Government of India Smart Cities Mission

Ministry of Urban Development Smart Cities Challenge – Stage 2

Smart Cities challenge – Ajmer city

Final Proposal
December 2015

Ajmer Municipal Corporation

Citizen Engagements

13,377
Elected Representatives Facebook Likes

25 Followers
Twitter
FGDs
Members of Sub Group Committees 27
Architects, Builders, Doctors, Advocates My Gov. Online
Religious Groups, Schools, & Colleges, various clubs,
425 & 15,665
Survey forms online
& Offline
City Administration
1200 + 5000 students
Seminars/ Workshops/
FGDs/ School meetings
Citizen Consultation
Online 438
Email participants in 7
Form Submission competitions held
Contest where all schools of
City level competition for schools
Ajmer participated
 Citizen Consultations- Priority Sectors Identified

1. Sanitation 2. Transport 3. Waste Management

4. Security 5. Parks & Open Spaces

City Level Analysis

• 99.6% of the city population in the city is served by grid based power,
which includes 5% of power from renewable sources of energy
• 20 modules are implemented successfully in AMC using E-Governance.
• 92% HHs are coverage of water supply connections with current NRW of
30%.
• Sewerage collection is only 15% and coverage of storm water drainage
network is less than 50%
• The incidences of sewerage mixing in the drains are more than 99% and
the incidences of water logging are more than 15%
• The condition of the existing water bodies in the city is being
deteriorated due to siltation and inflow of sewerage, waste water, and
solid waste into the lakes.
• The availability of public transport is only 40% and the availability of
pedestrian facilities is only 2%. There is non-availability of non-
motorized transport facilities and NMT parking facilities
• Total number of beds in healthcare facilities are 1380 which is very less
• The city lacks information systems for tourists and currently possesses
substandard tourist infrastructure
 Consultations Vision
“To develop Ajmer as a global
religious and heritage
destination offering high
quality living to citizens using
technology-based solutions”

Core Themes identified under Vision

1. Vibrant Economy supporting Tourism
2. Preserving Cultural Heritage
3. High Quality of living

Convergence Schemes Strategies for Smart City proposal

1. Upgrade religious and cultural sites and
HRIDAY/ AMRUT related infrastructure
2. Capitalize on identity of Ajmer
(beautification, heritage walkway etc. )
VISION

SMART CITY Proposals

3. Technology led Pan city Solutions to
a) Pan City improve transportation infrastructure and
b) Area Based Development improving E- Governance
4. Innovative use of open area , parks
AMRUT/ JNNURM/ SBM/ 5. Strengthening Infrastructure (Physical and
IPDS/ HFA Social
 Ajmer SCP- Area Based Development
Options Identified for Retrofitting & Greenfield Development
Retrofitting Options
……… JLN Hospital, Daulat Bagh, Gaurav Path,
1 Mittal Hopital

2 ……..Naka Madar

1 3 ………JP Nagar
NAG PAHAR
4 ………Adarsh Nagar
2
MADAR PAHAR 5 ………Chandravardai Nagar
FOYSAGAR

6 6 ……….Pal Beechla
7 3
Green Field
7 ………..Village Hathikhera
Options Focus group discussions Elected representatives City Administration

Option 1 High High High

4 Retrofitting
Option 2 Medium Medium Low

5 Retrofitting
Option 3 Medium High Low
Retrofitting

Option 4 Low High Low

Retrofitting

Option 5 Medium High Medium

Retrofitting

Option 6 Medium High Low

Retrofitting

Option 7 High High Medium

Greenfield
Area for Retrofitting= 1334 Acre

Food craft Institute

Ajmer Development

Regional Institute
of Education

Urban Hut Bazaar Jawahar Rangmanch JLN Hospital

 Area Based Development….. Selected option
Option1 : Retrofitting Development – Proposals
S. No Components Included
1 Water Supply & Rain water
harvesting structures
2 Solid Waste Management
3 Non Motorized Transport
Essential Feature Proposal
Adequate water supply including Installation of smart solution such as Decentralized waste
waste water recycling and storm water techniques, recharge pits in parking lots and green
water reuse areas.
Smart metering All the households will get smart meters for water supply
connection
Rain water harvesting Recharge pits would be created in open areas to harvest
rain water
Sanitation including solid waste • Door to door collection - Vehicles
management • Dust bins with electronic censors
• Transportation - Vehicles with GPS enabled tracking
system
• IT based MIS System linked with citizen grievance
system
Pedestrian friendly pathways All the footpaths and pathways will be pedestrian friendly
with a special focus on differently abled
Encouragement to NMT (ex. Walking Eco mobility corridor is proposed to be developed along
& cycling) the Anasagar Lake which will have cycle tracks and
walkways
Non Vehicle streets/ zones Eco Mobility Corridor along the Anasagar Lake has been
proposed as a pedestrian area with no vehicular
movement
Smart Parking Smart Parking systems are proposed in all the parking lots
of area development plan
 Area Based Development….. Selected option
Option1 : Retrofitting Development – Proposals

S. No Components Essential Feature Proposal

4 Non Motorized Intelligent traffic On Bus Intelligent Transport System –OBITS
Transport…Cont management Bus Stop Components and Terminal Components
Traffic Surveillance- SCN at Traffic Signals, Major roads and Public Spaces
Central Control Station
Smart Card for Public Transport System
Mobile based application to include Public Information System (PIS)
5 Energy Energy efficient street Solar roof topping to produce 10% (3 MW) of the power consumed in Area,
lighting strengthening of electricity infrastructure including underground cabling and
sub-stations allied under IPDS.
Conversion of all the existing street lights into energy efficient street lights
6 Parks & Open Spaces Innovative use of open Open spaces to be developed theme parks like children park etc
spaces
7 Visible improvement in Visible improvement in Underground cabling of the electric wires has been proposed along with strict
the area the area enforcement of encroachment free public spaces
8 Safety & Security Safety of citizens Installation of CCTV cameras has been proposed along with introduction of
especially children, helpline numbers
women and elderly
9 IT Connectivity Robust IT Connectivity 100% selected area will get an access to free WI FI
and digitalization
10 Creation of Economy & Plug & Play stations to be created to facilitate the business travelers
Employment Employment Skill development centers will be developed for facilitating the youth
Opportunities population
 Eco-Mobility Corridor along
AnaSagar Lake

Conceptual Planning & Design

Total Length of Corridor= 5.5 km
Total Width of cycle track= 3.5 m
Total width of footpath = 2.5 m
Features:
1. Open Air Amphitheatre, Promenades/ Plaza
2. Park Pathways with cycling/ walking tracks
3. Boating and water sports facilities
4. Other recreational facilities - Musical
Fountain
5. Park Development (excluding in Eco-
mobility corridor along Anna Sagar Lake
 Pan City- Proposals

S. No Components Included Proposal

Solar Powered street lights • Installation of 17,000 new solar power street lights on street and in parks and open spaces
1
lights
• Installation of Solar Panels with battery (33000 poles)
• Conversion of existing lights to LED (on-going process)

2 Urban Mobility/ Traffic & • Infrastructure Arrangement for city bus services: Development of Q shelters and bus stop
Sign Boards and provision of mini buses for Ajmer-Pushkar City.
Transportation Management • Implement Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for traffic management. Introduction of IT
based application for commuters – smart cards, developing passenger information system,
and tracking public transport vehicles.
• Leveraging digital technology to create smart parking systems.
• Implement demand management measures, identify major air polluted zones due to traffic
and identify alternate route maps.
• Surveillance Camera network to capture high-resolution with facilities for wireless and wire
connectivity download at different locations including PTZ cameras, fixed box cameras,
Mobile Transport cameras etc.
• Development of Smart Multi level car parking, flyovers to decongest the traffic

City E- Governance • Develop integrated command and operation centers to enable better management of
3
services, integration of operations across various departments leading to cost optimization.
• Introduce city performance dashboards to monitor the performance of city subsystems
through digital technologies and big data analytics to manage city governance.
• Implement GIS based workforce and resource management solutions.
• Introduce multi-channel citizen interfaces such as — mobile, web, online, phone, etc. for
services such as bill payment, tax payment, online certificates, grievance registration etc. Use
digital media for communication with people (LED displays across the city with latest updates
and information).
Thank You