Darashaw finialsed to prepare proposal for Smart cities challenge
Darashaw & Co. Pvt. Ltd in consortium with IDOM Ingenieria y Consultoria S.A.U. & FUNDACION CARTIF has been finalized from the 11 empaneled firms.
The cities to be shortlisted under Smart City Mission shall require to compete for funding in the City Challenge. To participate in the SCM challenge cities will require to prepare Proposal for Smart Cities Challenge. This preparation of Proposal will require services of consultants. To facilitate Cities / State Governments to prepare Proposal, MoUD has shortlisted consulting firms to assist States/ Union Territories through its World Bank assisted Capacity Building for Urban Development (CBUD) project in selection of the consulting firms which can help the States/ Cities to prepare Proposal.
The Consulting Firm will prepare and deliver a Proposal to the Urban Local Bodies under the supervision of the State Government which will include:
A City-wide Concept Plan (a non-fully complete CDP), which will be based on the old or revised, City Development Plan (CDP).
The Smart City Proposal (SCP) will consist of Strategic Action Plans for Area Developments based on the three typologies: (a) area improvement (retrofitting) (b) city renewal (redevelopment) and (c) city extension (greenfield) and one City-wide (Pan-city) initiative that applies Smart Solutions to the physical, economic, social and institutional infrastructure.
The proposal will contain retrofitting or redevelopment or greenfield models and atleast one Pan-city initiative. The focus will be on transformative projects with the highest possible impact on (i) economic growth in the city (e.g. number of new jobs created, new firms attracted, increased productivity and business climate in the formal as well as informal sectors, recognition of and incorporating urban vendors), and (ii) improving the quality of life of all, especially the poor.
The Smart City Proposal will include Financing plan for the complete life cycle of the Proposal. This financial plan will identify internal (taxes, rents, licenses and user charges) and external (grants, assigned revenues, loans and borrowings) sources of mobilizing funds for capital investments and operation and maintenance over the life cycle of project.
The Proposal development will be people-driven, from the beginning, achieved through citizen consultation meetings, including active participation of Residents Welfare Associations, Tax Payers Associations, Senior Citizens, Chamber of Commerce and Industries.