Special issue on JNNURM Autumn/Winter 2010 Cover Image Credits: Kolkata by S P Shorey ` 450 / USD 35 Special issue on JNNURM Vol VII Issue 2 Autumn/Winter 2010 S pecial issue pecial on JN N URM Cover Image Credits: Kolkata by S P Shorey Autumn/ ` 450 / USD 35 2010 Winter Winter Special issue on JNNURM Vol VII Issue 2 Autumn/Winter 2010 Online Subscription for Context PLEASE VISIT OUR WESBITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AT www.dronah.org 1 Contents About the Volume...............................................................3 Legislation for Urban Heritage Conservation: West Bengal S P Shorey...........................................................................105 JNNURM: Overview and appraisal From the Editorial Team.....................................................4 Case Studies: Participatory Approach for Slums and Historic Settlements Critical Analysis of JNNURM Approach Market Intervention based Slum Rehabilitation Scheme: Planning Strategy for Urban Development: Mumbai Institutionalisation of compromises Adolf Tragler.....................................................................113 Amitabh Kundu...................................................................9 Community based Approach for Historic Settlements: Heritage Conservation in JNNURM: An analysis Kachhpura, Agra Rajender Singh ...................................................................15 Jyotsna Bapat, Renu Khosla, Manish Kumar...............119 Sustainability: Beyond JNNURM and Master Plans Slum Free Silicon City: Bengaluru Kathyayini Chamaraj.......................................................127 Building Clean and Efficient Cities: Initiatives under the Urban Climate Project Housing Design through Community Consultation: Pune Ashish Rao Ghorpade, Laasya Bhagavatula.................23 Prasanna Desai..................................................................133 Developing a Heritage Resource based Approach Community Participation for Liveable Neighbourhoods Nicole Bolomey..................................................................31 Ashwini Pethe, Kavita Murugkar..................................143 The Sustainable Indian Cities: An oxymoron Case Studies: Infrastructure, Heritage and Housing Kavas Kapadia...................................................................41 Commonwealth Games and JNNURM: Lost potentials for Way Forward with other Urban Renewal Schemes transforming Delhi AK Jain...............................................................................151 Implementation of the National Urban Transport Policy: An assessment Urban Infrastructure and Mobility Enhancement: Kolkata Noor Mohammad..............................................................49 Monideep Chattopadhyay, Dipankar Paul..................157 Transitions in JNNURM: Rajiv Awas Yojna Heritage Development Plan: Varanasi Usha Prasad Mahavir.......................................................57 Divay Gupta......................................................................163 Government Initiatives: Capacity Building and Godavari Riverfront Development: Nanded Reframing Toolkits Deepak Mhaisekar, Sanjeev Patil...................................173 Building Local Capacity for Urban Development: Rapid Impact of JNNURM: Laxmiguda, Hyderabad Training Programme under JNNURM Natraj Kranthi...................................................................177 Saswat Bandopadhyay, Shrawan Kumar Acharya.....67 Book Reviews Knowledge Sharing Programme under JNNURM Chetan Vaidya, Vijay K Dhar, Corporate Social Responsibility and Urban Development by Nilanjana Dasgupta Sur...................................................75 Edmundo Werna, David Murphy, Ramin Keivani Reviewed by Sudhanshu Bhushan................................182 Reframing Toolkits: Heritage as a cross cutting theme Indian Heritage Cities Network......................................83 Building from the Bottom: Infrastructure and Poverty Alleviation edited by Sameer Kochhar and M Ramachandran Case Studies: Reforms and Institutional Framework Reviewed by P S N Rao...................................................183 Urban Reforms under JNNURM: Rajasthan Events and Conferences.................................................185 R Venkateshwaran.............................................................91 List of Acronyms.............................................................186 Institutional Development: A Chennai Blueprint M G Devasahayam............................................................97 3 Chief Editor Shikha Jain Editor About the Volume Cheena Kanwal Managing Editor This special issue reviews the impact of Jawaharlal Nehru National Prabha Prabhakar Bhardwaj Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) on Indian cities. It presents Assistant Editor multiple facets of the Mission and its implementation across India in the Parul G Munjal last five years, since its launch. Consulting Editors The issue begins with a critical review of the JNNURM approach, Ajay Khare, Kewal Khanna, Mukta Naik, specifically in two sectors; Urban Poverty and Heritage that have been Suchandra Bardhan identified as cross cutting themes for all sectors in city planning, as per the recently revised City Development Plan (CDP) Toolkit (2009) of the Editorial Advisors Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD). Amitabh Kundu and Rajender Adam Hardy, PRASADA, Singh provide a thorough analysis on the current inclusion of ‘Urban Welsh School of Architecture, Poverty Alleviation’ and ‘Heritage’ in JNNURM. Cardiff, UK In terms of scale, JNNURM is one of the largest urban level missions A G K Menon Convener, INTACH Delhi Chapter in the world. Yet, the Mission clearly is not an end in itself, but one of New Delhi the means to achieve inclusive urban development in Indian cities. The planning exercise in Indian cities definitely needs to go much beyond the Madhuri Desai Mission to achieve sustainability. This aspect is addressed by articles on Assistant Professor Penn State University, climate change, heritage resource-based development and sustainability Pennsylvania, USA by Ashish Rao Ghorpade, Laasya Bhagavatula, Nicole Bolomey and Kavas Kapadia. Rima Hooja MSID India Program, University of Minnesota, USA Besides JNNURM, there are various other policies and centrally sponsored schemes for creation of infrastructure, slum development Shankar Ghose and provision of basic amenities in the urban sector. Two of the most Charkha, important urban renewal schemes that can be aligned with JNNURM Development Communication Network, New Delhi goals are presented by Noor Mohammad and Usha Prasad Mahavir in their articles on National Urban Transport Policy and Rajiv Awas Yojana. Monideep Chattopadhyay Chief Executive Government initiatives to strengthen JNNURM deliverables include Centre for Habitat, Environment and Disaster Management, capacity building programmes, knowledge sharing and reframing CDP Kolkata and Detailed Project Report (DPR) Toolkits, as elaborated in articles from Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Layout & Design National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and Indian Heritage Cities SN Graphix (011) 46142909, 9891299959 Network (IHCN). Copyright © 2010 Dronah, India Along with these overviews on various aspects of JNNURM, this special All rights reserved including the right to reproduce issue includes several case studies from various States and Mission and contents of this publication in whole or in part cities under JNNURM, covering aspects of community consultation and without prior written permission of the publishers. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or participatory approach for slum improvement and historic settlements, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic urban reforms, heritage legislation, institutional frameworks, along or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm- with examples of project implementation in infrastructure, heritage and ing and recording or by any information storage and retreival system, without permission in writing from housing sector. the publisher. Printed and published by DRONAH - Shikha Jain A-258, South City - I, Gurgaon-122 001 Tel: 0124-4082081,2381067, Fax: 0124-4269081 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.dronah.org ISSN No : 0973-502X Vol VII Issue 2 Autumn/Winter 2010 Special Issue on JNNURM 4 Editorial JNNURM: OVERVIEW AND APPRAISAL One of the largest government funded attempts at urban renewal in the world, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) took on the near impossible task of transforming the dynamic Indian cities in a limited period of seven years (2005-2012). Five years past the Mission’s launch on December 3, 2005 is a suitable time gap to review its impact on the Indian cities and channelise it in the appropriate direction. WHY DID SUCH A MISSION COME INTO BEING? The gamut of Indian cities forms the second largest urban system in the world, which is said to be plagued with lack of urban infrastructure, increasing urban poverty, as well as weak institutional and financial frameworks. In the face of increasing urbanisation and growing focus on cities, the municipalities that are already short of resources, are struggling to provide the most basic of services and infrastructure. Considering that the 11th Five Year Plan midterm assessment clearly identifies ‘Indian cities to be the locus and engine of economic growth over the next two decades’, the flagship Mission of JNNURM comes as a clear response to such a call for making the ‘cities more liveable, inclusive, bankable