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FACT FINDING MISSION REPORT ON NAGPUR Innovation Centre Denmark, India

The East Asiatic Company Foundation, Denmark

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SMART CITY NAGPUR

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Innovation Centre Denmark, Royal Danish Embassy New Delhi

Contents

Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Acknowledgement ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................................................. 5

City Profile .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Main Challenges ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Smart City Plan for Nagpur .................................................................................................................................................. 13

Project Funding and Financing Model .......................................................................................................................... 14

Opportunities for Danish Companies ................................................................................................................................ 15

Possible projects identified for Danish Competencies in Nagpur ............................................................................ 15

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Sources and References ......................................................................................................................................................... 21

Annexure ................................................................................................................................................................................. 22

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Abbreviations

AMRUT Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

CAGR Cumulative Aggregate Growth Rate

CMP Comprehensive Mobility Plan

FSI Floor Space Index

ICT Information & Communication Technology

IPDS Integrated Power Development Scheme

MIDC Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation

MIHAN Multi-Modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur

MLD Million litres per day

MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

NCCN Nagpur City Community Network

NIT Nagpur Improvement Trust

NMC Nagpur Municipal Corporation

NMT Non-Motorised Transport

NRCP National River Conservation Plam

PBP Pardi-Bharatwada-Punapur

PPP Public-Private Partnerships

RFID Radio-Frequency Identification

SBM Swachh Bharat Mission

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCP Smart City Proposal

SGS Smart Garbage Solutions

SPV Special Purpose Vehicle

STP Smart Transportation Pricing

SWM Solid Waste Management

UOCCC Unified Operations Command and Control Center

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Acknowledgement

Our sincere thanks to The East Asiatic Company Foundation (ØK Fonden, Denmark) for providing the

financial grant to conduct the Fact Finding Mission. The aim of the foundation is to develop relations both

professionally and culturally between Denmark and Asia.

We are highly indebted to the Nagpur City Officials for sharing their knowledge with us that greatly assisted

the research.

Furthermore, we would also like to thank Honourable Mayor of Nagpur; Mr. Pravin Prabhakarao Datke,

Nagpur Municipal Commissioner; Mr. Shravan Hardikar, Additional Municipal Commissioner; Mr. R.Z.

Siddiqui and others from the executive team within the Nagpur Municipal Corporation for making the

mission possible. Our special thanks to Mr. Mahesh Gupta, Traffic Engineer for coordinating and

facilitating the meetings.

We would like to express our appreciation to all those who have contributed to preparing this report. We

extend our sincere thanks to all of them.

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Executive Summary

Nagpur, often called the heart of India, is at the geographical centre of the country enabling it to be the

logistical hub of India. With over 2.5 million residents and 52% of the district population residing in

Nagpur, it is the 3rd largest urban area in the State of Maharashtra1. Nagpur was known for its orange

production market (Orange City), but has over the years transformed itself to become a sought after

investment destination due to its central connectivity stronghold. Companies like CISCO3 and Reliance4

along with countries like France4 have expressed interest and in some cases even laid foundation to projects

like building an Aerospace Park and manufacturing plants in Nagpur.

Nagpur aims to transform itself into a well-planned, Eco-friendly, Edu-city that Electronically connects

governments, businesses, people and spaces seamlessly to co-create a clean, green, safe, prosperous, healthy

and Inclusive ecosystem and hence their Smart City vision is apt named ‘e3i’. This vision has been

formulated based on an extensive citizen engagement process and discussions with urban planners and

sector experts, with the results reflecting strong desires to have a clean, green and safe Nagpur.

Innovation Centre Denmark at Royal Danish Embassy undertook a fact finding mission to Nagpur on 3rd

and 4th of October 2016. This report is the result of comprehensive interviews with city officials and site

visits within the city.

During the fact finding mission on the 3rd and 4th of October 2016, the following observations were made:

A strong municipality team that has engaged the services of several planning companies to evaluate

global cities to be the foundation for their work on Smart City Nagpur. Additionally, the officials

share a strong recognition of Denmark’s capabilities in liveability, sustainability and cycling which is

an aspirational goal for Nagpur.

Development of Nag riverfront, estimated at DKK 150 million.

Pan-city solutions on waste management, city surveillance & monitoring, IT control & command

centre and intelligent transportation solutions, estimated at DKK 223.39 million.

Area based smart parking and non-modal transportation (cycling) solutions, estimated at DKK

73.52 million.

From the fact finding mission, one aspect that stands out strongly is the willingness of the city officials

(backed by a strong support from the State government of Maharashtra) to implement solutions within their

city without any delays. This is leading the city to proactively scout for partners and potentially also issue

public tenders at a pace uncommon amongst Indian cities. Danish companies need to take a note of this

working culture and engage accordingly with Nagpur. Nagpur has also evaluated cities globally (including

Copenhagen) to arrive at project scope for city level waste management. The results of this evaluation is

being factored in the Request for Proposal (RFPs) to be released in early 2017.

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City Profile

Nagpur is a city in the central part of India in

Maharashtra state. It is the winter capital of the

state and the largest city of Central India.

Nagpur has been the main centre of commerce

in the region of Vidarbha since its early days

and is an important location for trade and

industry. The city is also important for the

banking sector as it hosts the regional office of

Reserve Bank of India. Nagpur is witnessing an

economic boom as the "Multi-Modal

International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur

(MIHAN)" is being developed. MIHAN will be

used for handling heavy cargo coming from

South-East Asia and the Middle East.

Nagpur is adjudged as the second greenest and cleanest city of India and is the 9th most competitive city and

8th highest consuming city of the country. Around 10% of the MSME`s and MIDC Industrial units of the

state are in Nagpur Division. The district has the 2nd largest number of warehouses in the state and the

capacity is nearly 5% of the total storage capacity available in the state. Nagpur is the largest producer of

oranges in the state and the region accounts for nearly one third of the state's cotton production. Nagpur

city has also been rated among the top 10 emerging business destinations for commercial real estate in

India.

Nagpur District forms the north-eastern part of the present state of Maharashtra. The district is roughly

triangular in shape and is rich in geological and mineral wealth. Nagpur city is located at the exact centre of

Indian peninsula and has the Zero Mile marker indicating the geographical centre of the country. The city is

dotted with natural and artificial lakes, the largest being Ambazari lake.

Demographic profile: Spread across an area of 9892 sq. km, Nagpur district has a total population of

4,653,570 people as per Census 2011 and has experienced a growth rate of 14.4% over the last decade.

Nagpur district is also one of the well urbanized district with more than two-third of its population living in

urban areas. Literacy rate in Nagpur district is 88.4%, higher than the state average of 82.34%. (Table 1)

Table 1: Demographic Statistics, Census 2011

Source: Economic Survey of Maharashtra, 2014-2015

Maharashtra Nagpur District

Total Population 112,400,000 4,653,570

Decadal growth rate of population 16% 14.4%

Proportion of urban population to total population

45.22% 68.32%

Density of population (persons/sq.km) 365 470

Literacy rate 82.3% 88.4%

http://www.nmcnagpur.gov.in/en/about-nmc.html

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Urban Governance: The urban institutional set-up in Nagpur is divided into various departments

responsible for the provision, operation and maintenance of urban services. The Nagpur Municipal

Corporation (NMC) is the main administrative body. The administrative head of the Corporation is the

Municipal Commissioner, who along with the Deputy Municipal Commissioners, carries out various activities

related to engineering, health and sanitation, taxation and its recovery. The activities of NMC are administered

by its 10 zonal offices.5 The overall organization structure of NMC is classified as below. (Figure 1)

Source: Nagpur Municipal Corporation website

The implementation of the Smart City Mission, in general, at the city level will be done by a special purpose

vehicle (SPV) created for the purpose. The SPV will plan, apprise, approve, release funds, implement, operate

and evaluate the smart city development projects. The proposed organization structure in Nagpur for SPV will

consist of 13 Board Members in total. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is by de facto the Municipal

Commissioner, supported by Presidents appointed for different departments. (Figure 2)

Proposed Board Members: 13

6 - Nagpur Municipal Corporation

4 - Maharashtra Government

1 Government of India Nominee

2 Independent Directors

o Commissioner as

Chairman

o 1 nominee of Chairman

o 4 nominees of Mayor

o 2 Nominees of

Government of

Maharashtra

o Chairman, NIT

o Commissioner of Police

Figure 1: Organization Structure-NMC

Commissioner

Additional Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner 1 Deputy Commissioner 2 Deputy Commissioner 3

Department Zonal

Office (1-4) Department Zonal

Office (5-7) Department Zonal Office

(8-10)

Figure 2: Smart City SPV Board and Organization Structure


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President-Operations President-Corporate

Affairs

President-Information

Technology

Head-Planning

Head-Water Supply, Sewerage

& Storm Water

Head-Roads/Transport

Head-Electricity

Head-Solid Waste Management

Source: Fact Finding Mission, Nagpur Municipal Corporation

Chief Manager-Accounts & Finance

Chief Manager-Procurement

Chief Manager-IT Operations

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

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Main Challenges

The purpose of the fact-finding mission was to highlight some of the specific challenges and opportunities

in Nagpur city for Danish companies as part of the implementation of the Smart City Proposal (SCP).

Nagpur has been in the unique position of being the geographical centre of India which has led to its

development as the logistical hub of the country. With extensive rail and road network to all parts of India,

the city has evolved to become a bustling economic hub with extensive trade outlets and storage

warehouses. However, in parallel to this rapid growth, the city is also experiencing massive challenges in

traffic management, increased population living in slums, emergence of unplanned living spaces, challenges

in waste management (industrial and human waste) and extensive pollution of water bodies in the city.

Traffic Management:

The Municipal Corporation of Nagpur covers an area of 217.65 sq. km and accommodates a population of

2.4 million (Census 2011). As it encompasses the central business district area and major activity and traffic

zones, this area faces high parking demand which is not catered well by the existing parking infrastructure.

This has led to congestion issues within the central city region where uncontrolled and unorganized parking

have been witnessed. Furthermore, there are over 1.38 million registered vehicles (as of 2014) with an

average of 546 vehicles per 1000 population and vehicle registration growth rate over the past 5 years being

an average of 19% year on year. 5

Additionally, bus-based public transport service is being operated in Nagpur city with a total fleet size of

470 buses and effective fleet size of 290 buses. The city bus service contributes to 8% share in the total

transportation of Nagpur.5 The city is also facing a problem of encroachment due to parked vehicles, which

is largely hindering the smooth flow of traffic. Several areas within the city like Gandhi Bagh Park (figure

below) and major transit corridors like Mangalwari Bazar Road face severe vehicular movement paralysis

due to illegal parking on roads. The larger segment of vehicles causing such bottle necks are cargo trucks

and small cargo vehicles as part of the logistics hub in Nagpur.

Image Source: 5. Nagpur Municipal Corporation

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Unauthorised Settlements:

For more than a decade, Nagpur has been witnessing an increase in unauthorized layouts and illegal

developments along the eastern periphery (north to south east) of the city. Estimates within the Nagpur

Municipal Corporation indicate to over 2450 such unauthorised layouts and slums that have developed in

violation of the proposed land-use of the Development Plan of Nagpur. This includes areas such as Nara, Nari,

Wanjara, Wanjri, Bharatwada, Pardi, Watoda, Tajbagh, Manewada and Somalwada.

These 2450 unauthorized layouts are estimated to house approximately 36% of the city’s population.6 Being

illegal, these layouts are unable to access civic services and continue to subsist in squalor. Services such as

adequate water supply, sanitation and sewerage, public transport, and street lighting are not available to this

section of the society.

Even though the government and the municipality have programs for free and/or affordable housing, due to

the increasing augmentation of human capital for the logistics industry, immigrants into Nagpur find refuge

within slums like Saroj Nagar Slum (figure below). Ever increasing populace and sparse availability of basic

resources like water and defunct sewage lines choke any development activities around these regions.

Underutilized and under developed rivers and lakes:

Nagpur draws its water resources from three main rivers, namely River Nag, River Pilli and River Pora.

They are further augmented by five lakes in the city (Gorewada lake, Phutala lake, Ambazari lake, Sonegaon

lake and Gandhisagar lake). These rivers and lakes face a myriad of issues such as:

under-utilized river banks and edges

poor condition of infrastructure lines on the river

floods during monsoons

dilapidated structures on river bank

informal settlements abutting the river

untreated riparian edges

garbage and untreated sewage discharged into the river

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dilapidated connections across rivers (bridges).

The Nag River is of primary focus for the city and hence all resources are being focused onto the cleaning

and development of the river.

Image Source: HCP Design, Planning & Management Pvt. Ltd.

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Sub optimal waste management system:

Through the citizen connect measures of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), it was identified that

there needs to be stronger and more accurate monitoring of citizen oriented services like water supply,

wastewater management and garbage management amongst others. Hence building a strong ICT backed

infrastructure model is of key interest for NMC.

The city has implemented PPP projects such as 24*7 water supply, recycling and reuse of 130 MLD

wastewater, installation of LED street lights in place of conventional street lights, city bus operations and

collection and treatment of solid waste management. The city has been able to improve efficiency of these

services through effective leveraging of the private sector expertise. This being said, there are a lot of

improvements that can be achieved and hence this is one of the key areas selected as the Pan-City

development project.

Liveability and Sustainable growth issues:

Over the last few years, Nagpur has been witnessing progressive industrial and economic transformations.

The NMC has also identified several mega industrial areas like MIHAN (Multi-modal International Cargo

Hub and Airport at Nagpur) that would attract large investments and industrial players.7 While these

developments are taking shape, the city is finding it difficult to effectively focus on ensuring a sustainable

growth plan to create a liveable city of the future. Given this, infrastructure within the city will have to keep

pace with the requirements in order to ensure liveability and sustainable growth. As a first move towards

this, NMC is progressing on implementing cycling as a strong non-modal form of transportation. Special

concretized lanes are being laid (as on the dates of the fact finding mission) and over eight kms of road has

been identified to be the cycling zone in central Nagpur city. In addition to the non-modal forms, the metro

rail project in the city is also underway to keep pace with the burgeoning demand.

Apart from these large segments, other issues observed and documented during the fact finding mission are:

Renewable energy development and distribution challenges

Non-revenue water loss estimated to be well over 50%

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Smart City Plan for Nagpur

An important requirement of smart city planning is a bottom-up approach and public hearings. During the

fact finding mission, it was interesting to observe that Nagpur has adhered quite rigorously to this

requirement. A comprehensive engagement strategy was carried out by the city Municipal Corporation to

get the best results from citizens for preparation of the Smart City Proposal (SCP).

During the first stage of consultation, an extensive citizen engagement was used for formulating city vision,

priority goals and strategies. Different means of citizen engagement were adopted in the form of strategic,

social media engagement, pan-city poll and dissemination on media and website. Based on this, some of the

top vision themes were identified. Of the 350,000 citizens engaged in the process, nearly 41% expressed

their desires to have a clean Nagpur and 30% wanted Nagpur to be green and safe. In terms of priority

areas, 46% citizens desired access to recreation and open spaces, whereas 40% of them wanted more job

opportunities.

Thus, the vision of the city is “India's Heart-Nagpur will be a well-planned, eco-friendly, edu-city

that electronically connects governments, businesses, people and spaces seamlessly to co-create a

clean, green, safe, prosperous, healthy and inclusive ecosystem”.

During the second stage of consultation, a smart city proposal was prepared covering an Area based

proposal and a Pan City proposal. The process involved an extensive analytical and consultative exercise,

based on the inputs received during the citizen engagement process, opinion of the elected representatives,

discussion with urban planners and sector experts.

Area based proposal:

The proposed intervention under the Area based proposal is based on five defining principles viz.

replication potential, inclusiveness, high-impact, ease of implementation and financial self-sustenance, with

an aim to achieve considerable improvement in the quality of life and resolving the land use conflict with

the Development Plan. Given this, "Retrofitting in the unauthorized layouts, consisting of the Mouzas of

Pardi-Bharatwada-Punapur (PBP), on the eastern periphery of Nagpur city” was selected for Area based

development.

Pan-City proposal:

The proposed intervention under the Pan-city proposal was based on the defining principles of high impact,

inclusiveness and ease of implementation and consists of two extensive components mentioned below.

Smart garbage management system

IT based smart solutions

The first component entails adopting tailored ICT-based smart garbage solutions to make garbage

management in the city more efficient and effective. The Smart Garbage Solution (SGS) proposes seven

ICT subsystems and four non-ICT components.

The second component necessitates a combination of Nagpur City Community Network (NCCN) and a

Unified Operations Command and Control Centre (UOCCC) to operationalize ICT based solutions, thus

helping Nagpur to address specific issues of Governance and Service Delivery.

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(Further details on key components of Area based and Pan city initiatives can be found in Annexure 1a and 1b)

Project Funding and Financing Model

The total estimated project cost of the Smart City Proposal is DKK 1116 million. This is divided between

area-based and pan-city interventions as given below:

Resources for financing

Funding of the SCP is foreseen to be based on the Capital Grants from the Smart Cities program,

regularization and betterment charges, land monetization, private sector participation, cash reserves, sale of

premium Floor Space Index (FSI) and feed funding from other Government of India schemes like Atal

Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), National River

Conservation Plan (NRCP) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS).

Total cost: DKK 1116 million

Area-based intervention: DKK 895 million Pan-city intervention: DKK 222 million

Core Infrastructure Facilities: DKK 654 million

(Utility ducting, sewerage, storm water drains, SWM, LED Street lighting, roads and beautification of footpaths, water supply etc.)

RFID tags on bins

RFID tags on collection vehicles

RFID Scanner

Infrastructure, software & Mobile application

Backbone infra, IT control & command centre & networking

CCTV & other equipment Social Infrastructure Facilities: DKK 241 million

(Schools, public health centres, solar heaters, skill development centre, river front development, fruits and vegetables etc.)

AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation): The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 with the focus of the urban renewal projects is to establish infrastructure that could ensure adequate robust sewerage networks and water supply for urban transformation. SBM (Swachh Bharat Mission): is a national campaign by the Government of India, covering 4,041 statutory cities and towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country. NRCP (National River Conservation Plan): It is a centrally funded scheme launched in 1995 aimed at preventing the pollution of rivers. It provides information of each state on amount sanctioned under NRCP to different cities and for what purpose.

IPDS (Integrated Power Development Scheme): The scheme will help in reduction in AT&C losses, establishment of IT enabled energy accounting / auditing system, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and improvement in collection efficiency.

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Opportunities for Danish Companies

Possible projects identified for Danish Competencies in Nagpur

The fact finding mission was carried out in Nagpur on the 3rd and 4th October, 2016 by delegates from

Innovation Centre Denmark in India. As the outcome of the meetings conducted with the Municipal

Corporation and individual stakeholder interviews, the following project areas have been identified for

potential Danish commercial interests within Nagpur. The estimated costs within each project has been

derived from the Smart City Proposal for Nagpur.

PAN CITY INITIATIVE: Smart Clean Nagpur

Estimated cost: DKK 223.39 million

Analysis & Comments:

o Intelligent and Interconnected Solid Waste Management suite

Nagpur Municipal Corporation has envisioned the implementation of a smart interconnected

and intelligent waste management solution for the city of Nagpur which currently generates

around 800 MT waste per day. The city is currently implementing solutions like household

waste segregation at source, creation of neighbourhood (localised) waste-to-energy units (bio

methane mini plants) and optimised transportation mechanisms. The Intelligent and

Interconnected solid waste management suite is designed to build a strong ICT backbone

which will augment the above mentioned capacity building.

The initiative will also cover the implementation of a Nagpur City Community Network and a

Safe City IT solution will also be implemented leveraging this Nagpur City Community

Network as the IT backbone.

The city has started engaging with IT partners like IBM, Persistent Solutions, Trinity Solutions,

Ernst & Young and Airtel to gather intelligent solutions to be implemented in this PAN City

initiative.

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Projects identified:

o ICT enabled projects

Smart SMS/app based solution for monitoring of waste collection from households

Sensor Enabled (RFID tags) secondary collection bins and Smart Bins at commercial locations

and market places. Secondary waste bin tracking system

GPS enabled collection vehicles to monitor waste collection from households

Route planning and route modelling system

Tracking of street sweeping personnel through GPS or other innovative methodologies

Road Side Cameras or Drones for monitoring of street sweeping, littering, spitting and open

urination.

Central command and control centre for real time data collection and analysis to be housed

within the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. Data Operation Centre to be integrated with other

Departments such as Traffic Police, Fire, Health and Police.

o Non-ICT based solution requirements:

Augmentation of waste processing capacity in east Nagpur to 400 MTD on a PPP business

model

Development of 8 waste transfer stations within Nagpur City

Extended implementation of household waste segregation processes. Training and

communication needs to be catered to within scope.

Development of 80 waste to energy units at local neighbourhoods.

Riverfront Development of Nag River

Estimated cost: DKK 150 million


o Nag River cleaning and river front development

The Nag river is one of the iconic and central rivers flowing through the city of Nagpur

(almost dividing the city into two equal halves). With a course of over 17.1 kms, the Nag river

is supplemented with two other smaller rivers namely Pora River and Pioli River.

The Nag River (river width ranging from 5-50 m.) today is facing issues such as regular

flooding, poor condition of infrastructure lines across the river, informal settlements abutting

the river, dilapited structures on the river bank, human generated waste and untreated sewage

dumping into the river. Nag river has multiple sewage discharge points which needs immediate

attention for rejuvenation as 90% of its flow comprises of sewage.

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Nagpur Municipal Corporation have envisioned restoring the Nag River and developing the

riverfront for commercial and touristic value. The untreated riparian edges along the riverbank

has been identified as one of the first tasks in developing the banks as these would also help in

preventing the annual flooding.

An area of 936.52 hectares has been ear marked for river bank development starting from the

Ambzari Lake to the point of confluence of the Nag and Pioli river. River bank development

encompasses areas for tourist and recreational spaces, modern commercial avenues and smart

pedestrian walkways, to mention a few.

From a topographical perspective, it has been determined that over 55% of the river edge is

with compound walls from institutions and public housing, 22% is with slums and 23% is with

the natural river edge. These findings are from an initial analysis commissioned by NMC in

2015-2016 and forms the basis for future project requirements.


o Cleaning of 17.1 km. of River Nag, including implementation of an integrated water management

solution to prevent flooding within the city.

o Construction of interceptor sewer line along the Nag River

o Augmentation of existing STPs especially at Bhandewadi

o Planning for decentralised system of STPs.

o Flood prevention through construction of flood gates at Ambazari Lake (origin of Nag River),

augmenting storm water drain network for the river and its tributaries, streamlining the river,

strengthening and uplifting of bridges across the river.

o Developing and finishing walkways and promenades along the river.

o Conceptualise and plan landscape development guidelines and schemes.

o Construct new vehicular and pedestrian connections between the river edges.

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Other Projects

Estimated cost: DKK 2978 million


Transit Oriented Development of Sitabuldi (dense commercial section within Nagpur)

o Sitabuldi is an area characterised by dense urban blocks with no green spaces and major

commercial establishment density of over 600 shops and 300 hawkers on the streets.

o Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) envisions to redevelop this area through increased

transist connectivity, higher density development, improved walkable block sizes,

horizontal and vertial mixed uses of land and creation of 5 minute walks (between key

points in the area)

Redevelopment of Mahal (adjacent area to Sitabuldi)

o Mahal exhibits similar density trends as Sitabuldi and is in the adjacent sector to Sitabuldi.

o NMC along with the transit oriented development of Sitabuildi has planned for the

redevelopment of Mahal through urban design interventions such as street design, urban

form guidelines and improvement of footpaths and other facilities for pedestrians like

public plazas.

Greenfield Development of Chinchbhavan

o Chinchbhavan has been identified for greenfield development due to low population and

structural density (as low as 25 person per hectare) and due to its proximity to the airport

and developing metro routes.

o The development of Chinchbhavan and the surrounding areas is estimated to give a major

boost to the city attractiveness through land utilization for the creation of formal layouts

and green development. An area of 1sq. km. (250 acres) of land has been delineated for

development in this area.

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For Transit oriented development, retrofitting and greenfield development, the following projects

have been identified in scope:

o Governance:

o Citizen Facilitation kiosks

o CCTV surveillance

o Wi-fi hubs for accessing online municipal services

o Smart Police station

o Physical infrastructure requirements:

o 24*7 water supply

o 100% coverage of sewerage network

o Closed Storm water drains

o 2 MT/day capacity Bio-methanation plant

o Interactive LED streetlights

o Underground utility ducting with provision for gas pipeline, optical fibre, electric

cabling and utility services.

o Installation of solar water heaters and solar panels

o Social infrastructure development:

o Cycle track development across all areas

o Pavements on all roads of 9-18m wide roads

o Provision of community centre

o Construction of Skill Development Centre

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Conclusion

The Smart City vision for Nagpur is structured on the key pillars of:

o Smart Environment (First Model Solar city, Smart Energy initiatives such as interactive LED

streetlights and installation of solar water heater and Nag riverfront development)

o Smart Living (Implementation of 24*7 water supply scheme)

o Smart Mobility (Low Carbon Mobility Plan and Smart card integrating Metro & Bus fare)

o Smart Governance (Installation of CCTV cameras and drones and video analytics and centralized

control room for monitoring).

The Fact Finding Mission enabled us to establish the first connect to both identify the relevance of Danish

strengths applicable within the city and to ascertain the willingness of the city administration to collaborate

with Danish expertise. Innovation Centre Denmark has been able to utilise the opportunity of the fact

finding mission to strategically introduce and position Danish competencies in Smart City development and

especially brought key focus to Danish Blue-Green inclusive development skills for the Nag River project.

In further discussions with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation leadership, Innovation Centre Denmark was

also able to ascertain that the city officials had evaluated Copenhagen as a model city for their ideation

process. In particular, NMC has a strong recognition of Danish capabilities in relation to their plan to

restore the Nag River as well as development of recreational and commercial spaces around the river bank

and in the city. In view of this, NMC requested for Danish companies specializing in this field, to make

visits to Nagpur to explore concrete collaboration opportunities.

As next steps, the strong recommendation for Danish companies is to take stock of the opportunities

within Nagpur. Time is of the essence as we see that many international and Indian companies are moving

in due to the business friendly approach within the city and also at the state leadership of Maharashtra. To

enable this opportunity scoping and mapping, the Danish Embassy and Innovation Centre Denmark in

India are working towards enabling these competency showcasing delegations and potential creation of pilot

projects for mapping solutions to the opportunities in Nagpur.

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5. Nagpur Municipal Corporation website

6. The Times of India News excerpt – Slum population in Nagpur, 2011

7. Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited official website, Government of Maharashtra

8. The Smart City Challenge Proposal, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

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Annexure

ANNEXURE 1a: Components of Area-based initiative (As stated in the Draft Smart city proposal prepared by

Nagpur Municipal Corporation)

RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PBP- to make PBP a neighbourhood that matches world

class quality of life resilient infrastructure projects such as: a) PROJECT H2O- 24x7 WS including

(140 km distribution network, SCADA system and 7000 smart meters), b) 140 km WW network

and SWD, c) 140 km concrete roads with utility ducting

CONNECTED PBP- to promote efficient mobility: a) 30 ebuses to shuttle in the project area and

feed into proposed metro station at Pardi, b) 140 Km pedestrian and bicycle trails with tree

canopies, c) 10 interactive smart bus stops and d) 5 bicycle sharing kiosk

Project SWACHA PBP- a) establish 10 state of the art e-toilet facilities, b) develop 10 MTD

biomethanation project, c) establish one bring back center for waste recycling, d) smart waste

collection through GIS and RFID tagging system

PROJECT GREEN LIGHT – To ensure sustainable power supply: a) 4000 roof top solar water

heaters will be distributed, b) smart grid project (with smart meters and SCADA system) are

proposed

EVERGREEN PBP- for clean, sustainable and carbon neutral environment initiatives such as: a)

rooftop harvesting on 4000 new residential units, b) 8 MLD packaged STP, c) 7000 rooftop solar

water heating systems, d) 50-acre green space and urban forestry project, and e) planting 10000

trees have been proposed

NIRMAL NAG initiative-a 3.5 km stretch of Nag river will be developed as a world class river

front with acres of open and green spaces, attractive promenades inter connected with pedestrian

trails and bicycle routes

PROJECT HOME SWEET HOME- as part of the project, 4000 affordable housing stock will be

created and will be dovetailed with Housing for All mission and other MHADA housing

programmes

PROJECT ABHAY (Safety)- To make PBP more safe for residents, business, and women,

following subcomponents were identified: a) 9400 smart LED street lights, b) A smart police

outpost under CCTNS programme, c) Smart police complaint kiosk and d) 10 CCTV cameras at

important locations

PROJECT KAUSHAL PBP- 10-acre multi-skill center campus with incubation infrastructure and

handholding support

SHIKSHIT and NIRAMAY PBP PROJECT- Develop one 500 bed multispecialty hospital with

special focus on affordable oncology treatment. Also develop one affordable international standard

primary and secondary school with a capacity to accommodate 500 students

ANNEXURE 1b: Components of Pan-city initiatives (As stated in the Draft Smart city proposal prepared by

Nagpur Municipal Corporation)

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The Smart Garbage Solution (SGS) proposes seven ICT subsystems for an integrated garbage management

and four non-ICT components to address other aspects of the value chain.

ICT components

1. RFID TAGGED household bins: With a unique ID number associated to a waste bin,

municipal authorities will be able to efficiently monitor the status of waste pickup at each

household based on the information transmitted by the RFID reader.

2. GPS-BASED FLEET TRACKING: A GPS based tracking device mounted on the garbage

truck will collect real-time location information transferred through a GPRS network to a

UOCCC. Municipal authorities will be able to view current location of each truck and thereby

can optimize fleet management.

3. WASTE BIN TRACKING SYSTEM: Weight sensors and RFID tags mounted on

community bins will enable municipal authorities to monitor bin status. Concerned municipal

authority will be alerted to attend any overflowing bins through the UOCC

4. ROUTE PLANNING SYSTEM: Using a GIS mapping system, will help in optimizing waste

collection routes

5. TRACKING OF STREET SWEEPERS: With a GPS-enabled mobile handle device, street

sweeping in the city will be monitored

6. CITIZEN FEEDBACK SYSTEM: Citizen Feedback on the waste pickup will be requested

on daily basis using SMS and android based applications. Citizen will be also able to register

their grievances

7. UOCCC: The smart garbage solution will be operationalized through creation of backbone

connectivity infrastructure and a Unified Operations Command and Control Center. The

UOCCC platform will provide visual analytics that will quickly turn complex data sets into high-

value, actionable and innovative business opportunities. UOCCC will also enable Nagpur

optimize operational performance, reduce processing costs, enhance revenue streams and

provide the base for educational community outreach programs

Non-ICT components

1. SEGGREGATION OF WASTE: We acknowledge that household level segregation is the

backbone of the entire initiative and therefore preparatory work in this direction has already

commenced

2. 8 TRANSFER STATION: To minimize waste handling and optimize use of collection fleet,

Nagpur will develop 8 mechanized transfer stations at cost of INR 40 Crore will be developed

simultaneously to facilitate smooth execution of the pan-city proposal

3. NEIGHBOURHOOD WTE PLANTS: We will develop 80 small neighbourhood level, bio-

methanization plants on PPP basis to process segregated wet waste. Also, BRING BACK

initiative will formalize recycling of dry sorted waste and provide economic opportunities to

socially excluded section of the society (waste pickers)

4. AUGMETATION WASTE PROCESSING: Nagpur will create 500 TPD capacity of waste

processing capacity at city level

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