Presentation by: Debendra Dalai, IFS Director Science, Technology and Renewable Energy
• Chandigarh is one of the early planned cities in post- independence India and is internationally known for its architecture and urban design. Born as a direct result of a violent and black period of Indian history- “the partition”, Chandigarh has acquired the unique distinction of being a capital to two states i.e. Haryana & Punjab. • The City was named after the mother goddess of power “ Chandi ”, whose temple “ Chandimandir ” is located in vicinity of the site selected for the city.
• The greening is an integral part of Urban Planning in U.T., Chandigarh. Tree plantation along avenues, open spaces, green belts and around building complexes are enthralling features of the city. • A number of beautiful avenues with conspicuous tree species, well wooded forests along the periphery of city, ‘Sukhna lake’ against the backdrop of Lake Reserve Forests, green belts running across the length and breath of ‘Sukhna the city and a beautiful Wildlife Sanctuary’ on its periphery, further enhance the ecological, environment and aesthetic richness of the city.
• With total area of 140 sq. km, Chandigarh is blessed with 57.56 sq. km. of green cover which is 41.11 % of UT’s total area. This 57.56 sq. km. includes 10.00 sq. km of Tree cover and 47.56 sq. km. of Forest cover. • In last two decades city has observed 39 % increase in green cover. • Major component that plays role in urban forestry are Road Avenues, Gardens, Greenbelts, Plantation in institutes, Herbal Gardens in schools & colleges. • Foremost annual greening action plan which defines stakeholder wise targets for plantation has a important role in increase of urban forestry
Greening Action Pla lan (G (GAP) • To chalk out the planning of the plantation works, its implementation, monitoring and to look into all aspects of the Silvicultural & Horticultural operations within the Union Territory of Chandigarh; Greening Chandigarh Task Group has been constituted for the preparation of annual GAP. • The Greening Action Plan describes the plantation targets of the various departments and strategies to achieve the desired results by streamlining and unifying the efforts and inputs of all the stakeholders- Departments, NGO’s, Educational Institutions, RWA’s, Individuals etc. • Greening Chandigarh Task Group has achieved more than 100% plantation targets for the year 2017-18.
Introduction The Smart Cities Mission was announced by the Government of India in June 2015. Chandigarh was selected under Smart City Mission in second round i.e. fast track round with the SPV (Special Purposed Vehicle) structure named as CSCL (Chandigarh Smart City Limited) which was formed in 2016. Strategies for the Smart City Mission In context of Chandigarh smart City the Area Based Development (ABD) proposal aspires to address the key issues that emerged out of citizen engagement and focuses on the theme of “Prevention is better than cure” . The ABD proposal envisions retrofit of 1265 acres in the heart of the city into a vibrant regional destination.
Strategies for the Smart City Mission The ABD Area of Chandigarh as a model smart area has a huge potential of becoming a model smart area with the following features: • A model of sustainability and low-carbon mobility with innovative transportation solutions ensuring last-mile connectivity. • A model for healthy living with active lifestyle choices; walk able, disable-friendly and well-connected; compact and mixed-use area with investments in green infrastructure.
Public Bike Sharing System CSCL plans to introduce a Bike Sharing System to provide a low-cost, environmentally friendly mobility option to city residents. Bike sharing is a flexible system of personalized public transport. Bikes are available in a closely spaced network of semi-automated stations. Users can check out bikes at one station and return them to any other station within the network. Bike sharing is a key element in a city’s strategy to expand the use of sustainable transport modes.
Pan City proposal is to improve public life and safety, and livability through integration and implementation of smart solutions: • Smart Integrated e-Governance A unified portal to access services with a personalized profile based mobile app which will act as one stop app and a gateway to enable tow way citizen engagement. • Intelligent Multi-modal command & control center To supplement the ongoing individual initiatives Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) coupled with city surveillance project shall form the basis for setting up of a unified command and control center doubling up as disaster management cell. Both initiatives will use common cloud based Infrastructure solution and operation, data integration platforms having unified database.
SMART INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS POTABLE WATER WASTE WATER SYSTEM • • ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK LINE FOR RECYCLED WATER ADDITIONAL WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK LINE • SCADA SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM – INSTALLATION OF • AUGMENTED TREATMENT FACILITY • INSTALLATION OF SMART METERS DMAs • SCADA SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION OF PLC AND SCADA • INSTALLATION OF SMART METERS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK • INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM • UPGRADATION OF STREET LIGHTS TO LED AND NEW LIGHT • Provision of bins, trollies, trucks, Providing GPS system for all POLES collection vehicles, Bio- Methanation plant (De centralized), • ROOF TOP SOLAR • INSTALLATION OF SMART METERS
• Chandigarh has been selected as the Model Solar City and the Master Plan was approved by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), GOI in Feb. 2012. • MNRE, GOI has set 69 MW as Solar PV target for Chandigarh Administration to be achieved by 2022. • Projects have been identified to achieve the target, Chandigarh has already installed & commissioned 25 MWp Grid tied Rooftop Solar Plants so far.
• About 17.961 MWp has been installed on 260 Government Buildings and 5.526 MWp installed on 533 private buildings including residential houses. • As on 30 th Sept., 2018, Chandigarh has generated 48.11 MU of Solar Energy (in about last five years) which is equivalent to reduction of 33195 metric ton of CO2. • Amendment dated: 18 th May 2016 has been made to the existing building bye-laws of Chandigarh where it has been made mandatory to install SPV Power Plants on different categories of buildings including Private & Commercial sector.
Unique Achievements of f Chandigarh • Using 100% Green Power for pumping the water through-out the city. • SPV Power plants have been installed at all the Govt. Colleges of Union Territory. • 80% schools have been covered with SPV power plants which meets the 100% requirement of power of the all the Govt. Schools. • 500kWp SOPV Power Plants have been installed at both Inter State Bus Terminals of City, meeting their 100% in-house need. • Parking spaces in Hospitals of city have been utilized to harvest Solar Power.
Expected Outcome • Achievements of Chandigarh at the COP 24 would serve as a model that can be emulated by other cities world over for a Green Smart City including meeting their energy requirement through RE and reducing dependence over conventional sources. • In pursuit of development Chandigarh is a model for others who has remarkably increased its green cover and integrating towards city with lesser carbon footprints. • This would in turn further showcase the commitment of the country to fight the malice of climate change.
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