PM to share his vision for emerging urban India with corporations & municipalities from across the country
Updated: Jun 20, 2015 04:15:31pm
New Delhi, June 20 (KNN) In a first of its kind advert to urban development in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his vision for emerging urban India with mayors and municipal chairpersons from across the country.
He will address elected mayors and chairpersons of 500 corporations and municipalities from across the country next week, outlining his vision for emerging Urban India and the challenges to be overcome to enable an effective urban transformation.
This unique event takes place on the occasion of the launch of three major new initiatives namely Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and the Housing for All initiative, now named as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by the Prime Minister on June 25.
It will be marked as a Red Letter Day in the history of urban development in the country with the simultaneous launch these missions.
This reflects the integrated and convergence based approach of the Government towards inclusive urban development. While AMRUT seeks to ensure basic infrastructure, PMAY enables the urban poor to own decent and affordable houses. These two components enable the present cities emerge as smart cities in due course.
Under Smart Cities Mission, quality of life will be enhanced in 100 identified cities and towns by ensuring quality infrastructure, improving services through application of smart solutions and enabling a clean and sustainable environment.
Ministers of urban development, municipal affairs and housing from all the states and union territories besides elected heads of 500 municipal bodies, principal secretaries dealing with urban matters, commissioners of municipal bodies, other senior officials, representatives of research and academic institutions, technical and handholding agencies, bilateral and multilateral organizations, urban planners and experts will attend the launch.
Keeping in view the important role to be played by the states and urban local bodies in the effective execution of new urban missions, the Ministry of Urban Development has organized two days of consultations on June 25 and 26, 2015 on various aspects of their implementation. These include four Sessions on Smart City development, AMRUT, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Swachh Bharat Mission.
In addition, there will be extensive presentations and discussions on 15 themes and issues including: PPP model; smart solutions and city challenge competition and role of special purpose vehicle for smart cities development; city and state level planning for AMRUT; devolution of resources to states and urban local bodies by 14th Finance Commission; case studies relating to local area planning in Ahmedabad; redevelopment of Bhendi Bazar in Mumbai; innovative citizen driven solutions and property tax collection enhancement by Hyderabad; development of New Town of Kolkata, action plan for open defecation free cities of Chattisgarh; promotion of public toilets in Tamil Nadu and community toilets in Pune; water supply scheme of Nagpur; conversion of waste to compost in Karnataka; waste to energy and construction and demolition waste recycling plants of Delhi and waste to wealth conversion experiences of the US, Europe and China.
The two consultations are aimed at sensitizing the elected and executive heads of corporations and municipalities towards the challenges of management of urban transformation in the country and the roles they would be required to play. (KNN/ST)
He will address elected mayors and chairpersons of 500 corporations and municipalities from across the country next week, outlining his vision for emerging Urban India and the challenges to be overcome to enable an effective urban transformation.
This unique event takes place on the occasion of the launch of three major new initiatives namely Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and the Housing for All initiative, now named as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by the Prime Minister on June 25.
It will be marked as a Red Letter Day in the history of urban development in the country with the simultaneous launch these missions.
This reflects the integrated and convergence based approach of the Government towards inclusive urban development. While AMRUT seeks to ensure basic infrastructure, PMAY enables the urban poor to own decent and affordable houses. These two components enable the present cities emerge as smart cities in due course.
Under Smart Cities Mission, quality of life will be enhanced in 100 identified cities and towns by ensuring quality infrastructure, improving services through application of smart solutions and enabling a clean and sustainable environment.
Ministers of urban development, municipal affairs and housing from all the states and union territories besides elected heads of 500 municipal bodies, principal secretaries dealing with urban matters, commissioners of municipal bodies, other senior officials, representatives of research and academic institutions, technical and handholding agencies, bilateral and multilateral organizations, urban planners and experts will attend the launch.
Keeping in view the important role to be played by the states and urban local bodies in the effective execution of new urban missions, the Ministry of Urban Development has organized two days of consultations on June 25 and 26, 2015 on various aspects of their implementation. These include four Sessions on Smart City development, AMRUT, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Swachh Bharat Mission.
In addition, there will be extensive presentations and discussions on 15 themes and issues including: PPP model; smart solutions and city challenge competition and role of special purpose vehicle for smart cities development; city and state level planning for AMRUT; devolution of resources to states and urban local bodies by 14th Finance Commission; case studies relating to local area planning in Ahmedabad; redevelopment of Bhendi Bazar in Mumbai; innovative citizen driven solutions and property tax collection enhancement by Hyderabad; development of New Town of Kolkata, action plan for open defecation free cities of Chattisgarh; promotion of public toilets in Tamil Nadu and community toilets in Pune; water supply scheme of Nagpur; conversion of waste to compost in Karnataka; waste to energy and construction and demolition waste recycling plants of Delhi and waste to wealth conversion experiences of the US, Europe and China.
The two consultations are aimed at sensitizing the elected and executive heads of corporations and municipalities towards the challenges of management of urban transformation in the country and the roles they would be required to play. (KNN/ST)
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