Strengthening Urban Management India 2004 City Development Strategy As a Strategic Tool for City Development: Hyderabad

1. Strengthening Urban Management India 2004 City Development Strategy As a Strategic Tool for City Development: Hyderabad Experience Prof. V. Srinivas Chary Dr A. Narender Administrative Staff College of India Bella Vista Hyderabad

2. Why CDS? • Cities need to plan ahead in order to make more informed choices about the future and they need to act now • A city development strategy supports cities in this critical decision-making process and is focused on implementation

3. What is CDS? IT IS A TOOL TO HELP TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE CITIES

4. Objective of CDS To create cities that are: • Manageable – well governed • Competitive – economically productive • Bankable - sound financial health • Livable - high quality environment

5. What is CDS? • It is an action plan for equitable growth in cities and their surrounding regions, developed and sustained through participation, to improve the quality of life for all citizens

6. What CDS Does? • Helps diagnose the challenges faced by the city • Develops strategic and process oriented thinking • Creates better understanding of linkages between interventions and outcomes

7. What CDS Does? • Enables participation of stakeholders including the poor in development • Optimises city resources for growth and development • Helps to link up with national and global economies

8. CDS Process • Stakeholder analysis • Preparation of comprehensive development framework • City consultations • Vision, SAP and CIP • Implementation and Monitoring

9. Who is Responsible for Preparing CDS? • The local government under the leadership of Mayor/Commissioner • A high level inter institutional task force under the Chairpersonship of Mayor/Commissioner • Appointing a Local Partner Institution

10. CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY HYDERABAD

11. The Context • Hyderabad U.A. with a population of 5.75 million is the sixth largest city in the country • Embarked on a high growth path, the city needs to attract investments and address the issues of poverty

12. The Context • Role model for successful and sustained urban community development programme • Pioneer in implementing innovative approaches for the poor • Made a paradigm shift from conventional slum improvement projects to institutionalised approach through consultative process

13. The Context • Series of consultations • Setting up of UCDS cell and preparation of Project Concept Document • Community consultations and preparation of micro action plans • Institutional strengthening and capacity building of agencies, communities and LPI

14. The Context • CDS Hyderabad is an outcome of above interventions • Aims to set out guiding principles for future urban development investments within a comprehensive city development framework • Aims to build convergence of various ongoing programmes and initiatives

15. The Partnership • Initiated and owned by MCH • Financially and technically supported by UMP-UN HABITAT, Cities Alliance and WSP-SA • ASCI is the LPI

16. The Responsibility and Guidance • Rested with the PSC • PSC comprised-Partners, heads of service providing agencies, representatives of private and community sector • Chaired by the Commissioner MCH • Met from time to time to review and approve the progress and plan the next steps

17. CDS Hyd. Objectives • Preparing a Comprehensive Development Framework • stakeholder analysis • mapping of development initiatives • background studies and concept papers

18. CDS Hyd. Objectives • Preparation of Strategic Action Plan and the City Assistance Programme through consultations • Securing adoption by donor agencies • Documentation and dissemination

19. Key Activities • Constitution of PSC-11 core members and nine special invitees • Mapping of development initiatives • Orientation programme for elected representatives of MCH • Stakeholder analysis

20. Key Activities • Stakeholder consultation • Preparation of background studies and concept papers leading to preparation of Comprehensive Development Framework • City Consultation • Constitution of working groups and working group meetings

21. Key Activities • Workshop for developing indicators • Inter-working group workshop to share the working group reports • CDS document preparation outlining Strategic Action Plan and City Assistance programme • Final city consultation • Round table consultation for implementation • Donor consultation

22. Key Stakeholders • State government and city level planning and service providing agencies • Line departments of the state government • Private sector agencies including chambers of commerce and industry • Non-governmental organisations and community based organisations

23. FOCUS AREAS

24. Focus Areas of CDS • Nine focus areas were identified and nine working groups were constituted for the focus areas to identify key challenges and formulate strategies and action plans. • The SAP and CIP are prepared based on the working groups reports

25. Nine Working Group Areas • Governance • Poverty Alleviation • Economic Development • Environment, Tourism and Culture • Water and Sanitation • Solid Waste Management • Traffic and Transportation • Health and Education • Urban Finance

26. KEY CHALLENGES

27. Governance • Multiplicity of institutions and lack of inter institutional coordination- around 18 institutions and more than 28 programmes • Functional and spatial fragmentation of the metropolitan city-10 municipalities • Lack of effective grievance redressal mechanisms • Limited transparency and accountability

28. Poverty Alleviation • Providing security of tenure, housing and basic services • Lack of understanding of magnitude of slums and data base • Weak community institutions and structures • Inadequate livelihood opportunities and employment • Adhoc approaches to service delivery to the poor

29. Economic Development • Concerns about provision of infrastructure to mega projects-isolated islands? • Haphazard and unplanned growth of city and surrounding areas-skewed spatial development • Lack of appropriate policy support • Decline of the old city • Risk of exclusion of poor/strategies for informal sector • Inadequate policy for relocation of industries

30. Environment, Tourism and Culture • Rapid and unsustainable growth of population and distortions in land use • Increased air and noise pollution-automobile industry and weak enforcement • Water and sanitation-inequitable, unsustainable and expensive approaches • Decline or stagnation in green cover and open spaces • Tourism at the cost of culture and heritage-decline in culture and heritage

31. Water Supply and Sanitation • Scarcity of sources-drying up of existing sources, weak catchment management • Depletion of ground water-unregulated abstraction and contamination • Non-revenue water-physical and commercial losses • Limited coverage of sewerage-38%-huge resources need • Weak institutional and legislation mechanism • Need to address the issues concerning the poor

32. Solid Waste Management • Lack of comprehensive data base-affecting route rationalization and optimization of transportation costs • Challenges in compliance with solid waste rules-creation of awareness, source segregation and separation of bio-medical waste • Ineffective strategies for processing of waste • Problems in developing disposal sites • Lack of community participation

33. Traffic and Transportation • Rapid growth of population and economic activities-skewed –large volumes of traffic • Rapid growth of private vehicles-ineffective mass transportation system • Lack of integration of land use planning and transportation • Traffic problems-delays, low speed, congestion, parking etc. • Environmental problems-air and noise pollution

34. Health and Education • Lack of clear understanding and assessment of health status • Increase in the incidence of infectious diseases • Poor retention of students • Mainstreaming and bridging • Inadequate infrastructure –health and education • Multiple agencies-health and education • Lack of MCH role in education

35. Urban Finance • High growth in finances and revenue surplus- unsustainable in nature • Expenditure bubble is created • Budgets for the past few years were overprojected • Gradual erosion of favourable factors for tapping resources

36. STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN

37. Hyderabad Vision • HYDERABAD-AN INCLUSIVE CITIZEN CITY OF NATURE, CULTURE AND PROGRESS

38. Governance • Inclusive city-adopted in citizen charters, decision-making forums-voice for the poor • Decentralization-ward level consultative committees • High level task force with MCH as umbrella organization at the metropolitan level-address spatial and functional fragmentation-replicate best practices in municipalities • E-governance for grievance redressal • Strengthening citizen charters, MCH web site, report card system

39. Poverty Alleviation • Need for clear policy framework-governance, land, infrastructure and livelihoods • Slum survey-comprehensive understanding • Denotification policy for better targeting • Strengthening institutions-UCDS as umbrella organisation-UHP as focal point-CBOs

40. Poverty Alleviation • Land and shelter-implementation of G.Os for regularization, slum redevelopment ground plus second floor units • Livelihood and employment- based on understanding of local economy-resource centres • Gender concerns, communication strategy, community challenge fund, resource generation etc.

41. Economic Development • Appropriate policy and institutional framework-benchmarking with best practices • Relocation policy-based on the experiences of National Capital Region Planning Board • Integrated metropolitan planning- a task force • Infrastructure in mega projects and linking with city

42. Economic Development • Convergence and synchronisation approaches for promoting growth engines-tourism, hospitality, recreation, outsourcing etc. • Policy and support systems for informal sector • Old city regeneration-appropriate economic activities and infrastructure

43. Environment, Tourism and Culture • Restricting population growth and land use-shifting govt. offices, satellite towns, incentives for relocation • Preventing air and noise pollution-city level transport policy, enforcement • Improved water and sanitation-protecting and conserving water sources, preventing pollution of water bodies

44. Environment, Tourism and Culture • Increasing green cover and open spaces-set targets, mapping of infrastructure, awareness, partnerships • Holistic approach to tourism, culture and heritage-comprehensive EIA for all projects, avoid trade-offs, enforce rules, involve stakeholders • Framework for environmental risk assessment-develop and implement for all projects

45. Water and Sanitation • Micro-planning approach-planning and implementation of projects for the poor through participation and prioritization • Conjunctive use of water resources-use based on holistic approach to all water sources • Restructuring HMWSSB-more representative and accountable board, staff ratio, HRD and personnel policies

46. Water and Sanitation • Creation of Watershed Development Authority-with representatives from all stakeholders • Private Sector Participation-study options and select the preferred option • Decentralized planning-options for decentralized water treatment and distribution and collection, treatment and disposal of sewage may be studied

47. Solid Waste Management • A comprehensive GIS based study and map • Greater involvement of DWACUA groups-training • Study to assess resource mobilization potential • separate cell and hotline facility to address grievance redressal

48. Solid Waste Management • Awareness campaign and strengthening partnerships • Zero waste approach through processing and recycling-composting, waste to energy • Development of cost effective sanitary landfill sites • Training and capacity building of all stakeholders

49. Traffic and Transportation • Intersection geometry improvements-386 junctions-substantial improvements with marginal investments-channelisers for directing traffic flows into specific channels • Signal system optimization and area traffic control system-100 signalised intersections-integration with surrounding municipal areas • Traffic signs and markings-need for standardisation • Road widening& link road development

50. Traffic and Transportation • Public transit system-rationalisation and optimisation, developing dedicated lanes-proper development of MRTS • Structural Plan and transit oriented development –lead role for transit policy in urban planning-balancing land use and transit infrastructure-25 year plan