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f) Meetings with NGOs<br />

City Development Plan for Agra City in the state of Uttar Pradesh under <strong>JNNURM</strong><br />

A meeting with NGOs was held on 25th & 26th<br />

June, 2006 representatives from bilateral<br />

agencies and NGO’s like Sankalp, CSE and<br />

Sulabh International. The meeting was called for<br />

in response to City Development Plan.<br />

Following issues has been raised by the NGOs<br />

• Water supply in limited area of the city with<br />

low pressure<br />

• T junctions as compared to crossing creates<br />

more congestions<br />

• They mentioned that there is complete<br />

absence of any traffic management in the<br />

city, and no one adheres to the traffic rules.<br />

• The NGO volunteers raised the issue that only newly planned areas have access to open<br />

spaces, gardens etc. There is an inherent need for developing lung spaces.<br />

• Another important issue raised is the condition of drains in the city is very poor and most<br />

of the drains remained choked throughout the year.<br />

• The NGO members felt the quality of water is very poor and the quantity becomes a<br />

major problem in many areas of the city during summers.<br />

a. Meeting with Supreme Court Representative<br />

As per meeting with the Supreme Court<br />

representative following are the foremost<br />

priority issues for the Agra city:<br />

• Provision of potable water<br />

• Cleanliness in the city<br />

• Solutions to the traffic related problems<br />

• Upkeep and maintenance of tourist<br />

spots<br />

• Night attraction to attract tourists<br />

• Illumination of Taj Mahal<br />

12.3.3 Workshops on formulation of City Vision<br />

As part of the consultation process a full day<br />

Stakeholder Workshop was held on 26th June 2006<br />

at Youth Hostel, Agra. For this workshop<br />

stakeholders from central, state and local<br />

government, also non-governmental organizations,<br />

experts from varied fields, RWAs, Associations –<br />

traders, transporters, petha industry, shoe-making<br />

industry etc. were invited. The main aim of the<br />

workshop was to present the findings of the rapid<br />

assessment and to formulate vision for the city, also<br />

to obtain feedback from the stakeholders, through<br />

group discussions, on the priority issues affecting<br />

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MDP Consultants in association with Allianz Securities Ltd.<br />

Project team discusses with NGO<br />

representatives<br />

Project Team discusses the issues, problems and<br />

suggestion with Mr. Raman, representative Monitoring<br />

Committee Supreme<br />

View of Stakeholders meeting at Youth<br />

Hostel

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