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Featured Inside Divya Kumbh Bhavya Kumbh DECEMBER 2018 | VOLUME 14 | ISSUE 21 Yogi Adityanath Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh up.eletsonline.com | #SmartCityLucknow EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr Ravi Gupta EDITORIAL TEAM: DELHI/NCR Senior Assistant Editors: Souvik Goswami, Gautam Debroy, Sandeep Datta Assistant Editors: Priyanka Sharma, Gopi Krishna Arora, Poulami Chakraborty, Mukul Kumar Mishra Senior Correspondent: Akash Tomer, Rashi Aditi Ghosh Correspondent: Ritika Srivastava LUCKNOW BUREAU Assistant Editor: Arpit Gupta MUMBAI BUREAU Senior Assistant Editor: Kartik Sharma Senior Correspondents: Harshal Yashwant Desai, Rakesh Kumar Roy Founded in 2005, eGov magazine is published in both JAIPUR BUREAU print and online formats. Innovative use of ICT in Senior Assistant Editor: Kartik Sharma Governance is at the heart of our all eGov initiatives. 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Uttar Pradesh and published from 710, Vasto Mahagun Manor, F-30 Sector-50, Noida, Uttar Pradesh © All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic and mechanical, including photocopy, or any information storage or retrieval system, without publisher’s permission. Smart City Summit, Surat 11th eINDIA C R Chaudhary P P Chaudhary Our Publications and Initiatives Minister of State of Commerce & Industries, Union Minister of State for Law and Justice; Government of India and Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India Send your feedback about our interviews, features, articles, and news. You can either comment on the webpage of the stories, or mail at [email protected] Editorial Smart Cities Catalysing Urban Space in Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh has embarked on a journey to realise the dreams of millions of citizens inhabiting the country’s most populous state and home to some of the largest cities. The MAGAZINE history of the state, which forms a significant part of the Great Plains of north India, is It compiles ICT-related advancements that of rise and fall of many cities since the prehistoric period. Kannauj, Prayagraj, Kashi, being introduced, exercised by Mathura, Meerut are among the cities which, at one time or the other, have served as the various government organisations via engines of growth and prosperity. Some continue to do so even to this day. However, owing eGovernance module. to the changing socio-economic and political dynamics in the state, the process of urban transformation relatively slowed down. NEWS Dealing with various key developments The state now pins its hopes on the Smart Cities Mission, launched by Prime Minister and policy-related decisions that Narendra Modi on June 25, 2016, to rejuvenate its urban centres by infusing a new vigour to define Indian governance style at large, reclaim their relevance in the national scheme. This special issue of eGov has the singular this section throws light on the most focus of capturing this urban transformation happening on the ground. important aspects. The cities in Uttar Pradesh are fired up with a new vision, of which building smart infrastructure around the aspirations of the people is an outward reflection. This special issue carries WEBSITE interviews of who’s who of Smart Cities including top decision makers, industry captains With a reach of sixty lakhs, the website and other key stakeholders to help develop a better insight into the vision and plans driving is pushing the Digital India campaign of the change in urban centres of the state. the Government of India. It highlights various dimensions of anything and everything related to the changing This issue also carries a feature on Kumbh Mela 2019 at Prayagraj, which is set to bring trends of governance in India . forth the best of planning, organisational and administrative human traits to achieve a feat of this scale and size. Listed as an ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ by UNESCO in 2017, Kumbh is a reflection of faith of millions of pilgrims and Uttar Pradesh Government’s EVENT REPORTS vision. The feature covers multitude of initiatives that have been planned to make this unique This segment narrates the discussions gathering of humanity a memorable experience for pilgrims and tourists. and deliberations of participants at the occasional conferences held nationally This issue of eGov is also special as it will be launched at our 35th Smart City Summit, which or internationally. is being organised jointly in association with Lucknow Municipal Corporation and Lucknow Smart City Limited. The summit with its innovative themes, will serve as a unique platform for Smart City stakeholders to huddle together and decide on the future trajectory of growth CASE STUDIES in Smart Cities. It deals with in-depth detail of various projects being implemented in any part of the country, worth inspiring I sincerely hope that this issue of eGov would help our readers get useful insights into the others in providing solutions. Smart City ecosystem and contribute its bit to introduce innovations in India’s urban space. VIDEOS Looking forward to the invaluable feedback from our readers. The youtube channel ‘EletsTv’ deals with live recorded versions of tech- experts and key decision makers who participate in key debates or discussion of Elets knowledge conferences. INTERVIEWS This section highlights various stakeholders, bureaucrats and policy makers influencing governance in the country. DR RAVI GUPTA Editor-in-Chief, eGov magazine, and Founder & CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd DECEMBER 2018 | Volume 14 | Issue 21 10 CONTENTS COVER STORY SMART CITIES CATALYSING DEVELOPMENT ACROSS UTTAR PRADESH 16 ANIL GARG 20 DR ASHISH 22 PRABHU N SINGH 20 DR NITIN BANSAL 26 DR INDRAMANI KUMAR GOEL TRIPATHI Divisional Commissioner, Vice-Chairman Municipal Commissioner, Lucknow and Divisional Commissioner Lucknow Development Varanasi Municipal Municipal Commissioner, Chairman, Lucknow Smart Prayagraj Division & Authority (LDA) Corporation & Chief Lucknow Municipal City Limited. Chairman Executive Officer, Corporation and Chief Prayagraj (Allahabad) Varanasi Smart City Limited Executive Officer, Smart City Limited Lucknow Smart City Limited. 28 DIVYA KUMBH BHAVYA KUMBH 34 ARUN PRAKASH 36 SANTOSH 38 LALIT JAIN 20 RAJESH KUMAR KUMAR SHARMA SRIVASTAVA Municipal Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Agra Municipal Commissioner Kanpur Sirmaur, Himachal Municipal Commissioner, Corporation & Chief Nagar Nigam and Pradesh Bareilly Municipal Executive Officer, Agra Chief Executive Officer, Corporation and Chief Smart City Limited Kanpur Smart Executive Officer, City Limited Bareilly Smart City Limited 6 DECEMBER 2018 [ egov.eletsonline.com ] The Largest Portal on e-Governance in Asia and the Middle East Connect with us on egovonline @egovonline egov magazine DECEMBER 2018 PB COVER STORY Smart Cities Catalysing Development across Uttar Pradesh With the State government led by Yogi Adityanath determined to transform Uttar Pradesh (UP), Smart Cities Mission is emerging as a ray of hope to realise this dream. As intensive use of smart solutions to develop smarter and sustainable cities in the country is gaining pace, UP is marching ahead in sinc with the time, observe Arpit Gupta and Ahmad Shariq Khan of Elets News Network (ENN). 10 DECEMBER 2018 [ egov.eletsonline.com ] The Largest Portal on e-Governance in Asia and the Middle East COVER STORY n recent times, led by Lucknow, numerous Smart City Missions of IUttar Pradesh have rolled out a number of citizen-engagement projects. To boost the holistic ecosystem of the State’s infrastructure, the Uttar Pradesh Government has roped in many relevant stakeholders, expert urban planners and globally renowned teams of engineers to chalk out plans to transform State’s infrastructure and civic development. Ever since being shortlisted as a Smart City in 2016 by the Central Government , Lucknow also described as the City of Nawabs , has made efforts to turn around its image and transform the city as a tech-driven city. innovative way of development. city. In fact, our approach toward making Lucknow a Smart City involves Till recently, representing a perfect blend A cursory glance at Lucknow Smart City improving resource management by of the old and the new, Lucknow has Ltd, the designated agency mandated adding connectivity and intelligence been known largely for its rich culture, with the role of enhancing the profile of within existing infrastructure”. cuisine,