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Organization : Erode City Municipal Corporation
Service Name : Submit Your Ideas/ Suggestions For Making Erode A Smart City 2015
Applicable For : Citizens
Applicable City : Erode
Submission Last Date : 15th October, 2015.

Website : http://erodecorporation.gov.in/
Submit Your Suggestion : https://mygov.in/group-issue/smart-city-erode/

Submit Your Ideas/ Suggestions

Erode City Municipal Corporation has been selected through a competitive process for SMART City Mission initiative of Government of India.

Related : Madurai Corporation Submit Your Ideas & Suggestions For Smart City 2015 : www.statusin.in/10430.html

In the next phase, Erode city has to compete with 98 other cities from across the country to make it into the Top 20 cities which will be taken up for the first round of funding. The Stage II involves the preparation of an Area Development Plan and a Pan-City Initiative under the SMART City Proposal (SCP). The detailed guidelines are provided in www.smartcities.gov.in.

Citizens and stakeholders are requested to post their views and suggestions on how to make Erode a Smart one.

The citizens may organize their thoughts on the following topics:
1. What should be the Vision for Erode?

2. What are the strengths, areas of Improvement and solutions across the following sectors:
(a) City Spatial Structure, Transportation and Green Spaces
(b) Energy, Water, Waste Water and Environment
(c) Housing, Health, Education, Security, Law and Order
(d) Citizen Engagement, Smart Solutions and IT-led service delivery

Citizens can also reach us through the official site of Erode Municipal Corporation www.erodecorporation.gov.in or through the Facebook page www.facebook.com/smartcityerode which is the official page for smart city challenge.

Let us work together in making Erode a Smart City!

Last Date:
The last date to submit your comments is 15th October, 2015.

Smart Cities Mission :
Erode city has been selected for support under the Smart City Mission, launched by Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India (MOUD) this year.

Under this Mission, the Government of India plans to support 100 cities with an outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore (or Rs. 500 crore) with a matching grant from respective State Governments.

The support under this Mission program is envisaged through a Smart Cities Challenge comprising two rounds. Stage I challenge at the State level has completed, following which 12 cities from Tamil Nadu have been selected to participate in the next stage (Stage-II City Challenge) in which each of the selected cities will prepare submit a Smart City Proposal (SCP) to compete with each other at the national level.

20 cities that fare best in this competition would be selected for funding during 2015-16. The other cities will get a chance to improve their proposals and be eligible to participate in challenge round during the next financial year.

As per the Smart City guidelines, the Smart City Proposal is expected to cover three aspects: (1) A consultative articulation of the City’s Vision, Goals and Strategy following a baseline assessment and as appropriate to its local context, resources and level of ambition,

(2) A Pan City proposal that articulates specific city wide initiatives in the areas of city governance, infrastructure and services through deployment of smart solutions that help create positive impact and improvements in a relatively short time frame and

(3) an Area based proposal that incorporates identifies an area within the city as an appropriate site for one of the three typologies of development namely greenfield, re-development or retrofitting.

The Smart City Proposal is also expected to flesh out an effective implementation framework and financing plan.

Smart Citiy Erode :
As the Local Government and Urban Local Body of Erode city, Erode City Municipal Corporation (ECMC) is entrusted with the task of preparing the Smart City Proposal for participation in this Smart Cities Challenge.