Why PlanBengaluru?

A regional vision for a large, vibrant area8000 square kilometer BMR, rapid growth, globally linked economy, changing profile of neighbourhoods, lifestyles, and jobs.

Blue Print for Integrated development, Investment and Coordinated administration Bringing together related roles that are now distributed across different departments. Also ensuring that ideas and work are complementary.

Citizen-centric governance and developmentEnsuring that the people have a strong voice in shaping the future of their Neighbourhoods, Wards and the city, according to their aspirations.

A broad range of issues that impact on City, Ward, Neighbourhood

- Governance- Traffic and Transport- Water- Sanitation- Waste Management- Environment- Lakes- Tourism

- Health- Education- Heritage- Power- City Facilities- Housing- Security- Urban Poor

Government – by and for the people

• Creating and institutionalising more fora for citizens’ views• Encouraging debate and discussion• Decentralising decisions and choices• Strengthening executive leadership and democracy

What does this mean for you?

Aligning politics around issuesYour corporator and ward committee members should be allied to the same goals. This can only be achieved if you elect both of them! If you elect one and the rest are nominated with opposing views, no progress can be made.

Your ward councillor

Your elected neighbourhood representatives

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What does this mean for you?

Legally binding, local controlNeighbourhood and ward committees will be able to set priorities for development in their area, and oversee the work of those who carry out development projects in their wards.

Who built this road? At what cost?

What does this mean for you?

Retaining the local character and flavourEvery community has its own history, and reasons why people were attracted to living there. By local empowerment, you will have the right to shape development in a way that reinforces the aspects that attracted you, and stop those aspects that you don’t like.

What route should this bus run?

Near- to medium term solutions

Deliver sustainably high quality Public Services Poor data Silos in government Lack of funds Slow to adopt new technologies Manpower issues (skills, quantity, salaries) Some services inaccessible to citizens

Identify quickly implementable solutions • Tighter coordination between departments (Roads and Traffic)• Collect data regularly (Health, Traffic, Water)• Bring most services to ward level (BBMP 1) • Put emerging technologies to use in government

Annual review and Assessment of progress Using PlanBengaluru 2020 as a framework An Annual State of the City / Ward report card / Conference Setting specific targets for unachieved goals

PlanBengaluru – The way forward

Collaborate to develop new versions regularly- Research and development in formal institutions- Civic platforms for local knowledge and decisions- Creative citizen-led new ideas and experiments- Information and deliberation platforms (govt. as well as NGO)

The goal for PlanBengaluru- Be an evolving, permanent repository of ideas and aspirations- Help link ideas to actions and outcomes- Contribute to making Bangalore a truly world-class city