Mumbai invites all its residents to participate in the essay competition for “Mumbai Smart City”. This essay will focus on the issues faced by the residents of the city, and the likely smart solutions which can address these issues. The entries will help MCGM to develop a vision statement for the city and will also define city sub goals based on it. The participants should focus on the practical, bankable & implementable ideas/solutions related to Smart City which should match the context of the city.

The topic of the essay is “Mere Sapno Ka Shaher Kaisa Ho” (Hindi), City of My Dreams (English), Majhya Swapnatle Shahar Kase Asave(Marathi)

The essay should have at least following:-

a) What is your Vision for Mumbai as a Smart City? (maximum 15 words)
b) What are the main area specific problems and what smart solutions you want to recommend? (150 words)
c) What are the main Pan City problems and what pan city based smart solution do you recommend? (200 words)
d) Any global/best practices which can be implemented/replicated in Mumbai? (200 words)
e) How will you contribute to your city as a Smart Citizen? (100 words)

How to Submit

All the entries must be submitted online through https://mygov.in. No other medium of submission should be accepted.

Entries may be submitted online on the www.mygov.in portal latest by 20th October, 2015.

Evaluation

The submission will be evaluated on the following criteria:

1. Do-ability (50%)
2. Innovation (50%)

The top 3 essays will be awarded -

1. 1st Prize – Rs. 25,000 (Twenty Five Thousand Rupees only)
2. 2nd Prize – Rs. 15,000 (Fifteen Thousand Rupees only)
3. 3rd Prize – Rs. 10,000 (Ten Thousand Rupees only)

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