Government of India Smart Cities Mission Ministry of Urban Development Smart cities challenge Smart Cities Challenge City-wide Concept Plan for Coimbatore October 2015 Coimbatore Municipal Corporation Government of Tamil Nadu Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. SMART CITIES MISSION ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. APPROACH TO SMART CITIES CHALLENGE - STAGE 2 ......................................................................................... 1 1.3. APPROACH FOR PREPARATION OF CITY-WIDE CONCEPT PLAN .............................................................................. 2 1.4. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT ..................................................................................................... 4 2. CITY BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................. 5 2.1. CITY OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.1. Regional Setting ........................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.2. Location and Connectivity ............................................................................................................ 5 2.2. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.2.1. Coimbatore Municipal Corporation .............................................................................................. 6 2.2.2. Departments and Agencies of Government of Tamil Nadu .......................................................... 7 2.3. LAND-USE ................................................................................................................................................. 9 2.4. DEMOGRAPHICS....................................................................................................................................... 10 2.4.1. Population trends and projections.............................................................................................. 10 2.4.2. Social indicators .......................................................................................................................... 11 2.5. ECONOMIC BASE AND GROWTH DRIVERS ....................................................................................................... 11 3. BASELINE ASSESSMENT ......................................................................................................................... 13 3.1. WATER, SANITATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................ 13 3.1.1. Water Supply .............................................................................................................................. 13 3.1.2. Sewerage and Access to Toilets .................................................................................................. 15 3.1.3. Municipal Solid Waste ................................................................................................................ 16 3.1.4. Water ways, water bodies and drains ........................................................................................ 17 3.1.5. Energy ......................................................................................................................................... 19 3.2. MOBILITY, STREET LIGHTING AND OPEN SPACES ............................................................................................. 21 3.2.1. City Mobility ............................................................................................................................... 21 3.2.2. Parks and Open spaces ............................................................................................................... 26 3.3. HOUSING, INCLUSION AND SECURITY ........................................................................................................... 27 3.3.1. Urban Poor ................................................................................................................................. 27 3.3.2. Education .................................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.3. Healthcare .................................................................................................................................. 28 3.4. E-GOVERNANCE AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT ................................................................................................. 29 3.4.1. Civic Services to the Citizens ....................................................................................................... 29 3.4.2. Grievance Redressal system ....................................................................................................... 29 3.4.3. Vehicle tracking system .............................................................................................................. 30 3.4.4. E-tendering/ E-auction ............................................................................................................... 30 3.4.5. Citizen engagement through Unified Communication System ................................................... 30 3.4.6. Key issues/ gaps and suggestions ............................................................................................... 31 3.5. SELF-ASSESSMENT SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 32 4. CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT .......................................................................................................................... 36 4.1. ROUND 1 CONSULTATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 36 4.2. FACE TO FACE MEETINGS ........................................................................................................................... 37 4.3. SOCIAL MEDIA AND MYGOV ...................................................................................................................... 38 4.4. COVERAGE IN PRINT, TELEVISION AND RADIO ................................................................................................ 38 4.5. CONTESTS AND POLLS................................................................................................................................ 38 5. VISION, GOALS AND STRATEGIC PLAN ................................................................................................... 39 5.1. APPROACH TO VISION FORMULATION ........................................................................................................... 39 5.1.1. Review Vision, Goals, Strategies identified under recent planning exercises ............................. 39 5.1.2. Findings from Baseline assessment and a summary of key priorities ........................................ 41 5.1.3. Reflections and Aspirations of Stakeholders .............................................................................. 43 5.2. VISION FOR COIMBATORE .......................................................................................................................... 45 5.2.1. Vision Statement ........................................................................................................................ 45 5.2.2. Core Themes underlying the Vision ............................................................................................ 45 5.3. PRIORITY GOALS AND STRATEGIES ............................................................................................................... 46 5.3.1. Vision Theme III –Vibrant Economy ............................................................................................ 46 5.3.2. Vision Theme IV – Sustainable Environment .............................................................................. 46 5.3.3. Vision Theme II – Efficient Transit Orientation ........................................................................... 47 5.3.4. Vision Theme I – Best in Class Civic Services ............................................................................... 47 5.3.5. Vision Theme V – Citizen centric Technology-enabled Governance ........................................... 48 6. COMPONENTS OF SMART CITY PROPOSAL ............................................................................................ 49 6.1. PAN CITY INITIATIVE – GUIDELINES UNDER SMART CITIES MISSION .................................................................... 49 6.2. PAN-CITY INITIATIVE - INITIAL IDEAS ............................................................................................................. 50 6.2.1. Addressing Infrastructure gaps and incorporating Smart Solutions city wide ........................... 50 6.2.2. Initial Ideas – Stand-along smart solution implementation ....................................................... 51 6.2.3. Criteria for selection ................................................................................................................... 51 6.3. AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN ........................................................................................................................