Mangaluru: The district administration held a press meet to discuss the criteria for the Smart City at the DC’s Office here, on September 30.
Addressing the mediapersons, DC A B Ibrahim said that Mangaluru city is in the list of 100 cities chosen to be the smart cities. “It is the duty of every individual to give their feedback for Mangaluru to be selected in the list of top 20 cities in the first phase for the Smart City. We have held many meetings in this regard but the people are not coming forward to give their feedback.”
October 5 is the last date to send the vision statement and December 15 is the last date to submit the report. “Citizens participation is the main criteria and suggestions can be given at www.mygov.in. Some people have started to give feedback. We have received 320 feedbacks in total; even through Gmail we have received 109 feedbacks. We have put up hoardings in the city. We will circulate pamphlets to every house. We have also started bulk sms so that the message reaches a minimum of 3 lakh people. The district administration has announced Rs 1 lakh for the best vision statement. If we will not receive a suitable statement, we will divide the prize money and the best four statements will be given Rs 25,000 each.”
“We have also started TV shows where discussions will be held from September 30 with the officials, a NGO representative and a representative from Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry. On Sunday October 4 at 5 pm, we will have a public interaction at the Mini Soudha. We will come to know the people’s vision on October 4. We are currently in third place as far as citizens’ participation is concerned.”
“In the smart city concept, citizens’ participation is very much important. We have tried our best to reach out to every individual but people are not showing much interest.”
Consultant Dilip Kumar said that one of the main criteria for selection of smart city is people’s participation. “Press and media can play a vital role in reaching out to the people. We need to collect the feedback from the people and prepare a report based on it and send it to the government by December 15. A smart city uses digital technologies or information and communication technologies to enhance quality and performance of urban services, to reduce costs and resource consumption, and to engage more effectively and actively with its citizens. Sectors that have been developing smart city technology include government services, transport and traffic management, energy, health care, water and waste. Smart city applications are developed with the goal of improving the management of urban flows and allowing for real time responses to challenges. A smart city may therefore be more prepared to respond to challenges than one with a simple ‘transactional’ relationship with its citizens.”
Ramanath Rai said that the district administration’s aim is to bring our city in the list of first 20 cities. “An American agency will finalize the city based on the criteria. People think that Smart City means development of the roads, but it is not that type of a programme; it has a different angle. There is a committee that will finalize the cities. In the first phase, 20 cities will be made into smart cities and we need to be in the list of the first 20 cities. The state government and the central government will pay Rs 100 crore each year for 5 years for the development of the city. People’s participation is an important criteria and we need to fulfill it.”
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““In the smart city concept, citizens’ participation is very much important” – Report quoting a top official. No – it’s called participatory democracy!! These top officials and our elected representatives don’t know what are all the burning issues in Mangaluru urban area? It’s laughable to talk about ‘smart city technology’ when we don’t even have a basic model in place for urban management!! If these guys are really serious, haven’t they compiled data over a period of time to identify the pain points and bottlenecks in city management? What’s up with these ‘vision statements’ and prize money? We seem to… Read more »
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VISION STATEMENT
If Mangalore is to become ” The Smart City ” one thing it should demonstrate, is that it will care for the liveability, workability and sustainability of all people, it will care for its environment and it’s larger bioregion. It’s activities should be ecologically sustainable rather than exploitative.
Cities which already have 3 core values of LIVEABILITY, WORKABILITY and SUSTAINABILITY are potential cities to become Smart Cities when Digital technology is integrated into city systems. Mangalore already has this 3 core values in moderation. All it needs is to frame policies that allows to scale up these 3 core values, as this city is expected for a rapid growth in the coming future. Following are the Bench marks in achieving these 3 core values. LIVEABILITY : Clean city. Healthy living conditions with minimum air, water pollution. Minimal traffic congestion. City services conveniently available any time any where. WORKABILITY… Read more »
Building smart cities will require close interaction between the government that represents the civil society, urban planners, project developers and technology service providers.
We need to critically understand the Eco sensitiveness of Dakshina Kannada region while framing policies for Economic sustainability. On the industries front, we need to set up Eco-industrial parks that promotes manufacturing various green products to meet our country demands. The purpose of an eco-industrial park is to connect a number of firms and industries to work together to decrease their environmental impact while simultaneously improving their economic performance.The components for building an eco-industrial park include natural systems, more efficient use of energy, and more efficient material and water flows. Industrial parks should be built to fit into their natural… Read more »
The Smart City proposal should highlight the core Social and Cultural identities of its people in Dhakshina Kannada
and also propose as to how these identities will continue to be retained even as we turn our cities Smart.
Dear readers,
No city in India can be ‘smart’ if there is no awareness of civic sense first.It can’t be called ‘smart city’ if there is no liberty to talk,right to eat what they want.
The city is still rubbish if there is no0 “peace, tranquility and brotherhood”.
In no sense Mangalore can be ‘Smart city’,which is already maligned its name international media with ‘pub attack’ ,’Moral police’,’cow chasers’,’Assembly porn session’ and ‘public lynching’.
Unfortunately this is called intelligent peoples district which failed to elect competent leadership and curb the social menace.
Jai Hind
“It can’t be called ‘smart city’ if there is no liberty to talk,right to eat what they want.”
Shaken Shake is uttering few golden words which is only applicable only in India.
How about applying the same rule Muslim countries, particularly Saudi and Pakistan?
There is no freedom of press in almost all Muslim countries and no freedom to eat any thing he wants. Can a Christian be able to buy pork in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan?
Shake thy name is “double standards”
There is no freedom of press in almost all Muslim countries and no freedom to eat any thing he wants. Can a Christian be able to buy pork in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan? – Joker Mangu Please don’t follow in the steps of your chaddi-dost called Original RampaNNA, yaar. Please do some PROPER searching (called Googling) before you put your foot in the mouth. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/06/22203369-fine-french-food-in-the-heart-of-pakistan-just-no-pakistanis-allowed http://www.meat1.com/pork-meat-suppliers/indonesia.html http://www.expatwoman.com/oman/monthly__Pork_6579.aspx http://dohanews.tumblr.com/post/13146717097/qdc-pork-now-available-for-purchase-in-qatar Probably with the exception of Saudi, pork is available in almost every GCC country. Forget about alcohol. The POINT is dear Mangu, EVEN though both Pork and C2H5oH is banned in their… Read more »
Mango Man,
why you want to poke ur nose in others matter,when you don’t know the fact other than mango business.
Just for your info that is the reason they are not ‘Smart City’