This document discusses plans to make Ludhiana, India a smart city by addressing several issues and providing solutions. Key points include: - Ludhiana faces issues like unplanned development, pollution, lack of infrastructure and open spaces - The vision is to make Ludhiana a zero-waste, green, and slum-free city that is a model for urban governance and development - Solutions proposed include replanning the city on a regional scale, improving governance through a single planning authority, boosting finances, and prioritizing public transport and pedestrian access over personal vehicles.

1. Making Ludhiana Smart
Concept,Issues, Options
Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta
it.kumar1944@gmail.com, Mob- 90410-26414

2. Global Context of Cities

4. Cities and their Context
• Cities -- known for their dualities and contradictions.
Cities- known for both -- positivity and negativities
• – where rich and poor rub shoulders-
• Cities – consumers large resources/energy/ land
• Cities- generators of large waste
• Cities – consuming 60% of global energy
• Cities – generating 70% of carbon footprints
• Cities --largely responsible for global warming
• Cities- when not planned or governed properly,
• -- can be -- repository of society’s ills.
• --- breeding grounds for poverty
• -- centres of exclusion and
• -- environmental degradation
• -- perpetuators of worst living conditions

5. Indian Urbanization
• 250 million in 1919
• 1210 million in 2011 (10 yrs. Later)
• 2050- Indian population- 1600 mil. -- 50%
in Urban India.
• Metropolitan Centres -5 (1951)- -53 (2011)-
68(2031)
• 10 m plus- nil (1951)- 3 (2011) -7 (2031)-9
(2051)
• During last 100 years, India witnessed—
- -Urbanization level going up by 3 times
- --Urban settlements growing merely 4
times
- --Total Population multiplying 5 times
- -Urban population increasing 15 times and
- -Rural population increasing 3.5 times
- India Heading to be most populated
country on this planet-2036

6. Indian Urbanization
• Urban area are important because they are :
 Areas of future concentration of population,
 Providers of large employment.
 Areas of large investment.
 Housing major infrastructure & services.
 Hub around which entire economy gravitates.
 Promoters of higher order of productivity
• Major contributors to the national wealth/GDP
 1950-51 - 29% (level of urbanization - 17.29%)
 1970-71- 37% (level of urbanization - 19.91%)
 1990-91- 50% (level of urbanization - 25.72%)
 2001-02- 60% (level of urbanization - 27.78%)
 2011- 12- 65% (level of urbanization - 31.1%)
 10 Largest cities house 8%pop and produce 15%GDP
 53 Metro cities house 13 %pop and produce 33%GDP
 100 Largest cities house 16%pop and produce 43%GDP

7. Urbanization-issues

8. Making
Cities Smart
Healthy and
Resilient

9. Smart Urban Planning
• For making cities great places to live and work -urban planning in past
focused on concepts – revolving around promoting:
 Planned cities
 Inclusive Cities
 Sustainable Cities
 Green Cities
 Intelligent Cities
 Smart Cities
• Looking at solutions:
 Garden City
 Linear City
 Industrial City
 Vertical Cities
 Compact Cities
 Radiant Cities
• City Planning needs to be leveraged to make cities Smart, cleaner,
greener & Sustainable,

10. SDG 11- Make cities and human settlements
inclusive ,safe, resilient and sustainable

11. CO
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WO
RKING
LIVING
CIRCULATIO
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• The Radiant City
•An organism capable of housing the
works of man of machine-age society.
• placed under the masterful
government of natural conditions:
•Sun
•Space
•Greenery
•And its mission is the service of
mankind:
•To live
•To work
•To cultivate body and spirit
•To travel about
(in this order and obeying this
hierarchy)

12. Defining Smart Cities
Forbes identified Nine
key aspects that define a
Smart City: ‘
•smart governance
• Smart education
•smart energy,
•smart building,
• smart mobility,
•smart infrastructure,
•smart technology,
•smart healthcare
•smart citizen

13. Smart City Mission in India
• Smart Cities Mission launched in June 2015 by Government
of India to develop 100 cities ;
• Urban renewal/ retrofitting program
• -- Brown field development; green field , Pan city approach
• -making them
• citizen friendly,
• people centric
• promoting sustainable and inclusive development
• providing basic amenities/ assured quality of life
• Through application of ‘Smart’ Solutions.
• To create a replicable model for other aspiring cities.
• making cities more productive and operationally efficient

14. Objectives
objective of Smart Cities Mission ;
• Provide core infrastructure
• Give decent life to its citizens,
• clean /sustainable environment through
• application of ‘Smart’ Solutions.
• With focus on –sustainable/ inclusive development
• looking at compact areas,
• create a replicable model
• acting like a light house-- to other aspiring cities.
• Set replicated examples--both within/ outside Smart City,
• creating Smart Cities --in regions/parts of country.
• --to drive economic growth
• --harnessing technology, leading to Smart outcomes.

15. Making cities Great Places to Live
• Defining Smart Vision- implementing vision
• Promoting Planned Development
• Weaving nature with development
• Making cities Resilient
• --Making cities Inclusive
• -- Making Cities Healthy
• Making Cities Safe; effective, efficient,
productiv--Leveraging Technology
• Making cities Green- Leveraging landscape
• -Leveraging Culture, Heritage, Art / Architecture
• -Creating Quality Public Spaces
• -Designing low energy Buildings
• -Making cities - community/people centric
• -Creating ownership for city

16. New Order of Planning
- Inventing new order
- of planning and designing cities –
by focusing on:
--Reviewing planning tools
-- Planning in Regional Context
--Making cities compact
-- Making cities energy efficient
--Planning cities for bio-diversity
– Planning for People not vehicles
-Promote accessibility- not mobility.
-- Avoiding Urban Sprawl
-- Stopping melting of cities
– reducing carbon footprints
– - Reducing global warming

17. Defining Sustainable Transport
• Sustainable Transport --
• -- sometimes known as Green Transport
• -- form of transport that does not use / rely
on dwindling natural resources.
• -- relies on renewable /regenerated energy
• -- rather than fossil fuels that have a finite life
expectancy

19. .
EQUITABLE
ALLOCATION
OF
ROAD SPACE

20. Defining- Green Buildings

21. Daylighting
Local materials
Indian Way of approaching design
• Rediscovery of the Indian ethos
– We worship 5 elements of Nature (Panchabhutas)
Prithvi (Earth) Sustainable Sites
Jal (Water) Water Efficiency
Agni (Energy) Energy Efficiency
Vayu (Air) Indoor Environmental Quality
Akash (Sky) Daylight
Views
Water body

22. Public housing --Singapore, seven 50-story towers
connected by 1,600-foot-recreational “sky garden.”
-- high-density development
accommodating growth in compact city-state.

23. SMART
TECHNOLOGIES

24. Using Smart Technologies-
Implementing IOT-
- digital bus stops
-- bus schedule,
--sensor based garbage bins
- Planning cities
--Tackling air pollution
--creating platform for efficiency
--breaking silos
-- lodging complaints/
--making payments on line
--rendering services on line

25. QUALITY
LEADERSHIP
•

26. •Mission Ludhiana
Smart City
•- Issues and Options

27. Ludhiana
 First metropolis of state.
 Located on River Satluj and N.H. -1.
 History spanning over 540 years.
 Founded in 1481 during reign of Sikandar Lodhi
 City originated in Fort- located in village Mir
Hota on bank of river Satluj as military base of
Lodhi army.
 Base grew in size --later on known as Lodhi-ana
(town of Lodhis)
 City taken over by Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
 In 1843 city became revenue district of British.
 Local civil administration started 1853-54 when
civil lines was established.

28. Ludhiana
 City got rail connectivity in 1870.
 In 19th century- machine knitting industry
started.
 First water connection -- July 13, 1907
 City electrified in-- 1932.
 Underground sewerage laid in 1961.
 in 1867 Municipal Committee Ludhiana was
formed; upgraded to class- I in 1949.
 Municipal Corporation --March 30, 1977-
 Ludhiana -- largest city in Punjab--- both in area
and population.
 Spread over an area of 159.77 Sq. kms. with
population of 16.18 lakhs - 2011

29. Ludhiana
• World Bank ranked Ludhiana with best business
environment in India in 2009 / 2013
 Known as Manchester of India.
 Capital of Small Scale Industry- 60% India's tractor parts /
auto, two-wheeler parts
 Bicycle Capital of country-producing > 50% /10 million
 Specializes in Woollen yarn, Ready made garments, hand
tool machines, sewing machine, agricultural implement, au,
Rubber parts etc.
 Commercial hub of state
 Education hub
 2 medical colleges.
 1 Engineering college.
 Punjab Agricultural University modeled on Land Grant
University of America.
 Housing largest number of Industries.
 City has high degree of rail, road, connectivity with country
& limited air connectivity.

30. Ludhiana-Demographic Profile
 First city taken up under Integrated City
Development Program (ICDP)- in 1970s
 City made part of JNNURM among 63 identified
cities in the country-
 City included as one of 100 Smart City
 Holding 16.92% state urban population.
 In 1911 its population was 1/3rd of Amritsar but in
2011 Amritsar became 2/3rd of Ludhiana.
 In 1991-2001 its growth rate was 3.5 times
Amritsar and 2.5 times that of Jalandhar.
 In 2011 census- Ludhiana population slowed-
16,18, 879
 Its project population would be
20 lakh in 2021
26 lakh in 2031
.

32. Major Issues
 Multiplicity of planning /development agencies.
 Large scale -Unplanned /unauthorized/sub-
standard development
 Highly Congested core
 Large Scale Conversion of land use(Residential
to Commercial
 Irrational Traffic & Transportation network
 Absence of Mass Transportation
 Irrational location of major transport nodes
 High degree of Pollution air & water - Budha
Nallah
 Existence of large number of slums and
poverty.-15% population & 209 slums
 Existence of large number of unauthorized
colonies..

33. Major Issues
 Polluting industry mixed within residential area.
 Irrational Building Bye-Laws.
 High Environmental pollution by auto-rickshaw.
 Lack/absence of parking.
 Absence of open spaces
 Inadequate basic infrastructure- housing, roads
etc
 Large encroachment on roads / public spaces.
 Massive Growth of Informal trade / slums on
public spaces.
 Inadequate Garbage disposal.
 Inadequate coverage by water supply / sewerage
---both quantitatively and qualitatively

34. Mission Ludhiana Smart City -
Vision
• Ludhiana- pivotal to state growth
• Located at the centre of State of Punjab
• City with high degree of connectivity- locally, Regionally,
nationally
• Capable of launching Punjab as the top investment
destination in the country
• City known for ease of doing business
• City known for its entrepreneurship
• City known to produce leading entrepreneurs in country
• City known to be financial capital of state
• City with largest luxury cars
• City recognized for its contribution in wealth, taxes etc
• City Industrial capital of the state
• City Industrial hub of the state
• City attracting large migrants
• City leading Green Revolution
• City responsible for white Revolution
• Ludhiana critical and vital for the prosperity, employment,
economic and industrial growth of state of Punjab

35. Mission Ludhiana Smart City -
Vision
• Make Ludhiana zero energy city- Planning Green Buildings
• Make Ludhiana Zero waste water city- Reducing, recycling,
reusing
• Make Ludhiana Zero waste city- adopting circular economy
• Make Ludhiana Slum free city- making them integral part of
planning/ development
• Make Ludhiana Financial Capital of Region- promoting
investment
• Make Ludhiana Industrial Hub of Country
• Make Ludhiana Medical Hub of state
• Make Ludhiana role model of urban governance
• Make Ludhiana Role Model of urban development
• Make Ludhiana Zero pollution city
• Make Budha Nallah green hub / lung of city
• Make Ludhiana city of gardens/open spaces
• Make Ludhiana IT / soft-skill hub
• Make Ludhiana hub of investment/entrepreneurship
• Make Ludhiana- a unique city providing all basic amenities of
life to poorest of poor of its citizens to lead a dignified life

36. Mission Ludhiana Smart City -
Replanning
 Viewing /Planning Ludhiana in regional contexts
 -- Region identified immediately
 --Regional Plan prepared on priority to ;
 --rationalize growth of city/ region – urban & Rural areas
 --decentralizing population/activities.
 --Revisiting new city Ranjit Garh--Making Ludhiana Compact
 -- Revising/ Reviewing/ Redefining-- Master plan Ludhiana
(2007-2021)- 1271.22 Sqkms- pop projected- 34 lakh-2011 &48
lakh-2021-notified 12.9. 2008- 5 towns 301 villages- Ludhiana,
Sahnewal Doraha, Mullanpur, Phillaur
 -- to promote planned development of city/infrastructure.
 -Reviewing –Revising – redefining--existing Master Plan 2021
-Bringing planning/implementation of master plan under
one authority
 --Creating a Think Tank for guiding/advising
planning/development of city
 Involving Corporate sector /institutions - in city development
 Having unified building bye-laws
 Making Ludhiana Green by massive plantatation &
 making Ludhiana safe

38. Ludhiana Smart City Mission-
Good Governance
 Have a single planning and development authority for city
 Declaring Ludhiana Corporation -- Special Area Planning
and Development Authority under PRTPDA, 1995
 Make Improvement Trust part of Corporation/Authority
 Merging Local Government/ Town Planning Departments
 Make Ludhiana Corporation-a role model for good
governance.
 Hold direct elections to Mayor/ Deputy Mayor posts
 Strengthening/capacity building Corporation --structure /
manpower / resources/function/operation
 Creating effective/efficient mechanism for grievance
redressal- Involving Communities
 Making urban governance citizen centric
 Adopting best practices to improve transparency,
grievance redressal and accountability.
 improving service delivery at minimum cost.
 promoting transparency/objectivity in all public
transactions/decision making.
 involving Ludhiana Architects/ LAA/ NGOs / CBOs in
planning, development, poverty alleviation programs.

39. LudhianaSmart City Mission-
Finance
 Improving financial base of city --through
effective governance ,
 Creating diversified revenue base.
 Rationalizing pricing of urban services on
principal of “USER MUST PAY”.
 Optimizing available resources --through
prioritization/ improved management.
 -- adopting standard accounting policies.
 Making service delivery effective/efficient .
 Limiting expenditure on manpower / non-plan
activities.
 Making levy/ collection of property tax/
advertisement tax more efficient
 Leveraging municipal land for generating
resources for city development.
 Making use of good practices in urban
development for resource generation.

40. Mission Ludhiana Smart City -
Mobility
• Rationalising inter/ intra city traffic
• Relocating ISBT/ Truck Stand to minimize heavy traffic
• Planning for people and not for vehicles
• Planning for accessibility not mobility
• Promoting pedestrianization/ cycling
• Promoting mass transportation
• Minimising /discouraging --personal vehicles--paidparking
• Minimising --unauthorized sub-division of land
• Stopping culture of --converting residential streets into
commercial streets
• Rationalizing FAR/Height
• Decongesting central core
• Moving wholesale/ bulk material markets outside
congested are
• Creating dedicated complexes for city- Medi-city,
Education city, cultural city
• Creating dedicated complexes for hosiery, cycle-parts,
machine tools, tractor parts, auto parts
• Moving all polluting industry from residential areas to
dedicated zones

41. Mission Ludhiana Smart City
–Follow Good Practices
• Create Integrated Command Centre for;
-Monitoring Covid-19 -- hot spots and ;--
- delivery of Health Services
- Managing encroachments on public land
• -Controlling Traffic and Transportation
• -Managing Parking
• - Addressing public grievances
• - Monitoring unauthorized construction
• - Monitoring solid waste management
• - Delivery of Services- water supply, sewerage etc
• - Managing Open spaces
• - Managing street lighting, Making major institutions- zero
water/waste/ energy
• -- Creating open Gyms for public in parks
• -Creating/Restoring water bodies
• -Treating 100% sewerage- Recycling waste water
• - Creating Smart Streets
• - Creating dedicated Parks for Senior citizens
• -Creating new parks / open spaces/ City forests

42. IMPROVING DECENTALISATION
THROUGH FUTURE RAIL/ROAD
CONNECTIONS

43. •
• Three Mantra for making Ludhiana Smart
• 1. Achieve smart growth
• -- finding best options to do things sustainably
• -- promote economic growth for people –
• -- making them earn good livelihood
• -- make them enjoy a good quality of life.
• 2. Do more with less–
• -- Ludhiana needs money-- to accomplish all wants .
• -- Ludhiana must collect, manage/spend resources effectively/
efficiently
• 3. Win support for change-
• - leaders need to;-- deliver fast, positive, /visible results,
• - build support for changes.
• -- Based on high-performing civil servants
• -- made accountable for their work—Singapore model

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