Mangaluru city invites citizens to participate in essay competition for developing the vision statements for proposed Smart City. The Essay should focus on the issues/needs brought out by citizens of the city, citizen solutions to address these and the citizen priorities.

All questions in this category must be answered to be considered as a complete submission and to be eligible for short-listing.

Questions

• Describe a 'smart' idea that you have seen in some other city(anywhere in the world) that you would like to see replicated in your own city. ‘Smart Idea’ means doing more with less.

• Describe 3 ways that Indian cities can reduce the gap between rich and poor.

• List out 5 essential facilities provided by your local municipal corporation that should be available to all citizens.

Entries may be submitted online on the www.mygov.in portal latest by 8th October, 2015.

Evaluation

The submissions will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Do-ability (50%)

• Innovation (50%)

Prize money for the Top 3 entries is as follows:

1. First Prize: Rs. 5,000/-
2. Second Prize: Rs. 3,000/-
3. Third Prize: Rs. 2,000/-
4. 10 Consolation Prizes - Rs 1000/- each

The City would use the 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.

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