Feedback on Smart Cities Initiative
Smart City Criteria according to citizens
1. The city should be relatively more connected with the surrounding cities and states
2. City should have urban local bodies who have demonstrated execution capabilities
3. The urban local bodies should have leadership that is inclined to engage citizens, adopt transparency, technology and skill development
4. The District Administration leadership should be committed to achieving improvements and working with citizens
5. The District Police leadership should have a strong commitment to improving law and order and reducing corruption
6. City should have demonstrated significant improvement in cleanliness since launch of Swachh Bharat Mission
7. Citizens should have a participative inclination for city’s betterment
8. The city should have a functional drainage system
9. The city should have space for building new roads/highways and upgrade the existing ones
10. The city should have potential for expansion and population growth
11. The literacy rate in these cities should be higher than others in the state
12. The city should have some established schools and college infrastructure and the potential to easily expand it
13. The city should have some industries or the ecosystem to start them. more