Punjab Cities Improvement Gujrat City Profile Investment Program Contents CONTENTS FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................... VI PREFACE........................................................................................................................... VII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................. VIII NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ............................................................................................. IX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... 3 The Gujrat City .......................................................................................................... 3 SWOT Analysis of the Gujrat City .............................................................................. 4 Gujrat City Services Comparison with Other Cities .................................................... 4 Brief of the Profile ...................................................................................................... 7 I. EXISTING SITUATION ........................................................................................... 13 A. Introduction & History of City ........................................................................ 13 B. Geographic Conditions, Physical Features, Spatial Organisation ................. 15 1. Geographic Conditions ..................................................................... 15 2. Physical Features ............................................................................. 17 3. Spatial Organisation ......................................................................... 17 C. Socioeconomic Data .................................................................................... 18 1. Employment and Unemployment ...................................................... 18 D. Environmental Conditions ............................................................................ 21 E. Incidence of Waterborne and Hygiene-Related Disease .............................. 22 F. Comparative Advantages, Weaknesses and Economic Potential ................. 23 1. Existing Situation .............................................................................. 23 2. Service Delivery ............................................................................... 24 3. Human Resources and Social Conditions ......................................... 25 4. Finance and Economics ................................................................... 25 5. Urban Planning and Future Development ......................................... 25 G. SWOT Analysis ............................................................................................ 29 H. Gujrat City Services Comparison with other Cities ....................................... 29 II. SERVICE DELIVERY BASELINE DATA ................................................................ 35 A. Water Supply Service .................................................................................. 35 1. Major Issues ..................................................................................... 35 B. Sewerage and Drainage .............................................................................. 41 1. Major Issues ..................................................................................... 42 C. Solid Waste Management ............................................................................ 47 1. Major Issues ..................................................................................... 47 D. Urban Transport Service .............................................................................. 53 1. Major Issues ..................................................................................... 53 2. Major Chowk .................................................................................... 54 3. Major Road Passing through City, Controlling Department ............... 54 4. Off Street Parking Places ................................................................. 55 5. Major Urban Routes ......................................................................... 55 6. Flyovers............................................................................................ 55 7. Underpasses .................................................................................... 55 8. Bus / Wagon Stand .......................................................................... 55 9. Truck Stands .................................................................................... 56 10. Urban Transport Services ................................................................. 56 11. Railway Line ..................................................................................... 56 III. HUMAN RESOURCE OF TMA ............................................................................... 61 A. Analysis on organization, planning and management of the municipal infrastructure and services, including capacity, systems and procedures ..... 61 1. Tehsil Nazim / Administrator ............................................................. 61 THE URBAN UNIT Page iii P & D DEPARTMRNT, PUNJAB Punjab Cities Improvement Gujrat City Profile Investment Program Contents 2. Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) ......................................................... 61 3. Tehsil Officers (TO) .......................................................................... 62 B. Organization Structure of TMA Gujrat .......................................................... 63 C. Filled or Vacant Key Positions of TMA Management since July 2008 .......... 64 D. Over all TMA Establishment ......................................................................... 65 E. Analysis on the Municipal Staff .................................................................... 77 F. Capacity Assessment of the Provincial Government, Local Governments and Current Urban Service Providers ................................................................. 78 IV. FINANCIALS AND ECONOMICS OF TMA ............................................................. 81 A. Financial Assessment .................................................................................. 81 1. Introduction ...................................................................................... 81 2. Financial Analysis ............................................................................. 81 B. Outsourced Service Contracts (Existing / Proposed) ............................. 94 C. Public Private Partnership Contracts ....................................................... 95 V. MAJOR PROJECTS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ........................................... 99 A. List of Major Projects ................................................................................... 99 B. Future Development: ................................................................................... 99 C. Forecast for Future Developments, Costs ............................................... 99 VI. URBAN PLANNING .............................................................................................. 103 A. Land use and Settlements Pattern ............................................................. 103 1. List of Dry-ports .............................................................................. 111 2. List of Katchi Abadies (Recognised and Un-recognised) ................ 111 3. Street Lights ................................................................................... 111 4. Parks .............................................................................................. 111 B. Economic Zones - Industry Sites ................................................................ 111 C. Largest Industries -Chamber of Commerce................................................ 112 ANNEXURE Annex 1: Socio-Economic Indicators ................................................................................. 115 Annex 2: List of Government Officers who provided Information ....................................... 128 MAPS Map 1: Location of Gujrat City ............................................................................................. 16 Map 2: National Trade Corridor ........................................................................................... 27 Map 3: Existing Water Supply System in Gujrat City ........................................................... 39 Map 4: Existing Sewerage System in Gujrat City ................................................................ 45 Map 5: Existing Solid Waste Management System in Gujrat City ........................................ 51 Map 6: Transport System in Gujrat City .............................................................................. 57 Map 7: Outline Development Plan of Gujrat City ............................................................... 104 Map 8: Land Use Map of Gujrat City ................................................................................. 107 FIGURES Figure E1: Weighted Score Distribution (With No Data) ........................................................ 6 Figure E2:Weighted Score Distribution ................................................................................. 6 Figure E3: Overall Weighted Score ....................................................................................... 7 Figure 1: Weighted Score Distribution (With No Data) ........................................................