Smart City Varanasi: Mission, Objective, Projects, Current Status

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Varanasi is known as the city of light for its culture and heritage. This city has been ranked as one of the top 20 Smart cities. Along with Amritsar, the city has taken up to catch up with the level of development and make the city an extraordinary place to be. 

Among the 100 cities participating in this initiative, to ensure the progression and achievement of all goals set for each city. The centre has paired up 20 cities progressing toward their vision quickly to help speed the process. The Smart City Varanasi, a prime constituency of the Prime Minister, has started several initiatives under the smart city project. Varanasi Smart City Limited has been formed as the Ministry of Urban Development initiative by the Government of India. 

This article details Smart City Varanasi’s vision, objectives, planned projects, and several enthralling citizen services. 

Smart City Varanasi Objectives

The Varanasi Smart City (VSCL) aims to promote the cities that provide soul infrastructure and allow its citizens to live decent lives in a clean, growing, and smart environment. The objectives of this phase are as follows: 

  • Synthesise and restore the broken or tarnished segments of the Ganga Ghats. 
  • Revive the identity and the condition of the holy ghats. 
  •  Provide general facilities for tourists and improve the connectivity to the Ghats. 
  • The utilisation of barren land. 
  • Creation of recreational spots and public services.
  • Ensure citizen engagement 
  • Create focal or attraction points for Varanasi.
  • Boost property visibility and value.
  • Create rainwater harvesting spots.
  • Visual enhancements by plantations, painting and arrangements. 
  • Designated areas for all kids. 
  • Developing sprawling parks and green spots. 
  • Preservation of historical buildings 
  • Preservation and cleaning of the Ganges. 

Smart City Varanasi’s Vision

Smart City Varanasi is a visionary project to transform Varanasi into a modern, sustainable, and efficient city. Some key points about the Smart City Varanasi vision are:

  • Smart City Varanasi aims to leverage technology to improve citizens’ quality of life, enhance public services, and promote economic growth.
  • The project focuses on six key areas: smart mobility, smart governance, smart energy, smart environment, smart buildings, and smart citizen engagement.
  • To improve mobility, it aims to develop a modern public transport system, smart traffic management, and pedestrian-friendly streets.
  • Smart governance initiatives include implementing e-governance systems to improve transparency and accountability and using data analytics to inform decision-making.
  • Promoting renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency is the vision to create a smarter environment.
  • Smart environment initiatives include promoting green spaces, waste management, and pollution control.
  • Smart building ideas aim to improve energy efficiency and sustainability through technology and innovative design.
  • Smart citizen engagement initiatives involve using technology to facilitate citizen participation in decision-making processes and promote a sense of community.

Smart City Varanasi Projects

Work Order

State  City Project Name  Sector  Impact  Implementationg Agency Project Milestones  DPR Cost and Project Cost 
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi  Re-Development of
Dr Sampoornan and Sports Stadium At Sigra Varanasi on EPC Mode 
Social Sectors Health, and Education  Improvement of Health and Education services in Varanasi  MHPL India Pvt. Lmtd Work order issues, work at tender stage  109.36 Cr
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi  Development and Beautification of Sonia Pond  Area development  Preservation of the environment M/s Kamal Narayan Singh  The project was dropped  according to the directives from the VSCL board on account of land ownership and court cases 1.44 Cr
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi  Phase-III Development and eco-system beautification  Including Pollution  Access to open spaces  Bajrangbali Enterprises  Started at Site  3.47 Cr
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi  Redevelopment of Adampur Zone and Rajghat Primary School  Health and Education  Improving services like education and health Reeta Singh  38% of work complete  2.86 Cr

source: smartcities.gov.in

Work Completed– 

State  City Project Name  Sector  Impact  Implentating Agency Project Milestones  DPR Cost and Project Cost 
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi Development of 81 Heritage Sites of Varanasi and all 4 Kunds  Area Development  Conservation and Utilisation of existing resource  Nagar Nigam of Varanasi  All 81 Sites are completed 0
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi Adaptaion and Acquiring Fire Bikes  Safety and Security  Improving safety among the citizens Fire Department  Fire Fighting Bikes launched during the NRI Summit 0
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi Renovation and rehabilitation of Bhagwanpur, Dinapur, Kania and five pumping stations Sewage and Septage  Improving sanitization in the area  Jal Nigam of UP All Stated Work is complete  0
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi Installationn of Dustbins at Ghats  Solid Waste Management Improved Sanitation Condition  Nagar Nigam Varanasi 80 Dustbins installed at 27 Ghats under a scheme funded by the Ministry of Tourism  0
Uttar Pradesh  Varanasi Redevelopment of Harshchadra Ghat and the Electrical Crematorium   Area Development  Reduced Pollution  Gail  100% 1.55 Cr

source: smartcities.gov.in

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Smart City Varanasi Map

All of the Smart City Varanasi initiatives are represented on the map below.

smart city varanasi map

source: nnvns[dot]org[dot]in

Smart City Varanasi: E-Citizen Services

The Smart City portal has a plethora of information published under public interest. The portal offers several services, which include the following– 

  • Rickshaw E- Pass
  1. Apply for a new and updated E- pass.
  2. Check the status of the E-pass.
  • Street Vendor Registration
  1.  If you are applying for vending pass. 
  2. Check the status of the application.
  3. Street vendor list.
  • Boating Services
  1. Registration for Boat services. 

FAQ’s about Varanasi Smart City

Q1. Is Varanasi on the smart city list?

Having recently been on the list of top 20 smart cities, Varanasi has been included in many projects under the Smart City initiative to make the place extraordinary.

Q2. Why is Varanasi called a smart city?

Varanasi has been chosen as one of the cities to execute the smart city project to make the home of Ganga more scenic and portrays the history of Hindu culture.

Q3. Is Varanasi a metro city?

Yes, Varanasi is a metropolitan city.

Q4. What is the cost of living in Varanasi?

The average cost of living in Varanasi is estimated to be around 28,000, which comes under the top 2% of the least expensive cities in the world.

Vamika A creative polymath by nature and assiduous by behavior, Vamika loves to write on different topics. She is a part time shutterbug, organiser and an amalgam of Monica Geller and Rachel Green.
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