LEAconnect/Qtr-13/Apr. 2016

LEAdership in engineering& planning solutions

Dear Readers,

Welcome to yet another issue of LEAConnect.

Smart Cities' project is an opportunity to transform Indian Cities into global destinations.

LEA has been associated with the Smart-City project for three cities in India. This volume of

LEAConnect includes LEA's experience on these Smart City projects.

Asset Management in water resource sector is a relatively newer concept in Indian context.

LEAwas engaged on the first project (World Bank aided) of EmbankmentAsset Management

system in India. A brief write-up on this project as well as the training program organized by

LASAin water sector is included in this edition.

Other coverage, as usual, updates you on various events and news including important new

projects secured by LASAduring the quarter.

Enjoy reading LEA Connect and do send your contributions and feedbacks at

leaconnect@lasaindia.com.

..Team LEA Connect

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Development of Embankment ...P2Asset Management System

Smart Cities: ...P4

Promotions ...P6

Delegation from Mozambique ...P6visits Toronto

Projects Secured by LASA ...P7

Kelsey Waugh from ...P7LEA Consulting Ltd.

Ontario Premier Wynne's ...P8Trade Mission to India

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Development of Embankment Asset Management System –Development of Embankment Asset Management System –

Training Program Organized by LASA in NetherlandsTraining Program Organized by LASA in Netherlands

A New Initiative in Water Resources DepartmentA New Initiative in Water Resources DepartmentWhile the Asset management in Road Sectoris known concept in India for quite some time,the Asset Management in Water sector isnewer. Asset Management in Water Sector inIndia has been primarily conceptualized bythe World Bank at end of the year 2011. Thef irst project of Embankment AssetManagement system started in India in theState of Bihar for two Basins namely forBagmati – Adhwara Basin and Kosi Basin.LASA got opportunity to work on Kosi basinunder the project, titled

whichcommenced in the month of Feb 2014 andwas successfully completed in July 2015.

This project has been very much recognizedby the World Bank as it was the first projectcompleted in India in the State of Bihar. AWorkshop, i.e.

'Designing,

Developing & Deploying Embankment

Asset Management for Kosi Basin'

“Expert Consultation

Workshop on Improving Flood Risk

As a part of the project, LASA has conducted a7 days' visit / training program to Netherlandsbetween 16 Dec and 22 Dec 2015 toexperience;

Exposure on Embankment (Dyke)Management System being followed inNetherland,Exploring potential solutions for mitigatingand minimizing sedimentation & Flood forstate of Bihar's Flood Plains.

This tour was organized with the help ofNetherlands' Embassy. Mr. Bart JeroenBierens, Netherlands Enterprise Agency/Ministry of Economic Affairs Department forInternational Innovation and Mrs MayaAcharya, Sr. Policy Advisor, Economic &commercial section, Embassy of the Kingdomof the Netherlands, New Delhi were kindenough to invite the visiting team to theNetherlands. Five delegates participated fromthe Water Resources Department, Govt ofBihar while Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Chief GeneralManager, accompanied them on behalf ofLASA.

The team visited InTech, Waarderweg whichis an Engineering & Consultancy firm JointVenture of Intech and ARCADIS. It providesservices in the fields of Dike, Water and

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Management in Bihar”

“Role of Embankment

which was jointlyorganized by Water Resources Department,Govt. of Bihar and Bihar Aapda PunarvasEvam Punarnirman Society (the Client) inCollaboration with the World Bank wasorganized in Patna on 18-19 February 2016.Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Chief General Manager,represented LASA in this workshop andpresented on the

Asset Management Sys tem in

Improving Flood Risk Management in

Bihar”. Delegates from other countriesincluding Japan, Thailand, Nepal &Bangladesh were also invited by the WorldBank to attend this work shop and sharetheir views for Flood Mitigation in Bihar.

Representation of LASA in“Expert Consultation Workshop on Improving

Flood Risk Management in Bihar

Presentation by Rajesh Kumar on “Role ofEmbankment Asset Management System in

Improving Flood Risk Management inBihar” on behalf of LASA

Presentation by InTech consultant

Discussion with 3Di Lab consultant

Environment Management. Generalinformation of Netherlands, Dike and DamMonitoring System, Dam Security System,Water Management etc. were presented byMr. Willem de Vries and Mr. H.O Rosingh,Managing Director of Intech.

The visit to 3Di Waterbeheer Lab located inVinkenburgestraat, Utrecht is worthmentioning. It works on Water modeling and

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...Rajesh Kumar

water training course use the 3Di software.The team was shown the output of the floodforecasting & inundation model on the touchtable with different scenario like water surfaceprofile in the case of heavy rainfall in thecatchment, inundation mapping due to breachof Dike etc.

Visiting the 'Room for the River Wall,Nijmegen' was yet another experience. Theygave a presentation and described theconcept of the “Room for the River Wall”. Themain aim of the project was to provideadditional room for the river Wall by relocatingthe dike on the one bank of the River Wall.

The team paid visit to the site and witnesseddifferent activities. The bed level of river wallwas maintained by continuously dredging.The workmanship of the pitching work wasexcellent and the length of spurs constructedalong the river bank was about 50m and toplevel of spurs flushed with the existing floodplain level.

The delegates got opportunity to visitHondsbroeksche floodplain and saw the dikeand structure constructed in flood plains topass the excess flood water.

Sluice in Flood Channel

Dike River Side Slope

Delegates at Deltares

Presentation by Rijkswaterstaat's Consultant

The Maeslant storm surge barrier

The Maeslant storm surge barrier a bird's-eye view

Dredging in Flood channel in River Wall

Mr. Tjitte Nauta, Stratgic advisor IntegratedWater Management/ Regional manager,Deltares welcomed the delegates toDeltares and briefed through a presentationon the activities of Deltares includingDeltares software Technical disciplines,social themes, integration of innovativesolution by using technology (eg. Sensorsintegrated in dike body and separation offresh and salt water using Bubble screens)and software operation managementsystem, 3Di, FEWS, Dike analysis module,Sobek/Delft 3 D FM,).

The team reached the Water ManagementCentre, Lelystad named as Rijkswaterstaat.Rijkswaterstaat is a national advisorycommittee in crisis & the Water Room underthe Ministry of Infrastructure and theEnvironment, Netherlands. The mainhighlights were the interactive presentation ofMr. Jaap van Steenwijk on the types of crisis,crisis advisory groups, and products of waterrooms namely Water level information,

Shipping reports / Notices to Skippers, Icereports, High water messages, Low watermessages, Information during calamities,Alarm service for the IJsselmeer andMarkermeer dikes, Information about thequality of recreational water, Storm SurgeWarning Service , Calamity team for Dikes,Training facilities -simulator room forcalamity teams.

The visiting team got opportunity to pay visit tothe Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier located atHoek van Holland which is one of the largestmoving structures on Earth, and the mostprestigious project of Delta Works. Spanningthe New Waterway (Nieuwe Waterweg), acanal that connects the river Rhine to the NorthSea, the Maeslant Barrier acts as a final line ofdefense for Rotterdam against high levels ofincoming seawater. The barrier consists oftwo huge hollow and swinging doors, each 240meters in length and comprising 15 floodablecompartments with ball-socket movement onboth the banks of the waterway. Under normalconditions the doors are fully opened to allowships to sail to and from Rotterdam. However,

if the water level rises by 3 meters above thedesignated norm, the doors are closed andflooded with water. This causes them toslowly sink. The barriers are an engineeringmarvel that the American Society of CivilEngineers has named one of the 'SevenWonders of the Modern World”.

Smart Cities:An opportunity to transform Indian cities into global destinations

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The government of India has envisaged aMission to develop 100 smart cities withinduration of five years (FY 2015-16 to FY 2019-20). With the identified smart city goals andconcepts, the Government of India hasselected 100 cities through a selectionprocess in Stage 1, out of which 20 cities areselected for financial grant and fast trackimplantation through a selection process inStage 2.

LASA has been awarded Three Smart CityProjects i.e. Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh,Tumakuru in Karnataka and Warangal inTelangana State. In these projects, LASAassists all the three cities authority toParticipate in the stage 2 of Smart CitiesChallenge.

There is no universally accepteddefinition of “Smart City”. It meansdifferent things to different people. Theconceptualization of smart city thereforevaries from city to city and country tocountry, depending on the level ofdevelopment, willingness to change andreform, resources and aspirations of thecity residents. A smart city would havedifferent ideas or opinions in India than inany other country. Even in India there isno one way of defining a smart city.

A smart city uses Information andCommunication Technologies (ICT) toenhance the quality and performance ofurban services and to reduce costs andresource consumption and to engagemore effectively and actively with itscitizens. Sectors that have beendeveloping a smart city includesgovernment services, transport andtraffic management, energy, healthcare,water and waste water treatments, solidwaste disposal and eco system etc.Smart city solutions are to be developedwith a goal of improving the managementof urban administration, allowing for realtime responses to challenges efficientlythan one with simple 'transactional'relationship with its citizens.

The core infrastructure elements in asmart city as per Indian Ministry ofUrban Development (MoUD) missionstatement and guidelines include,�

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Adequate water supplyAssured power supplySanitation including waste managementEfficient urban mobility and publictransportAffordable housing (especially for theurban poor)Robust IT connectivity and digitalizationGood governance (e-governance andcitizen participation)Sustainable environmentSafety and security of citizens(particularly women, children andelderly)Satisfactory Healthcare and Educationfor all

Smart Cities:Smart Cities:An opportunity to transform Indian cities into global destinations

What is a “Smart City” Requirements of “Smart City”The purpose of creating smart cities isto drive economic growth and improvethe quality of people enabling local areadevelopment, transformation of existingareas (retrofit and redevelop) includingslums into better planned areas byusing the latest technologies.Application of smart solutions willenable cities to use technology,information and data to improveinfrastructure and services.

...Ashish Batra

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Smart City Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

Smart City Tumakuru, Karnataka

Smart City Warangal, Telangana

As per mandate of Smart City Proposal after anextensive Citizen Engagement in the proposal,Tirupati has chosen City Extension (GreenfieldDevelopment), as the option is suitable for citieswith a robust economic base, with a demand forurgent expansion of commercial and residentialspace. The City Improvement (Retrofitting) optionaddresses a larger area of the city and focusses onbridging the critical gaps in infrastructure and alsoachieves higher standards of efficiency in thedelivery of civic services. It is the right choice for acity like Tirupati where the gaps in civic amenitiesstill persist.

The smart characteristics of the retrofitting area areElevated skywalk, exclusive pedestrianised areas,smart streets, smart multilevel parking, promotion ofpedestrian and NMT streets, solar PV installation onpublic buildings etc.

In its proposal, Tumakuru has chosen 920 acres ofcity centre area for Retrofitting comprising city busstand, railway station, Corporation office, DC office,District Hospital, District Courts, and educationalinstitutions. Through citizen engagement a totalnumber of 1, 76,033 feedbacks are received inround 1 and 2 of citizen engagement.

It is proposed to provide solar lights, free wi-finetwork and CCTV cameras along all major andminor roads to provide ITES applications, traffic &transport management and surveillance. Alsoproposed are government buildings for solar rooftoppanels, dual water pipeline, footpath and cycletracks, integrated transport hub, m ixed usecommercial towers, lake rejuvenation with modularSTP's, organized informal market and publicconveniences.

Warangal comprises three sub cities viz., Kazipet,Hanamkonda and Warangal and NH 163 istraversing through all three of them. Based on theextensive citizen engagement Warangal haschosen 1524 acres of its central area for retrofittingcomprising rejuvenation of Bhadrakali Lake.

Retrofitting area in Warangal is a fractured urbanstructure due to poorly connected diverse built formareas and underused lands. It is proposed to stitchthis area into an integrated whole throughmovement network, NMT, open space and lakefrontdevelopment, and redevelopment of underusedlands. Key achievement of this area will be throughintegration of Heritage areas improvement underHRIDAY and project components under SCM.

The financing plan for Smart City Warangal hasbeen prepared based on the nature of each of the

Funds available in existing/proposed and otherdevelopment schemes/projects like Atal Missionfor Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation(AMRUT), Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM),Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS),Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY), National Urban HealthMission (NUHM) and Digital India Programme areconverged with the Tirupati smart city proposals.

Tumakuru smart city plan is proposed to be fundedby a combination of resources. The projectsencompass a mix of sectors like transport, urban,health, information technology, energy, etc. Anattempt has also been made to integrate the smartcity projects with other schemes of theGovernment of India and the Government ofKarnataka to achieve convergence of purpose.

projects, its ability to generate revenues and itsamenability to be implemented either as a PPP orotherwise. The projects that are capable ofearning revenues and having self-sustainablecash flows (like TSRTC bus stand and parkingproject) have been found to be fit forimplementation as Public Private Partnershipprojects.

From the central government, the selected citieswill each be given INR 200 crore in the first yearand INR 100 crore every subsequent year. Planswill be implemented by a special purpose vehicleset up for each city. A total investment of INR48,000 crore has been proposed in these selectedcities and towns during the five-year periodending 2019.

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Many Congratulations !!!

Delegation from Mozambique visits Toronto

LEA-Connect congratulates all LASA-ates promoted this year. Staff members promoted tothe position of Deputy General Manager and above, are as below.

On March 19th a Mozambique delegation visited Toronto to exploreapproaches to constructing infrastructure. John Farrow, Chair LEA Group,was invited by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service to make apresentation on LEA/LASA's experience and the lessons arising from PPPprojects in India and Canada. The delegation knew of the Firm's involvementin Mozambique and was impressed by the presentation. The CanadianTrade Commissioner from Maputo requested that when next a seniormember of the firm was visiting Maputo he be advised, so that a similarpresentation could be arranged for a larger audience.

Sr.No. Name Promoted to Location

1 Prabhat Biswas Chief General Manager New Delhi

2 Satyakam Sahu Chief General Manager Guwahati-Kampur

3 Koutarapu Bhavanarayana Chief General Manager Hyderabad

4 K Pushpanathan General Manager - (Environment) Chennai

5 Parag Manoj Sawant General Manager - (Systems) Dehradun

6 Suman Babu Paradesi General Manager - (Traffic & Transportation) Hyderabad

7 Rajesh Kairamkonda AGM (Urban & Regional Development) Hyderabad

8 Aiet Bahadur Gurung AGM (Personnel & Administration) Kenya

9 Pratik Dnyandeo Suryavanshi AGM (Highways) Hubli-Dharwad

10 Rajesh Palamarasetti AGM (Traffic & Transportation) Hyderabad

11 J Ramesh Babu AGM (Personnel & Administration) Hyderabad

12 Shakti Dutta Sarangi AGM (Highways) Kendrapara

13 J Gunnavadhanulu DGM Planner (Urban and Regional Devel.) Tirupati

14 Jaykumar Bapuso Gujar DGM (Highways) Beed

15 Purnendu Narain Jha DGM (Materials Engineering) KSHIP-Tumkur

16 Nagendra Kumar DGM (Environment) Hubli-Dharwad

17 Majidkhan M Pathan DGM (Systems) Gandhinagar

18 Rakeshprasad Sharma DGM (Computers & Documentation) Gandhinagar

19 G V S S R A Prasad DGM (Personnel & Administration) Gandhinagar

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Projects Secured by LASA

ITE Toronto Section's 2016 Executive,

was elected to the ITE Toronto Section Executive at the 2015 Annual General Meeting.She will fill the position of Activities Coordinator in 2016.

Kelsey Waugh from LEA Consulting Ltd.

Some of the important projects awarded to LASA during the last quarter (Jan-Mar'16)

Project Name Client Name

Consultancy Services for providing "Technical Support to AssetManagement Cell for sustenance of Odisha Road Asset ManagementSystem (O-RAMS) of Odisha Works Department".

Odisha Work Department

Selection of Consulting Services for Construction Supervision of Designand Build of Modjo-Hawassa Highway Project; Phase I: Modjo-Zeway, LotI: Modjo-Meki Section (~56 Km).

Ethiopian Roads Authority

Preparation of Feasibility Study/Detailed Project Report of Selected stateroad stretches for NH connectivity to Backward Areas/ Religious/TouristPlace (BRT) Scheme-(i) Satna-Kotar-Semaria-Sirmaur-Jawa-on NH 35near Shankargarh. (ii) Chitrakoot (NH-35)- Rajapur-Manjhanpur-Palhana(NH-19). (Pakage-NHAI/2R/12).

National Highways Authority ofIndia

Selection of a Project Management Consultant for providing ConsultancyServices for the Road work on Branch Canals under C.E.Ahmedabad

Sardar Sarovar Narmada NigamLtd.

Consultancy Services for Six Laing of Agra-Etawah Bypass Section ofNH-2 from Km 199.660 to Km 323.525 in the state of Uttar Pradesh underNHDP Phase V on BOT (Toll) Mode (Including Design for YamunaBridge).

Oriental Structural EngineersPvt.Ltd

Consultancy Services on Four Laing of Biaora-Dewas section NH-3 fromKm 426.100 to Km 566.450 in the state of Madhya Pradesh under NHDPIV on DBFOT basis.

Oriental Structural EngineersPvt.Ltd

Authority's Engineer for Rehabilitation and Upgrading to Four Laning ofNH-31D from Km 0.000 to Km 83.785 (Pakage-1) Ghoshpukur-SalsalabariSection in the state of West Bengal on EPC mode.

National Highways Authority OfIndia

Kelsey Waugh is a Transportation Analystworking at LEA Consulting Ltd. She firstjoined LEA as a co-op student in September2014 and returned as a full-time employeeafter graduating from the University ofWaterloo in June 2015 with a B.A.Sc. in CivilEngineering. While complet ing herundergraduate degree, Kelsey activelysought out opportunities to engage in thetransportation engineering community. Shejoined ITE in 2014 and attended the CITEConference in Waterloo. She won first placeat the Seventh Annual Joint ITE SectionStudent Presentation Competition in 2015.The co-op program at Waterloo offered herthe opportunity to gain experience with boththe public and private sectors. Note-worthyprojects include the Transportation Master

Plan for the City of Burlington and theComplete Streets Guidelines for the City ofToronto. Since joining LEA, Kelsey hasbeen the technical analyst on severalinteresting and complex transportationimpact studies around the GTA and is thelead coordinator on a high-profileEnvi ronmenta l Assessment . Moreimportantly, she has extensive activityplanning experience gained through bothwork and volunteering, complemented bysubstantial networking connections in thetransportation industry. Kelsey is veryenthusiastic about transportation planningand engineering and is excited for theopportunity to join the ITE Toronto SectionExecutive Team.

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Ontario Premier Wynne's Trade Mission to IndiaLEA played a major role in Ontario's missionto India in February 2016. Mr. John Farrow,Chair LEA Group, made presentations inDelhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, and Hyderabadon LEA's experience and the capability of theOntario civil engineering and urban planningcommunity. Mr. Pinaki Roychowdhury, Dr. MP Raju, and other senior management fromLEA/LASA attended presentations andreceptions in each city where they met seniorIndia officials and major Ontario companies.LEA also hosted and event in Hyderabad withMayor Scarpetti of the City of Markham where

Mr. John Long of LEA made a presentationon shared lessons on transportationplanning.

In three of her speeches Premier Wynnereferred to LEA/LASA as being the leadingOntario engineering and planning firm activein India.

In a follow up to this mission Mr. John Farrowhas been asked to co-chair a committee ofconsultants seeking to cooperate to win largeprojects in India.

Ms. Erin Prohaska, CFO, LEA Groupand Mr. Paul Duncan from LEAToronto visited India in Feb-16. Duringtheir visit they had interaction withIndian shareholders. The meeting wasattended by many shareholdersincluding the Managing Directors ofLASA.