SMART CITY

PROJECTS

AMRITSAR

Parks and Open Spaces within the neighborhood constitute an effective and healthy built

environment in the City. Their operation and maintenance by the active community within

the neighborhood evokes a sense of belonging and preventing them from vandalism, anti –

social elements and positive usage. One of the themes in India Smart City Mission being

preservation of green spaces, transforming them into attractive public space and

recreational areas.

Existing Open Spaces and Parks in Walled City

Redevelopment of Parks & Open Spaces:

Total 65 Parks and Open Spaces are identified within the walled city, few of the parks

are functional and maintained and are in active use by the community, few of them

are functional but not maintained but still in active use by the community

Some of them are considerable open spaces in between substation or tube well or

overhead water tank which are either encroached by hawkers – vendors or used as a

garbage dumb either by the community or the shop keepers.

Most of the parks have built structure to accommodate tube wells of area around 12-

15 sq.mt

Most of these parks and open spaces have electrical substation installed at either

ground level or elevated with hanging loose wires which can prove fatal to the

children and public.

Some of these parks and open spaces are located in dense neighborhoods and are only

spaces with ample light and congregation space for the community.

Benefits of maintaining parks and open spaces

Active community participation in these neighborhoods and the community assures to

maintain the garden if developed in future.

Parks if developed or refurbished will act as a spill over to these public institutions

like schools, colleges, temples, community halls and hospitals which at present does

not have an open playground for children and will be actively used by the people.

Some small underutilized spaces which were created because of the laying of

infrastructure like tube wells or electrical substations can be developed with minimal

intervention for the adjoined community.

Open Spaces can be used to conduct weekend activity workshops, library, play zone,

etc. with minimal structural alterations and retrofication

The development of Parks and Open Spaces will definitely have a positive impact on

the community around and will hereby contribute to their health and well-being in

future.

The overall approach and methodology for the development of design of parks and open

spaces will be contextual, need based, thematic and in consent to the neighborhood

community. Not all the parks are required to be redeveloped and redesigned from the base

as most of them are already functional and need a refurbishment and up-gradation in

existing infrastructure. The design intervention will also depend upon the scale of parks

and open spaces. The parks near the public institutions like schools, colleges, banks and

post offices will be designed and developed considering the foot fall of the public and

children. The theme and design will be accordingly responding to this context. The parks

near the temples and gurudwaras will be designed and developed acting as a spill over

spaces during festivals and occasions.

Some of the existing physical structures built for abandoned tube wells of considerable

size can be adaptive reused for the neighborhood community All the electrical substations

will be shifted in a corner with proper fencing to avoid reach of children. The hanging

high voltage wires to be either channelized above the human reach or removed if

abandoned.

Amritsar is famous for pilgrimage visit at Golden Temple all around the Year. The area

inside walled city is continuously evolving through history with distinctive mixed use

establishments inside. Due to this there is enormous gap of sufficient infrastructure &

public amenities and parking facility for Inbound Visitors and Tourists in the precinct

which further creates lot of chaos at present.

Development of MLCPs:

Under Smart city mission the area of walled city is selected as the ABD area and many

initiatives towards overall upliftment and rejuvenation of the whole precinct are conceived

as one of the prime focus of the Amritsar Smart City Limited and make it a memorable

experience for all.

In Present scenario all the roads and streets are mostly occupied by unorganized parking of

two wheeler & ample four wheeler at the cost of safety of pedestrians, Tourists, and

vigilance of the area leaving a horrible experience and memory for a visitor as well as

residents thus a resident needs as well as visitors experience can't be neglected and

sufficient balance of amenities and parking solution have to be provided along with

commercial enhancement of property line.

CONSTRAINTS:

The site falls in the sensitive walled city Zone with hardly any open spaces, no

setbacks etc. no dedicated Car parking

The neighboring area is being used for “Mixed Land use” and is bounded all around

by 60-80 shops (retail & Commercials).

The site is very narrow without sufficient width of roads to explore more options.

The dropping and Get off zone is hardly available on roads.

Since the areas is very heavily influenced by Commercial activities throughout the

day any disturbance or work should be carefully planned in advance for least

disturbance.

OPPURTUNITIES:

As the ROW inside walled city is very narrow four wheelers can be provided a

dedicated parking space at one place. Freeing up space clutterness from mixed on

street Parking.

On-street two wheeler and allocated car parking zone will be separated.

Visual links can be reclaimed by removing all on-street parked Heavy Vehicles.

Residents within 200mtrs in zone A will have alternate parking site within 200mtrs.

The propose parking will enhance the current capacity of site from 70 ECS to above

400 ECS with additional dedicated 40-50 2W parking.

The Proposed Facility will be able to cater to 1200 Users daily on an average along

with provision of Visitor facilitation center, Public Toilets.

Since the intervention area falls on one of the Primary Access from Hall gate side to

Town hall it will capture all Vehicular footfall in this zone.

The area is a mixed land use thus a resident needs as well as visitors experience can't be

neglected and sufficient balance of amenities and parking solution have to be provided

along with commercial enhancement of property line.

APPROACH:

In Today's time due to space constraint Multi-level Parking systems usually have provided

relief due to several advantages over Surface Parking like - optimal utilization of space,

lower maintenance & operational cost, lower construction cost (owing to the

refabricating), secure and environment-friendly nature, comforts for the drivers etc.

Moreover to it ASCL is working on Initiatives which requires less manual labor and

Maintenance.

This problem is overcome with the help of Automation of parking system. That is one of

the reason ASCL is looking forward to the automated vehicle parking system that indicates

directly the availability of vacant parking slots in any area at the entrance only.

DESIGN PROPOSAL:

There are different kinds of MLCP technology available viz. Automated, Semi-automatic

& Manual. ASCL is envisioned the best in class technology which offers faster retrieval of

parked vehicle and maximum Capacity w.r.t to Floor space/Area. This is based on

assessment of technology available & efficiency in management of automatic or semi-

automatic MLCP. The Proposed MLCP project will

Easily accommodate 414 Cars and min 40 two wheelers at one point of time.

The intervention will provide uniform and hassle free Circulation of movement in the

vicinity.

Will have amenities like Visitors Lounge cum Facilitation Centre, Public toilets,

Water ATM etc.

The MLCP facility will cater to around 1200 users in the area.

Provision of 50% E-Charging bays for electric vehicle in night.

Provision of monthly and hour basis nominal parking Fees.

Solar roof top to generate 50 Kw power

Vertical Green walls provision to increase green cover in areas.

Fully mechanized self-ticketing & parking assistance through RFID cards and Mobile

APP etc.

Safe and secure Dust & pollution free Parking area.

Integrated Command & Control Centre (ICCC) center shall be setup which will not only

manage safety and surveillance of the city from Police/Traffic Police perspective, but shall

also host Smart Solutions for city's Municipal Corporation.

Integrated Command & Control Center:

Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC) will be setup which will enable to

manage safety and surveillance of the city and at the same time host Smart

Solutions for city's Municipal Corporation.

Key highlights:

Video walls for real-time monitoring

Emergency response system

Operations planning

Manually Maintained 24x7

Integrated Command & Control center:

Dream towards an integrated smart city framework which will comprise of:

Smart Governance

Smart Living

Smart Population

Smart Mobility

Smart Environment

Smart Economy

All the amenities listed below will facilitate the growth towards becoming a Smart

City and place Amritsar on International map:

CCTV Surveillance

Public Address System

Emergency call box and Panic button

Public Wi-Fi

Environment sensors and water quality analyzer

Solid waste management

Smart parking

CCMS based LED street lights

"SMART ROAD" has two major components which can be classified into Urban

Development and Information-Communication Technology (ICT).

The concept of Smart Road is to work towards enriching the user experience which is

aimed towards his/her safety and promotion of sustainability. Key elements of urban

development will include:

Better space management

Smooth & safe traffic flow

Safety for pedestrians

Better user information (parking, locations, traffic information etc.)

Smart Roads

Creation of new sustainable public spaces

Better utility of available public spaces

Higher green cover

Regularized formal and informal market

Increased revenue generation for city administration

Smart Road can be improvised by using the ICT technology. These technologies are used

for efficient management of existing road networks and improving performance for the

end-user/citizen.

Benefits of Smart Roads:

Serve as a loop connecting shopping sites, tourist attractions & residential areas

To connect a network of North-South roads

To connect traffic from outside Amritsar to Area Based Development (ABD)

Better user information (parking availability, locations, traffic information etc.)

This SMART Road will be fully assisted and have Smart road interventions and could be

possibly one of the first few Smart Roads in the nation.

The space under elevated loop at Bhandari Bridge is one such case in the city of Amritsar

which has immense potential to develop as an active public space. Located in the heart of the

city thriving commercial activity zone on the both sides, the space can act as spill over for the

active public.

Development of physical infrastructure sometimes leads to left over and underutilized

spaces in the cities. One such infrastructure is the vacant space beneath flyover, these

spaces are either abandoned or underutilized with parking for vehicles and at times act as a

dump yard.

The space under elevated loop at Bhandari Bridge is one such case in the city of Amritsar

which has immense potential to develop as an active public space. Located in the heart of

the city thriving commercial activity zone on the both sides, the space can act as a spill

over for public.

Development of Space Under Flyover

Reinventing attractive public spaces by transforming them into recreational areas is one of

the focus themes under India Smart City Mission. This will thus ensure providing more

meaningful places to the youth in forms of parks and libraries.

These spaces have a great potential to develop as an active public spaces parks or

gardens, children's play zone, open library, etc.

Located in the heart of the city thriving commercial activity zone on the both sides,

the space can act as spill over for the active public.

The retrofication and refurbishment of such spaces will contribute to the image of

Amritsar.

Reinventing attractive public spaces by transforming them into recreational areas is one of

the themes under India Smart City Mission.

There are various interventions possible for the development of such spaces but

considering the context of the place at present, a minimum intervention would however

have a major impact. Ideas of illumination and ornamental plantation recently adopted by

many countries which makes the spaces look vibrant and interactive.

Theme based graffiti at certain spaces on social measure is way of creating awareness

amongst the people.

Dense ornamental plantations will hereby contribute to the ecology and environment

and acts as a buffer to reduce air pollution as well contribute to the aesthetics of the

street in the day time.

Illumination at night will completely transform the appearance of the street at night.

Amritsar is the cultural and spiritual center of Sikh religion and is a home to Harmandir

Sahib, also known as Golden Temple; which is the holiest Gurudwara and one of the most

important pilgrimage site of Sikh religion.

Amritsar is the cultural and spiritual center of Sikh religion and is home to Harmandir

Sahib, also known as Golden Temple; which is one of the most important pilgrimage sites

of Sikh religion. It also showcases the composite culture and secular heritage of Punjab.

The evolution of city over the ages and its association with some of the greatest events in

the history has offered the town a particular, ‘sacred and social political geography’; which

is exemplified by buildings, sites, routes and processional paths. Keeping aside Golden

Temple and Indo-Pak border popularly known as Wagah border there are quite a few other

places which has immense potential to attract tourists.

These places of interest include

Durgiana Temple

Gobindgarh Fort

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Palace

40 Khu / Wells

Tourist Information Center

Colonial Power house

Gol Bagh

Company Bagh

India Gate/ War Memorial

Guru Nanak Dev University

Ram Tirath Mandir

The city is located at a strategic point of India Pakistan Border and popular for its border

closing ceremony in the evening known as beating retreat ceremony. This attracts large

number of tourist, both national and international throughout the year. Amritsar is also

being one of the closest gateways to the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and

Kashmir is considered within tourist circuit.

The current pattern of international as well national tourist movement in the city is mainly

focused at Golden Temple with Jallianwalla Bagh; Indo Pak border for Beating retreat

ceremony at Wagah border. One of the major reasons for this limited movement is lack of

information about other places of interest.

- The present information is provided to the tourist either at their respective hotels or

informally by taxis or tempos outside Golden Temple which includes mainly Golden

Temple and Indo Pak Border.

- A Ho-Ho (Hop in – Hop Off) Bus Service for the tourist is on service by Punjab Tourism

which includes destinations other than Golden Temple and Indo Pak Border. Also a guided

heritage walk within the walled city is conducted by ‘Amritsar Heritage Walks', an

independent entity.

- It also includes tourism packages of two- three days of excursion within and outside

Amritsar.

However these services although worth to opt for by the tourists are however in isolation,

disintegrated and uninformed unless explored on web services.

One of the important themes of India Smart City Mission for Amritsar is to strengthen

Amritsar's position as a world class tourism destination by promoting cultural, historical

and religious destinations. Increase in the tourist arrival and increase in the average day of

stay is one of the major objectives to promote tourism.

It was realized that one point of information for the tourist in the form of “Tourist

Information Centre.”

The immediate need for tourist information Centre considering the maximum tourist influx

points is Heritage Walk near Golden Temple. Tourist Information Center TIC, as one day

people would prefer to name it, would facilitate the tourist an ease of access to the places

and provide information about other places of interest in Amritsar and assurance of safety

and security for the foreign nationals. The immediate need for tourist information center

considering the maximum tourist influx points is Heritage Walk near Golden Temple. The

ideal locations identified for centers are at:

Partition museum at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Statue or Fawarra Chowk

Golden Temple Entrance Plaza

These centers would be located in a way that they are visually accessible and interactive at

the point of their immediate arrival. These centers would act as a single point of

information for tourism and would include tourism packages – day excursions, heritage

walks, ticketing for hop in – hop off services, air and railway ticketing facility for Indian

nationals as well as foreign nationals. This will be one point for all tourist services for they

do not have to wander pillar to post searching for the best the city has to offer.

It's Benefits:

Facilitate the tourist an ease of access to the places, provide information about other

places of interest in Amritsar.

Assurance of safety and security for the foreign nationals.

These centers would act as a single point of information for tourism and would

include tourism packages – day excursions, heritage walks, ticketing for hop in – hop

off services, air and railway ticketing facility for Indian nationals as well as foreign

nationals.

The tourist would be hereby well informed about the other places of interest and

hence promote local tourism.

These centers will definitely have an impact on the footfall on other places of interest

which are at present ignored in Amritsar

The existing individual heritage walks and city tour buses would be hereby integrated with

this single window center. The tourist would be hereby well informed about the other

places of interest and hence promote local tourism. These centers will definitely have an

impact on the footfall on other places of interest which are currently ignored in Amritsar.

A pilot project of around 2.2 kms is identified under smart city for the natural cleaning of

drain as well beautification of the edge condition. Hence the proposal consists of two parts –

Water Cleaning Project as proposed by NEERI Technology as well as landscape

beautification of the edge under the scope of ASCL.

Water is life. Our existence is dependent on water and one could say that our entire

civilization is built on the use of water. Water systems in the form of lakes, rivers, tanks,

canals are created for the ease and benefit of human. These systems are exploited and

misused to an extent that impurity level of the water in these systems is a threat to human

survival in the long run.

A similar case has been identified in the city of Amritsar named Tung Dhab Nallah. The

nallah once irrigation canal to supply water to the agricultural fields, is now a drain which

consists of only industrial and sewerage waste. The odor of the water is intolerable

especially in summers which have led to awful condition of the community around to

sustain.

Rejuvention & Beautifcation of Tung Dhab Drain

One of the themes in India Smart City Mission is the preservation of green spaces,

transforming them into attractive public space and recreational areas. A pilot project of

around 2.2 km is identified under the smart city for the natural cleaning of drain as well

beautification of the edge condition. Hence the proposal consists of two parts:

Water Cleaning Project as proposed by NEERI Technology

Landscape beautification of the edge under the scope of ASCL.

The NEERI technology will hereby clean the water through natural systems as well

remove the odor. The landscape and beautification of the edge of the nallah will be in

integration with NEERI technology and also respond to the needs of the community. The

entire stretch of around 2.2 kms will consists of a one continuous walking trail cum

jogging track. Other activities include open air theater, Sculpture Park, children's play

zone, flower garden, plaza etc. These series of activities will hereby make the edge

interesting and create an experiential quality of spaces while walking and jogging.

This intervention will hereby attract people towards water and create awareness for its

importance, sense of belonging and its upkeep.

Proposed Children's Play Zone along the Stretch

Proposed Open Air theatre along the Stretch