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BHOPAL SMART CITY

A Smart Idea for a Smarter Future

The Bhopal Smart City Vision is an idea to transform the state capital of Madhya Pradesh into a future ready smart city with enhanced livability, workability and sustainability.

The Idea Initiated in 2016, under the smart city mission of GOI, is a time bound redevelopment effort, sharply focussed on transforming the city by imbuing its rich socio-cultural fabric with futuristic planning and state of the art technology. This effort will be aimed towards generating employment opportunities, enhancing livability and boosting the overall economy. To achieve its desired aims & objectives, the Bhopal Smart City Vision will follow an approach focused on re-strengthening, re-developing, re-structuring and re-defining the following:

•	Infrastructure •	Lifestyle •	Economy •	Ecosystem

Smart Vision The Bhopal Smart City Vision envisions transforming Bhopal, the City of Lakes, Tradition & Heritage into a leading destination for Smart, Connected and Eco Friendly Communities focused on Education, Research, Entrepreneurship and Tourism. With customised intelligent ideas and strategical advancement plans, the Bhopal Smart City Vision is among the selected lighthouse projects that will set benchmarks for other cities to follow.

Smart Strategy

Rebuilding the city’s Ecosystem by creating an environment of overall growth, the Smart city strategy simultaneously moves on two paths of development.

-	Area Based Development- An ambitious area specific proposition on 342-acres of government land has been redesigned in line with the city’s vision and planning guidelines of TOD, URDPFI, and MoUD.

-	Pan City Development- A more extensive city wide effort which caters the overall city with several smart interventions, IOT/ technology and smart Solutions.

This strategy is contrived to create a tomorrowland devised on the idea of Smart Planning, Smart Initiatives and Smart Convergence.

Smart Plan

Based on strategic component of city renewal, redevelopment efforts have been initiated to replace the existing infrastructural setup of the ABD area with effcient future ready provisions. This will aim in creating an environment, that enables co-creation of a new layout with enhanced infrastructure and resources. With this the city renewal strategy will efficiently accommodate and address the needs of existing inhabitants while creating ample room and resources for several other developmental works.

Area Based Development of TT Nagar-

An ambitious, area specific re-development plan has been initiated in the Tatya Tope Nagar vicinity of Bhopal. Under this, around 342-acres of government land is being redesigned in line with city’s vision and the planning guidelines of TOD, URDPFI, and MoUD.

ABD focusses on transforming the existing area of TT Nagar into a more efficient and better planned human settlement, by redeveloping and redesigning the existing infrastrcuture. Furnishing the same with state of the art infrastrcutural delights and futuristic provisions, this transformation will enhance and animate the liveability of citizens. On the other hand, it will prove to be economically and environmentally effective by fuelling real estate, Conserving nature and Checking urban Sprawl.

With all this, the new social infrastructure of TT Nagar envisions supporting 60,000 people over the next 20 years with facilities like health centers, schools, libraries, plazas, community halls, sports complexes, a state-level stadium, spiritual centers, parks, and recreation hubs. This will lead to a ripple effect in catalysing the future economic and social development of Bhopal.

The unique components of ABD include several intelligent interventions which ensure comforts, convinience, connectivity and contentment for the citizens.

Efficient Use Of Land-

An efficient, advanced and commercially viable development plan has been devised for the ABD Zone which emphasises on Maximum utilisation of space and optimal utilisation of resources. This aims to trigger the real estate growth of the vicinity by creating a productive land bank which provides more room for commercial activities and provisions.

Government Housing Facilties–

The GoMP has allotted 342 acres of land for redevelopment to Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Limited. The area currently inhabited by Public Sector employees will be restructured with state of the art High rise Government Houses. These modern dwellings will be decked and equipped with advanced facilities like parking spaces, gardens, clubhouse, CCTV and IBMS.

Key features: High rise Apartments, More than 3000 units, each house larger in area than the original unit, Built on Green Building Model, Planned with 80% open spaces, Embellished with Greenery in and around the area

Transit Oriented Development-

For an potent transit oriented development plan, efforts are being made to integrate various transit modes including the Bhopal Metro Rail project, BRTS, Walking Tracks and Cycling lanes. The whole development work will be focussed around the area of the 3 proposed metro lines at Jawahar Chawk, Mata Mandir and Tin Road. As per the plan, two metro lines and three transit nodes will impart excellent connectivity and conflict-free interchange between metro, bus, and IPT. Moreoever, an extensive network for non-motorized vehicles and pedestrians along with smaller building blocks will ensure shortest distances.

Boulevard Street-

A 45 m wide, tree-lined Boulevard Street, with a barrier-free, inclusive streetscape design is the development’s pride. Giving a mega city street experience it has a wide pedestrian pathway, a cycle track and tall indigenous leafy trees on either side. Apart from this, it will provide arterial axis connect to the ABD zone with a 2.5 km smart street from Polytechnic Square to Bharat Mata Square. Besides, the boulevard street also hosts multiple underground provisions for services like Water supply, Telecom, and IT etc.

Waste Management-

Provisions are being made in the ABD zone to ensure a Smart living experience. Primary segregation and collection of dry and wet solid waste is enabled in the area by aa suction based Automated Solid Waste Management system via underground pipes. Also, dustbins are located every 500 m for pedestrians’ convenience to ensure efficient collection of waste.

Utility Tunnels-

For an easy mangement and supervision of utility services and for the optimal use of space, the ABD zone will be facilitated with unique Utility tunnels. These underground passages will have ducts for utilities like potable water, recycled water, automated solid waste, power and data to facilitate ease of maintenance and prevent digging of roads.

Green Buildings-

Environmental conservation is a prerequisite for building a smart future. Considering future pollution projections, 100% green buildings and neighborhood are being ensured in the ABD zone.

Efficient Water Supply-

Optimal use of resources like water is being ensured for a flourishing and prosperous habitat. An advanced dual piping provision for drinking water supply has been made in the ABD area to provide constant supply of pure Ultrafiltration/UV drinking water from any tap.

Power-

Planning and provisions are being made to ensure uninterupted power supply in the ABD zone. Underground compact sub-stations, Smart Grids, renewable sources of energy are the steps being taken in this direction. Provisions would also be made for 100% power back up.

Pan City Development-

A smart city is an ideology which uses digital 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. As the ABD plan is taking a compact area approach, the pan city initiatives aim to maximise it’s outreach to all the citizens by providing something for everyone. Working on the use of Information and communications technology (ICT) the Pan-city module envisages enriching the existing city-wide infrastructure with the use of technology, information and data to make it more livebale and progressive. This would be achieved by programming an IoT which consists numerous obkjects and by applying smart solutions to the challenges of the future.

Intelligent Initiatives-

To address the demands and challenges of the fast developing future we are creating a new pan city ecosystem that adorns state-of-the-art smart infrastructural initiatives. This ecosytem with all it’s advancements, resources and provisions will lead to development by fostering the economy, stimulating growth, increasing employment and overall lifestyle of the city with smart governance.

An Initiative to Connect Bhopal Plus Smart App- Bhopal Plus serves as a single platform for the citizens to engage with the government, avail services, receive issue resolution, and learn about governance schemes, projects, and initiatives. The four main components of the proposed platform are Citizen Collaboration, Grievance redressal, Citizen Service delivery (G2C & B2C services) and Public dashboard. Revolutionizing people’s connect with the government and services, the App provides instant, electronic access to the information people need, the services they require, and the interaction they want.

Services Available: •	Property tax payment •	Water tax payment •	Electricity bill payment •	Birth registration •	Marriage registration •	Request for death certificate •	Live bus route planner service •	Payment gateways and wallets •	Search for local clinics and hospitals •	Request for installation of solar plant for domestic use •	Government citizen collaboration platform •	Live city dashboard •	Grievance registration and tracking mechanism

Smart Poles-

The city will be decked with several multi-functional Smart Poles, which will facilitate several utility and connectivity services. These Intelligent SmartPoles will be interconnected with a 200km Optical Fibre Network with a 4 core data flow enabling real-time monitoring throughout the city. The poles will empower and add-on to the infrastructural offerings with unique solar powered LED lights for improved street light management, surveillance cameras and environmental sensors for safety management and free WI-FI hotspots to help people connect with public utility services.

The integral parts of the smart pole are as following:

•	Smart pole has telecom tower infrastructure to match with city aesthetic and ready to accommodate upcoming technology as 4G and 5G •	Energy efficient and remotely controllable LED Street Lights •	Wi-Fi hotspot services for the city •	Surveillance cameras for safety and parking violation detection •	Environmental Sensors to monitor Airquality, temperatureandhumidity •	Electric Vehicle charging points to promote use of electric vehicles in the city •	Mobile based application with functionality of SoS •	Centralizes Command and Control centre for monitoring the implementation of smart solutions. •	Optical fiber for better bandwidth to the Wi-Fi users/providing backhaul to telecom operators.

An Initiative to Inform

Smart Maps(GIS)-

A 90 layered GIS is a one stop interactive destination of Bhopal, developed to create a platform for citizens, business and government to discover, consume and share information. This interactive map system will let everyone discover, consume and share reliable, timely and location based information. This includes master plans of the city,utility networks, information on Bhopal’s culture, heritage, educational centers, medical services and trade centers.

An Inititative to Control

Control & Command Centre- Leveraging the Most advanced Cloud infrastructure instead of Building captive City Data Centre, the unique cloud based control and command centre of Bhopal is based on a Pay Grow and Pay Use model. Breaking silos of city operations this will strategically work to monitor and facilitate all the smart services being offered. It will also collectively bring the State and Local governance and their offerings at one place. This will inturn provide a better connect, cordination and control over plans, thus making governance easier and effective.

An Initiative to Facilitate

Mayor Express-

The Mayor Express intends to be a dynamic marketplace, which facilitates ease of life and employment for the citizens. It works as a facilitator between various service providers and the citizens of the city, thus making their lives convenient by providing help while making it prosperous by providing business and employment at the same time.

Services to be offered include Electrician, Plumber, Carpenter, Mason, Driver, Gardener, Painter, Accountant, Air Conditioner Servicing, Baby Sitter, Beautician, Car Cleaner, Cook, Dish Washer, Domestic Maid, House Cleaning, Pest Control, Photographer, etc.

Smart Street-

The city is being adorned with a buzzing city route that has comforts, conviniences and contentment for the citizens. A place making exercise planned on the principles of tactical Urbanism, this is an idea to change the ambience of the city with a more lively, joyous and smart streetscape. The Smart street being developed from Board Office Square to Jyoti Talkies Square, will offer a great street surfing experience to the citizens with services like modern waiting zones, food zones, Bicycle sharing facilties, Wi-Fi service etc. A bus interchange terminal is also being developed on the Smart street.

An Initiative to Encourage

Incubation Centre-

The Incubation Centre will be instrumental in Encouraging enterprenuership among the citizens, especially the youth. It’ll not only provide opportunities of growth and employment but will also extend technical guidance to facilitate start ups, demanding businesses and to generate an industry ready workforce.

Objectives •	To identify & support potential cutting edge information technology entrepreneurs with a viable business plan •	To provide technical assistance in the development of processes, technologies and products along with managed workspace •	To connect researchers and entrepreneurs to commercialize innovations •	To increase economic and social growth of the region as well as the country

Envisaged Services

-	Managed office space -	Business modeling -	Financial advice services -	Advertising and marketing services -	Training services -	Industrial infrastructure -	Network services -	After incubation support services -	Legal and IPR advisory services

An Initiative to Conserve

Heritage Conservation –

In a bid to conserve and renovate the rich heritage and culture of Bhopal, a heritage conservation project is being be implemented in the city. Under this project renovation and restoration work has already been initiated on historical monuments including the Chawk Bazar, Jama Masjid Complex and Sadar Manzil.

Smart Energy-

Contemplating the subject of depleting energy resources, the smart City plan intends to shift minimum 10% of city’s energy usage from conventional to renewable resources of energy. Measures have been taken to achieve the target with some unique productive inititaives.

Biomethenisation Power – To provide innovative, cost effective, one stop solution in waste management, and to convert waste into energy, an ambitious biomethenisation Power Generation Plant has been setup in Bittan Market to generate 40 KW of power by bio waste.

Solar Energy Project - 5MW Solar roof top energy projects have been setup in the city as a part of city’s Solar energy project. Besides, to promote the use of solar energy among the citizens, a condition for providing at-least 50% of common service user area power consumption through solar has been integrated in development permissions. Whereas a net meter policy has also been approved by the administration to incentivise citizens shifting to solar means of energy.

Smart Lightning- Promoting efficient resources of energy, we plan to shift the consumer usage of electricity on energy saving LED bulbs. A state government subsidy scheme is being conjoined in this effort. Working in the same direction, 400 Smart poles equipped with 20,000 LED energy saving street lights are being installed by replacing the conventional sodium lamps and mercury lamps.

An Initiative for Convinience

Smart Mobility-

Facilitating convinience and comfort to the citizens with well managed conveyance facilties, the Smart Mobility initiative offers services which assure ease of mobility within the city by integrating efficient modes of transport.

Intelligent Transport System-

Introducing buses equipped with GPS based AVLS. These will be connected with a central control and command centre which will have LED panels to track and monitor the bus movements in real time. Additionally, an advanced Pasenger Infromation system will be developed along with a passenger announcement system in the bus.

Public Bike Sharing-

India’s first Automized Bike sharing System is ready to serve the lake city. This will provide the citizens with convinience to use a healthy, green and economical mode of mobility. Cycles are available in a closely spaced network of semi-automated stations. Users can check out cycles at one station and return them to any other station in the network. In the intial phase 50 different automatised cycle stations have been planned in the city with 500 light weight modern bikes. Integrated with a smart fare collection system, these cycles will be accessible by smart phones or smart cards.

Dedicated Cycle lane-

Encouraging people to use a healthier and cleaner way to commute, we are creating dedicated cycle lanes to provide a convinient, fast and easily accessible interconnect within the city. These 5 meter wide lanes will be integrated with the BRTS.

Automatic Fare Collection-

This system will be integrated with a smart automized fare collection system. Citizens will be able to use this service via their smart phones also.

Smart Parking-

A digitally empowered, advanced smart parking system has been devised under the Pan city development strategy. Integrated with the Bhopal Plus mobile app this smart parking system will offer a convenient commuting experience within the city, while making better utilization of available parking spaces by giving real time information. The system will also authorize space booking and digital payments for parking slots.

Smart Convergence

To further strengthen the Smart City project, we aim to converge our efforts with other plans and projects floated towards the same direction. This integration of efforts will prove more productive, efficient and comprehensive. Smart convergence collectively integrates Projects and plans worth Rs.14, 390 crores, planned for the upliftment of Bhopal City. Some of these include the Bhopal metro Rail Project worth Rs 6963 Crores, Smart City Plan worth Rs 3437 crores, Housing for All plan worth rs. 2058 crores and Sewerage and Drainage Project worth Rs. 900 crores.

Integrated Waste Management

Considering the future population projections, an integrated solid waste management plan has been devised for the city of Bhopal and 6 of its suburban towns by the Directorate of Urban Administration and Development. The plan will provide for door to door waste collection, transportation, establishing a transfer station and scientific execution of the waste in Bhopal, Bairasiya, Mandideep, Sehore, Ashta, Obedullaganj, Icchavar and Kothari. A plant is being set upat village Adampur Chhawani at Raisen Road for the execution of this project. The plant will work on the model of WtE (waste to energy) and process 1100 metric tons of waste to produce 22 MW of electricity.

Bhopal Metro Rail project

Ensuring faster and more convinient connnectivity for a futuristic smart city, the Bhopal Metro rail works as a major catalyst in the smart city vision. In the initial phase the mega project will stretch to a distance of 27 kms, connecting every nook and corner of the city. To cater to maximum passenger movement and to ease out the traffic flow of the city, the metro line network will connect all the major residential and business centres of the city. The proposed routes will include Berasia Road, Pulbogda Road, Sultania Road, Kamala Park Road, Hosangbad Road, Raisen Road, Shahpura Road, Kolar Road, Indore Road (Halalpura).

Housing For All

The city administration is incessantly working towards the development of a slum free city which provides housing  facility to the homeless denizens. Under the various components of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna a plan is proposed to build 27,160 affordable houses for the urban poor. Out of these 17296 units will be reserved for the Economically Weaker Section, 7128 for Low income Group and 2736 units for Middle Income Group. This project will aid the efforts of the smart city project by envisaging a slum free, well defined and properly developed residences to the homeless. 10 acres of land within ABD has also been reserved for affordable housing and Economic Weaker Sections.

Swachha Bharat Mission

Dedicatedly following the idea of a Clean and Healthy city with the Swachh Bharat Mission, Bhopal is right on track towards the goal of Smart City. Moving fast in the same direction, the capital city has earned the tag of the second best city under the Swachha Bharat survey. The swachhta mission is being fueled by the efforts of the local administration, the municipal corporation and the citizens along with several other public and private bodies. The versatile initiatives taken under this mission are not only instrumental in creating a cleaner living space but are also serving as auxillary efforts for the Smart City Vision by providing facilities and systems for a smarter futuristic habitat.

AMRUT

Atal Mission For Rejuvenation And Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is a venture initiated by the GOI, to ensure fundamental neccessities for the people of the city. The project provides accelaration and strength to the smart city efforts by strengthening its major components which include water supply, sewerage and urban transport for the urban citizens.

An Improvement Program for Water Supply And Sewage System

Under AMRUT a service level improvement program has been implemented in the city to improve the water supply sytem and sewage system of the city and suburbs. Tasks initiated under this program include changing the water Gravityman and Feederman at Kolar Dam, ensuring water supply at Bhauri Area and within the city limits, improvement of the water supply sytem of the old city, Kolar suburb sewage project and Bhopal city sewage project.

Hub and Spoke Model for City Bus Transport Services

AMRUT has resourced the Urban Transport System with intercity and intracity buses to give better connectivity to the commuters of the city and suburbs. These buses are being operated on a Hub and Spoke Model, which is being fuelled with an amount of Rs 50 crore, sanctioned under the scheme. In the first phase 102 Midi buses will be operated in city at 10 New Routes. Whereas around 150 New Midi Buses shall be introduced within next two years.