[ecis2016.org] Twenty cities across three Indian states are likely to have a fast-track development, under a new Indo-Canadian initiative to train urban planners and designers, for the execution of ‘smart cities’
Twenty cities across three Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, are likely to have fast-track development under a new Indo-Canadian initiative to train smart city planners on capacity-building and governance, according to experts associated with the project. Under the proposed initiative, a rigorous planning and analysis would be taken up, to assess the capacity and investment needs in municipalities, they said.
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The 20 cities identified are among the 64 cities in the three states that come under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). The work involves capacity building, reform implementation, water supply, sewerage amongst others. The proposal aims at training at least 150 official urban planners and designers and building localised platforms and tools, for efficient and predictable planning and execution of ‘smart cities’, they said. The initiative, researchers said, comes at a time when there are reports that only seven per cent of the Rs 600 crores released by India could be utilised by municipalities, due to lack of governance and capacity building.
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It is in this context that the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), based in India and the Canada-India Centre for Excellence (CICE) at Carleton University, are undertaking the initiative to improve the service delivery infrastructure of these cities and thus, create opportunities for private investments. “The joint initiative would leverage Canadian and Indian expertise, to address underlying challenges and build downstream receptor capacity,” Rajesh Tandon, president of PRIA said. “The Carleton University and CICE had already carried out considerable work with the Indian Smart Cities Mission. CICE had developed a portal called Smart Cities Navigator, to identify market opportunities in India for Canadian investors and companies,” Harry Sharma, manager, CICE said.
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