The Jodhpur Development Authority (JoDA) must
embrace advanced technologies to make everyone’s life
easier. Making most of the Information Technology in the
best possible manner is of course, one of our top
priorities, says Meghraj Singh Ratnoo, Commissioner,
Jodhpur Development Authority in an exclusive
interview with Harshal Desai and Mansi Singh of Elets
News Network (ENN). In this interview, the recently
appointed Commissioner also speaks about his vision for
the Sun City on urban development while keeping the
heritage intact.

Meghraj Singh Ratnoo

Commissioner

Jodhpur Development Authority

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At the outset, we congratulate Which are other such Tourism is, of course, an important
you for the new posting. How IT and eGovernance element. The Rajasthan Government is
do you envisage the new role initiatives you plan to aiming for almost double the number of
as commissioner of Jodhpur carry in JoDA? tourist arrivals in the next five years, and
Development Authority? Jodhpur being one of the prominent
These are indeed great places, will surely contribute to this
In Rajasthan, in fact, anywhere in the initiatives. If the file accomplishment. JoDA is developing some
country, development authorities have a movement is on a computer beautification projects within the city.
major role to play as they conceptualise system and available online, it
and implement various infrastructure, becomes easy for all of us to Recently, a Memorandum of
commercial projects, residential design track the files. Not just the file Understanding has been signed
& construction, and slum development. movement, but the applications between the tourism department of
submitted to JoDA are also uploaded Rajasthan Government and UNESCO.
Further, implementation of master on the system. It also helps us keep The agreement is to promote the
plans, eco-friendly schemes, and track of applications and their status. heritage and culture of Western
transport systems are some other Rajasthan. Jodhpur is among the many
functions which are executed by the IT and eGovernance can be leveraged to cities, which are rich with culture and
development authorities. Interestingly, make the entire operations in JoDA heritage and will be promoted as a new
nowadays, housing is one more area more transparent and smooth. I strongly tourism circuit. The other cities are
where development authorities are believe that we at JoDA must embrace Barmer, Jaisalmer and Bikaner, which
focussing a lot. advanced technologies to make will be developed.
everyone’s life easier. Making most of
Some of the initiatives like online the Information Technology in the best As we know, there are local art, music
File Tracking System (FTS) possible manner is of course, one of our and handicraft abundance in and
implemented by JoDA have earned top priorities. We will surely keep around Jodhpur. This agreement will
the institution great accolades. looking for innovations which can help us promote this and generate
streamline the functioning of JoDA. some jobs as well.

How do you plan to address the What is your vision and what are
traffic issues within the city? the areas you will like to give
priorities in next one year at
As I have just joined here; I will need JoDA?
some time to evaluate the traffic
situation in the city. What I can assure We will work on making JoDA
you is that traffic movement is an operations transparent by using good
important element of any urban governance practices. Construction of
development setting, and we will take all roads and footpaths and beautification
possible measures to improve the same of Jodhpur city will also be top on our
in the city. The top priority must be priorities. Further, we will give due
ensuring the safety and security of attention to land reforms and land
people driving vehicles. JoDA is already distribution within our region.
working on the elevated road and other
road construction projects. With
combined efforts from Municipal
Corporations, Traffic Police and JoDA,
we will surely improve the overall traffic
woes in the city.

Jodhpur is also an international
tourist destination. What
will be your vision to make it
comfortable for tourist across
the world?

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LEADER’S PERSPECTIVE

Jodhpur Municipal
Corporation
Aiming to Make
the City Cleaner
and Greener

Ghanshyam Ojha Jodhpur is the only city in the state, which
has taken up the task of cleanliness on its
Mayor, Jodhpur Municipal Corporation own level by coming up with the concept
of Smart Colony-Smart Ward. The Jodhpur
government is on a full-spree of making
their city the first ever cleansed living city,
alongside abolishing the use of plastics as
well, says Ghanshyam Ojha, Mayor,
Jodhpur Municipal Corporation, in an
interview with Kartik Sharma of Elets
News Network (ENN). He also talks about
the e-governance initiatives taken by the
Jodhpur Municipal Corporation.

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As the first citizen of Jodhpur,
what is your vision for the city?

Being the first citizen of Jodhpur, my
vision is ‘Swachh Jodhpur, Swasth
Jodhpur, Harit Jodhpur’. It is a slogan
given by the Municipal Corporation and
the Municipal Corporation is using this
slogan for all correspondence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s city of Rajasthan. There are so many All Municipal services like issue of lease
vision of Swachh Bharat is institutions of National and deed, name transfer, sales permission,
going well in India. What are International level like All India Institute land use charge, No Objection
you doing towards the objective of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Arid Forest Certificate (NOC) for bank loan,
of cleanliness in the city of Research Institute (AFRI), Central Arid complaints regarding road lights,
Jodhpur? Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Indian sewerage cleanliness, dead animal
Institute of Technology (IIT), National encroachments, etc. are done online.
The Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT),
Narendra Modi had launched the National Law University (NLU), What is the Corporation doing
‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ on August 15, Mugneeram Bangur Memorial (MBM) towards health and public safety
2015 from Red Fort, New Delhi. The engineering college, medical college, in Jodhpur?
Government of India has allotted etc. Tourist places like Mandore Garden
separate budget to all local authorities and Umaid Garden are being developed Towards health and public safety, the
to clean their respective areas. Jodhpur by local authorities. Ghantaghar is one Municipal Corporation has begun
city is declared as Open Defecation Free of the biggest tourist spots and providing sanitary napkin vending
(ODF). The Swachh Bharat Mission Municipal Corporation of Jodhpur is machines to girls’ schools, fogging in all
programme is appreciated by all in the working towards keeping the heritage the Municipal wards, door to door
world. The Municipal Corporation of looks of Ghantaghar intact. Other top garbage collection, and separate
Jodhpur has made the programme for tourist destinations in the city include system of collecting garbage to
cleanliness of the city by providing extra Jodhpur Fort, Umaid Bhawan Palace, fertilizer at hotels, restaurants,
labour, vehicle, dumpers, loader, dust Jaswant Thada, Kaylana Jheel and hospitals and multi-storied buildings.
bins, etc. With the help of this approach, Balsamad Lake. Separate equipments are installed at
indeed the city of Jodhpur will be clean. the spots.
What are your initiatives to give
What are your ideas to develop the citizens easy access to the What is your message for the
Jodhpur as renowned tourist spot services of Municipal Corporation people of Jodhpur?
of global stature? of Jodhpur?
It is my humble request to the citizens
There are more possibilities to develop To ease the services to of Jodhpur to cooperate with the
Jodhpur as tourist spot of Global the city of Jodhpur, Municipal Corporation to keep the city
Stature. Jodhpur is the second largest Municipal Corporation clean by not throwing the garbage here
has been providing and there. Garbage should be given to
online services like the door to door collecting taxi or
birth and death dumped at a scheduled place. It is also
certificate, trade requested to banish the use of plastics.
license, etc. Single Pay the due tax on time for
window system is development of city. Also, plant more
operated by Municipal and more trees to keep the pollution
Corporation of Jodhpur. control in check.

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SPOTLIGHT: WASTE MANAGEMENT

Marching towards Sewage treatment is one of the
Cleaner Jodhpur key indicators of urban
with Effective development. Jodhpur, popularly
Waste Management known as the Sun City, is taking
various initiatives for sewage
treatment. Suresh Kumar Ola,
Commissioner, Jodhpur
Municipal Corporation, writes
for Elets News Network (ENN)
on the sewage treatment
processes deployed at Jodhpur.

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Jodhpur is the second largest city In order to balance the environment,
of Rajasthan and also known as there is horticulture surrounding both
the Sun City. The total the plants which also maintain
population of Jodhpur city is 13 aesthetical aspect. Students of AIIMS,
lakh whereas 80 percent of its area is IIT, engineering colleges, medical
covered under sewerage system. colleges, nursing colleges, etc.
frequently visit STP for their practical
At present, three Sewage Treatment training.
Plants (STPs) are functional in Jodhpur,
namely Salawas 50 MLD STP Phase I, Jodhpur is divided in three zones
Salawas 50 MLD STP Phase II, and namely Pal zone, Jhalamand zone and
Nandri 20 MLD STP. Punjla zone.

Both 50 MLD STP Phase I & Phase II Suresh Kumar Ola Pal zone and Jhalamand zone sewer
are located in Salawas, in same campus reaches to Salawas STP’s combine inlet
which is 20 kilo meters from the city Commissioner, Jodhpur Municipal chamber through 1600 mm box
and 20 MLD STP is located in Nandri Corporation channel. Presently, the total flow at
which is 22 kilo meters from the city. combine chamber of both plants is 65-
Fine and Coarse Mechanical Screen, 70 MLD. The treated water from the
Salawas Phase I 50 MLD STP was Grit Chamber, Primary Clarifier, STP is used for agricultural purpose and
sanctioned under RUIDP package Aeration Tank, and Secondary Clarifier. rest (if any) is discharged in to Jojari
no- UIDSSMT/JOD/W/01- Lot 2). It And the types of Sludge Treatment river. This discharge point is two
was constructed by Jodhpur Units (sludge generated during sewage kilometers from the plant. Plant design
Development Authority and completed treatment process) are Primary and is based on Central Public Health and
in September 2012 and then handed Secondary Thickener, Digesters, and Environmental Engineering
over to Municipal Corporation Jodhpur Centrifuge. Organisation (CPHEEO) manual and the
for operation and maintenance. The Government of India rules.
total project cost including five years
operation and maintenance is Rs 34.41 Water Treatment Plant Units:
crore. Inlet Chamber: Receiving chamber
where sewage form the Pal and
Salawas Phase II 50 MLD STP was
sanctioned under the Chief Minister’s Raw and Treated Sewage Designed Parameters are:
budget announcement year 2012-13.
The Plant was constructed by Parameters Raw Sewage Treated Sewage
Municipal Corporation Jodhpur and BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) 300 ppm 20 ppm
became functional from July 2018. Suspended Solid 700 ppm 200 ppm
Operation and maintenance of this COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) 600 ppm 30 ppm
plant is being carried out by Municipal pH 7.2 – 7.9 7.2 – 7.9
Corporation Jodhpur through private
vendor. Total project cost including 15 Presently, both plants are achieving Jhalamand zone collect.
years operation and maintenance is Rs parameters of treated water as per
40.41 crore. design norms. Leading Channel: Divert total flow to
each STP from Inlet Chamber.
Both sewage treatment plants are Treated sewage is being reused for
designed for an average flow of 50 agriculture purpose and generating Carse Sreen: Mechanical and Manual
Million Liter per Day (MLD) and peak revenue of Rs 40 lakh per annum for Coarse Screen.
flow of 112.5 MLD and are based on Municipal Corporation Jodhpur and Remove Floating matters: This works
Activated Sludge Process (ASP) sludge generated during treatment on timer, level sense and manual
technique. Both plants have water process is being used as manure. operation.
treatment and sludge treatment units.

The type of water treatment units are

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Fine screen: Mechanical Fine Screen
remove floating matter up to 6 mm.
This works on timer, level sense and
manual operation.

Grit Chamber: There are four Grit
Chambers. This unit removes inorganic
grit particles. This unit removes up to
10 percent SS.

Parshall flume: This unit measures
sewage flow and show value in field
display unit and this data automatically
recorded in SCADA.

Primary Clarifier: As many as two measure treated waste water flow. empty. Sludge Digester is air tight
primary clarifiers are there. Sewage from In each treatment unit, impurities structure. In digester, sludge is digested
the parshall flume enters from primary removed are collected at tank bottom by anaerobic oxidation process in
clarifier. This unit removes organic which is collected and treated absence of oxygen. In this unit sludge is
impurities of sewage by settling process separately. digested to become stable. To further
and BOD up to 35 percent. Oil and thicken this sludge it is sent to
grease are also removed in this unit. Sludge Treatment Units Centrifuge Building. Sludge consistency
of digested sludge becomes up to eight
Aeration Tank: A total of two aeration Primary Thickener: Sludge collected at percent.
tanks are there. This is the main bottom of Primary Clarifier is collected in
treatment process called ASP Activated Primary Sludge Sump and sent to Primary Centrifuge: Centrifuge Unit convert
Sludge process. This unit removes Thickener through pumps installed in digested sludge in thick sludge cake,
remaining impurities of sewage by Primary Pump House. Pump on and off this sludge is used as manure.
Aerobic Biological Oxidation Process. In and sludge withdrawal can be controlled Consistency of this sludge is 22
this process sewage is mixed with by SCADA through sludge density meter percent.
aerobic bacteria contained in return and Level Switch installed in sludge line
sludge and required oxygen is provided and sludge sump. In Primary Thickener RAS - Return Activated Sludge: Sludge
by diffuser fed by air blowers. DO Unit continuously moving scraper collected in Secondary Clarifier is
meter is installed in each aeration tank thickens sludge and its consistency collected in RAS unit. Some part of this
to find dissolved oxygen in tank. DO becomes up to seven percent. sludge is returned back to Aeration
readings is connected with SCADA Tank to provide bacteria in tank and
system which gives command to Air Secondary Sludge Thickener: Sludge at remaining sludge is sent to Secondary
Blowers to increase or decrease air the bottom of Secondary Clarifier is Thickener.
quantity in Aeration Tank to maintain collected in RAS unit from where it is
required DO level. sent to Secondary Thickener by Supernatant collected in each sludge
Submersible Excess Pumps. This unit treatment unit is sent to Primary
Secondary Clarifier: As many as two. works on same principal as Primary clarifier for further treatment.
This treated sewage from Aeration tank Thickener and its sludge consistency
is allowed to settle in secondary becomes up to four percent. Whole plant is SCADA connected. All
clarifier. Effluent of this unit has BOD instruments and machinery installed at
less than 20 ppm, COD < 100 ppm & Digesters: This thickened sludge from field can be operated by SCADA
TSS < 30 ppm. This treated water is both thickeners is collected in manually as well as in auto mode and
collected in treated sump from where it Thickened Sludge Sump and as per its their data is recorded in SCADA.
is being used for agricultural purpose density measured by sludge density
and remaining (if any) joins river Jojari. meter; it is feed to digester by pumps. PMCC, MCC panel SCADA Room: To
In sump level, switch is provided to operate plant in auto mode or from
Parshall flume and flow measuring unit control pump on and off by SCADA and control room PMCC, MCC panels and
is provided after secondary clarifier to to give alarm when sump is full or SCADA are installed.

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POLICYMAKER’S PERSPECTIVE

e-Governance and Tourism:

The two-way approach for
Jodhpur’s Development

A lot of projects have been planned for the
city, both from an infrastructural point of
view, as well as from a tourism point of view.
We plan to provide basic amenities like
affordable housing, open spaces and parks to
the city, says Gaurav Agrawal, Commissioner,
Ajmer Development Authority, in an
exclusive interview with Kartik Sharma and
Mansi Singh of Elets News Network (ENN).
(Agrawal was serving as the Commissioner of
Jodhpur Development Authority when this
interview was conducted.)

Gaurav Agrawal

Commissioner

Ajmer Development Authority

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regulation that will make entry or
circulation of papers illegal in our
office. All our files would be
uploaded online and everything
would be visible to the concerned
applicant. This would bring the
highest levels of transparency and
accountability. 

Which are the upcoming
projects of JoDA and how
are you strategising for
them?

How you are leveraging IT and “IT and A lot of projects have been
implementing e-governance e-governance are a planned for the city, both from an
in the urban development of very important part infrastructural point of view, as
Jodhpur? of governing things well as from a tourism point of
well, improving view. We plan to provide basic
IT and e-governance are a very office management, amenities like affordable housing,
important part of governing things and delivering open spaces and parks to the city. 
well, improving office management, better services to
and delivering better services to consumers. We Three of the projects have been
consumers. We have undertaken have undertaken announced by our Chief Minister
quite a few projects for improving quite a few projects in his State Budget speech. First is
our e-governance. for improving our the elevated road from Patwar
e-governance.” circle to Akhaliya circle which is
First, we started with a File Tracking about six and a quarter kilo
System (FTS). We put all the have now seeded all the applications metres long. It will ease traffic in
metadata part of the files online on that are received on a single window the already congested city.
FTS and then we record all the file on the FTS. So that the applicants
movements into it. When a file get a single-window ID and through The second project is
moves from person A to person B, it our website, they can track the entire construction of a drain and a 100
is recorded in the system and a movement of their application. That feet road from Saran Nagar to
pendency report is generated. Now saves a lot of time and money for Banar bypass. This will be around
anybody on the planet can see the them, and it pushes the system.  nine-and-a-half kilo metres in
pending status of files at Jodhpur length. The area is facing water-
Development Authority (JoDA) and Also, we are going to make our entire logging issues, a lot of which is
details of the person handling the office paperless by passing a rain-water. 
files through their mobile phones.
That creates a sort of accountability The third big project is Jojari
and transparency. riverfront development project. It
is not a perennial river but an
Second, we had this single window outlet for all the wastewater in
where we offer seven to eight kinds the city. We are going to treat
of services. Within this, anybody who that water and make it bath-able.
puts in an application eventually Then we have another drain
finds its way to a file. Besides, we coming up, it’s in the pipeline, it’s
called Bhairav-Nala. It will start
from around east Pal and will go
into the Jojari River. 

Other than that, we have taken up

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road reconstruction work in the city “In terms of tourist Another beautiful place here is
in a major way, in the city municipal friendliness, we are Surpura Dam. Until now it was
limits area, as well as other major going to develop unutilised. We are going to build a
roads. There is a long list. There some additional wax museum there, which will be
would be a lot more, I may be tourist points. It is the first of its kind in Jodhpur.
missing on some.  likely that with the
increased number Another major tourist attraction
What is the vision of JoDA of tourist now is the Ganesh Mandir where
to develop high tech urban destinations, they we have spent Rs 7.5 crore. We
infrastructure like convention will prolong their have built a beautiful park there
centres, etc in Jodhpur? stay and ultimately with a musical fountain, thereby
it will benefit uplifting the entire infrastructure.
We have planned a convention tourism in the city.”
centre in Vivek Vihar area. It was Another major work is Umaid
supposed to be built in Public What are you doing to make Udyan. Work has started there for
Private Partnership (PPP) mode but Jodhpur more citizen or the complete uplifting of the park.
unfortunately, we did not receive tourist friendly? It is in the centre of the city. We
much response after floating the are going to plant around 400
tenders. We are in the process of In terms of tourist friendliness, we different species of plant and trees
re-structuring and rationalising the are going to develop some there.  
project, after which we will re-float additional tourist points. Around
it. We are hopeful with the the Kaylana Lake, we will build a JoDA is also working on building an
increased flight connectivity, that it jogging and cycling track, so that amphitheatre in Ashok Udyan.
will be a success this time.  the tourist footfall increases there. Phase-II will be taken up pretty
soon and after that, we hope to
What are your plans towards have some nice dramatics and
sports infrastructure plays, events over there. All of
development? these things will increase the
tourist footfall here. It is likely that
Our focus is to give a facelift and with the increased number of
upgrade the Barkatullah Khan tourist destinations, they will
stadium. prolong their stay and ultimately it
will benefit tourism in the city. 
We are building a mini cricket
ground at the Gaushala stadium,
which has a very good sporting
infrastructure. We have already
built a gymnasium there. Besides,
we are renovating a swimming pool
and re-building the badminton
court. Other than that, in Ambedkar
stadium also, we have sports
development works lined up. 

Earlier in Barkatulla Khan Stadium,
rates were very high, because of
which it was not used much by the
Jodhpur citizens. Now, we have
rationalised the rates and reduced
them by around 50 percent. A
stadium is not supposed to be kept
under lock and key, but should be
used. 

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SPOTLIGHT: HEALTHCARE

Dr Suyash Goyal

CEO, Goyal Hospital & Research
Centre

LAYING a New Healthcare
Benchmark in Jodhpur

The Health Department of Rajasthan has taken a lead in improving the quality of healthcare delivery
across the state. It is observed that the health sector of Rajasthan is getting transformed and
Government of Rajasthan is taking initiatives to provide the best of healthcare infrastructure to its
citizens. The scenario is such that a handful of private players have joined hands with government to
walk them hand-in-hand in easing the problems of their localities so that the patients need not visit
any other state for treatment. In this exclusive interview with Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network
(ENN), Dr Suyash Goyal, CEO, Goyal Hospital & Research Centre shares how the hospital was a
harbinger of latest medical facilities to the city and his vision for the healthcare sector.

You have taken a lot of initiatives reputation of being the first new established the first ICU, dialysis
in the urban healthcare sector. provider of a latest technique or machine, knee replacement machine,
Please share the vision of Goyal procedure or the latest department in bypass surgery, angioplasty, etc. at
Hospital. western Rajasthan. Jodhpur is the Jodhpur. Our hospital was the first to
biggest city, situated in western re-implant a hand and foot in the entire
Our hospital was established in the year Rajasthan and we have been the first Rajasthan. We have been upgrading our
1989. Goyal Hospital has always had a pioneer since its inception. We had services every now and then.

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Kindly elaborate upon the Hand many has never been a matter of performed under government schemes
and Foot re-implanting provision concern for us as the happiness which and are free of cost to the patients
which you have made prevalent we seek at the end of such surgeries, belonging to the lower rung of the
in Jodhpur. and their happy families is what is economic strata.
priceless.
There are many unfortunate people How do you welcome the
who lose their hands or feet or other Your father is a veteran in this Ayushman Bharat Mahatma
body parts in accidents. Earlier, there industry, and you are a young Gandhi scheme?
was no way to save them or give them a blood in this profession. How do
normal life. The only way was to you tend to utilise your new-age It’s been a revolutionary step for
amputate the affected body part, which thoughts into initiating more healthcare of Rajasthan and I thank the
had to be disposed later. Now, with the such developmental processes? government for continuously upgrading
progress of medical science and it and benefitting more and more
technology, it is possible to replace the Healthcare is my passion. After people out of it.
amputated body part and attach it again competing MBBS, I completed my
to the body from where it was severed management studies. My goal is to keep What according to you are the
earlier. With this, the person can upgrading such services and strive to major healthcare challenges?
function normally again. get the latest technologies in medical With coming in of AIIMS in Jodhpur, it
and healthcare spheres. After the has created a new benchmark for us
How did you get the idea to advent of AIIMS in Jodhpur, people and so we always try to match their
provide such unconventional have bestowed more faith in Jodhpur standard. They have brought cancer and
medical services to the people of healthcare. This is our real passion. If radio therapies to Jodhpur and have
Jodhpur? the patient is ready to have faith in us managed to take the healthcare
then we just have to deliver results. standards to a new level. Our
I met Dr Sushil Nahar of Sparsh, continuous endeavour is to match up to
Bangalore, a few years back when he What are your plans to spread their standard and replicate the services
gave me a presentation about such the best of the medical services for the people of Jodhpur. While at one

medical services. He gave me the idea to the poorer strata of the side this is a challenge, on the other
that we can start these services in society? side it is an opportunity for us to
Jodhpur. I was extremely fascinated by improve.
the idea but I could not think it was Goyal hospital has been known to be
possible untill I experienced the first continuously upgrading its new What is your message for the
case myself. It is simply unbelievable services. Also, there are many social people of Jodhpur in terms of
how the patients undergoing this schemes being run by the government healthcare opportunities?
surgery are now driving, riding bikes, whom we are very proudly associated
playing foot ball etc. We are doing the with, and have been the leader of those Government is looking after the
surgeries at a minimal cost. For us, schemes in our area. We are doing healthcare sector in a big way. The
money can never be compared to the heart surgeries, brain surgeries, cancer people need to have faith in the
existence of human lives and therefore surgeries and all these are being system.

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Vivek Aggarwal AI, ML and IoT are
Deployed in Agriculture
Joint Secretary (Crops & IT) and to Optimise Crop Yield

CEO-PM Kisan India is predominantly an agrarian economy, with 70 percent
of the population dependent on farming and other allied
activities. However, there is no single, unique database of
about 14 crore farmers in the country, says Vivek Aggarwal,
Joint Secretary (Crops & IT) and CEO-PM Kisan, in an
exclusive interview with Sreetama Datta Roy and
Sanghamitra Mohanty of Elets News Network (ENN).
Aggarwal also assesses the challenge areas of the Agriculture
sector of India and how technology is playing a key role in the
department’s function and future plans.

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Please share an overview of
the Department of Agriculture,
Cooperation and Farmers
Welfare.

The Department of Agriculture, “The Department Cloud Computing, Blockchain,
Cooperation & Farmers Welfare under Pradhan Mantri etc. have become an intrinsic
(DAC&FW) is one of the two Fasal Bima Yojana, part of the governance,
constituent Departments of the through various especially with Digital India
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers agencies, has carried scheme of the Government
Welfare, the other one being the out many pilot studies of India. What are the
Department of Agricultural Research for optimisation of technologies being deployed in
and Education (DARE). This Crop Cutting the Department of Agriculture,
Department is headed by Agriculture Experiments, in which Cooperation and Farmers
& Farmers Welfare Minister and is Artificial Intelligence is Welfare?
assisted by two Ministers of State. The used for optimisation
Secretary (AC&FW) is the and yield estimation.” The Committee on Doubling Farmers’
administrative head of the Income (DFI) in its report appreciated
Department. The DAC&FW has 28 launched Pradhan Mantri Maan Dhan the role of Digital Technology, which
divisions and has five attached offices Yojana, a voluntary and contributory can play a transformational role in
and 21 subordinate offices which are pension scheme, with entry age of 18 modernising and organising how rural
spread across the country for to 40 years, for providing a minimum India performs its agricultural
coordination with state level agencies fix pension of Rs 3,000 to the eligible activities. The possible components
and implementation of Central Sector small and marginal farmers, subject to for modern management of agriculture
Schemes in their respective fields. certain exclusion clauses, on attaining are: i) Remote Sensing; ii) Geographical
Further, one Public Sector the age of 60 years. Information System; iii) Data Analytics;
Undertaking, nine autonomous bodies, iv) Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine
10 national-level cooperative Technologies like Artificial Learning (ML) and v) Internet of Things
organisations and two authorities are Intelligence, Machine Learning, (IoT).
functioning under administrative
control of Department. To start with, for incorporating
recommendations made by the DFI
What are some of the recent Committee about use of AI & ML, Big
schemes undertaken by the Data Analysis, IoT etc. in agriculture,
department in order to promote the Department is contemplating to
farmer welfare? amend National e-Governance Plan in
Agriculture for release of funds to the
On February 24, 2019, Pradhan Mantri states only for the projects involving
Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM KISAN) was
launched to provide Rs 6000 in three
equal installments of Rs 2000 every
four months to Small and Marginal
Farmers (SMFs) with combined holding
of up to two hectares of land, with an
objective to augment the income of
small and marginal farmers. The ambit
of the scheme has now been
expanded to cover all farmers in the
country irrespective of the size of their
land holdings, subject to all other
exclusions.

This Department has also soft

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use of technologies mentioned above.

Further, this Department has been mobile application to facilitate intensification, geo tagging of
pro-active in using the space dissemination of information to infrastructure and assets created
technology in agricultural sector. The farmers on the critical agricultural under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Department of Agriculture, matters including weather and Crop Insurance.
Cooperation and Farmers Welfare forecasts and alerts. (v) Implementation of Agricultural
established a Centre, called (ii) Development of Pusa Krishi Marketing Infrastructure, sub-
Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Mobile App for dissemination of scheme of Integrated Scheme of
Centre, in 2012, for operationalisation information about the latest Agricultural Marketing, in order to
of the space technology developed in technologies developed by the improve/create scientific storage
the Indian Space Research Indian Agricultural. Details of 185 capacity for storing farm produce,
Organisation (ISRO), for crop technologies are available on Pusa processed farm produce and to
production forecasting. Krishi Mobile App. reduce post-harvest storage loss.
The Department has another centre (iii) Development of mKisan Portal (vi) Introduction of Soil Health Card
called Soil and Land Use Survey of (www.mkisan.gov.in) for sending Scheme to assist State
India which uses satellite data for soil advisories on various crop related Governments in providing Soil
resources mapping. Currently, the matter to the registered farmers Health Cards to provide
Department is using space technology through SMS. information to the farmers on
for its various programmes and areas (iv) Use of space technology for nutrient status of their soil along
such as Forecasting Agricultural various programmes/ areas such as with recommendations on
Output using Space, Agro- Forecasting Agricultural Output appropriate dosage of nutrients to
meteorology and Land-based using Space, Agro-meteorology be applied for improving crop
Observations (FASAL) project, and Land-based Observations productivity and soil fertility.
Coordinated programme on project, Coordinated programme (vii) Implementation of Per Drop More
Horticulture Assessment and on Horticulture Assessment and Crop component of Pradhan
Management using geo informatics Management using geo- Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana,
(CHAMAN) project, National informatics project, National which mainly focuses on water use
Agricultural Drought Assessment and Agricultural Drought Assessment efficiently at farm level through
Monitoring System (NADAMS), and Monitoring System, Rice- precision and micro irrigation
Rice-Fallow Area Mapping and Fallow Area Mapping and technologies viz., Drip and
intensification, geo tagging of
infrastructure and assets created
under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana,
and Crop Insurance.

This Department under Pradhan
Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, through
various agencies, has carried out many
pilot studies for optimisation of Crop
Cutting Experiments, in which AI is
used for optimisation and yield
estimation.

How are the technologies being
utilised to ensure factors like
optimum crop cultivation,
weather management, irrigation
etc.?

The major technology interventions in
the Department include:
(i) Development of Kisan Suvidha

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Sprinkler irrigation. Micro irrigation
technology not only helps in water
saving but also in reducing
fertilizer usage, labour expenses,
and other inputs costs besides
sustaining soil health.
(viii) Using machine learning process
along with different computer
algorithms for crop classification
and area estimation.

What is your take on the Public-
Private Partnerships in the
Department? Please mention
the private organisations with
whom the Department has
collaborated.

In the context of Indian agriculture, “We are preparing which is different for states’
the Public-Private Partnership can be Proof of Concepts by specific databases as different
fruitful in areas such as seed creating a unique data information is captured as per the
production, farm implements and by matching LG code revenue system of State
machinery, value-addition and of a district, land iv) Non-implementation of local
post-harvest processing in cereals, record of a selected Government Directory Codes for
pulses, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables, district and data of a all villages and other units in the
product testing and evaluation. The data under a scheme hierarchy. Location hierarchy is
private sector seems to have an edge run by the different in different states; etc.
in factoring clients into design of Department. Once
technologies and diffusion processes. POC is prepared, We are preparing Proof of Concepts
The Department has engaged some further course of (POC) by creating a unique data by
private companies in preparation of action will be taken in matching LG code of a district, land
Proof of Concept and the Pilot the matter.” record of a selected district and data
projects. Some private companies of a data under a scheme run by the
have also been engaged for managing data collected from any two sources Department. Once POC is prepared,
web portals of the Department. do not match most of the times. further course of action will be taken
in the matter.
What are some of the areas of The challenges in developing this
challenge and how do you plan Database include: What are some of the initiatives
to mitigate those ? i) Lack of uniformity in digitisation of you have in the pipeline for the
upcoming years?
The Department is working on land records in the states
development of Centralised Farmer ii) Lack of common revenue codes The Department is working on the
Database with land records as the iii) Different format of meta data, creation of Centralised Farmers
basic data. India is predominantly an Database based on revenue land
agrarian economy, with 70 percent of record; developing a Farm Based
the population dependent on farming Weather and Crop Advisory Service
and other allied activities. However, for sending tailor made agro and
there is no single, unique database of weather advisories to the farmer; and
about 14 crore farmers in the country. development of Agristack as a public
Around 60 percent to 70 percent of digital platform on the platform of
the data is being repeatedly farmer database for ready and
recollected under various schemes of almost access to famers and private
the Government. However, the same players.

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SPOTLIGHT: JODHPUR POLICE

Prafulla Kumar Jodhpur Police:

Commissioner of Police, Jodhpur Deploying IT and Social
Media to Manage Crime

Police Department is implementing Crime and Criminal
Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), which allows all
the police stations to access crucial criminal records and
information. With this, we are taking a big leap in the field
of IT, says Prafulla Kumar, Commissioner of Police,
Jodhpur in an exclusive interview with Kartik Sharma and
Harshal Desai of Elets News Network (ENN). Kumar also
talks about the IT deployments and social media
engagements done by the Jodhpur Police, along with the
future plans of successfully implementing ITMS, Cyber
Crime Cell and Tourist Police Station at Jodhpur.

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How is the Jodhpur Police Analysis, which can give you enough How effectively is your
making the most of Information knowledge to stop crimes before they department involved in citizen
Technology? might happen. engagement?

We are planning to use Information Cybercrime in India grew by Social Media Platforms are helping
Technology (IT) in a major way. a massive 457 percent in the us in reaching out to the people of
Currently, it is in its initial stage here in last five years. What are the Jodhpur. At this moment, we are
Jodhpur. We are generating a lot of initiatives being undertaken by sharing basic information on social
data from various sources. However, you in Jodhpur? media platforms, but very soon, we
the integration and meaningful are planning to make our social
utilisation of the data is something We are trying to set up a Cyber Cell, media platform interactive and run
which needs to be worked upon. and we have already started a basic campaigns for women safety, tourist
facility. Some of our men have been safety, and cyber crimes. We shall be
One good initiative which has been trained for the job and deployed. We roping in some agencies which would
implemented is Crime and Criminal are making efforts to develop a team help us in customising and
Tracking Network and Systems which will help local police stations in generating content for our platforms
(CCTNS), which allows all the police forming strategies and provide to attract citizens’ attention to
stations to access crucial criminal technology to fight cyber crimes. We various issues.
records and information. With this, we have a small unit at this moment, but in
are taking a big leap in the field of IT. near future, we will surely have a bigger With the help of some media houses,
However, we need to integrate old data team in Jodhpur. we had run campaign to engage
in the system. Once this is done, citizens of Jodhpur where they would
multiple reporting processes shall Jodhpur, being a global tourist ask questions and we would answer;
become redundant. Further, once data destination, calls for more safety it helped us ensure a positive
integration is completed, it will also and security measures towards connect between police and citizens.
help us in analysing and mapping the the people visiting the Sun City.
data, which may help us further deal What are your views on this? Any plans to implement
with crimes and criminals. Please elaborate. Integrated Traffic Management
System (ITMS) in Jodhpur.
In Jaipur, we had done a very simple We have proposed a Tourist Police
exercise - Hotspot Analysis - where we Station in Jodhpur. We have roped in We have installed CCTV camera
mapped property offences on the map Hotel Associations and Guide across the city. We are seeking the
with thier latitude and longitude along Associations as well. We are planning to help of IIT Jodhpur for meaningful
with time, and also recorded the nature launch an information card as well manipulation and analysis of CCTV
of crime or offence. This analysis helped which will be a handy tool for visitors to data. ITMS, I would say, is a
us understand the criminal trends contact necessary departments and significant project. We are in the
scientifically. We are now planning to places in the city. We are making process of sending proposals to
do similar exercise in Jodhpur as well. efforts to outreach the people visiting Government to implement ITMS
This is called Spatiotemporal Data the Sun City with increased visibility. mechanisms in the city as well.

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SPOTLIGHT: TRANSPORT

Shuchi Sharma delivering Keynote address at the Elets National Publc Transport Summit 2019

Efficient With the growing private-vehicle
Transportation ownership in India, causing major
Key Enabler congestion problems in cities,
in Seamless there are many plans to revamp
Designing the bus systems and metro
of City Space networks, speaks Shuchi
Sharma, Secretary, Higher &
Technical Education,
Government of Rajasthan, at the
Elets National Public Transport
Summit Pune. (Sharma was then
serving as the Managing
Director, Rajasthan State Road
Transport Corporation.)

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India, one of the fastest growing “While heading the with a change of ruling political
economies in the world, is RSRTC, I was faced party is what I feel to be the biggest
achieving a growth rate of 7.5 with the biggest challenge in today’s time.”
percent per annum. With a challenges on all
growing population too, the country is fronts; from financial, Stating the striking contrast
working hard to transform itself over to human resource between the reality and perspective
the next few decades. Even with the funds, to supply of of managing public transport sector,
current size of the urban population, parts and government she stated, “Dealing with public
Indian cities are facing a multitude of policies and an overall transport does need a long term
issues such as severe congestion; insensitive mindset perspective that has a vision,
deteriorating air quality; increasing towards public planning and proper execution. But,
road accidents; and an exploding transport.” somehow realities are different.
growth in the number of private There is a fundamental
vehicles. Analysing the role of Talking about the challenges, she disagreement or contradiction when
transport sector in the age of rapid opined, “The biggest challenge is our commands change, as to who
urbanisation, Shuchi Sharma observed, finance. We should never measure should run the public transport.”
“With the urban population projected efficiency of public transport
to more than double in the next organisations by its profit. Public Need to Bridge the Gap
generation, improving public transport should be treated like an
transportation is high on the agenda infrastructure because it is facilitating Leveraging IT can bridge the existing
at the moment.” the economy and livelihood. People challenges. Pointing this out, she
are earning their livelihood through said. “The key point is to smartly
Areas of Challenge this lifeline.” allocate resources by utilising
technology. Here, ICT helps. As the
According to Sharma, public Sharing her experience of heading Integrated Traffic Management
transport needs political will and RSRTC, Sharma said, “While heading System generates lots of data, we
strong action plan to improve its the RSRTC, I was faced with big need to utilise the data. By analysing
existing stature. challenges on all fronts; from these data, we can understand
financial to human resource funds, to which routes are giving more profits
supply of parts and government and how to manage the finance.”
policies and an overall insensitive
mindset towards public transport. For She added, “Digital payment is
me, these were the biggest another rising area of opportunity in
challenges to run our organisation.” this sector. Use of ICT in our
She also added, “Political uncertainty, services for scheduling routes,
tracking passengers and even the
Human Resources of RSRTC, in
terms of leave management.”

The Road Ahead

“India currently has been long
committed on clean energy
generation. The federal government
too, has been reducing emissions
from the transportation sector.
Besides, in order to improve the
efficiency of the organisation, the
focus is on IT intervention, which in
turn will provide seamless transport
to the passengers, thus helping
institutions to work in an efficient
manner,” Sharma concluded.

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SPOTLIGHT: NAMAMI GANGE

Namami Gange Focuses on
Augmenting River Water
Quantity and Quality

The Namami Gange Programme of NMCG is an integrated
umbrella initiative of River Ganga Conservation &
Rejuvenation along with maintaining biodiversity, green cover
& Larger ecosystem of not only the Ganga main stem but also
its tributaries, says Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General,
National Mission for Clean Ganga in an interview with Ritika
Srivastava, Elets News Network (ENN).

Rajiv Ranjan Mishra

Director General
National Mission for Clean Ganga

“By planting sapling Shed some light on the Namami process. It all started off with Action
near the banks of the Gange project. Plans and plans for other tributaries
like Gomti Action Plan, Yamuna Action
river can generate Namami Gange is an integrated Ganga plan and for each river there is a plan.
better rain, more Conservation Programme that For each plan, there are phases like
water. The focus comprehensively addresses pollution Ganga Action Plan-1, Ganga Action
should be on issues in Ganga main stem as well as Plan-2 and for Yamuna River there
its tributaries. Taking an ecosystem used to be Yamuna Action Plan-1,
improving the water approach, the programme also Plan-2.
quantity in the river approaches biodiversity and flora
which is popularised conservation and augmentation, We brought all of them together under
ensuring sustainable wateruses and one umbrella mission because earlier
by the name of finally overall protection of the Ganga we used to have fragmented thinking.
Aviral Ganga.” basin and its constituents. This is not a Therefore, to grapple with all these
mission limited to Ganga but extends problems collectively, the ‘Namami
to its tributaries as well. So it may be Gange’ programme integrating all the
Yamuna, Gomti or river Damodar, etc. constituents was launched with
Ganga cleaning has been a long-drawn systemic approach.

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We look at industrial pollution, sewage “We have started completed. The major projects are
pollution and also pollution from focusing more on located in Haridwar and Rishikesh.
chemical fertilizers through agricultural the tributaries of
run-off in to the river. Sustainable the river. Now we The two STPs, which are under
agriculture has also, therefore, been have got around construction, will also be completed by
incorporated in the ‘Namami Gange’ 37 projects on this year. One is located at Jagjeetpur
mission. tributaries, Kaali with 68 MLD capacity and the other one
and Gomti projects is at Sarai of 14 MLD capacity. The STP
Afforestation, which has a huge are also there. at Sarai is complete and is under trial
potential in augmenting rainfall and can Kaali is one of the runs. The Jagjeetpur STP would be
lead to a cleaner and greener dirtiest rivers and completed by August 2019.
environment, is the call of the day. The we have
focus should be on augmenting the commenced work In the states of Uttrakhand and
water quantity in the river, which is on it.” Jharkhand, complete infrastructure is
popularised by the name of ‘Aviral ready. These projects are going to be
Dhara’. We looked at all the towns surrounding maintained for 15 years. Same situation
Ganga and looked at the sewage profile is in Kanpur, Patna, Prayagraj and many
The next target is improving the mass and scrutinised the quantity of sewage other cities.
connectivity and ownership of the rivers generation and how much is uncovered
through river-front development, for the treatment. Almost all the projects The take-over operation of all the STPs
modernising of the ghats with better in Uttarakhand are at an advanced stage includes maintaining and operating
amenities and thus making rivers a of progress and are likely to be them for 15 years to ensure that
public space for city use. There is a completed by the end of this year. 19 untreated sewage from treatment
plenty of aquatic life within the river, out of 30 projects have already been plans does not flow in to the river
which needs to be conserved to Ganga. That has been completely
maintain quality of water. Science-based diverted. We have started improving
and event-based methods, as developed the capacity utilisation of STPs
by a consortium of seven IITs, are being because many of them were
employed which are intended to reverse functioning at low capacity of one-
the loss of aquatic life in the river. third of the installed capacity. These
are some of the initiatives which are
What are some of the recent even implemented in Prayagraj.
initiatives taken by NMCG in
cleaning the river Ganga and how These are some of the initiatives which
are those being executed? led to the completion of projects on
time and also by maintaining the quality
The overall approach of this mission lies of projects for 15 years. In Patna also, a
in cleaning all the tributaries of Ganga. similar strategy was adopted. The state
We have taken a slew of initiatives to does not have much sewerage capacity
curb pollution in Ganga. The primary along with Ganga stem. We have got
source of pollution being sewage, we projects for all 18 towns in Bihar. With
evaluated our shortfalls in the earlier our projects, we are already increasing
approaches. The major reason why it by almost 10 times from 64 MLD to
previous mission remained incomplete 620 MLD. So complete sewerage and
was due to the lack of finances and STP infrastructure being created in
continuity in funding. Namami Gange, and three STPs will be
created in Patna.
But as of now, we have got funding of Rs
20,000 crore for the mission for five Our other initiative is on bio-diversity
years. The funding structure is such that sector, wherein we are focusing on
it is non-lapsable; it stays with the bio-diversity colonisation, along with the
NMCG, which helps in prospective wildlife rejuvenation.
planning.

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able to complete all the sets of
requirements needed for initiating this
mission.

The other big challenge that lies in front
of us is in making people realise that
their contribution can lead to the
withdrawal of pollutants and make it a
pollutant-free river.

In order to treat the industrial pollution observe it did wonders in attracting Supposedly, if today a sewage treatment
in Kanpur, we are starting the tourists and was celebrated with much plant (STP) is created, then for another
construction of common effluent enthusiasm and joy. For creative 15 years it would be the job of local
treatment plant. Another initiative has promotions of Kumbh Mela we bodies to ensure that it functions
been monitoring and enforcement on partnered with different agencies for properly. NMCG would be supporting
the industries. We are involving third painting the ghats and cities and this financially O&M also for 15 years. The
party agencies and institutes like IITs, creativity fascinated a quite large role of local people living along the
NITs, etc. proportion of tourists as compared to banks of Ganga River is greater because
the previous years. This thinking of ours they visit the ghats for recreation,
How is NMCG working towards also struck a spark in Patna and one can cremation, performing other rituals.
making the areas, through which see it how beautifully the painters They owe a big responsibility on their
river Ganga flows, attractive for crafted their art on the antiquated shoulders to keep it clean during this
tourists? buildings and now they look like period of time. Transforming everybody
renovated forts and has enhanced the in to a Ganga-lover was one of our major
Ganga, the holy river, changes its shape national glory. targets. We have achieved a
and beauty whenever it passes through considerable success in this direction.
different cities. Even the name by which In Patna, people can walk around the
river Ganga is known among the people river-front which has been developed Another challenge for us was to keep
changes across the states like Uttar under this project. Our organisation has the river healthy in the middle of the
Pradesh, Bihar or West Bengal. We are even done some painting over there and urbanisation. Our history tells us that all
working on reviving the fresh water has created audio-visual centres. In cities develop on the banks of a river.
quality because it works as an attractive addition to all these, we have a beautiful But cities turned into megacities which
constituent for mesmerising tourists. Ganga anthem which is played along somewhere led the rivers to disappear.
Facilitating better amenities like clean with Ganga aarti. Yamuna River in Delhi is one such
ghats and pure drinking water have led example.
to increase inflow tourists summing up a What are the major challenges
pleasant experience. We have launched faced by you while planning and Augmentation and conservation of
a floating museum on the Ganga in executing these initiatives? drinking water is another challenge.
Varanasi. The two advantages of When Ganga reaches Haridwar,
creating this museum, apart from Owing to the magnitude of the project, around 70 to 80 percent of its water is
attracting tourists, lie in educating them the gravity of the challenges is also large. used for the agriculture purposes only.
about the holy river of India and on Mapping of all the villages and towns Since this constitutes a major chunk,
generating a sense of responsibility around Ganga and in understanding we need to convey to the farmers to
among them to keep it clean. what sort of work is required and use water efficiently. Our water-use
expanding the forest area are major efficiency is not even 40 percent and if
A similar strategy was planned while challenges for us. Through the help of we could increase it by even 10-20
organising the Kumbh Mela and one can various reputed institutions we were percent, it will lead to lower
withdrawal from the river and a large
volume of water so saved will help in
enhanced flow in the river, realising
the objective of ‘Aviral Dhara’ to a
large extent - ultimately curbing
pollution-load in the river.

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Santosh Kumar Sharma

Commissioner, Kanpur Municipal

Corporation and CEO, Kanpur Smart

City Limited

Kanpur Smart City: Give us an overview on the
Deploying ITMS and progress of Kanpur Smart City.
ICCC to Curb Traffic
Congestion Kanpur is one of the most populated
cities in Uttar Pradesh. The numerous
The people of Kanpur do get the feeling that their city is problems that we face have become
becoming smarter. Hopefully, within a year or two, face of challenges under the Smart City
the entire city will be changed. Every aspect of life has Mission. We have taken some
been improved and will continue to improve, says Santosh progressive steps in solid waste
Kumar Sharma, Commissioner, Kanpur Municipal management but we have to
Corporation and CEO, Kanpur Smart City Limited in an implement a pan city solution for the
exclusive interview with Elets News Network (ENN). He solid waste problem. We have recently
talks about various challenges faced in developing the done some good work in the ABD area
Kanpur Smart City and how the administration is working in this regard.
towards mitigating them.
We have a very comprehensive plan
regarding Integrated Command &
Control Centre (ICCC). We have
already integrated nine major utilities
with our ICCC. I think, the people of
Kanpur do get the feeling that their
city is becoming smarter. Hopefully,
within a year or two, face of the entire
city will be changed. Every aspect of
life has been improved and will
continue to improve.

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What are the plans in pipeline area became very difficult. To resolve create more pedestrian paths along
for the Kanpur Smart City this problem, we created a multi level the drains. Presently it stinks and
Mission and their timelines? car parking nearby. This resulted in a nobody wants to go there. We are
lot of space being created for the working with IITs to solve this
Our first priority is not to let any pedestrians. Now it has become a problem.
garbage touch the ground. Presently selfie point in the heart of our city.
you may see heaps of garbage beside Have you taken up any
some roads of Kanpur but in the These are some of the projects we initiatives on the e-mobility
coming years, all the garbage will be have undertaken and it is our front, like electric vehicles?
transported through closed vessel expectation that within two to three
compactors and no garbage will be years, everything will be streamlined The State Government has provided
visible on the ground. and people will get all the benefits on about a hundred e-buses for the city.
the ground. Also, Kanpur has been selected for a
We are installing CCTVs to get the metro rail-line. The Detailed Project
entire city under surveillance so that Since water is one of our Report (DPR) and the tender process
anyone who lives in, or comes to precious natural resources, have been completed already. Phase-1
Kanpur, feels safe. how is it being managed and for the metro is going to start soon.
are there any conservation
Traffic poses a major challenge and we activities that have been Also, when we are purchasing new
are aiming for a revolutionary change taken up? vehicles, we are going for CNG-based
in this field. By working on Intelligent ones, not diesel ones. As you know,
Transport Management System (ITMS) Kanpur is situated on the banks of Kanpur is presently being counted as
under ICCC, we are trying to bring a river Ganges. We have water one of the most polluted cities, not
major part of Kanpur under an treatment plants to get surface water only in India but across the globe. We
e-challan system which will lead to from the river. We discourage digging are working hard to change its
less physical interventions and more of tube wells or extracting reputation for the better.
technological interventions. underground water. We try to be fully
dependent on surface water sources. Have you taken any initiatives
With an aim to improve the towards using renewable energy
infrastructure of Kanpur, we have We have also undertaken projects for like solar energy?
undertaken some smart road projects rain water harvesting under smart city
for making smart pathways and cycle mission. We have Sewage Treatment We have a mandate to lessen the
tracks. Also, amenities like street Plants (STPs) working 24x7 and now energy demand of our grid by up-to 10
furniture are being installed for there is a very big thermal power plant percent. It is one of the very important
pedestrians. For example, there is a coming up in Panki. We are working goals of our smart city mission. We are
market in Kanpur called Naveen on an agreement so that treated water working with New & Renewable
market. We have completely changed from STPs goes to that plant. Energy Development Agency (NEDA)
the face of this market. Now it is a to install solar energy powered lights
pedestrian market. Earlier there were We are also working on waste water across the city. We have recently
huge lines of cars present in and drains. We want only treated water to installed intelligent solar LED lights in
around the market and walking in the go into the drains so that we can many of our lanes and parks.

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