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Citizen Consultation Round 3 for GIFT Smart City Proposal

Citizen Consultation Round 3 for GIFT Smart City Proposal
Start Date :
Mar 27, 2017
Last Date :
Mar 31, 2017
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
Submission Closed

GIFT City has pioneered the ‘smart cities’ movement in India. To continue its status as torchbearer of ‘Indian Smart Cities’ and bring in innovations relevant to Indian ...

GIFT City has pioneered the ‘smart cities’ movement in India. To continue its status as torchbearer of ‘Indian Smart Cities’ and bring in innovations relevant to Indian context, GIFT will be participating in the 100 smart cities challenge. Through a consultative process which entailed feedback from citizens, businesses, academicians, and NGOs – GIFT City has established the following vision:

GIFT City - A gateway to 'New India'. An emerging global destination that is India's first international financial services centre and multi-service special economic zone which embodies citizen delight through its vibrant socio-economic environment, world class infrastructure at affordable costs, and pre-emptive governance.

The focus areas identified by GIFT to achieve the vision are:
• Capitalize on IFSC and service sector to create jobs and establish India in global financial services landscape
• Create social infrastructure to ensure citizen delight
• Continue as a torchbearer of engineering innovation in physical infrastructure for “Indian Smart City”
• Achieve excellence in city operations management
• Ensure financial viability and create surplus for sustained development

Further, as per the mission guidelines – an area has been demarcated in the city for accelerated development. This area includes locations such as Residential in Block 45 & 46, Affordable Housing in Block 45 and Commercial packages in Blocks 51 to 56, 58 in the DTA Area, Office building in Block 2, 13 to 15 and Artificial lake with Recreational area in the SEZ area, Social infrastructure in DTA includes School and Hospital. Following are the initiatives that will be taken up in the demarcated area:
• Physical infrastructure development - District cooling plant, solid waste pipeline, travellators, utility tunnels, smart water distribution network, electric vehicles, mobile environment friendly toilets, multi-utility parking, sewage treatment plant, engaging landscape design and street furniture, water treatment plant, power substation, online rainwater harvesting, and utility street trench.
• Social Infrastructure Development - Amphitheatre, non-vehicle street zones (pedestrian friendly pathways), lake development (Samriddhi Sarovar) - MBR, public bike sharing platform, and green space development.

Across the city, key information and communication technology initiatives will be taken up to enhance the operational efficiency and ensure citizen delight. These initiatives include augmentation of city command and control center, augmentation of city network and city wide Wi-Fi, citizen app, common city card payment systems, digital sign boards, emergency response systems, ERP, smart kiosks, smart meters (water and power), smart parking, and city surveillance.

Click here to read the Draft Smart City Proposal

Showing 77 Submission(s)
Bhavin Ramani_2
Bhavin Ramani 8 years 3 months ago

GIFT is India's first operational smart city. It has a potential of becoming the main hub for financial & IT services in the country. Not to forget that GIFT is providing world class infrastructure to gain the top spot in IFSC's list in the world. All the best to GIFT for future endeavors.

Divyang Patel_9
Divyang Patel 8 years 3 months ago

Gift city is the benchmark for upcoming smart cities in India. GIFT city is the inspiration for every smart cities. So it is essential to have great infrastructure, IT services, transportation and quality of life in the city
right now gift must take up projects like residential building and public transport in the city and advertisement of GIFT city at broader level.

JASMINE_82
JASMINE_82 8 years 3 months ago

GIFT City is the vision of our Hon'ble Prime Minister to be a "Trend setter" as well as a "Price Setter" in world's largest traded Instruments....

Nirav Patel_62
Nirav Patel 8 years 3 months ago

GIFT city should have more features to have vibrancy in city. Many initiatives are already been taken and many more will follow. Various existing and proposed physical and social infrastructures planned for the city will ensure seamless operating efficiency for business and wonderful work life balance for citizen at large. I am sure it will create a precedent for sustainable development of urban cities in India and world.

Dipesh Shah_4
Dipesh Shah 8 years 3 months ago

GIFT is the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, the Hon'ble PM announced two important path breaking initiatives. The first is the development of 100 smart cities in India which will change the urban landscape in the country. The second is “Make in India” which will bring immense business and job opportunities in India.

Amit Dalal_6
Amit Dalal 8 years 3 months ago

GIFT City is setting bench mark for upcoming SMART Cities in India with world class infrastructure and great potential for employment generation. Jai Hind.

Ajayan Nambiar
Ajayan Nambiar 8 years 3 months ago

GIFT is the vision of our Hon'ble Prime Minister, the potential of the state as the hub for the financial & IT services industry and envisaged the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) as smart city. Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision behind GIFT is, "To tie-up with technology, to create a hub complete with infrastructure, to meet the needs of modern Gujarat, modern India and to create a space in the global financial world."

BHARAT RAVAL
BHARAT RAVAL 8 years 3 months ago

The "GIFT City" is the Dream project of our Hon'ble P.M Shri Narendra Modi. "GIFT City" is the wonderful Gift from our P.M for Financial Growth of India with development of world class infrastructure to set financial Hub and 10 lacks jobs for youth at GIFT City.

The philosophy beyond the name of GIFT City "Gujarat International Finance Tec-Cit Company Limited is to provide world class infrastructure and (financial services (IFSC)) offshore banking services at GIFT City, Gujarat.

Anil Parmar_19
Anil Parmar 8 years 3 months ago

GIFT City as a SMART City is cruising towards a smarter city by improving the City Management and Transforming the urban area by inculcating major Technological, Planning and Environmental changes.
GIFT City is definitely a way ahead as a SMART City with vision of encompassing all the aspect of Nation Development viz. Quality Infrastructure, Eco-friendly Environment, E-Governance, Creating/Generating employment, Quality Life, Socio-economic Growth......to name a few....

Jitendra_1419
Jitendra 8 years 3 months ago

GIFT City is an innovative concept of greenfield urban development in more than one way. As a torchbearer of smart city development it should live up to the expectations to the maximum extent possible. The various initiatives from plan approval to on site sustainability, urban forestry, infrastructure development such as DCS, AWCS and utility tunnel and implementation of urban design guidelines are something which will make the project standout.

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