Smart City Nagpur

SMART CITY NAGPUR

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FACT FINDING MISSION REPORT ON NAGPUR

Innovation Centre Denmark, India The East Asiatic Company Foundation, Denmark

Contents Abbreviations ...... 3 Acknowledgement ...... 4 Executive Summary ...... 5 City Profile ...... 6 Main Challenges ...... 9 Smart City Plan for Nagpur ...... 13 Project Funding and Financing Model ...... 14 Opportunities for Danish Companies ...... 15 Possible projects identified for Danish Competencies in Nagpur ...... 15 Conclusion ...... 20 Sources and References ...... 21 Annexure ...... 22

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Abbreviations

AMRUT Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation CAGR Cumulative Aggregate Growth Rate CMP Comprehensive Mobility Plan FSI Floor Space Index ICT Information & Communication Technology IPDS Integrated Power Development Scheme MIDC Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation MIHAN Multi-Modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur MLD Million litres per day MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises NCCN Nagpur City Community Network NIT Nagpur Improvement Trust NMC Nagpur Municipal Corporation NMT Non-Motorised Transport NRCP National River Conservation Plam PBP Pardi-Bharatwada-Punapur PPP Public-Private Partnerships RFID Radio-Frequency Identification SBM Swachh Bharat Mission SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCP Smart City Proposal SGS Smart Garbage Solutions SPV Special Purpose Vehicle STP Smart Transportation Pricing SWM Solid Waste Management UOCCC Unified Operations Command and Control Center

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Acknowledgement

Our sincere thanks to The East Asiatic Company Foundation (ØK Fonden, Denmark) for providing the financial grant to conduct the Fact Finding Mission. The aim of the foundation is to develop relations both professionally and culturally between Denmark and Asia.

We are highly indebted to the Nagpur City Officials for sharing their knowledge with us that greatly assisted the research.

Furthermore, we would also like to thank Honourable Mayor of Nagpur; Mr. Pravin Prabhakarao Datke, Nagpur Municipal Commissioner; Mr. Shravan Hardikar, Additional Municipal Commissioner; Mr. R.Z. Siddiqui and others from the executive team within the Nagpur Municipal Corporation for making the mission possible. Our special thanks to Mr. Mahesh Gupta, Traffic Engineer for coordinating and facilitating the meetings.

We would like to express our appreciation to all those who have contributed to preparing this report. We extend our sincere thanks to all of them.

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Executive Summary

Nagpur, often called the heart of India, is at the geographical centre of the country enabling it to be the logistical hub of India. With over 2.5 million residents and 52% of the district population residing in Nagpur, it is the 3rd largest urban area in the State of Maharashtra1. Nagpur was known for its orange production market (Orange City), but has over the years transformed itself to become a sought after investment destination due to its central connectivity stronghold. Companies like CISCO3 and Reliance4 along with countries like France4 have expressed interest and in some cases even laid foundation to projects like building an Aerospace Park and manufacturing plants in Nagpur.

Nagpur aims to transform itself into a well-planned, Eco-friendly, Edu-city that Electronically connects governments, businesses, people and spaces seamlessly to co-create a clean, green, safe, prosperous, healthy and Inclusive ecosystem and hence their Smart City vision is apt named ‘e3i’. This vision has been formulated based on an extensive citizen engagement process and discussions with urban planners and sector experts, with the results reflecting strong desires to have a clean, green and safe Nagpur.

Innovation Centre Denmark at Royal Danish Embassy undertook a fact finding mission to Nagpur on 3rd and 4th of October 2016. This report is the result of comprehensive interviews with city officials and site visits within the city.

During the fact finding mission on the 3rd and 4th of October 2016, the following observations were made:

 A strong municipality team that has engaged the services of several planning companies to evaluate global cities to be the foundation for their work on Smart City Nagpur. Additionally, the officials share a strong recognition of Denmark’s capabilities in liveability, sustainability and cycling which is an aspirational goal for Nagpur.  Development of Nag riverfront, estimated at DKK 150 million.  Pan-city solutions on waste management, city surveillance & monitoring, IT control & command centre and intelligent transportation solutions, estimated at DKK 223.39 million.  Area based smart parking and non-modal transportation (cycling) solutions, estimated at DKK 73.52 million.

From the fact finding mission, one aspect that stands out strongly is the willingness of the city officials (backed by a strong support from the State government of Maharashtra) to implement solutions within their city without any delays. This is leading the city to proactively scout for partners and potentially also issue public tenders at a pace uncommon amongst Indian cities. Danish companies need to take a note of this working culture and engage accordingly with Nagpur. Nagpur has also evaluated cities globally (including Copenhagen) to arrive at project scope for city level waste management. The results of this evaluation is being factored in the Request for Proposal (RFPs) to be released in early 2017.

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City Profile

Nagpur is a city in the central part of India in Maharashtra state. It is the winter capital of the state and the largest city of Central India. Nagpur has been the main centre of commerce in the region of Vidarbha since its early days and is an important location for trade and industry. The city is also important for the banking sector as it hosts the regional office of Reserve Bank of India. Nagpur is witnessing an economic boom as the "Multi-Modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN)" is being developed. MIHAN will be used for handling heavy cargo coming from South-East Asia and the Middle East.

Nagpur is adjudged as the second greenest and cleanest city of India and is the 9th most competitive city and 8th highest consuming city of the country. Around 10% of the MSME`s and MIDC Industrial units of the state are in Nagpur Division. The district has the 2nd largest number of warehouses in the state and the capacity is nearly 5% of the total storage capacity available in the state. Nagpur is the largest producer of oranges in the state and the region accounts for nearly one third of the state's cotton production. Nagpur city has also been rated among the top 10 emerging business destinations for commercial real estate in India.

Nagpur District forms the north-eastern part of the present state of Maharashtra. The district is roughly triangular in shape and is rich in geological and mineral wealth. Nagpur city is located at the exact centre of Indian peninsula and has the Zero Mile marker indicating the geographical centre of the country. The city is dotted with natural and artificial lakes, the largest being Ambazari lake.

Demographic profile: Spread across an area of 9892 sq. km, Nagpur district has a total population of 4,653,570 people as per Census 2011 and has experienced a growth rate of 14.4% over the last decade. Nagpur district is also one of the well urbanized district with more than two-third of its population living in urban areas. Literacy rate in Nagpur district is 88.4%, higher than the state average of 82.34%. (Table 1)

Table 1: Demographic Statistics, Census 2011

Maharashtra Nagpur District Total Population 112,400,000 4,653,570 Decadal growth rate of population 16% 14.4% Proportion of urban population to total 45.22% 68.32% population Density of population (persons/sq.km) 365 470 Literacy rate 82.3% 88.4% Source: Economic Survey of Maharashtra, 2014-2015

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Urban Governance: The urban institutional set-up in Nagpur is divided into various departments responsible for the provision, operation and maintenance of urban services. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is the main administrative body. The administrative head of the Corporation is the Municipal Commissioner, who along with the Deputy Municipal Commissioners, carries out various activities related to engineering, health and sanitation, taxation and its recovery. The activities of NMC are administered by its 10 zonal offices.5 The overall organization structure of NMC is classified as below. (Figure 1)

Figure 1: Organization Structure-NMC

Commissioner

Additional Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner 1 Deputy Commissioner 2 Deputy Commissioner 3

Department Zonal Department Zonal Department Zonal Office Office (1-4) Office (5-7) (8-10)

Source: Nagpur Municipal Corporation website

The implementation of the Smart City Mission, in general, at the city level will be done by a special purpose vehicle (SPV) created for the purpose. The SPV will plan, apprise, approve, release funds, implement, operate and evaluate the smart city development projects. The proposed organization structure in Nagpur for SPV will consist of 13 Board Members in total. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is by de facto the Municipal Commissioner, supported by Presidents appointed for different departments. (Figure 2)

Figure 2: Smart City SPV Board and Organization Structure

Proposed Board Members: 13 6 - Nagpur Municipal 4 - Maharashtra Corporation Government

o Commissioner as o 2 Nominees of 1 Government of 2 Independent Chairman Government of India Nominee Directors o 1 nominee of Chairman Maharashtra o 4 nominees of Mayor o Chairman, NIT o Commissioner of Police

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

President-Operations President-Corporate President-Information Affairs Technology

 Head-Planning  Chief Manager-Accounts &  Chief Manager-IT  Finance Operations Head-Water Supply, Sewerage & Storm Water  Chief Manager-Procurement  Head-Roads/Transport  Head-Electricity  Head-Solid Waste Management

Source: Fact Finding Mission, Nagpur Municipal Corporation

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Main Challenges

The purpose of the fact-finding mission was to highlight some of the specific challenges and opportunities in Nagpur city for Danish companies as part of the implementation of the Smart City Proposal (SCP).

Nagpur has been in the unique position of being the geographical centre of India which has led to its development as the logistical hub of the country. With extensive rail and road network to all parts of India, the city has evolved to become a bustling economic hub with extensive trade outlets and storage warehouses. However, in parallel to this rapid growth, the city is also experiencing massive challenges in traffic management, increased population living in slums, emergence of unplanned living spaces, challenges in waste management (industrial and human waste) and extensive pollution of water bodies in the city.

Traffic Management:

The Municipal Corporation of Nagpur covers an area of 217.65 sq. km and accommodates a population of 2.4 million (Census 2011). As it encompasses the central business district area and major activity and traffic zones, this area faces high parking demand which is not catered well by the existing parking infrastructure. This has led to congestion issues within the central city region where uncontrolled and unorganized parking have been witnessed. Furthermore, there are over 1.38 million registered vehicles (as of 2014) with an average of 546 vehicles per 1000 population and vehicle registration growth rate over the past 5 years being an average of 19% year on year. 5

Additionally, bus-based public transport service is being operated in Nagpur city with a total fleet size of 470 buses and effective fleet size of 290 buses. The city bus service contributes to 8% share in the total transportation of Nagpur.5 The city is also facing a problem of encroachment due to parked vehicles, which is largely hindering the smooth flow of traffic. Several areas within the city like Gandhi Bagh Park (figure below) and major transit corridors like Mangalwari Bazar Road face severe vehicular movement paralysis due to illegal parking on roads. The larger segment of vehicles causing such bottle necks are cargo trucks and small cargo vehicles as part of the logistics hub in Nagpur.

Image Source: 5. Nagpur Municipal Corporation

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Unauthorised Settlements:

For more than a decade, Nagpur has been witnessing an increase in unauthorized layouts and illegal developments along the eastern periphery (north to south east) of the city. Estimates within the Nagpur Municipal Corporation indicate to over 2450 such unauthorised layouts and slums that have developed in violation of the proposed land-use of the Development Plan of Nagpur. This includes areas such as Nara, Nari, Wanjara, Wanjri, Bharatwada, Pardi, Watoda, Tajbagh, Manewada and Somalwada.

These 2450 unauthorized layouts are estimated to house approximately 36% of the city’s population.6 Being illegal, these layouts are unable to access civic services and continue to subsist in squalor. Services such as adequate water supply, sanitation and sewerage, public transport, and street lighting are not available to this section of the society.

Even though the government and the municipality have programs for free and/or affordable housing, due to the increasing augmentation of human capital for the logistics industry, immigrants into Nagpur find refuge within slums like Saroj Nagar Slum (figure below). Ever increasing populace and sparse availability of basic resources like water and defunct sewage lines choke any development activities around these regions.

Underutilized and under developed rivers and lakes:

Nagpur draws its water resources from three main rivers, namely River Nag, River Pilli and River Pora. They are further augmented by five lakes in the city (Gorewada lake, Phutala lake, Ambazari lake, Sonegaon lake and Gandhisagar lake). These rivers and lakes face a myriad of issues such as:  under-utilized river banks and edges  poor condition of infrastructure lines on the river  floods during monsoons  dilapidated structures on river bank  informal settlements abutting the river  untreated riparian edges  garbage and untreated sewage discharged into the river

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 dilapidated connections across rivers (bridges). The Nag River is of primary focus for the city and hence all resources are being focused onto the cleaning and development of the river.

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Sub optimal waste management system:

Through the citizen connect measures of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), it was identified that there needs to be stronger and more accurate monitoring of citizen oriented services like water supply, wastewater management and garbage management amongst others. Hence building a strong ICT backed infrastructure model is of key interest for NMC.

The city has implemented PPP projects such as 24*7 water supply, recycling and reuse of 130 MLD wastewater, installation of LED street lights in place of conventional street lights, city bus operations and collection and treatment of solid waste management. The city has been able to improve efficiency of these services through effective leveraging of the private sector expertise. This being said, there are a lot of improvements that can be achieved and hence this is one of the key areas selected as the Pan-City development project.

Liveability and Sustainable growth issues:

Over the last few years, Nagpur has been witnessing progressive industrial and economic transformations. The NMC has also identified several mega industrial areas like MIHAN (Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur) that would attract large investments and industrial players.7 While these developments are taking shape, the city is finding it difficult to effectively focus on ensuring a sustainable growth plan to create a liveable city of the future. Given this, infrastructure within the city will have to keep pace with the requirements in order to ensure liveability and sustainable growth. As a first move towards this, NMC is progressing on implementing cycling as a strong non-modal form of transportation. Special concretized lanes are being laid (as on the dates of the fact finding mission) and over eight kms of road has been identified to be the cycling zone in central Nagpur city. In addition to the non-modal forms, the metro rail project in the city is also underway to keep pace with the burgeoning demand.

Apart from these large segments, other issues observed and documented during the fact finding mission are:

 Renewable energy development and distribution challenges  Non-revenue water loss estimated to be well over 50%

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Smart City Plan for Nagpur

An important requirement of smart city planning is a bottom-up approach and public hearings. During the fact finding mission, it was interesting to observe that Nagpur has adhered quite rigorously to this requirement. A comprehensive engagement strategy was carried out by the city Municipal Corporation to get the best results from citizens for preparation of the Smart City Proposal (SCP).

During the first stage of consultation, an extensive citizen engagement was used for formulating city vision, priority goals and strategies. Different means of citizen engagement were adopted in the form of strategic, social media engagement, pan-city poll and dissemination on media and website. Based on this, some of the top vision themes were identified. Of the 350,000 citizens engaged in the process, nearly 41% expressed their desires to have a clean Nagpur and 30% wanted Nagpur to be green and safe. In terms of priority areas, 46% citizens desired access to recreation and open spaces, whereas 40% of them wanted more job opportunities.

Thus, the vision of the city is “India's Heart-Nagpur will be a well-planned, eco-friendly, edu-city that electronically connects governments, businesses, people and spaces seamlessly to co-create a clean, green, safe, prosperous, healthy and inclusive ecosystem”.

During the second stage of consultation, a smart city proposal was prepared covering an Area based proposal and a Pan City proposal. The process involved an extensive analytical and consultative exercise, based on the inputs received during the citizen engagement process, opinion of the elected representatives, discussion with urban planners and sector experts.

Area based proposal:

The proposed intervention under the Area based proposal is based on five defining principles viz. replication potential, inclusiveness, high-impact, ease of implementation and financial self-sustenance, with an aim to achieve considerable improvement in the quality of life and resolving the land use conflict with the Development Plan. Given this, "Retrofitting in the unauthorized layouts, consisting of the Mouzas of Pardi-Bharatwada-Punapur (PBP), on the eastern periphery of Nagpur city” was selected for Area based development.

Pan-City proposal:

The proposed intervention under the Pan-city proposal was based on the defining principles of high impact, inclusiveness and ease of implementation and consists of two extensive components mentioned below.

 Smart garbage management system  IT based smart solutions

The first component entails adopting tailored ICT-based smart garbage solutions to make garbage management in the city more efficient and effective. The Smart Garbage Solution (SGS) proposes seven ICT subsystems and four non-ICT components.

The second component necessitates a combination of Nagpur City Community Network (NCCN) and a Unified Operations Command and Control Centre (UOCCC) to operationalize ICT based solutions, thus helping Nagpur to address specific issues of Governance and Service Delivery.

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(Further details on key components of Area based and Pan city initiatives can be found in Annexure 1a and 1b)

Project Funding and Financing Model

The total estimated project cost of the Smart City Proposal is DKK 1116 million. This is divided between area-based and pan-city interventions as given below:

Total cost: DKK 1116 million Area-based intervention: DKK 895 million Pan-city intervention: DKK 222 million

Core Infrastructure Facilities: DKK 654  RFID tags on bins million  RFID tags on collection vehicles

 RFID Scanner  (Utility ducting, sewerage, storm water drains, SWM, LED Street lighting, roads and beautification of  Infrastructure, software & Mobile application footpaths, water supply etc.)  Backbone infra, IT control & command centre  & networking  CCTV & other equipment Social Infrastructure Facilities: DKK 241 million

(Schools, public health centres, solar heaters, skill development centre, river front development, fruits and vegetables etc.)

Resources for financing

Funding of the SCP is foreseen to be based on the Capital Grants from the Smart Cities program, regularization and betterment charges, land monetization, private sector participation, cash reserves, sale of premium Floor Space Index (FSI) and feed funding from other Government of India schemes like Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS).

AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation): The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 with the focus of the urban renewal projects is to establish infrastructure that could ensure adequate robust sewerage networks and water supply for urban transformation.

SBM (Swachh Bharat Mission): is a national campaign by the Government of India, covering 4,041 statutory cities and towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country.

NRCP (National River Conservation Plan): It is a centrally funded scheme launched in 1995 aimed at preventing the pollution of rivers. It provides information of each state on amount sanctioned under NRCP to different cities and for what purpose.

IPDS (Integrated Power Development Scheme): The scheme will help in reduction in AT&C losses, establishment of IT enabled energy accounting / auditing system, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and improvement in collection efficiency.

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Opportunities for Danish Companies

Possible projects identified for Danish Competencies in Nagpur

The fact finding mission was carried out in Nagpur on the 3rd and 4th October, 2016 by delegates from Innovation Centre Denmark in India. As the outcome of the meetings conducted with the Municipal Corporation and individual stakeholder interviews, the following project areas have been identified for potential Danish commercial interests within Nagpur. The estimated costs within each project has been derived from the Smart City Proposal for Nagpur.

PAN CITY INITIATIVE: Smart Clean Nagpur

Estimated cost: DKK 223.39 million

Analysis & Comments:

o Intelligent and Interconnected Solid Waste Management suite

 Nagpur Municipal Corporation has envisioned the implementation of a smart interconnected and intelligent waste management solution for the city of Nagpur which currently generates around 800 MT waste per day. The city is currently implementing solutions like household waste segregation at source, creation of neighbourhood (localised) waste-to-energy units (bio methane mini plants) and optimised transportation mechanisms. The Intelligent and Interconnected solid waste management suite is designed to build a strong ICT backbone which will augment the above mentioned capacity building.

 The initiative will also cover the implementation of a Nagpur City Community Network and a Safe City IT solution will also be implemented leveraging this Nagpur City Community Network as the IT backbone.

 The city has started engaging with IT partners like IBM, Persistent Solutions, Trinity Solutions, Ernst & Young and Airtel to gather intelligent solutions to be implemented in this PAN City initiative.

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Projects identified:

o ICT enabled projects

 Smart SMS/app based solution for monitoring of waste collection from households  Sensor Enabled (RFID tags) secondary collection bins and Smart Bins at commercial locations and market places. Secondary waste bin tracking system  GPS enabled collection vehicles to monitor waste collection from households  Route planning and route modelling system  Tracking of street sweeping personnel through GPS or other innovative methodologies  Road Side Cameras or Drones for monitoring of street sweeping, littering, spitting and open urination.  Central command and control centre for real time data collection and analysis to be housed within the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. Data Operation Centre to be integrated with other Departments such as Traffic Police, Fire, Health and Police.

o Non-ICT based solution requirements:

 Augmentation of waste processing capacity in east Nagpur to 400 MTD on a PPP business model  Development of 8 waste transfer stations within Nagpur City  Extended implementation of household waste segregation processes. Training and communication needs to be catered to within scope.  Development of 80 waste to energy units at local neighbourhoods.

Riverfront Development of Nag River

Estimated cost: DKK 150 million

Analysis & Comments:

o Nag River cleaning and river front development

 The Nag river is one of the iconic and central rivers flowing through the city of Nagpur (almost dividing the city into two equal halves). With a course of over 17.1 kms, the Nag river is supplemented with two other smaller rivers namely Pora River and Pioli River.

 The Nag River (river width ranging from 5-50 m.) today is facing issues such as regular flooding, poor condition of infrastructure lines across the river, informal settlements abutting the river, dilapited structures on the river bank, human generated waste and untreated sewage dumping into the river. Nag river has multiple sewage discharge points which needs immediate attention for rejuvenation as 90% of its flow comprises of sewage.

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 Nagpur Municipal Corporation have envisioned restoring the Nag River and developing the riverfront for commercial and touristic value. The untreated riparian edges along the riverbank has been identified as one of the first tasks in developing the banks as these would also help in preventing the annual flooding.

 An area of 936.52 hectares has been ear marked for river bank development starting from the Ambzari Lake to the point of confluence of the Nag and Pioli river. River bank development encompasses areas for tourist and recreational spaces, modern commercial avenues and smart pedestrian walkways, to mention a few.

 From a topographical perspective, it has been determined that over 55% of the river edge is with compound walls from institutions and public housing, 22% is with slums and 23% is with the natural river edge. These findings are from an initial analysis commissioned by NMC in 2015-2016 and forms the basis for future project requirements.

Projects identified:

o Cleaning of 17.1 km. of River Nag, including implementation of an integrated water management solution to prevent flooding within the city. o Construction of interceptor sewer line along the Nag River o Augmentation of existing STPs especially at Bhandewadi o Planning for decentralised system of STPs. o Flood prevention through construction of flood gates at Ambazari Lake (origin of Nag River), augmenting storm water drain network for the river and its tributaries, streamlining the river, strengthening and uplifting of bridges across the river. o Developing and finishing walkways and promenades along the river. o Conceptualise and plan landscape development guidelines and schemes. o Construct new vehicular and pedestrian connections between the river edges.

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Other Projects

Estimated cost: DKK 2978 million

Analysis & Comments:

 Transit Oriented Development of Sitabuldi (dense commercial section within Nagpur) o Sitabuldi is an area characterised by dense urban blocks with no green spaces and major commercial establishment density of over 600 shops and 300 hawkers on the streets. o Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) envisions to redevelop this area through increased transist connectivity, higher density development, improved walkable block sizes, horizontal and vertial mixed uses of land and creation of 5 minute walks (between key points in the area)

 Redevelopment of Mahal (adjacent area to Sitabuldi) o Mahal exhibits similar density trends as Sitabuldi and is in the adjacent sector to Sitabuldi. o NMC along with the transit oriented development of Sitabuildi has planned for the redevelopment of Mahal through urban design interventions such as street design, urban form guidelines and improvement of footpaths and other facilities for pedestrians like public plazas.

 Greenfield Development of Chinchbhavan o Chinchbhavan has been identified for greenfield development due to low population and structural density (as low as 25 person per hectare) and due to its proximity to the airport and developing metro routes. o The development of Chinchbhavan and the surrounding areas is estimated to give a major boost to the city attractiveness through land utilization for the creation of formal layouts and green development. An area of 1sq. km. (250 acres) of land has been delineated for development in this area.

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Projects identified:

 For Transit oriented development, retrofitting and greenfield development, the following projects have been identified in scope:

o Governance: o Citizen Facilitation kiosks o CCTV surveillance o Wi-fi hubs for accessing online municipal services o Smart Police station

o Physical infrastructure requirements: o 24*7 water supply o 100% coverage of sewerage network o Closed Storm water drains o 2 MT/day capacity Bio-methanation plant o Interactive LED streetlights o Underground utility ducting with provision for gas pipeline, optical fibre, electric cabling and utility services. o Installation of solar water heaters and solar panels

o Social infrastructure development: o Cycle track development across all areas o Pavements on all roads of 9-18m wide roads o Provision of community centre o Construction of Skill Development Centre

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Conclusion

The Smart City vision for Nagpur is structured on the key pillars of:

o Smart Environment (First Model Solar city, Smart Energy initiatives such as interactive LED streetlights and installation of solar water heater and Nag riverfront development) o Smart Living (Implementation of 24*7 water supply scheme) o Smart Mobility (Low Carbon Mobility Plan and Smart card integrating Metro & Bus fare) o Smart Governance (Installation of CCTV cameras and drones and video analytics and centralized control room for monitoring).

The Fact Finding Mission enabled us to establish the first connect to both identify the relevance of Danish strengths applicable within the city and to ascertain the willingness of the city administration to collaborate with Danish expertise. Innovation Centre Denmark has been able to utilise the opportunity of the fact finding mission to strategically introduce and position Danish competencies in Smart City development and especially brought key focus to Danish Blue-Green inclusive development skills for the Nag River project.

In further discussions with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation leadership, Innovation Centre Denmark was also able to ascertain that the city officials had evaluated Copenhagen as a model city for their ideation process. In particular, NMC has a strong recognition of Danish capabilities in relation to their plan to restore the Nag River as well as development of recreational and commercial spaces around the river bank and in the city. In view of this, NMC requested for Danish companies specializing in this field, to make visits to Nagpur to explore concrete collaboration opportunities.

As next steps, the strong recommendation for Danish companies is to take stock of the opportunities within Nagpur. Time is of the essence as we see that many international and Indian companies are moving in due to the business friendly approach within the city and also at the state leadership of Maharashtra. To enable this opportunity scoping and mapping, the Danish Embassy and Innovation Centre Denmark in India are working towards enabling these competency showcasing delegations and potential creation of pilot projects for mapping solutions to the opportunities in Nagpur.

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Sources and References

1. Nagpur city information, Wikipedia 2. Fact Finding Mission from Innovation Centre Denmark 3. NDTV News excerpt - Maharashtra signs MoU for making Nagpur a Smart City, 2015 4. The Hindu News excerpt – Nagpur SEZ to host Rafale offset manufacturing, 2016 5. Nagpur Municipal Corporation website 6. The Times of India News excerpt – Slum population in Nagpur, 2011 7. Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited official website, Government of Maharashtra 8. The Smart City Challenge Proposal, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India 9. YES Bank, National CFO Forum, 2016 10. Census of India 2011-Maharashtra, Government of India 11. Maharashtra Government Tourism Website 12. Economic Survey of Maharashtra, 2014-2015

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Annexure

ANNEXURE 1a: Components of Area-based initiative (As stated in the Draft Smart city proposal prepared by Nagpur Municipal Corporation)

 RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PBP- to make PBP a neighbourhood that matches world class quality of life resilient infrastructure projects such as: a) PROJECT H2O- 24x7 WS including (140 km distribution network, SCADA system and 7000 smart meters), b) 140 km WW network and SWD, c) 140 km concrete roads with utility ducting  CONNECTED PBP- to promote efficient mobility: a) 30 ebuses to shuttle in the project area and feed into proposed metro station at Pardi, b) 140 Km pedestrian and bicycle trails with tree canopies, c) 10 interactive smart bus stops and d) 5 bicycle sharing kiosk  Project SWACHA PBP- a) establish 10 state of the art e-toilet facilities, b) develop 10 MTD biomethanation project, c) establish one bring back center for waste recycling, d) smart waste collection through GIS and RFID tagging system  PROJECT GREEN LIGHT – To ensure sustainable power supply: a) 4000 roof top solar water heaters will be distributed, b) smart grid project (with smart meters and SCADA system) are proposed  EVERGREEN PBP- for clean, sustainable and carbon neutral environment initiatives such as: a) rooftop harvesting on 4000 new residential units, b) 8 MLD packaged STP, c) 7000 rooftop solar water heating systems, d) 50-acre green space and urban forestry project, and e) planting 10000 trees have been proposed  NIRMAL NAG initiative-a 3.5 km stretch of Nag river will be developed as a world class river front with acres of open and green spaces, attractive promenades inter connected with pedestrian trails and bicycle routes  PROJECT HOME SWEET HOME- as part of the project, 4000 affordable housing stock will be created and will be dovetailed with Housing for All mission and other MHADA housing programmes  PROJECT ABHAY (Safety)- To make PBP more safe for residents, business, and women, following subcomponents were identified: a) 9400 smart LED street lights, b) A smart police outpost under CCTNS programme, c) Smart police complaint kiosk and d) 10 CCTV cameras at important locations  PROJECT KAUSHAL PBP- 10-acre multi-skill center campus with incubation infrastructure and handholding support  SHIKSHIT and NIRAMAY PBP PROJECT- Develop one 500 bed multispecialty hospital with special focus on affordable oncology treatment. Also develop one affordable international standard primary and secondary school with a capacity to accommodate 500 students

ANNEXURE 1b: Components of Pan-city initiatives (As stated in the Draft Smart city proposal prepared by Nagpur Municipal Corporation)

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The Smart Garbage Solution (SGS) proposes seven ICT subsystems for an integrated garbage management and four non-ICT components to address other aspects of the value chain.

 ICT components

1. RFID TAGGED household bins: With a unique ID number associated to a waste bin, municipal authorities will be able to efficiently monitor the status of waste pickup at each household based on the information transmitted by the RFID reader. 2. GPS-BASED FLEET TRACKING: A GPS based tracking device mounted on the garbage truck will collect real-time location information transferred through a GPRS network to a UOCCC. Municipal authorities will be able to view current location of each truck and thereby can optimize fleet management. 3. WASTE BIN TRACKING SYSTEM: Weight sensors and RFID tags mounted on community bins will enable municipal authorities to monitor bin status. Concerned municipal authority will be alerted to attend any overflowing bins through the UOCC 4. ROUTE PLANNING SYSTEM: Using a GIS mapping system, will help in optimizing waste collection routes 5. TRACKING OF STREET SWEEPERS: With a GPS-enabled mobile handle device, street sweeping in the city will be monitored 6. CITIZEN FEEDBACK SYSTEM: Citizen Feedback on the waste pickup will be requested on daily basis using SMS and android based applications. Citizen will be also able to register their grievances 7. UOCCC: The smart garbage solution will be operationalized through creation of backbone connectivity infrastructure and a Unified Operations Command and Control Center. The UOCCC platform will provide visual analytics that will quickly turn complex data sets into high- value, actionable and innovative business opportunities. UOCCC will also enable Nagpur optimize operational performance, reduce processing costs, enhance revenue streams and provide the base for educational community outreach programs

 Non-ICT components

1. SEGGREGATION OF WASTE: We acknowledge that household level segregation is the backbone of the entire initiative and therefore preparatory work in this direction has already commenced 2. 8 TRANSFER STATION: To minimize waste handling and optimize use of collection fleet, Nagpur will develop 8 mechanized transfer stations at cost of INR 40 Crore will be developed simultaneously to facilitate smooth execution of the pan-city proposal 3. NEIGHBOURHOOD WTE PLANTS: We will develop 80 small neighbourhood level, bio- methanization plants on PPP basis to process segregated wet waste. Also, BRING BACK initiative will formalize recycling of dry sorted waste and provide economic opportunities to socially excluded section of the society (waste pickers) 4. AUGMETATION WASTE PROCESSING: Nagpur will create 500 TPD capacity of waste processing capacity at city level

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