Benchmark for Smart Cities

Government of India has set 13 parameters to create a benchmark for developing smart cities. These are: The maximum travel time between two points in the city should be between 30 and 45 minutes. The city should have a population density of 175 persons per hectare along transit corridors, every household should have 24 x 7 water supply, access to toilets, waste to be collected from door-step daily, electricity connection, telephone connection including mobile phones, wi-fi connectivity, 30 minutes healthcare emergency response time and other amenities. The smart city should have sufficient number of schools, colleges and educational institutes. There must be one fire station per 2 lakh population. The city ought to have a provision for use of renewable energy in all sectors.

Sl.No.	Parameter	Benchmark
A	Transport	Maximum travel time of 30 minutes in small & medium size cities and 45 minutes in metropolitan areas Continuous unobstructed footpath of minimum 2m wide on either side of all street with Row 12m or more Dedicated and physically segregated bicycle tracks with a width of 2mor more, one in each direction, should be provided on all streets with carriage way larger than 10m (not ROW) High quality and high frequency mass transport within 800m(10-15 minute walking distance) of all residences in areas over 175persons / ha of built area Access to Para-transit within 300m walking distance.
B.	Spatial Planning	175 persons per Ha along transit corridors. 95% of residences should have daily needs retail, parks, primary schools and recreational areas accessible within 400m walking distance. 95% residences should have access to employment and public and institutional services by public transport or bicycle or walk At least 20% of all residential units to be occupied by economically weaker sections in each Transit Oriented Development Zone 800m from Transit Stations At least 30% residential and 30% commercial/institutional in every TOD Zone within 800m of Transit Stations
C.	Water Supply	24 x 7 supply of water 100% household with direct water supply connections 135 litres of per capita supply of water 100% metering of water connections 100% efficiency in collection of water related charges
D.	Sewerage &Sanitation	100% households should have access to toilets 100% schools should have separate toilets for girls 100% households should be connected to the waste water network 100% efficiency in the collection and treatment of waste water 100% efficiency in the collection of sewerage network
E.	Solid Waste Management	100% households are covered by daily door-step collection system. 100% collection of municipal solid waste 100% segregation of waste at source, i.e. bio- degradable and non-degradablewaste 100% recycling of solid waste
F.	Storm Water Drainage	100% coverage of road network with storm water drainage network Aggregate number of incidents of water logging reported in a Year = 0 100% rainwater harvesting
G.	Electricity	100% households have electricity connection 24 x 7 supply of electricity 100% metering of electricity supply 100% recovery of cost Tariff slabs that work towards minimizing waste
H.	Telephone connections	100% households have a telephone connection including mobile
I.	Wi-Fi Connectivity	100% of the city has Wi-Fi connectivity 100 Mbps internet speed
J.	Health Care Facilities	Availability of telemedicine facilities to 100% residents 30 minutes emergency response time 1 dispensary for every 15,000 residents Nursing home, child, welfare and maternity, centre – 25 to 30 beds per lakh population Intermediate Hospital (Category B) – 80 beds per lakh population Intermediate Hospital (Category A) – 200 beds per lakh population Multi-Speciality Hospital – 200 beds per lakh population Speciality Hospital – 200 beds per lakh population General Hospital – 500 beds per lakh population 10020Family Welfare Centre for every 50,000 residents 1 Diagnostic centre for every 50,000 residents 1 Veterinary Hospital for every 5 lakh residents 1 Dispensary for pet for every 1 lakh residents

K.	Education
1.	Pre Primary to Secondary Education	Area equivalent to 15% of residential area for building hospitals 1 Pre Primary/ Nursery School for every 2,500 residents 1 Primary School (class I to V) for every 5,000 residents 1 Senior Secondary School (Cass VI to XII) for every, 500 residents 1 integrated school (Class I to XII) per lakh of population 1 school for physically challenged for every 45,000 residents 1 school for mentally challenged for 10 lakh population
2.	Higher Education	1 college per 1.25 lakh population 1 university 1 technical education centre per 10 lakh population 1 engineering college per 10 lakh population 1 medical college per 10 lakh population 1 other professional college per 10 lakh population 1 paramedical institute per 10 lakh population 1 veterinary institute
L.	Fire Fighting	1 fire station per 2 lakh population / 5-7km radium 1 sub – fire station with 3-4 km radius
M.	Others	Use of renewable energy in all sectors Rooftop solar panels on all public, institutional and commercial buildings as well as multi storied residential housings Adherence to green building norms Common ducting for all services Double entry accounting on real time basis 3D maps on GIS of property and all services –power, water supply, sewerage etc Cities to formulate building and parking standards