It is possible to make old cities a smart city.

In the current context, urbanization has become a symbol of development. That's because cities have higher employment prospects. Employment earns per capita income, and it contributes to national income.

According to the 2011 census, 31 percent of the population lives in cities of India. Climate changes have challenged the existence of many cities. Especially the seaside cities are no longer untouched by man-made disasters. Secondly, a large number of raw settlements have become in cities. Although the people living in it fulfill many requirements of upper and middle class related to the urban population, as victims of poverty themselves, they are deprived of infrastructure. Random traffic in every city has become a serious problem because there is a shortage of public transport services. Due to the pit on roads, lack of sewer system disrupted and uneven form of electricity, water and communication facilities make urban life problematic.

Karnataka's Municipal Management Institute has tried to get rid of the basic problems of the state's cities by adopting good and successful schemes being run in the cities in all the states. There is also a provision for rewarding the cities which have the prevalence of sustainable and skilled management. This has encouraged local bodies to adopt new ways for efficient and effective governance.

Increasing traffic in the city of Bangalore was becoming a problem. As a result, traffic police recently started a friendly system for traffic control. In this, efforts have been made to save vehicles in their time by giving equally 'green light' time. This method is also being adopted in Bhubaneswar.

By accepting the challenge of the problem of waste management, Shimoga city of Karnataka is presenting an example. The cleaning staff here are engaged in cleaning the city at night. He is also given a reward for this.

When residents of Belgaum City did not consider the government's appeal to keep the wet and dry garbage separate, then the children of the schools there were encouraged to bring dirt from the house. The recipients of the highest garbage were also given the prize. The money collected by selling this garbage was used in poor children's education.

Mangalore city is an industrial center. Municipal corporation was encouraged to work under the help of Corporate Social Responsibility. Through this, this coastal town was made beautiful with cleanliness. All expenditures in this campaign were borne by the companies. The responsibility of the municipal corporation to look after it.

A detailed plan was prepared for the management of wet waste during the year 2017 in Ramgarh Nagar Parishad. In the work of biogas and power generation, the wet garbage left out of hotels, canteens, etc. were started. For this, a plant with a capacity of 10-kilowatt electric power was installed out of the city. This was the first of its kind in the state of Karnataka.

Other states can learn a lot from these changes being made in the cities of Karnataka state. By adopting them, it can help in the growing disorderly burden of urbanization. For example, the special thing of these cities is that they managed to manage the already available resources, which changed the picture of the city. If other Indian cities also start working on these systems, the burden of 50 percent of the population falling on the Indian cities by 2050 will not be burdened.



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