URBAN DEVELOPMENT

STRENGTH

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Ø       Population

·         Entrepreneurship

·         Skilled Man Power

·         Honest and Well Intention

·         Proactive/ Positive Attitude

Ø       Location

·         Geographical Location- Centrally Located in Saurashtra

·         Centre of Education In Saurashtra - University

·         A Strong base in the ancillary units

·         Pleasant Weather

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Ø       Land

·         Adequate Land Resources- No Physical Constraints, Well connected With Core, and Remarkable Colonial Architecture And Historical Building

·         Redundant Lakhajiraj Station and Huge Railway Land Provides  Development Opportunities

·         Nyari-II, Aji-II, Race Course Iswarya Mandir Provides Tremendous Scope For Planning

·         Have Developed GIS Capabilities

·         23 TP Schemes  have Been Drafted

Ø       Strong Financial Base of RMC

Ø     Absence of Political Will And Vision

Ø     Limited Organizational Setup To Plan and Implement Plans

     Resulting in Delays

Ø     Lack of Involvement of Experts

Ø     Limited Exposure of Decision Makers on Technical Matters

Ø     Lack of Regulatory Framework- Encroachments/ Violations

Ø     Limited Public Awareness of Responsibilities and Concerns- Resulting in bad attitude (encroachments)

Ø     Land Grabbing

Ø     Lack of Clarity In Decision Making - Allocation for Funds Schemes

Ø     Limited Financial Resources With the Governing Body

Ø     Limited Co-ordination Between Service Departments

Ø    Recent Amendment to the TP Act

Ø    Privatization Policy of the State Government

Ø    Geographical Location Of Rajkot- Migration/ Related Development Potential

Ø    Development and Management of Municipal Assets

·      Availability within city centre for Socio-cultural and sports activity an area of 93 Ha

·      Plan for Relocation of Cattle Yards

Ø    Openness of City in inviting Professionals as part of CDS and Their Willingness to Participate in the City Development Process

Ø        Water And Power - A Development Constraint

Ø        Bureaucracy

Ø        Difficult to cope up with Unorganized Growth

Ø        Inappropriate Built Form

WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE

STRENGTH

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Ø      Rationale Planning

Ø       Availability of Competent Expertise and Technical know-how

Ø       Profound experience in the Operations of Systems in the Region

Ø       Public support and cooperation

Ø       Adequate availability of distribution networks and sewerage systems

Ø       Efficient Capital Improvement Planning

Ø       Politically stability (for over 25 years)

         Lack of public awareness with respect to operations of RMC

         Topography of the city results in high capital investments

         Recovery of taxes and charges insufficient to support operation & maintenance

         Low tax rates/ water charges and Irregular revision of tax rates.

         No perennial water sources

         Low ground water table and recharging activities absent

         Lack of awareness with regards to recycling and reuse of wastewater

         Availability of good quality water during monsoons

      Availability of irrigation water sources in the vicinity

      Lapasari and Machhu-II Schemes available for water supply

      Augmentation of existing water sources through desilting works

      Augmentation of ground water through recharging ground aquifers

      Active participation of NGOs and VOs to spread public awareness in water conservation

      Private Sector Participation in the delivery of basic services

      Capital Market available to undertake urban infrastructure schemes

Ø   Lack of long term planning perspectives at the State Government Level

Ø   Development Control Regulations not framed to facilitate infrastructure provision

Ø   Ground/ Soil characteristics do not facilitate permeability and retention of water

Ø   Low rainfall in the region

Ø   Rapid urbanization of the region

Ø   Rapid drawl of available ground water through tube-wells

Ø   Lack of awareness with regards to recharging of ground water, recycling and reuse of wastewater

Ø   Cost of water abstraction and transport of water from available sources- cost intensive

ROADS, BRIDGES, STREET LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

STRENGTH

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Ø       City well connected with the surrounding districts.

Ø       City known as capital of Saurashtra region.

Ø       City Corporation is financially sound and having the lowest administration expenses compare to other cities of the country.

Ø       More professional management than the other cities of the State.

Ø     Being a local self-Governing Body, RMC is having limited power for execution.

Ø     Limited/unavailable land resources in the city area.

Ø       Shifting of railway track can solve many problems regarding road and traffic management.

Ø       M.P. of Rajkot constituency is a member in council of ministers of Central Government, who can represent the issues before railway authorities with strong influence.

Ø       Shifting of S.T. depot. Which also help to resolve the problem of traffic and parking.

Ø       Availability of financial resources from the Government in terms of loans, subsidies and grants.

Ø        Encroachments on roads.

Ø        Increase in number of vehicles without any monitoring.

Ø        Rapidly growing population.

Ø        Speedy urbanization.

Ø        Political interference.

Ø        Poor utilization of the resources.

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SOLIDWASTE MANAGEMENT & PUBLIC HEALTH

STRENGTH

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Ø       Land is already identified for the land filling.

Ø       All points of the waste collection and generation are covered regularly.

Ø       Informal waste collection activity is already in the processes in the form of Rag pickers.

Ø       5% area served with house-to-house collection.

Ø       Existing staff is well provided with the necessary tools and equipments.

Ø       Almost 40% of the city area served by the Dumper placer container.

Ø       Wastes are collected separately for the slaughterhouse and vegetable markets.

Ø       Waste collected from the slums on the regular basis.

Ø       Bio- Medical waste are collected in separate & identified by ‘+’ mark, dumper placer container from each wards.

Ø       No hazardous waste is generated in the city limit.

Ø       Construction debris is collected by the RMC construction wing for the land filing.

Ø     Finance, technical know how, manpower not available.

Ø     Multiple handling of the waste for almost 50% of the area.

Ø     Waste collection department is under developed and n organized.

Ø     Capacity of the containers and bins are not adequate.

Ø     Open disposal of the un authorized solid waste.

Ø     Encroachments on the roads make waste collection difficult by heavy vehicles.

Ø     Organized transportation and disposal not available.

Ø     Waste dumping in the water passage causes Un- healthy condition.

Ø    Al most all wastes are separated at the collection points.

Ø    NGO’s al ready working in the form of informal sector for waste collection and segregation.

Ø    Public awareness lead satisfactory results.

Ø    Al most all areas of the city is covered under the solid waste management system.

Ø    Infrastructure is readily available with the RMC.

Ø    Privatization of the solid waste management activity is possible.

Ø  Solis waste management may not be a priority of every citizen or RMC.

Ø  Process and implementation is costlier.

Ø  Plant and machinery cost is very high.

Ø  Maintenance and replacement cost of plants, tools and machineries can be costlier because of poor operating and handling.

Ø  Needs continuous monitoring from the higher authority.

Ø  Lack of supervision can cause problem.

Ø  Transportation of the solid waste may not be economical.

SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND EDUCATION

STRENGTH

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Ø       City’s cultural And social history

Ø       Promoting institutions involve in the area of social and cultural development

Ø        

Ø       Public awareness.

Ø       No public spaces for the art and cultural development.

Ø       Lack of interest, involvement and interventions from Corporation.

Ø    Education committee exists.

Ø    Cultural background of the Rajkot city.

Ø    Existing institutions can participate in the cultural and educational development programme.

Ø    Available talent in the field of culture and education.

Ø   Drop out from the schools.

Ø   Low availability of the teachers.

Ø   Because of other duties have to perform e.g. election duty, vaccination duty etc., teachers cannot spend much time to teach the students.