As per the Smart City Mission Guidelines citizens engagement is mandatory activity at all level with respect to preparation of smart city challenge stage 2 proposal. The following activities have been taken by MCS/WAPCOS-OASIS:
• Stakeholders Meeting at Main Hall, Hotel Holiday Home, Shimla on 13.01.2017.
• Meeting with various Citizen Forums at rotary town hall on 14.01.2017.
• Citizen Engagement Workshop at Press club on 16.01.2017.
• Meeting with Councilors, MPs and MLAs at Roshna Hall, DC office on 18.01.2017
• Meeting with various Citizen Forums at Main Hall, Hotel Holiday Home Shimla on 19.01.2017.
• Meeting with various Citizen Forums at Main Hall, Hotel Holiday Home Shimla on 21.0.2017.
• Collection of feedback from citizens through filling up Citizen Engagement Form.
• Smart city kiosks were setup at different locations of the city to collects citizens feedback and to create awareness among citizens for smart city from 12.01.2017 to 30.01.2017
• Ward Sabhas were conducted in each ward from 04.02.2017 to 10.02.2017 (Total 25 wards)
• Smart city workshops with distribution of pamphlets among students were conducted in schools from 27.02.2017 to 10.03.2017.
• Online Essay writing competition – “My Dream Shimla” was conducted on MyGov.in.
• Online Logo Design competition for Smart City Shimla was conducted on MyGov.in.
• Online Polling on MyGov.in portal to prioritize issues/ problems in the city.
• Talks on Radio/ TV
• Mass publicity through newspapers (Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar, Punjab kesari, The Tribune, Divya Himachal etc.)
• Tableau for showcasing Smart city Shimla on Republic Day celebration (26.01.2017)
• Advertisement Broadcasted on CITY channel(Channel No. 101,102,103,104) for citizen engagement.
• Mass Publicity through Radio jingles for Mission Smart Shimla on 95.0 Big FM.
• Audio/Video/Photographs -Youtube, Facebook, Mygov.in web portal showcasing citizens engagement.
• Technocrat Seminar was organized on 04.03.2017 for sharing goals, vision, city wide concept plan, self-assessment form including key performance indicators and for discussion on Area Based Development and PAN city Proposal.
• Mass level publicity for areas for development with smart solutions, suggestions were invited through dynamic and interactive website (www.missionsmartshimla.com, shimlamc.org), Facebook account/page (Smart city Shimla), twitter account (@smartshimla), emails missionsmartshimla@gmail.com) and MyGov.in web portal.
Based on discussions with stakeholders, technocrats and officials from Departments at different levels, the draft proposal has been finalized and enclosed. Your comments and suggestions are requested.
Click here to read the Draft Smart City Proposal
