Shillong City is in a highly seismic zone (Zone V) and is prone to frequent earthquake shocks and subsequent hazards. Also, frequent rainfall makes urban living highly vulnerable to climatic impacts such as floods and landslides. The river within Shillong are known to get flooded frequently during heavy monsoons. In addition, poor management of solid and liquid waste, traffic congestion and vehicular pollution, clearance of green areas due to indiscriminate construction, and fossil-fuel energy consumption in city infrastructure contribute to climate change through an increase in GHG emissions and reduction in carbon sinks in urban areas. Various features of urban agglomerations in the state interact with the climate and enhance the vulnerability of the city population. The Shillong Smart city project is focused on developing Shillong as a liveable, clean, green, inclusive, modern, safe and citizen-friendly and well-governed city. The objective of this assignment is to provide consultancy services to support the Client in planning, designing, implementing and monitoring Shillong smart city projects under the Smart City Mission of India. Area Based Development in Shillong focuses on retrofitting of City Centre, to improve market precincts, transit corridors, public spaces, development of multi-level car parking, Intelligent Traffic Management System and neighborhoods’ liveability.
The scope of work broadly includes providing technical and administrative support to plan, design, develop, and monitor smart city projects in Area Based Development projects and Pan City Projects. We are supporting in the overall implementation of Smart City Mission, including project planning,designing, budgeting, implementation, supervision, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and coordination to ensure timely project development and implementation in line with Smart City Proposal and Smart Cities Mission.
