Citizens participated in an essay competition “Mere sapno ka KARNAL” (Hindi), “My dream city KARNAL” (English) for developing the vision statements for proposed Smart City.

Smart City Mission is now in its final phase of citizen engagement. Haldia Municipality has initiated this process of citizen consultations of the “Smart City Challenge” where the Pan-city smart solutions and Area Based Development proposal has been drafted.

Panaji Smart City Open Forum debate discussed issues related to Mobility, Heritage and Waste Management.

Indore Municipal Corporation launched its Citizen Engagement Program for Smart City Mission.

The Ministry of Urban Development has selected Panaji to submit its Smart City Proposal and participate in the 100 Smart Cities Challenge.

Agra Municipal Corporation has always adopted the path of innovation, in order to achieve the goal of offering good quality public life to the citizens of Agra, with available limited resources.

Cycle Rally Event A cycling rally was held on 16th October 2015 with cycling enthusiasts from across Goa led by Cycling Goa and the participants of the Goa International Mountain Bike Challenge (GIMBC) which started off at Divja Circle till Gaspar Dias, Miramar via various streets of Panaji City.

In the imagination of any city dweller in India, the picture of a Smart City contains a wish list of infrastructure and services that describes his or her level of aspiration.

An essay competition on the theme “My Panaji, Smart Panaji” saw an overwhelming response of 1522 submissions.

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.