Thane invites citizens to participate in an essay competition for developing the vision statement for the proposed Smart-City. The essay should focus on the issues / needs brought of the city, citizen solutions to address these and the citizen priorities.

Question

• Describe a ‘smart’ idea that you have seen in some other city (anywhere in the world) or that you have thought of that you would like to see your own city replicate.
• You are encouraged to include a tag-line for Smart Thane as part of your essay

Entries may be submitted online on the www.mygov.in portal latest by 10th November, 2015.

Evaluation

• Prize money for the top 3 entries is as follows:

o First Prize: INR 5,000/-
o Second Prize: INR 3,000/-
o Third Prize: INR 2,000/-

• Thane Municipal Corporation will use inputs from the winning entries to develop the Vision and Sub-goals for the City plan and preliminary idea of smart solutions and area-based developments.

Please refer to the following terms and conditions for the essay competition

• Participants must not be more than 17 years of age as of 10th November, 2015 to be eligible under this category
• The word limit for the essay is 1000.
• Entries will be accepted till 10th November, 2015
• Entries may be in English, Hindi or Marathi language