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Essay Competition for Smart City Bhopal

Start Date :

Oct 12, 2015

Last Date :

Oct 31, 2015

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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"The City of Lakes" Bhopal, has been shortlisted as an aspirant in the smart cities challenge by Ministry of Urban Development. The City is preparing a Smart City Proposal (SCP) ...

"The City of Lakes" Bhopal, has been shortlisted as an aspirant in the smart cities challenge by Ministry of Urban Development. The City is preparing a Smart City Proposal (SCP) that will include smart city solutions and an outline of the consultations held with the city residents and other stakeholders.

Municipal Corporation of Bhopal hereby invites for suggestions from citizens of Bhopal for making Bhopal " A smart city’. The residents may post their view pertaining to municipal and city services such as water supply, electricity supply, transport, health and educational facilities and city surveillance among others. Residents are encouraged to write the pain areas of the city as well as improvements they’d like to see for making Bhopal a model smart city.

An "Essay – Competition" has also been held for the same & Citizens of Bhopal are invited
to participate in this competition.

The administration will take help from the selected entries to develop a vision statement for the city and will also define city sub goals based on it.

Topic of essay competition:

• "Mere Sapnon Ka Bhopal" (Hindi),

• Bhopal of My Dreams (English)

The essay should be based on and cover the topics of Area based approach, pan-city initiative and the 24 features of the smart city as mentioned by the government in the guidelines.

The role of citizens in making the city a smart city.

This essay should also focus on the issues faced by the residents of the city, and the likely smart solutions which can address these issues.

The participants should focus on the practical, bankable & implementable ideas/solutions related to Smart City only which should match the context of Bhopal city.

Format: The Essay is to be submitted by attaching PDF file online only at www.mygov.in. No other medium of submission should be accepted.

Language: Citizens of Bhopal can submit their essay in – English or Hindi.

Maximum word limit: 1000 words

Last date of submission is 30th October, 2015.

Prize

Student Category Under 18:

1st Prize: 10,000
2nd Prize: 7000
3rd Prize: 5000
4th Prize (2 in no's): 3000

Open Category:

1st Prize: 10,000
2nd Prize: 7000
3rd Prize: 5000
4th Prize (2 in no's): 3000

Parameter of Judgement

1. The winner shall be chosen on the basis of originality of Ideas, Vision, Innovativeness and Creativity.
2. The focus on the practical, bankable & implementable ideas/solutions related to Smart City
3. The focus on the role of citizen in the process of making the city smart.
4. How well the topics of Area based approach, pan-city initiative and the 24 features of the smart city according to guidelines provided are covered in the essay.

All the participants must clearly mention following details along with their essay:

1. Name
2. Father/Mother name
3. Address
4. Age
5. Contact number

Terms and Conditions

1. No government official working under Bhopal Municipal Corporation can participate in this Essay-Competition.
2. Entry is limited to one per person. Only individual entries will be accepted. Team entries will not be accepted.
3. The decision of BMC (BHOPAL Municipal Corporation) for selecting the winner shall be treated as final. No plagiarism will be allowed.
4. BMC reserves the right to cancel or amend all or any part of the competition and/or the terms/condition without notice.

It is assumed that whoever is participating in the competition has fully understood the general information and terms-conditions given hereby.

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Mayank soni_1 10 years 10 months ago

BHOPAL: A smart city cannot be conceptualised without delivery system that ensures basic infrastructure for development, said representatives of Bhopal chamber of commerce and industries at a workshop on smart city Bhopal here on Monday. Workshop was webcast live on BMC website. City would become 'smart' when citizens care for the city. We would want Bhopal to increase on the livability index." Bhopal planning area is double size of Singapore, . Essential features would include

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taresh sharma 10 years 10 months ago

BHOPAL KO SMART CITY BANNNE K LIYE SOME POINTS ARE FOLLOWING – Pollution control karna chahiye jiske liye jyada s jyada trees laganye. Transport k liye aap bus stop p LED screans laga sakte h, jo ki bus ki timing bataye ki bus kb aa rahi h, I don’t think ki sb k paas abhi smart phones honge. Bhopal m maximum jagah to traffic rahta h,to hm yesi jagah p over bridge bana sakte h and har us jagah p traffic signal laganye jahan p bheed bhad wala ilaka ho.

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ANAS FAIZAN AHMED_7 10 years 10 months ago

Effective methodS must be UNDERtaken to improve this situation. To begin with , feasible plans should be implemented to guarantee the rate of employment. For example, more and more companies should be motivated to employ the graduates by THEIR government. As feedbacks, these companies can receive profits from a series of advantageous policIES. As well as that , for those who desire to development their own carrier,CAREER a government is supposed to afford sufficient loans and platform

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shadu khan 10 years 10 months ago

My opinion for making Bhopal a smart city is that we have to change our thinking point of view. If every one change their mind in making Bhopal a clean city then it may become a smart city. Bhopal has enough space and resources so that we can make it a smart city. Following points should be noted for making it a smart city:- 1) improving the problem of garbage collection, drainage system etc 2) complete utilization of resource 3) teaching facilities should be good 4) transportation should be

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Salman Ali Khan_17 10 years 10 months ago

Food department has to be proactive /geared up. It collects food samples only on the eve of festivals and not regularly. 1.Further big fishes are always spared for some strange reasons.Serious .crimes is controlled through effective checks.There must be some amenities like swimming pools, public libraries, art gallery, meditation hall, museum, public gym, stadium, theaters etc.Water harvesting must be the TOP PRIORITY FOR ALL CITIZENS. Promotion of love, affinity in the society.

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Mayank soni_1 10 years 10 months ago

smart city is the good project of india.Suggestions received from citizens would drive the smart city project in the city in people which choose key initiatives for a pan city proposal like open spaces, education, housing and inclusiveness, transportation and mobility, water supply — all among 24 choices. In next part, BMC questionnaire will seek citizens' inclinations for developments need to be done in different areas/part of the city. It will focus on three key areas - retro-fitting, redevel

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shivendrasharma_1 10 years 10 months ago

Smart Cities can be identified and ranked along six main axes or dimensions. These axes are a smart economy, smart mobility, a smart environment; smart people, smart living and finally smart governance. These six axes connect with traditional regional and neoclassical theories of urban growth and development. In particular, the axes are based - respectively - on theories of regional competitiveness, transport and ICT economics, natural resources, human and social capital, quality of life, and p

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kapil_57 10 years 10 months ago

MY DREAM SMART CITY BHOPAL- 1. There should be continuous supply of electricity. 2. All the places and the roads should be maintained clean and dust-free. 3. There should not be any stray dogs and beggars. 4. Nobody should be allowed to have any celebrations, meetings or processions on roads. 5. Loudspeakers, dhol and tasa, DJ and any other musical instruments should not be allowed to be played at public places. They should be allowed to be played at private plACE

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pushpa digambre_25 10 years 10 months ago

भोपाल को स्मार्ट सिटी स्मार्ट सिटी तभी बन सकती है जब तक शहर में उचित व्यवस्थाएं नही होगी, स्मार्ट सिटी बनाने के लिये सबसे पहले शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में एकरुपता होने की आवश्यकता है अमीर और गरीब दोनों ही श्रेणी के लोगों को शिक्षा में एकरुपता होनी चाहिये अमीरी और गरीबी में बच्चो की शिक्षा बट गई है क्योकि बडे बडे प्रायवेट स्कूल सी.बी.एस.सी. बोर्ड मे पढे लिखे बच्चों की शिक्षा का स्तर अलग है और गरीब लोगों के बच्चों के शिक्षा के लिये शासकीय स्कूल में पढाये गये बच्चे का शिक्षा का स्तर अलग है। बेटी पढ़ाओ ,बे

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kapil_57 10 years 10 months ago

Smart City Bhopal under the citizens should be provided with an e-card feature whereby citizens through an e-card to their Building, Water Tax, Savor- tax, electricity bills and ration cards and The names of all members present in the same house and the base number or PAN card or voter ID number must be entered .. By mid-day the citizens of the e-card in one place to make it through their entire payment in cash or Electronic and many places to wander and their time will not be saved.

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