<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/most-smart-cities-not-smart-enough-says-govt-study/story-nPl7zhh7SUTbdT7mt5vTLP.html" target="_blank">http://www.hindustantimes.com/<wbr>india-news/most-smart-cities-<wbr>not-smart-enough-says-govt-<wbr>study/story-<wbr>nPl7zhh7SUTbdT7mt5vTLP.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-story-highlight" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:30px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:14px"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;line-height:1.1;color:inherit;font-size:36px">Most smart cities not smart enough, says govt study</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">The top 20 cities got selected based on the score they got for carrying out urban reforms in areas including sanitation, good governance and financial sustainability of the proposals they submitted.</p><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/" class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-cta-link m_-6102032844976936836gmail-india-cb-section m_-6102032844976936836gmail-mr-15" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(244,125,3);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;border:2px solid rgb(64,163,211);font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;padding:1px 8px;display:inline-block;font-size:10px;margin-top:3px;margin-right:15px" target="_blank">INDIA</a> <span class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-text-dt" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(117,117,117);font-size:12px;text-transform:capitalize">Updated: May 24, 2017 08:36 IST</span><div class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-media m_-6102032844976936836gmail-user-dt" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:9px;zoom:1;overflow:hidden;margin-bottom:9px"><div class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-media-body" style="box-sizing:border-box;zoom:1;overflow:hidden;width:10000px;display:table-cell;vertical-align:top"><div class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-para-txt" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:12px;display:inline-block;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Moushumi Das Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi</div></div></div><div class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-story-lg-img" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-thumbnail" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:20px;padding:4px;line-height:1.42857;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);border-radius:4px"><img src="http://www.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_960x540/HT/p2/2017/05/24/Pictures/narendra-offers-smart-cities-vision-realising-create_d45ffa08-4027-11e7-a718-97a052f84fc6.jpg" alt="Smart cities" title="Smart cities" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:middle;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);outline:none;width:834.474px;display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"></div><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:500;line-height:20px;color:inherit;margin:5px 0px 0px;font-size:14px">India plans to have 100 smart cities by 2022. Sixty have been chosen so far, the remaining will be picked by 2018. </h2></div></div><div class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-story-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:14px"><article class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-story-details" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 30px 0px 100px;float:left;width:743.111px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:20px;line-height:32px">Many of the top 20 cities that got selected last January under the government’s ambitious smart city project lag in basic infrastructure, governance and socio-economic indicators, a government study has found.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:20px;line-height:32px">These cities competed with 98 other “potential” smart cities and got selected based on the score they got for carrying out urban reforms in areas including sanitation, good governance and financial sustainability of the proposals they submitted. The top 20 cities are: Vishakhapatnam, Kakinada, Guwahati, NDMC, Ahmedabad, Surat, Belgaum, Davanagere, Kochi, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Pune, Solapur, Bhubaneswar, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Udaipur, Chennai and Coimbatore. According to the analysis by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) —under the Union urban development ministry — the total slum population of 18.75 % in the 20 cities is higher than that of urban India (17.4%). Slum population was high in Jabalpur, Kakinada, Indore and Chennai.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:20px;line-height:32px">Many cities have a small percentage share of households with basic civic amenities. Guwahati had the lowest number of households (32.6%) with access to tap water from a treated source while Solapur, Bhubaneshwar, Pune, Jabalpur and Bhopal reported a low share of latrine facilities. Drainage connectivity was low in Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Kakinada, Kochi and Belgaum.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:20px;line-height:32px"></p><span class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-read-more" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="m_-6102032844976936836gmail-story-readmore" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-weight:600;padding:5px 0px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-weight:normal">“The analysis shows different types of vulnerabilities even among the top 20 cities. The idea behind the study is to help the Centre and state governments to decide funding priorities by identifying cities that are lagging behind and need focused interventions,” said NIUA’s Debolina Kundu, lead author of the report.</span><br></div></span><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:20px;line-height:32px">India plans to have 100 smart cities by 2022. Sixty have been chosen so far, the remaining will be picked by 2018. Meant to change the way urban India lives, smart cities will enjoy uninterrupted power and water supplies, internet connectivity, e-governance and quality infrastructure.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:20px;line-height:32px">The study, supported by Asian Development Bank, analysed secondary data from Census 2011, household amenities data, unit level data on employment and unemployment situation and household consumer expenditure, 2011-12. On the demographic front, however, cities have reported positive trend. “Almost all the cities have a good share of youth and working age population. This potential could be harnessed to develop smart cities,” Kundu said. Based on the analysis, the 20 cities were ranked on the levels of development and access to basic amenities. New Delhi Municipal Council was ranked first followed by Pune and Chennai. Belgaum was ranked the lowest.</p></article></div></div></div>
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