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1. Brief City profile................................................................................................................... 6

1.1 Regional Connectivity....................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Population Trends.............................................................................................................. 6
1.2.1 Floating Population:.................................................................................................... 7
1.2.2 Growth of population.................................................................................................. 8
1.2.3 Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male............................................................................. 9
1.2.4 Literacy..................................................................................................................... 10
1.2.5 Workers profile.......................................................................................................... 10
2. LANDUSE............................................................................................................................ 11
3. City growth........................................................................................................................ 13
4. Urban Governance............................................................................................................. 14
4.1 Administrative set up...................................................................................................... 15
4.2 Responsibilities of Puri Municipality................................................................................16
4.3 State Government Agencies............................................................................................ 17
4.3.1 Housing and Urban Development Department.........................................................17
4.3.2 Directorate of Municipal Administration....................................................................17
4.3.4 Public Health & Engineering Office........................................................................... 17
4.3.5 Directorate of Town Planning.................................................................................... 17
4.4 Status of e-governance implementation.........................................................................17
4.5 MIS and E-governance..................................................................................................... 18
4.6 Inter governmental coordination..................................................................................... 18
4.7 Key Issues and Concerns................................................................................................. 18
5. Municipal Financial Management....................................................................................... 18
5.1 Administration of Finances at Puri Municipality...............................................................19
5.2 Municipal Accounting Reform Implementation................................................................19
5.3 Municipal Finances.......................................................................................................... 20
5.3.1 Income...................................................................................................................... 20
5.3.2 Expenditure............................................................................................................... 20
5.4 Assessment of property tax system at Puri Municipality.............................................21
5.4.1 Taxation System at Puri Municipality.........................................................................21
5.4.2 Tax Rates and revision of Tax rates........................................................................21
5.4.3 Assessment and reassessment of properties........................................................21
5.4.4 Tax Coverage......................................................................................................... 21
5.5 Tax Collection.................................................................................................................. 22
5.6 Efforts to increase collection efficiency and coverage....................................................23
 5.7 Key municipal financial assessment - indicators.............................................................24
5.8 Key issues....................................................................................................................... 24
5.9 Improved accounting and financial management systems.............................................24
5.10 Internal and External Audit........................................................................................... 25
5.11 Computerization of records and accounting practices..................................................25
5.11.1 Improving revenue base......................................................................................... 26
5.11.2 Property tax............................................................................................................ 26
5.11.3 Rationalizing user charges:..................................................................................... 27
5.11.4 Improved billing and collection............................................................................... 27
6. Economic Characteristics................................................................................................... 28
6.1 Fishing and Allied activities............................................................................................. 29
6.2 Industrial activities.......................................................................................................... 29
6.3 Handloom, Handicraft and Cottage industries................................................................29
7. Urban Infrastructure........................................................................................................... 30
7.1 Water Supply................................................................................................................... 30
7.1.1 Source of Water........................................................................................................ 30
7.1.2 Agency/Department for Water Supply.......................................................................31
7.1.3 Area covered under water distribution network........................................................31
7.1.4 Area not covered under water distribution network..................................................32
7.1.5 Supply and distribution of water...............................................................................32
7.1.6 Emergency Rentation /Distribution of water during Rath yatra/ Cart festival............32
7.1.7 Losses of water......................................................................................................... 33
7.1.8 Quality of water Supply from the source...................................................................33
7.1.9 Continuity in water supply........................................................................................ 33
7.1.10 Service Level Benchmark of Water Supply..............................................................33
7.1.11 Key findings............................................................................................................ 35
7.2 Solid Waste..................................................................................................................... 35
7.2.1 Waste generation rate.............................................................................................. 35
7.2.2 Total waste collection................................................................................................ 35
7.2.3 Waste segregates in Dumping plant.........................................................................36
7.2.4 Specialized waste treatment plant............................................................................36
7.2.5 Solid Waste Benchmarking........................................................................................ 36
7.2.6 Key Findings.............................................................................................................. 37
7.3 Sewage........................................................................................................................... 37
7.3.1 Coverage of sewage network in town.......................................................................37
7.3.3 Public Toilet............................................................................................................... 38
7.3.4 Sewerage Benchmarking.......................................................................................... 39
7.3.5Key issues.................................................................................................................. 39
 7.4 Transportation................................................................................................................. 40
7.4.1 Public Transport Provision......................................................................................... 40
7.4.2 Footpath Coverage along the road............................................................................40
7.4.3 Public Parking facilities.............................................................................................. 40
7.4.4 Street Markings and signage..................................................................................... 40
7.4.5 Transportation service level Benchmark...................................................................41
7.4.6 Key Issues................................................................................................................. 41
7.5 Power Supply................................................................................................................... 41
7.5.1 Electricity Tariff......................................................................................................... 41
7.5.2 Provision and incentive for unconventional energy sources......................................42
7.5.3 Key findings.............................................................................................................. 42
8. Major Projects.................................................................................................................... 43
8.1 NULM (National Urban Livehood mission) :.................................................................43
8.2 AMRUT......................................................................................................................... 43
8.3 PMAY: (2015-2022)....................................................................................................... 43
8.4 HIRDAY......................................................................................................................... 43
8.5 SWACHA BHARAT MISSION:.......................................................................................... 44
8.6 ICON CITY..................................................................................................................... 45
9. Reference........................................................................................................................... 45
List of TablesY

Table 1 : Decadal population growth in Puri city.........................................................................5

Table 2 : Increase in number of tourists - Puri city......................................................................5
Table 3 : Demographic indicators - Puri city............................................................................... 6
Table 4 : Functions of ULB.......................................................................................................... 7
Table 5 : Governing Act Rules..................................................................................................... 8
Table 6: Services delivered from Municipality............................................................................. 9
Table 7 : Financial statement of ULB......................................................................................... 11
Table 8 : Demand Collection Balance Statement - Holding Tax................................................14
Table 9 : Key municipal financial assessment Indicators........................................................14
Table 10 : Total no. of tube well................................................................................................ 20
Table 11 : Water collection....................................................................................................... 20
Table 12 : Consumption of supply water...................................................................................21
Table 13 : Water tankers during rathyatra................................................................................ 22
Table 14 : Quality of water....................................................................................................... 23
Table 15 : water supply timing................................................................................................. 23
Table 16 : benchmark of water supply...................................................................................... 24
Table 17 : waste collection....................................................................................................... 25
Table 18 : waste collection details............................................................................................ 25
Table 19 : waste collection....................................................................................................... 25
Table 20 : benchmarking of solid waste................................................................................... 26
Table 21: Water treatment parameter...................................................................................... 28
Table 22 : Public toilet location in Puri...................................................................................... 28
Table 23 : benchmarking of sewerage and sanitation..............................................................29
Table 24 : Transportation Price................................................................................................. 30
Table 25 : Parking rate near beach area...................................................................................30
Table 26 : Parking rate near Jagannath Ballav matha...............................................................30
Table 27 : Benchmarking of transportation.............................................................................. 31
Table 28 : Electricity Tariff........................................................................................................ 32
List of Figure

Figure 1 : Puri City Location........................................................................................................ 5

Figure 2 : Population Growth of town.......................................................................................... 6
Figure 3 : Cate wise population graph........................................................................................ 7
Figure 4 : Sex ratio graph........................................................................................................... 8
Figure 5 : Literacy graph............................................................................................................ 9
Figure 6 : Worker profile graph................................................................................................... 9
Figure 7 : landuse pattern of the city....................................................................................... 10
Figure 9 : Land use %............................................................................................................... 11
Figure 8 : Agri & other land use %............................................................................................ 11
Figure 10 : City Growth DIrection............................................................................................. 12
Figure 11 : ULB hierarchy......................................................................................................... 15
Figure 12 : Tax collection effieciency........................................................................................ 20
Figure 13: water supply location.............................................................................................. 29
Figure 14: waste collection value............................................................................................. 33
Figure 15 : sewage network in Puri........................................................................................... 35
Figure 16 : Peja Nala at Puri..................................................................................................... 35
 1. Brief City profile

The town of Puri is located almost at the geographic

centre of the district and is bounded by the sea on south
east. Geographically Puri is located on 19 degree and 18
minutes north latitude and 85 degree 51 minutes east
longitude

Figure 1 shows the location of puri in the map of odhisa ,

as it is visible the city of puri is located at the stretch of
bay of bangal , in the middle of konark and gopalpur sea
beach. Given below is the earth image of puri.

The Puri Municipality was established in 1864 as Puri

Figure 1 : Puri City Location
Improvement Trust. In the year 1881 Puri Improvement
Trust earned the status of Puri Municipality. The city
administration is vested with Puri Municipality under the Orissa Municipality Act 1950. The
administrative jurisdiction of Puri Municipal area spreads over 16.3268 sq. Km and stretches along the sea-
shore measuring about 5.00 Km. The entire municipal area is divided in to 32 wards.

1.1 Regional Connectivity

Puri is directly connected by broad gauge railway line with Khurda, a prominent Railway junction in East
Coast Railway. It is about 499 km from Calcutta and 468 km from Vishakhapatnam. N.H.-203 connects the
Town with the Capital city Bhubaneswar which is at a distance of about 60 km. Moreover, this town is also
well connected with Satapada via Brahmagiri through N.H.-203 B and Konark through Marine drive road
which comes under N.H.203 A. The nearest airport is at Bhubaneswar.

1.2 Population Trends

The population of Puri city, as per the 2011
census, constitutes 11.83% of the population
of Puri district and 0.48% of the total
population of Odisha in 2011. From the total
of 2,01,026 male and female population are
104267 and 96,759 and respectively. The
current gross population density of the city is
12,317 persons per sq km.
As per 2001 census the population of Puri
Town was 1,57,610 with a growth rate of
26% during the period of 1991-2001. The
Figure 2 : Population Growth of town
population growth rate recorded for the
decade of 2011 is thus 28%.

The growth rate of the town is only slightly less than that of the state (urban) which was 30.28 % for the
period 1991-2001. Presently, the urban growth rate for Puri is much higher compared to the current State
urban growth rate of 16.69%. As per information provided by Puri Municipality, a population of about
88,624 persons lives in about 24,028 households in the slum areas. That is about 44% of city population
comprises of slum and suffers from basic urban services. The decadal population growth of the city is
given in Table below.

Census Year Population Decadal Growth Growth Rate (%)

1971 72674
1981 100942 28268 39 %
1991 125199 24257 24 %
2001 157610 32411 26 %
2011 201026 43416 28 %
Table 1 : Decadal population growth in Puri city

1.2.1 Floating Population:

Tourist inflow is 13, 83,188 annually. Orissa witnesses the inflow of about 7 to 12 lakhs of pilgrims
during Jun-July for Car Festival alone at Puri. All visitors to the town are not recorded as tourists and
hence even if there is a large inflow and outflow of people to the city on many religious occasions, the
recorded number as tourists is always much less than the actual. Table below gives an account of the
registered tourists to the city during the past few years.

Year Number of tourists

Domestic International Total
1998 28,61,788 33,101 28,94,889
1999 26,91,840 25,758 27,17,598
2000 28,88,392 23,723 29,12,115
2001 31,00,316 22,854 31,23,170
2002 34,13,352 23,034 34,36,386
2003 37,01,250 25,020 37,26,270
2004 41,25,536 28,817 41,54,353
Table 2 : Increase in number of tourists - Puri city

The table below summarizes the demographics of the temple town of Puri.

No. Indicator Value

1 Population density (2011) 12,313 persons per sq km.

Decadal Population Growth Rate (2001-
2 28%
11)

3 Literacy Rate (2011) Total literates in Puri city are 164,481. Average
literacy rate of Puri city is thus 89.38%

The sex ratio of Puri city is 928 per 1000 males.

4 Sex Ratio (2011)
Child sex ratio of girls is 902 per 1000 boys.

5 Household information (2011) 44,672 approx.

Slum Characteristics

6 % Slum Population (2010) Population: 88624

45 % of the total population
 Number of slum HHs (2010) 24028

8 % Houses in Slums (2010) 54 %

Table 3 : Demographic indicators - Puri city

Puri about 2 lakh people, based on the following facts-

On the basis of sex Puri has1 lakh (52 %) are male and 96 thousand (48%) are female
On the basis of caste 92% of the population are from general caste, 8 % are from schedule
caste and 1 % is schedule tribes.
On the basis of age 9% of the population are child (aged under 6) in which 52% are boys and
48% are girls.

250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000 Total
0
Male
Female

Given below is the graph that shows the caste-wise population

of the city-

Schedul Schedul
Total General e Caste e Tribe Child
Total 200,56 183,91 15,627 1,022 18,47
4 5 1
Male 104,08 95,630 7,869 587 9,610
6
Femal 96,478 88,285 7,758 435 8,861
e
Table 4 : Caste wise population data
Figure 3 : Cate wise population graph
The above graph shows the caste-wise classification of the citizens of puri.Which concludes that from
200,564 people and 183,915 belong to the general caste, 15627 falls into schedule caste and 1022 belongs to
schedule tribes.

1.2.2 Growth of population

Population growth of the city puri can be detailed as-
 1) Population of the city has increased by 27.1 % in the last 10 years.
2) In 2001 census total population was about 1.6 lakh
3) Growth rate of female population is 27.7%
4) Schedule caste population has increased by 48.1%
5) Schedule tribe population has increased by 203.3%
6) Child population has increased by 8%in the city since last census.

Schedule
Total General Caste Schedule Tribe Child
Total 27.1% 25.2% 48.1% 203.3% 8%
Male 26.5% 24.7% 46.1% 175.6% 8.2%
Female 27.7% 25.6% 50.2% 250.8% 7.7%

Table 5 : Population Growth data

1.2.3 Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 927 females per 1000 male in the city.
Sex ratio in general caste is 923.
Sex ratio in schedule caste is 986.
Sex ratio in schedule tribe is 741.
There are 922 girls under 9 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the city.
Overall sex ratio in the city has increased by 8 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001
to 2011

TOTA GENE CHIL 1000

L RAL SC ST D
Change 8 6 27 159 -4 500
2011 927 923 986 741 922 Change 2011 2001
2001 919 917 959 582 926 0
Total General SC ST Child
-500

Figure 4 : Sex ratio graph

The above graph and table shows the change in population growth of the city from 2001 to 2011.

1.2.4 Literacy

Total Male
6 About
Table 1.6 lakh
: Sex ratio datapeople in the cityFemale
are literate.
Change 5.1% 3.3% 7.0%
Among them 86 thosands are male and about 74 thousand are female.
2011 88% 91.4% 84.4%

2001 Literacy rate
82.9% (children under
88.1% 6 are excluded) of puri is 88 %.
77.4%
Out of which 91% are male and 84% are female.
Overall literacy rate in the city has increased by 5%.
Male literacy rate in the city has increased by 3%.
Female literacy rate has gone up by 7%.
 Table 7 : Literacy Data Figure 5 : Literacy graph

The above graph and table represents the change in the literacy rate of Puri from 2001 to 2011.

1.2.5 Workers profile

Puri has 36% (about 72 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal work
56% male and 13% female population ae working population
54% of the total male population are main (full time) workers and 3 % ae marginal (part time)
workers.
For women 11% of the total female population are main and 2% are marginal workers.

Main Marginal Non Non Worker

Worker Worker Worker Worker
Total 35.8% 33.3% 2.5% 64.2% Marginal Worker Total
Male 56.5% 53.8% 2.7% 43.5% Main Worker Male
Female 13.5% 11.2% 2.3% 86.5% Female
Worker

0.00% 50.00% 100.00%

Figure 6 : Worker profile graph

The above graph and table represents the working population of puri city.

1 LANDUSE
Due to religious and spiritual significance, the city has experienced rapid growth especially around the
Table 8 : Worker profile data
temple area. Importance of the Jagannath temple and the proximity to beach are
2 main driving forces for people to reside in the city. Over a period time the city has experienced inward
growth. It is quite evident that growth over the last few decades have overburdened the infrastructure that

city had.
Figure 7 : landuse pattern of the city

This has resulted in

Stress on heritage
Extremely narrow road and no scope for widening due to dense development in both sides
Stress on religious sentiments of people
Overburdened service
Lack of adequate infrastructure
Lack of developable land

The city has very limited government land to provide public amenities and infrastructure to enhance the
quality of life within the city, the prime lands are developed as residential areas, without sufficient allocation
for amenities. Besides, major chunk of land owned by temple trust is mostly used for religious
activities/infrastructure only.

Due to lack of available land the city is unable to provide green spaces and open areas for residents of puri.

Due to above mentioned reason the land use plan provides minimum development within the city.
Development proposed would cater to only-

1) Special tourism related infrastructure

2) Commercial activity and enhance the economic base
3) Public green spaces
 24%
Agriculture
76% Other
developable

4) Small residential development to incorporate the

natural growth of the city.

Residential
15% Commercial
11% 43%
Industrial
24% Institutional
0% 6%
Recreational
Transport

Figure 8 : Agri & other land use %

Figure 9 : Land use %

The above pie chart shows the different components of land use in puri.

The following chart shows that the developed areas and the changing land use shares have been devised
carefully to fuel the envisaged growth pattern in the region.

Agriculture is one of the major occupations of the region along with tourism based activities. Hence
agriculture has been preserved as much as possible.

In order to ease the increasing stress on Puri town and the house the increased population of Puri, new areas
need to be planned. It is suggested that the peripheral areas of Puri, Puri Sadar can be developed as New
Town- Puri to absorb the increasing population. This is a sparsely populated area when compared to Puri,
and hence there is opportunity for better urban management and lay trunk infrastructure before actual
development. It is suggested that provision of infrastructure shall permeate growth in this region. The
planned counter magnets of Puri have been provided in this region, to provide with alternate employment
opportunities. The overall objectives of the development of New Town- Puri is to

Relive Puri Town of congestion

Planned development in the new areas
Provide better quality of life to people
Provide multiple residential options as well as opportunities for employment
 Concept of green infrastructure - by providing adequate green cover, public parks and open areas for
residents of the new communities
Provide adequate social amenities
Provide employment opportunity.
Improved connectivity to maintain the connection with Puri and the larger region
Public transport option

Managing growth, reducing traffic, creating sustainable development, and making smart transportation
investments; these are all challenges we face today. New Urbanism is a development strategy that addresses
these issues more by creating communities that are liveable, walkable, & sustainable, while improving the
quality of life. The principles of New Urbanism can be applied increasingly to projects at the full range of
scales from a single building to an entire community.

The neighbourhoods have been planned based on the concept of new urbanism. The attached chart indicates
the tenets of new urbanism that have been used for developing the Puri Konark region

1 City growth
Growth nodes are located in close proximity to the developed urban areas which have the propensity to be
developed in the immediate phase. These have been identified as the future hubs of development. They are
characterized by the creation of urban/regional level magnets and activities. They shall be acting as the next
hierarchal level of development dispersion points. The identification of the growth nodes has been done
based on the availability of the urbanizable lands, proximity to existing development and also the presence
of transport network. The identified growth nodes have been marked conceptually on the attached map.

Growth areas have been designed with the following criteria:

Have, or can
efficiently obtain,
public facilities and
services.
Have natural
characteristics suitable
for development.
Are large enough to
accommodate the
expected growth over
the next 10 years. Figure 10 : City Growth DIrection
Can accommodate a variety
of housing types.
There should be sufficient scope of integrated development around these areas for development
beyond 2031.
In the proposed land use, the locations of the public amenities, roads, institutions, recreation areas etc has
been governed on the availability of the government lands wherever possible. The plot wise land ownership
details have been collected for identification of the government land parcels to facilitate better
implementation of the plans and proposals, and to reduce the land acquisition need.
The government land category includes Abada Jogya Anabadi, Anabadi and Sarbasadharana etc., and all the
land is owned various government departments. The government reserved category includes the land whose
kissam are Patita, Bagayata, Bagayata, sarada, Gocchara, gramya jungle etc.

2. Urban Governance
All the 18 functions (as per 74 CAA) mentioned in the 12th Schedule have already been devolved to the
ULBs in Odisha. Although functions have been transferred to Puri Municipality as per the 12 th schedule of
the 74th CAA, 4 major para-statal agencies carry out all the capital works of the respective sectors owing to
lack of manpower and technical capabilities of the ULB to take charge of the functions. The agencies are:

Public Health (PHD) under the Public Health and Engineering Organization (PHEO)

Odisha Water Supply and Sewerage Board (OWSSB)

Puri Konark Development Authority (PKDA)

Drainage Board
S.No Functions as listed in 12th schedule of 74th CAA*

1 Sanitation and SWM

2 Slum improvement and upgradation

3 Urban Poverty alleviation

4 Provision of Urban amenities
Promotion of cultural, educational
5 aspects
6 Burial Grounds
7 Cattle Pounds
8 Registration of births and deaths

9 Public conveniences including street lighting, parking lots, etc.

10 Regulation of slaughter houses

Functions performed by agencies Agency performing the Function

other than Puri municipality

11 Roads and Bridges Puri Municipality is responsible for construction of municipal

roads. The function of construction of major roads rests with
the Works Department (R&B division).

12 Urban planning PKDA

13 Regulation of land use and PKDA

construction of buildings

14 Socio-economic planning PKDA

S.No Functions as listed in 12th schedule of 74th CAA*

15 Public health - Sewerage, Water OWSSB / PHD
supply

16 Fire services Home (Civil Defense) Department, GoO

 17 Urban forestry Forest and Environment Department, GoO

18 Safeguarding the interests of GoO

weaker sections

Table 9 : Functions as listed in 12th schedule of 74th CAA

Out of the 18 functions transferred to Puri municipality, 12 functions are performed by the ULB. The
ULB is currently not performing the following functions: (a) urban planning including town planning; (b)
regulation of land use and construction of buildings; (c) water supply for domestic, industrial, and
commercial purposes; (d) providing fire services; (e) urban forestry and protection of environment; and
(f) safeguarding interests of the weaker sections of the society.
4.1 Administrative set up
The city administration is vested with Puri Municipality. The administrative jurisdiction of Puri
Municipality extends over an area spread over 16.3268 sq kms and stretches along the sea-shore measuring
about 5.00 kms. The entire municipal area is divided into 32 wards.
As mentioned in the earlier section, 3 major para-statal agencies, namely, Puri Konark Development
Authority (PKDA), the Public Health Division (PHD), and the Odisha Water Supply and Sewerage Board
(OWSSB) undertake the responsibility of key functions such as Town and Urban Planning, Water supply
and Sewerage.
The agencies responsible for the administration and development of the city of Puri are governed by the acts
mentioned in the table below.

Agency Governing Act/Rules

Puri Municipality Odisha Municipal Corporation Act 2003

Puri Konark Development Authority PKDA Odisha Development Authorities Act, 1982

Odisha Water Supply and Sewerage Board Section 67 of OWSSB 1991

Public Health and Engineering Department Formed by Government of Odisha

Table 10 : Governing Act Rules

Puri Municipality headed by the Chair person (Council), along with the Vice Chairman, the Puri
municipality comprises of the following committees: (i) Ward committee, (ii) Health committee, (iii) Light
committee, (iv) Finance committees. Each committee consists of 7 members and reports to the chairperson
of the council.

The Executive Officer (EO) is the institutional head of Puri Municipality. The E.O is from the Odisha
Administrative Services (OAS) and is deputed from the Revenue Department, under H&UDD.

The Hierarchy of Puri Municipality is presented as follows.

Puri Municipality

Chairman Vice Chairman

 Executive Officer (EO)

Additional EO Municipal Engineer Municipal Engineer

Tax, Budget, Accounts, Roads, Drains, buildings SWM, Sanitation, Birth

Establishment, Poverty and death reg., food
Alleviation, Street Lighting license

Figure 11 : ULB hierarchy

4.2 Responsibilities of Puri Municipality

The function of Puri Municipality is to provide basic amenities which include cleaning, sanitation, street
lighting, construction and maintenance of roads, drains, culverts, community centres, latrines etc. The
main functions of Puri Municipality, as rendered by each section of the ULB are represented in the table
below:

S.
Section Services delivered
No

Mutation of holdings and tax recovery

Tax and
1 Budget Preparation and all accounting activities
Accounts
Issuing trade license

Construction & Maintenance of Civic Infrastructure

Puri Municipality is responsible for construction and maintenance of internal
and municipal roads, small drains and maintenance of streetlights.
Discretionary functions of the ULB include maintenance of parks and
2 Works Section plantations, layouts, institutional buildings, development and maintenance of
burial grounds and crematoriums, etc)
Kine house service
Removal of encroachment

Sanitation and Public Health: solid waste management activities restricted to

3 Health
street sweeping and cleaning of drains.

Table 11: Services delivered from Municipality

4.3 State Government Agencies

4.3.1 Housing and Urban Development Department

The Housing & Urban Development Department is the nodal department for ensuring proper and planned
growth of cities and towns with adequate infrastructure and basic amenities. The Department functions
through three Directorates. They are Directorate of Municipal Administration (attached to the Department),
Public Health and Engineering Office (Urban) and Directorate of Town Planning.

4.3.2 Directorate of Municipal Administration

Municipal Administration in Odisha is managed by the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA),

which is the apex administrative organization that regulates functioning of all Municipal Corporations,
Municipalities and Notified Area Councils in performing their regulatory and enforcement activities; by
adhering to the policies, procedures and guidelines provided by the Govt. to achieve effective municipal
administration in the state. It also does the monitoring and supervision of the developmental functions of the
Urban Local Bodies.

4.3.4 Public Health & Engineering Office

In Odisha, the Public Health & Engineering Office (PHEO) is the nodal agency for constructing and
operating of all water supply related projects.

4.3.5 Directorate of Town Planning

The Directorate of Town Planning is the nodal agency for all urban planning related activities. There are 9
Development Authorities constituted under Odisha Urban Development Authorities Act, 1982, for ensuring
the planned growth in the major urban areas.

4.4 Status of e-governance implementation

Only the birth and death module is being implemented at present at Puri municipality. This module is also
only partially operational. Apart from this module, the accounting and Property tax modules were initiated
by the ULB. The process of data entry for the DEAS and property tax module has been prolonged due to
lack of data entry operators. E-Abhiyog online grievance module has been developed at the ULB. However,
only 4 complaints have been received so far owing to negligence of the module and lack of awareness
amongst the citizens.
Puri Municipality is lagging behind in the implementation of the e-governance modules. This is attributed to
the acute shortage of data entry operators. The municipality has only one data entry operator to carry out all
the tasks related to e-governance.
4.5 MIS and E-governance
In Puri some portions had been taken towards MIS services like trade license, holding tax, grievance, e-
abhiyojana, Swachh Bharat Mission. Puri Municipality has their own website i.e
http://www.purimunicipality.org.in/. In this website they have mentioned the budget data, ongoing or
upcoming projects and e-news letter. In Municipality office they have computer cell which is handling all
software related issues and improvement of website. This cell is completely handled by Executive Officer.
Under his guidance the changes are being done. Still they have not completely changed to computerised
system so sometimes online and in offline mode they are coordinating with state government agencies.
Presently they are improving their e-governance system, recently they have launched e-news letter in their
website so that it could be easy for their residence people to coordinate with municipality in their upcoming
projects. In puri town tax collection procedures are manual.Single window portals for citizen interfacing is
still under process. Puri town have one mobile friendly apps i.e. Swachhata app.
4.6 Inter governmental coordination
Yes, both Puri municipality and Puri Konark Development Authority convenes meeting on important issues
related building plan approval and land use. This activity has already been delegated to ULBs by
government but handing over is not being done yet. All development activities in Puri Municipalities are
being done on consultation with municipality authorities on matter of roads, water supply, sewerage etc.

4.7 Key Issues and Concerns

Urban Governance:
Main reasons for limited improvement in functioning of Puri Municipality as in the case of Cuttack
Municipal Corporation (CMC), in spite of 74th CAA, are that all functions and finances have not
been transferred to the municipality. These are elaborated below:
Out of the 18 functions transferred to Puri Municipality, only 12 functions are performed by the
ULB. The ULB is currently not performing the remaining functions mentioned earlier due to grave
shortage of staff and lack of skilled and technically qualified staff required to carry out these
functions. Lack of infrastructure required to perform such activities poses as a hindrance to
complete transfer of such functions as well.
The municipality has not initiated formation of ward committees or area sabhas to facilitate citizen
participation in the planning and governance activities.
State cadre officials in charge of the service delivery through Para-statal agencies are deputed from
the parent department and hence lack accountability to the ULB. Multiple responsibilities and
frequent transfers make provision of services less effective and smooth.
The key personnel such as the Project Engineer at the Drainage Board and OWSSB, the City
Health Officer at the Public Health section, the Assistant engineer at PHD are all handling multiple
roles and responsibilities at other organizations of the State.

3. Municipal Financial Management

5.1 Administration of Finances at Puri Municipality

Budget Preparation

The Budget is prepared by the month of March whereby the process of preparation is started in the month of
December or January. The draft budget is placed before the council and published for public opinion in the
month of February. The document is finalized by the month of March. 8 persons including the Municipal
Engineer and Junior Engineers are involved in the process of preparation.
Each of the departments in discussion with the respective committees presents project wise budget and
hands it over to the Head Accountant for consolidation and compilation.
This is sent to the respective committees for approval. Once approved by the committees, it is sent to the
Finance Commission, after approval of which, it is further placed before the Council for final approval. The
budget is further sent to the State for final approval.
Format: The budget is prepared as per provisions and norms stated in the Orissa Municipal Act 1952.
Public Participation: Suggestions and demands of the councilors are taken into consideration once the
budget is sent to the committees for discussion and approval.
Revision of budget: The budget is revised in the month of December before the preparation process of the
next budget is initiated.
Budget for pro-poor development: Puri Municipality has been allocating 25% of the total municipal
budget towards development of urban poor areas. A separate P budget is created for urban poor to track the
income and expenditure and overall budgeting status in the budget for FY 2013-14.
Although no separate fund has been created for basic services to the urban poor, under the current
accounting system, the municipality has maintained a detailed statement of planned expenditure for
provision of basic services to the poor.
Budgetary reforms: Puri Municipality is yet to initiate the steps to prepare the budgetary reforms such as
performance budget and outcome budget. Also, Puri Municipality needs to redefine the accounting codes
and functional codes as per the municipal accounting rules.

5.2 Municipal Accounting Reform Implementation

Puri Municipality currently practices Single Entry system and maintains Cash Books. The ULB has not
taken the initiative to continue the implementation of DEAS after 2009.
Implementation of DEAS
Manpower: One operator is assigned to carry out DEAS related activities. This operator is not regular and
efficient hence resulting in a huge gap in the data entry process.
Data Entry: Data entry for 2009-10 has been completed. The data entry for the financial years 2010-11 and
2011-12 has been discontinued. The contract of Manas Dash, the consultants carrying out DEAS work had
expired in 2011 and is now in the process of being renewed.
Listing and Valuation of Assets and Liabilities: An asset register is maintained and is due for revision.
Valuation of assets is to be completed.
Bank Reconciliation: Bank reconciliation is not carried out on a regular basis. It is done twice a year.
Latest Opening Balance Sheet: The field level consultant had last prepared the opening balance sheet for
the financial year 2009-10 on income and expenditure basis.

5.3 Municipal Finances

Analysis of the Municipal finances of Puri Municipality has been carried to understand the revenue
account and capital account status and overall closing balance for the past six years. The snapshot of the
municipal finances has been provided in the below table.
Items 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Actuals (Rs in lakhs)
Opening Balance - - - - 1796.18
Revenue Account
Income 193.56 271.88 390.54 339.79 337.32
Expenditure 518.91 577.84 689.44 1361.47 1518.30
Surplus/ (Deficit) (325.35) (305.96) (298.90) (1021.68) (1180.98)
Capital Account
Receipts 717.23 1267.91 5384.14 3421.38 1333.37
Payments 322.09 845.67 4983.87 3409.95 801.99
Surplus/ (Deficit) 395.14 422.24 400.27 11.43 523.38
Overall Status inclu OB. - - - - 1138.58
 Table 12 : Financial statement of ULB

5.3.1 Income

The major source of income is the Holding Tax. Other sources include:

Revenue from auction of municipal sources such as rickshaw stand, bus stand, cycle stands, etc.
Revenue from market license.
Bus stand fee from two bus stands one general and one tourist bus stand the ULB charges 20Re
per day for the General bus stand and 30Re per day for the Tourist bus stand.
Cycle rickshaw and pushcart license.

Grants: Since Octroi has been abolished, the State has been extending grant in the form of Compensation
Grant amounting to 47Lakhs per month.
Other Grants: Targeted funds are extended for Roads and Bridges, Health and sanitation and non-
residential buildings. Development Grants received from the State are all project linked. The State also
extends a Grant of 50L per year towards the Car Festival works and 3L towards Database Management.
HUDCO has provided a Grant for setting up a Skill Development Training Centre estimated at 60L. 25%
of the project amount has been released by HUDCO.
Loans: The ULB has not taken any loans. Loans if required can be sought from HUDCO under their CSR
initiative.

5.3.2 Expenditure

Salary of the staff is borne by the ULB from the income received from Holding Tax collection. The
compensation grant received from the State is utilized for this purpose as well. A gap of 15 to 20L is still
Felt despite this Grant. The ULB is hence not in a position to dispatch arrears to the staff on a regular and
timely basis.
53% of the DA is not being borne by the State as expected.
Sector wise expenditure: Apart from O&M of SWM equipment, and expenditure on other such works,
the ULB also pays rent of 25L on an annual basis to the PHEO for the public stand posts that have been
installed in all the wards.
Discussions reveal that the Car festival Grant provided by the State is insufficient as the expenditure
incurred shoots up to 1 2crore as against the Grant amount of 50L. This additional expenditure is borne
by the ULB as well.

2 Assessment of property tax system at Puri Municipality

5.4.1 Taxation System at Puri Municipality

The Government of India formulated and circulated the Guidelines for Property Tax Reforms, in 1998. The
State of Odisha has, in line with this, introduced the Unit Area method of property tax assessment.

Puri Municipality has not been able to levy property tax as per section 192 of Odisha Municipal Corporation
Act 2003. Even after more than 5 years of implementation of the Municipal Corporation Act, the
municipality, as in the case of other ULBs in Odisha, continues to collect holding tax as per the existing
Odisha Municipal Act 1950. Section 131 of Odisha Municipal Act 1950 empowers the ULBs to impose
holding tax, light tax, drainage tax and water tax etc. based on annual value of holdings. This mode of
assessment had many drawbacksthe manner of assessment is opaque and gives a lot of discretion to
assessing officials.

Byelaws of taxation: The byelaws are pending with the State government for approval. Once this is
approved by the Cabinet, property tax will be assessed and collected as per the new laws.

1 Tax Rates and revision of Tax rates

Holding tax rate: The rate of holding has been revised from 9% of the rental value to 12% of the rental value
from 200607. The holding tax rate of 12% comprises (a) house tax 5%, (b) latrine tax 1%, (c) water tax
2%, and (d) light tax 4%.

Revision of tax rates: As per Section 146 of Odisha Municipal Act 1950, the ULBs are required to revise the
annual value of the holdings at an interval of every 5 years. Tax rates are revised and sent for approval to the
Finance Commission and then to the Council. The council has the power to either approve or reject the
revision in rates. Tax rates were last revised and implemented by the Council in 2006-07.

3.2.1 Assessment and reassessment of properties

This is carried out by the tax collector, although not on a scheduled basis. Discussions reveal a 10% increase
in properties per year with an increase in tax demand by 3-5%.

Process of assessment/reassessment: Assessment is done on basis of number of rooms, flooring type and
ARV. The tax inspector, on intimation of the tax collector, sends a notice (147) to the holding owner asking
for information on the property. The inspector prepares a report of assessment based on the information
provided and produces a final notice (152) to the owner, imposing the final holding tax rate on the holding.
Collection will be carried out as per the new amount imposed.

3.2.2 Tax Coverage

The city is divided into 15 zones for the purpose of collection of holding tax. The Accounts section carries
out this function. The tax section comprises of 15 tax collectors under 2 tax darogas (inspectors) who in turn
report to the E.O.
The total number of holdings in Puri including residential, commercial, and government holdings as on May
2013 is 23,998. Of this, 20,614 holdings are covered under the holding tax net.
5.5 Tax Collection
Collection: Demand notices are distributed to
only major holdings (Government and semi-
Government). All residential properties are
expected to pay their taxes on a quarter or
monthly basis, receipts of which will be
provided by the ULB. A demand register is
maintained for this purpose, as per which tax
collected from residential holdings is recorded.
The tax collected is fixed as per the first
assessment of the respective properties and
revised if the tax collector reports alterations to Figure 12 : Tax collection effieciency

the holding. The tax is collected viz 3 4 counters in the city. The tax collectors only engage in door to door
collection during year end (March), to enhance collection levels.
The property tax collection has improved significantly since FY 2010-11 due to key steps taken by the Puri
Municipality. As a result of these initiatives, the holding tax collection for current demand has improved
from Rs. 99 lakhs in FY2010-11 to Rs. 116 lakhs in FY2011-12, which amounts to a growth rate of 18% in
the last one year. During FY 2012-13, this figure has further increased, with Puri municipality collecting a
sum of 148.76 lakhs against a total demand of 240.21 lakhs,

On an average, over the review period of FY2006-07 to FY2011-12, the Puri Municipality has managed to
collect 76% of the current demand. However, during FY2011-12, the collection efficiency was below the
average collection efficiency at 70%. This is due to the huge jump in the current demand in FY2011-12
when the current demand reported 43% growth over the previous year due to the addition of new properties
for holding tax assessment. The collection efficiency of current demand has further increased to 76% in the
year 2012-13. The collection efficiency against the Total demand is relatively low 61.9%.

Rebate: A rebate of 10% is provided to all holding owners who pay the tax within the first 15 days of the
current payment month.
Penalty: Penalties have not been imposed by Puri Municipality.

Computerization: the data entry for holding tax is in progress. Puri Municipality has still not been
successful in generating computerised demand notice due to errors in final format of computerized demand
notice generated

Demand Collection Balance (DCB) Statement for Holding Tax: The details of holdings and demand
and collection for the years 2008-09 to 2012-13 are presented in the tables below.
Details of properties in Puri Municipality

Particular 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

Total No. of Properties
Domestic - 19761 - 21750 22598
Commercial - 2314 - 550 562
Others - 243 - 835 838
Total - 22314 22761 23135 23998

Particular (in lakhs) 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

Demand
Arrears 72.09 40.63 53.60 55.42 83.06
Current 76.76 89.17 96.64 150.44 157.16
Total Demand 148.85 129.80 150.24 205.86 240.22
Collection
Arrears 13.06 16.60 21.67 19.83 29.46
Current 61.65 67.65 77.23 96.78 119.30
Total Collection 74.71 84.25 98.90 116.61 148.76
Table 13 : Demand Collection Balance Statement - Holding Tax

5.6 Efforts to increase collection efficiency and coverage

Puri Municipality is in the process of initiating the house to house survey in order to cover all the holding
and properties in the property tax net. Notices regarding the survey have been published in the local news
paper The Samaja, Puri and advertised on news channels. The ULB is facing issues with bringing the
Hotels and other properties on the Beach road under the tax umbrella. These properties once assessed will
enhance the coverage and tax demand by a substantial amount.

5.7 Key municipal financial assessment - indicators

Indicators Value
Per capita Holding Tax demand (Rs 150.44 lakhs current demand/ 201026
Rs 75
population)
Coverage for property tax net (20,614 properties assessed / 23,998 total
86%
properties)
76% (Current)
Holding tax collection performance (Rs 119.30 lakhs / 157.16 Lakhs - Current
61.9% (Including
) (Rs 148.76 lakhs / 240.21 lakhs - Including Arrears) FY 2012-13
Arrears)
Water charges collection performance (Total Demand = 114.33 lakhs, Total
84.62%
Collection = 96.75 lakhs)
Per capita O&M expenditure Rs 337.32
Salary as percentage of Revenue Expenditure (Rs 148.42 lakhs )
10%

Table 14 : Key municipal financial assessment Indicators

5.8 Key issues

There is an acute shortage of manpower in Puri
Municipality Lack of computer knowledge
Budgeting reforms have not been implemented. Also, the process of budget preparation is not
known to all key staff. Key staff must have knowledge on this so as to be able to provide
inputs for better planning of projects and prioritization and phasing of projects.
The grants received from the Government do not suffice and does not cover the entire salary
expenses of the ULB. Arrears and other perks are hence delayed and not provided as should
be. Realization of revenue from Holding tax is higher compared to the other sources.
Maximum revenue potential has not been realized.
Training is not conducted in-house. Staff attends the training sessions organized by the State
but this is not sufficient and does not prove useful.
Below are the reasons for low collection efficiency and slow growth of tax coverage
Discussions reveal hesitation on the owners part to pay tax on a regular basis.
Demand notices are not sent to all tax payers and this proves to be one of the reasons behind
the holding owners lack of will to make the payment on a timely basis.
There is no practice of sending warrant notices to tax defaulters.
No major steps have been taken to widen the tax base and coverage.
The staff has not been given exposure on best practices in this section in other cities. No
training has been conducted for efficient functioning of the section and to improve collection
efficiency.

5.9 Improved accounting and financial management systems

Annual plans and budgets: There is a general lack of know-how amongst staff of key sections such
 as Engineering, including the Accounts section in the matters of budget preparation. Training
curriculum must be prepared with the aim of orienting the key staff of all sections that must ideally
be involved in project planning and hence budget preparation. Training must be regular and
followed up with brush-up sessions as a pre-budget preparation process.
Puri Municipality must follow a more rational, objective and consultative process while preparing
annual plans and Budgets, by:
Introducing mechanisms to involve the staff from various departments (such as the accounts,
engineering, public health, etc) of the municipality.
Conducting scheduled sessions on plans and budgets with the standing committees and elected
representatives whose inputs on developmental projects would reflect the needs of the public
Calling for suggestions from citizens
Puri Municipality must also review committed liabilities, and assess compliance with City
Development Plans while preparing the budget. Allocations need to be made towards and
functional sectors on a transparent and rational basis.
Puri Municipality must start preparing the budget as per the Odisha State Municipal Accounting
Manual incorporating the coding and format mandated by the Manual.
State Grant: The Octroi compensation grants received from the Government do not suffice and does
not cover the entire salary expenses of the ULB. Arrears and other perks are hence delayed and not
provided as should be. The State must take measures to increase the Octroi compensation Grant in
accordance with the current salary of the staff and from then on, in accordance with the annual
increment in the salaries.

5.10 Internal and External Audit

The State Government must facilitate Puri in making provisions for regular annual audit of the
accounts of the municipality by the Director of Local Fund Account Audit under the supervision and
technical guidance of the Accountant General (AG).
Apart from this, it is necessary to introduce the system of social and technical audit of various
schemes and developmental work being carried out by the ULB.

5.11 Computerization of records and accounting practices

Puri Municipality must consider computerization of all activities of the finance and accounts
department. Data entry operators may be appointed on priority and contract basis in order to carry
out this task.

It must further work towards complete migration to DEAS from the current practice of single entry
accounting system.
The municipality has not appointed a CA since 2007-08. The task of appointing a CA for
implementation of DEAS must be prioritized and expedited.
Training must be imparted to all officials of the finance and accounts department to enable basic
understanding of DEAS and further place them in a position to migrate smoothly to DEAS without
 external support, in the future.

5.11.1 Improving revenue base

Innovative financing mechanisms like market-based funds and land-based sources and public private
partnerships (PPP) may be explored.
Puri Municipality needs to take steps to increase the number of registered properties that are willing
to pay user charges for the services provided and increase awareness and the level of services to be
able to collect user charges from the citizens. The properties along the beach must be brought under
the tax net with the aim of increasing the coverage and tax base.

5.11.2 Property tax

Tax assessment system: Although the State of Orissa has introduced the unit area method of property
tax assessment, Puri Municipality follows the ARV method for calculation of property tax.

The State must expedite the process of approval of the new property tax byelaws and direct ULBs to
initiate assessment of property tax as per the Unit Area method as prescribed.
Increasing coverage and tax base:

Puri must take steps to take forward and complete without any delay, the house level surveys that
have been initiated.
In addition to this the municipality may facilitate GIS mapping without further delay by completing
the digitization of all holding data and verifying the same at the earliest.
The State government must lend support in expediting the process of GIS mapping.

Database must be updated simultaneously and the municipality should verify and validate the data
and provide the final list of data to the GIS consultant to link with GIS-based property tax mapping.

Puri Municipality must start the process of generating demand notices for all holdings and not just
major ones. This will encourage citizens to pay their taxes on a timely basis and serve as a regular
reminder of the same.

Camps are to be organized in each ward to create awareness about property tax payments for the
improvement of service delivery in the city.
Introducing self assessment

ULBs such as Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) and Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) have
gained substantial increase in their income from property tax by shifting to a simpler, mass
assessment method such as self assessment of properties by tax payers.

Puri must deploy resources to initiate the process of self assessment of property tax by tax payers as
planned.
Citizen Service Centres must be created to encourage the public to pay their taxes on a timely basis
at these centres. Personnel at Citizen service centres and tax collectors may be trained to provide
support to owners in filling their forms.
 Complementary measures, such as verifying tax records at registration when properties are sold may
also be adopted.

5.11.3 Rationalizing user charges:

Puri Municipality must take the initiative to enhance service delivery so as to be in a position to
collect user charges from all holdings within its jurisdiction.
It may start with nominal rates for services such as water supply and SWM, before gradually
increasing the user charges in accordance with provision of improved service levels.
Citizen participation: Puri Municipality must resort to initiating intensive communication strategies
with the public in order to sensitize them towards the benefits and significance of regular and timely
payment of user charges and taxes. Their role in improving the revenue and in turn the efficiency of
the ULB must be established and awareness drives must be organized in order to gather the
confidence and trust of the public.

Involvement of elected representatives: Municipal resource mobilization process requires the strong
commitment and unwavering support of elected leaders as well as of administrators. Puri
Municipality must make efforts to achieve regular participation of these members in the planning of
projects and other activities to achieve the following:
More efficient budgetary provisions towards projects
Planning of projects on a need basis and prioritizing the projects. This will also facilitate planned
phasing of the projects planned, thus ensuring effective and efficient resource allocation towards
these projects.
Improved citizen participation

5.11.4 Improved billing and collection

The PHD at present collects user charges for water supply in Puri. Bills are electronically generated
and receipts of payment are given on the spot. The municipality must build capacity to adopt this
procedure in order to facilitate smooth transfer of this function and further improve billing and
collection efficiency.
Puri Municipality must ensure improved and regularized levels of SWM services at the earliest. The
process of preparing the DPR for SWM services must be expedited. It may then extend the levy of
user charges for SWM to all holdings and thereby increase their revenue base. Collection must be
carried out on a regular basis.

Outsourcing and staff strengthening: steps must be taken to strengthen their staffing in order to
achieve improved levels of collection of user charges and taxes. The Municipality may outsource this
activity and appoint staff on contractual basis to perform the task of collection of bills.

Staff involved in performing the task of collection must be trained to adapt to the computerized
 process of billing.
In addition to this, the ULB may also take measures to identify legal and illegal water connections during its
physical survey of properties.

4. Economic Characteristics
To understand the study region and its economic diversity this section deals with profile and details of
various sector activities and potentials for future will also be assessed. Basically broad sectors: namely
primary, secondary and tertiary have been undertaken for detailed study for the purpose.
Puri, though a small temple town, attracts large number of people from different parts of India, many of who
wished to settle down here for its status as the ultimate place of salvation. Normally, Puri locals comprise
the original inhabitants of Puri, mostly consisting of the priestly order, artisans and others connected with
the great temple. Flow of pilgrims from different parts of India in almost all seasons helps the locals earn
their livelihood. The general occupational structure and the socio-economic condition determine the lifestyle
of the people of a particular locality. Puri being a cosmopolitan culture entertains various classes of people.
The traditional class of persons of Puri consists of Temple Sevayats, Supakars and others as stated earlier.
The most significant are the artisans, which consist of carpentars (Badhei), Painters(Chitrakaras), Potters
(Kumbhakaras), Stone - carvers (Pathurias), Applique workers and other artisans engaged in
manufacturing of different handicrafts like Patta Paintings, Palm-leaf carving, Seashell production etc.

Till the late 50s of the 20th century, Puri reigned as a pilgrim centre. The increase in flow of tourists from
India and abroad have gradually introduced other functions to promote its economic activities. This section
examines the different aspects of economic activities of the PKDA region.
The table shows the status and decadal shift of different tier activities in Puri Town. Being the prime
population concentration and economy providing territory this data is of key significance.

Listed below are the main economy drivers identified in the PKDA region:
Agriculture, Forests & Horticulture
Fishing and Allied activities
Cattle & Livestock
Industrial activities
Economic activities involved with Jagannath temple
Handloom, Handicraft and Cottage industries
Tourism & catering industry

Agriculture, Forests & Horticulture

The State of Odisha is an agrarian state with Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sector contributing more
than 22.46 % to the Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) in 2006-07 at 1999-2000 prices and providing
employment, directly or indirectly to 65 % of the total work force. The share of Gross State Domestic
Product (GSDP) from Agriculture during 2004-05 at constant price (1993-94) and at current price (2004-05)
is 21.4% & 26.4% respectively.
The agricultural activities largely involve growing of paddy, other cereals and pulses. The district is partly
irrigated by the river delta system. Supply of water through canals tapers towards the tail,
Thereby creating two distinct zones i.e. head end with relatively abundant water availability and the tail end,
with substantial water stress. The latter is a deprived zone reducing agriculture to subsistence level.
6.1 Fishing and Allied activities
The fishermen population of the state of Odisha is 10.84 lakh persons. Among 80% of the state
Population are fish eaters. So fishing is one of the major economic activities. The economic status of the
fishermen is below poverty line. Odisha has mainly 3 types of aquaculture; fresh water fish, Marine water
fish and brackish water fish. The fresh water fishery is carried out in privately owned ponds, rivers, streams,
lakes or community water bodies. The marine water fishery, prawn culture, salt and sweet water fisheries are
subjected to OMFRA (Odisha Marine Fishing Regulation Act).

6.2 Industrial activities

Ample natural resources and intensive human labour force has always been the backbone of success to large
base of small scale secondary activities in Puri district. The district and the study area within it show a lot of
diversity in terms of number of secondary activities carried out in the region and most importantly the
quality of materials produced. In Puri, Small Scale Industries are consumer oriented and encompasses
fisheries, handicrafts and rice milling. The total number of registered small scale industrial units in Puri is
949, though there are many other units involved unofficially in the production process.
The small scale industries in Puri are classified into the following types:
Agro-based
Marine based
Leather manufacturing
Forest based

6.3 Handloom, Handicraft and Cottage industries

The Brahmins play an important role in rendering different religious service to the pilgrims like Sradhha,
Sankalpa, and Jagya etc. The Brahmins of nearby Sasan village around Puri use to sit on Mukti Mandap and
offer prescription (Byabastha) containing Puri factory advice (prayaschita Bidhi) for different social sins.
The gifts and donations of the pilgrims constitute their livelihood. However the most significant are the
artisans, consisting of carpenters (Badhei), Painters (Chitrakaras), Potters (Kumbhakaras), Stone carvers
(Pathurias), Appliqu workers and other artisans engaged in different handicrafts like Patta Paintings, Palm-
leaf carving, Seashell production etc. All such artisans have linkage with the Jagannath Temple and the
products have tourist's attraction. Their economic activities are more oriented and influenced by the lifestyle
of Sevayats. Around 175 carpenters including helping assistants and specialized team carpenters who have
hereditary rights to build the chariots is another major livelihood and economic activity.
These carpenters (Badheis) of Puri are engaged in the construction of the massive chariots (Rath Yatra)
every year. Similarly, the Tailors (Dargi) stitch the cloth of the chariots (Raths) and flag (pataka) for the
temple, the jewelers (Bania) are associated with the preparation and repair of ornaments of the temple Lords,
the carriers (Bojhia) of Mahaprasad all entertain a sense of pride being associated with service (Seva) to
Lord Jagannath temple.
The other attraction of Puri is its ancient villages where one can find the oriyan value and culture.
Raghurajpur the artesian village is a living museum itself. Every house hold here has a painter and can show
the age old traditional paintings painted lavishly on canvas, silk and other varieties. Pipili is a craft village
famous for appliqu work. One can find series of shops decorated with many appliqu works with bright
colors. The varieties are like umbrellas, lamp shades, wall cloths, table covers, sofa covers, children clothes,
bed covers and many more. Sakhigopal known otherwise as Satyabadi is famous for the shrine of Lord
Krishna. Although the temple was build during the 19th century, the legend is very strong. Sakhigopal is
surrounded by full of coconut trees. One can visit villages in Sakhigopal. Visits to the villages become more
enjoyable during the festive seasons.

5.Urban Infrastructure
7.1 Water Supply
7.1.1 Source of Water
As Puri is a coastal district of Odisha near Bay of Bengal sea, ground water level is available on a small
length to earth., but the most area of ground level water distribution is saline water. For distribution of
drinking water both Puri Municipality and Puri-Konark development authority plays the important role.
Both organizations have some ground water storage and distribution point some location like Chakratirtha
and Baliapanda which spreads over 497.68 and 207.68 acre of land respectively. Also there are some well
and tube well but these are private. Specifically, these are used for water distribution in Govt. Offices,
headquarters and Govt. quarters.

River Bharagavi, Kanchi, Dhaudia are three rivers nearer to Puri town from which Puri Municipality in
association with Public health engineering organization Puri division and Odisha water supply board draws
water, but these sources are useless in summer. In that time, they depend on Mahanadi at Naraj which distant
is 90Km. from Puri town. After collection water are transfer to the distribution point. There are total 757 no.
of tube well are functioning in Puri town in different purposes like for public use 549 no,93 for institutions
and 105 for Govt. residential.

Deep hand pump tube wells 432 nos.

Public use Shallow hand pump tube wells 117 nos.
Deep hand pump tube wells 26 nos.
Institutions Shallow hand pump tube wells 67 nos.
Govt. Deep hand pump tube wells 1 no.
Residential
Shallow hand pump tube wells 104 nos.
TOTAL 757 nos.
Table 15 : Total no. of tube well

There are five distinct wellsprings of water supply serves the water supply framework in Puri Municipality.
Water supply network have been start from these distribution point such as from Baliapanda to Gopinath
supply framework which supplies 8 MLD of water and second one is from Chakra tirtha to Markandeswara
Tank which supplies 7 MLD of water, Godha bazar supply system.

Sl. No Collection point Quantity

1 From Baliapanda to Gopinath Sully system 8 MLD
2 From Chakra Tirtha to Markandeswar tank 7 MLD
3 From Godha bazar supply system 5 MLD
 4 Individual Industrial sources 2.5 MLD
5 Hand Pumps(757 nos.) 3.5 MLD
TOTAL 26 MLD
Table 16 : Water collection

(Source: Source: Public Health Engineering Organization, Puri Division)

7.1.2 Agency/Department for Water Supply

These are the Govt. organizations and department responsible for water distribution in puri.

1. Puri Municipality
2. Puri-Konark development Authority(PKDA)
3. Public Health Engineering Department(PHEO)
4. Department of Water Resources Govt. Of Odisha

7.1.3 Area covered under water distribution network

Puri municipality consist of 32 wards from which 30 wards are already covered under the water distribution
network. From Ward No. 1- Ward No.30the locations like Matitota sahi, Markandeswar sahi,Bagha Akhada
Lane, Shree Mandir area,Harachandi sahi, Lokanath Sahi,Mishra sahi, Gandhi Ghat, Bankimuhan,
Gaudabada Sahi ,VIP road and Market chhack are the area cover under the network.

Figure 13: water supply location

(Source: Water supply and sanitary board, Puri)

7.1.4 Area not covered under water distribution network

Ward no 32 and 31 are not covered under water distribution network. Under these ward Nolia Sahi area is
not covered. Population of these area are the migrants from Chennai and these area comes under Puri
municipality in 2014.

7.1.5 Supply and distribution of water

Puri city needs 26 MLD water per day and distribution amount is also same as per need but ,20.2 MLD
water is only reach near people for use and the water is distributed in 3 segment like Public supply,
institutional supply and Governmental supply.

Sl. No. Supplied Sources Amount

1 Public supply 18.60 MLD
 2 Institutional supply 01.20 MLD
3 Government residential supply 00.22 MLD
TOTAL 20.02 MLD
Table 17 : Consumption of supply water

Source: Public Health Engineering Organization, Puri Division

7.1.6 Emergency Rentation /Distribution of water during Rath yatra/ Cart festival
As Puri is crowded in the month of June for Cart festival of Lord Jagannath, administration Puri is pays a lot
attention for the tourist for drinking water. Puri Municipality put some temporary water distribution point.
During festive season in Puri town different departments namely: Puri Municipality, PHE department,
comes in collaboration with each other to provide extra facilities in the town for tourists. The details of
facilities provided by different departments are summarized in this section. The PHE Department provided
30 water tankers in Puri during the car festivals. Below are the details of 2016 Rathyatra.

Sl. Gadadhara high school

Location 3
No
No (Source: Puri Municipality)
1 Puri Zilla school 5
2 Govt. Girls Highschool 5 Total 95 temporary water distribution points has been put last
3 Podakothi Barrack 2 year, these areas are the most crowded during the cart festival
4 Police line high school 2
time for a period of 7 days.
5 Reserved police line 2
6 Biswamber vidya pitha 4
7.1.7 Losses of water
7 Municipal high school 3
8 Badasankha girls high school 3 5.98 MLD water because of several issues like, the pipe lines
9 Fire station 2 are too old, water pressure reduced. Non-metering of water
10 Police line M.E school 1 supply result in indiscriminate usage of ground water. Illegal
11 Near bus stand 2 tapping on distribution mains is a persistent issue. Lack of
12 Indoor stadium 4
control on tapping of ground water can cause imbalance of
13 Sanskrit University 2
14 Balagandi High school 2 sweet water reservoir leading to intrusion of saline water.
15
7.1.8 Quality of water Supply from the source
16 Police abakash 1 Table 18 : Water tankers during rathyatra
17 S.C.S college 4 As the city nearer to sea both organization pays a lot of
18 Bholanath Vidya pitha 2 attention for the quality of water. Every month they send
19 Gopabandhu ayurvedic 3 some sample for laboratory test in Odisha state laboratory
hospital Bhubaneswar. Below table is the quality of water in the
20 Talabania 1 month of November 2016.
21 Central School 1
22 Near Town hall 4 Sample result
23 Temporary Camp 1
Parameter Required
24 Railwat station 6
25 Inside Gundicha Temple 4 Min. Max. Min. Max.
26 Saradha bali pH 4 6.67 8.64 6.5 8.5
27 Sea Beach area TDS(mg/1)
9 87 370.2 500 2000
28 Addl. Camp Hardness
13 as 76 263.2 300 600
CaCo3(Mg/1)
Alkalinity(mg/1) 40 148 200 600
Na(mg/1) 2.8 48.2 -- --
K(mg/1) 3.5 26 -- --
Ca(mg/1) 0 63.52 75 200
Table 19 : Quality of water

(Sources: Public Health Engineering Department, Puri Division)

Required results are as per Bureau of Indian Standard for potable water and WHO. Above tables shows Na,
k, CO3 should be less to meet the standard.

7.1.9 Continuity in water supply

Puri people get on an average 6 hours of water supply per day, 4 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the
evening. Timing is 5 A.M to 9 A.M. in morning and 4P.M. to 6 P.M.in the evening.

Hours of Supply
Sl. NO From Head works at Morning Evenin Total hr.
g
From To From To
1 Ghoda Bazar 5 A.M 9 A.M 4 P.M 6 P.M 6
2 Markanda 5 A.M 9 A.M 4 P.M 6 P.M 6
3 Tatagopinath 5 A.M 9 A.M 4 P.M 6 P.M 6
4 Didhamahabir 5 A.M 9 A.M 4 P.M 6 P.M 6
Table 20 : water supply timing

7.1.10 Service Level Benchmark of Water Supply

Indicator

Value

MoUD
Benchmark
Water Supply
Household level coverage of direct water supply connections (%)

78%

100%
Per capita quantum of water supplied (lpcd)

121 lpcd

135 LPCD
Extent of metering of water connections (%)

0%

100%
Extent of NRW (%)

~50%

20%
Continuity of water supply (hours per day)

6 Hrs/day

24 hours
Quality of water supplied (%) (as per SLB data prepared by ULB)

94%

80%
Efficiency in redressal of customer complaints (%) (as per SLB

93%

100%
data prepared by ULB)
Cost recovery in water supply services (%)
(Total Amount Collected= 96.75 lakhs, Total Cost Incurred=

14%

100%

678.11 lakhs)
Efficiency in collection of water related charges (%)

85%

90%
Sewerage and Sanitation
Coverage of toilets (%) (as per SLB data prepared by ULB)

57% of the total

100%
properties
Coverage of sewerage network system (%)

0%

100%

(the city does not have a sewerage system)

Efficiency in collection of sewage (%)

0%

100%

Adequacy of capacity for treatment of sewage (%)

(Total Sewerage generated = 18 MLD

NA

100%

Total Capacity of STP = 5 MLD this is not in use)

Quality of treatment (%)

NA

100%
Extent of recycling or reuse of sewage (%)

NA

20%
Efficiency in redressal of customer complaints

NA

100%

Extent of cost recovery in sewage management (%)

(Sewerage charges are not levied, it is collected along with

NA

80%
holding tax as water and sewerage tax)
Efficiency in collection of sewage charges

NA

90%
Solid Waste Management
Indicator

Value

MOUD Benchmark

Household level coverage of SWM services through door-to-door

collection of waste (%)

0%
100%

The door to door collection has not been initiated

Waste collection efficiency (%)

Total Waste Generated = 50 MT/day; Total Waste Collected = 42

84%

100%

MT/day
Extent of recovery of waste collected (%) (as per SLB data

29%

80%

prepared by ULB)
Extent of scientific disposal of waste at landfill sites (%)

Nil

100%
Puri municipality is yet to start the scientific disposal
Extent of cost recovery for the ULB in SWM services (%)

0%

100%
Service charges for SWM are not levied by the municipality

Efficiency in collection of SWM charges (%)

NA
80%

Efficiency in redressal of customer complaints (%)

67%

90%

Storm Water Drainage

Coverage of storm water drainage network (%)

4%

100%

Aggregate number of incidents of water logging reported in a year

Zero
Road and Transport

Total Road length

692 Km

Proportion of surfaced roads

50% (approx)

O&M cost per kilometer of road (Rs per km)

Data not available

Extent of segregation of waste (%)

0%

100%
 Table 21 : Water supply Benchmarking

7.1.11 Key findings

Per day loss of 5.8 MLD water because of old pipe line, reduction of water pressure and non-
metering of water distribution.
During cart festival approximately 1.5 MLD less distribution of water per day.
24*7 water supply system is not available.
Ward no 31 and 32 are not connected of water supply network.
Some Govt. offices are not getting sufficient water during office time because less no. of storage
tank and water distribution day time before office.

7.2 Solid Waste

7.2.1 Waste generation rate
According to the estimation of Puri Municipality town generates 90-100 metric ton of solid waste and per
capita amount 400gm-700gm per day. Total 60 metric tons of solid wastes are collected by Puri Municipality
everyday through various types of collection method. Puri municipality divided total into 6 parts like
households, street, hotel and restaurant, markets, comm. Establishment and others. As Puri is tourist place
hotel and restaurant generates more than others. Puri municipality segmented these because of different
types tax collection.

Compositi % by
on volume
Paper 2.0
Polythene/ 2.8
Plastic
Green 15.4
leaves/veg
etables
Dry 14.0
leaves,
grass,
wood
 Cow 2.5
dung/other
animal
excreta
Green 4.0
coconut
shell
Ash, Slit, 44.0
Sand
Debris 14.5
Glass 0.3
Leather 0.3
waste
Metal crap 0.2
100
Total
Table 22 : waste collection

7.2.2 Total waste collection

Puri municipality collects 55-60 metric tons of waste per day. Municipality has a separate department for the
collection where 8 no. of inspector, 10 jamadars and 523 workers are working for the collection process.
Also some NGOs are working under Swachha Bharat mission for waste collection.

Sl. Waste collection Unit(%) Value MT/day

No. 8.33 16.67
15 16.67
16.67 26.67

1 Households MT/Month 299.3 10 Households

2 Street sweeping MT/Month 300 10 Street sweeping
3 Hotel, restaurant MT/Month 490 16 Hotel, restaurant
4 Markets MT/Month 300 10 Markets
5 Comm. Establishment MT/Month 280 9 Comm. Establishment

6 Other MT/Month 130.5 5 Other

Table 23 : waste collection details

Figure 14: waste collection
value

Activities such as collection of waste from open dumps, street sweeping, and drain cleaning, placing of
waste at open collection points constitute the primary collection system in Puri municipality Area.

Sl. Component PM Area

No.
1 Dust Bins 60
2 Open collection points 7
3 Push carts/wheel barrows 480
4 Conservancy staff 477
5 Barrow wheel 480
6 Excavators 1
Table 24 : waste collection
Now under SVM Puri municipality is managing the waste and garbage through Swachhata App. People can
directly post the image file through this mobile application about the garbage and waste. As per the
instruction of MoUD, India municipality will take immediate action between 4 hours and post the picture of
same place after clean.

7.2.3 Waste segregates in Dumping plant

Puri municipality transfer the waste to the compost plant and then transfer these to an open area near Konark
jungle. There are 15 organization working for segregation of waste at sources they separate plastic items,
liquor bottle, steel scarps and broken glasses.

7.2.4 Specialized waste treatment plant

There is compost plant near Konark-Chandrabhaga road which was established under Indo-Norwegian
project in 1998.It spreads over 2 hector area but now it is not working.

Organizations for Solid waste are Puri Municipality, Puri-Konark development Authority, Jusco.

7.2.5 Solid Waste Benchmarking

Indicator

Value
MoUD

Benchmark
Solid Waste Management
Household level coverage of SWM services through door-to-door

collection of waste (%)

0%

100%
The door to door collection has not been initiated
Waste collection efficiency (%)

Total Waste Generated = 50 MT/day; Total Waste Collected = 42

84%

100%

MT/day
Extent of segregation of waste (%)

0%

100%

Extent of
recovery of waste collected (%) (as per SLB data

29%

80%

Puri municipality is yet to start the scientific disposal

Extent of cost recovery for the ULB in SWM services (%)

Service charges for SWM are not levied by the municipality

0%

100%

Efficiency in collection of SWM charges (%)

NA

80%
Efficiency in redressal of customer complaints (%)

67%

90%

prepared by ULB)
 Table 25 : Solid waste management benchmarking

7.2.6 Key Findings

Door to door collection is not available
Less no. of worker for solid waste transportation.
Whole city is not covered.
Lack of public awareness.
Improper segregation of waste in source and in dumping place.
Missing of waste treatment plant.

7.3 Sewage
7.3.1 Coverage of sewage network in town
The whole Puri town is covered under the drainage system; total length of the network is approximately
70.965 km. The total 32 wards are connected on the drainage network. There is also a special plant for Puri
Jagannath temple which is used for treatment of waste water of temple kitchen and cooking rice water from
which 5000litre/day water is treated.
 Figure 15 : sewage network in Puri

7.3.2 Capacity of sewage filtration and treatment plant

The Puri Municipality has constructed a 15MLD capacity Sewage

Treatment Plant (STP) on the banks of the Mangala River and the
Bankimuhan WWTP has been installed with enzyme treatment
system. At present majority of the commercial establishments
including hotels are connected to the sewage network and over the
coming years the residences in the old city will also be connected to
the network. The treatment plant is now operated by the TATA Jusco
Ltd.

Figure 16 : Peja Nala at Puri

Sl. Parameter Inlet Outlet State level assurance

No
1 pH 7.06 7.18 6.50-9.0
2 T.S.S 28 18 <100
3 COD 213 32.9 <250
4 BOD 150 22 <30
5 FRC Nil Nil 0.2
Table 26: Water treatment parameter

7.3.3 Public Toilet

Puri Municipality has construct public toilet in the town for the visitor and tourist in some important place
like Puri bus stand, Swargdwar, Dist. Hospital, Narendra Tank, Matitota, Indradyumna tank,Markanda sahi,
police line, Balinolia sahi, Singhdwar, Daitapada sahi and also maximum are maintained by Sulabh
International and Puri Municipality.

Name of the toilet Total Maintained by

Bus Stand 20 Sulabh International
Swargadwar 24 Sulabh International
Dist. Hospital. Headquarters 10 Sulabh International
Name of the toilet Total Maintained by
 Narendra Tank 15 Sulabh International
Matitota 10 Sulabh International
Indradyumna Tank 10 Sulabh International
Markanda sahi 10 Sulabh International
Police line premises 10 Sulabh International
Balinolia Sahi 10 Sulabh International
Near Flag staff 15 Sulabh International
Singhadwara 15 Puri Municipality
Daitapada Sahi Municipality Market 10 Puri Municipality
Urban hat ( Near DAG Office) 20 Under Construction
Table 27 : Public toilet location in Puri

7.3.4 Sewerage Benchmarking

Indicator

Value

MoUD
Benchmark
Sewerage and Sanitation
Coverage of toilets (%) (as per SLB data prepared by ULB)

57% of the total

100%
properties
Coverage of sewerage network system (%)

(the city does not have a sewerage system)

0%

100%
Efficiency in collection of sewage (%)

0%

100%

Adequacy of capacity for treatment of sewage (%)

(Total Sewerage generated = 18 MLD

NA

100%

Total Capacity of STP = 5 MLD this is not in use)

Quality of treatment (%)

NA

100%
Extent of recycling or reuse of sewage (%)

NA

20%

Efficiency in redressal of customer complaints

NA
100%

Extent of cost recovery in sewage management (%)

(Sewerage charges are not levied, it is collected along with

NA

80%

holding tax as water and sewerage tax)

Efficiency in collection of sewage charges

NA

90%

Table 28 : benchmarking of sewerage and sanitation

7.3.5Key issues

1. The department finds it difficult to maintain the drains due to low quality and traditionally
made CC man holes.
2.Lack of staff at the ULB has burdened the OWSSB with work that is to be taken up by the ULB
3. Overall lack of willingness to pay raises the financial burden of constructing new toilets and
funding options need to be worked out
4. All toilets are not cleaned on daily basis with acid, phenol and bleaching powder.

7.4 Transportation
7.4.1 Public Transport Provision
As Puri is small town there is no Govt. provision for the public transport. People depends upon the private
buses, auto rickshaw, cycle rickshaw. The private buses and rickshaw have the fixed rate on line routes. But
for personal reservation rate is varied that depends upon the location timing. Fixed rates are described in
below table

At present, the NH roads are maintained by the NH Department, GoO. PWD roads are maintained by the
Work Department, GoO and the Municipality roads are being maintained by Puri Municipality.

The NH runs for 8 km and the PWD road runs for 20 km within the Municipal area (2006). Municipality
roads accounts for 691.901 km of road length within the city. This includes:
 District

Black topped 153.589 km To Jagannath
From To Sea Beach Head

Temple
Metalled 83.262 km Location quarter area
Auto Bus Auto Bus Auto Bus
Un-metalled 38.972 km
Railway -----
10.00 -------- 15.00 -------- 12.00
Cement Concrete 36.116 km station --

Earthen road 58.28 km Malatipatpur -----
50.00 -------- 60.00 -------- 80.00
bus stand --
About 70% of the roads are surfaced Puri Town -----
roads. 15.00 -------- 20.00 -------- 25.00
Bus stand --
Jagannath
10.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 7.00 7.00
ballav parking
Table 29 : Transportation Price

7.4.2 Footpath Coverage along the road

In town there is no system for the footpath road but people used the right side for this purposes but in Sea
beach area there is 5.43 Km road is made for footpath along with main road.

7.4.3 Public Parking facilities

There is 2 main parking in Puri town Jagannath Ballav parking near the entrance to Shreemandir area and a
parking near entrance to sea beach area which is under Puri municipality area.

Parking rate near sea beach area Parking rate of Jagganth Ballav Parking
Two-wheeler 10.00 for 24 hours
Four-Wheeler 150.00 for 24 hours Two-wheeler 10.00 for 24 hours
Four-Wheeler 200.00 for 24 hours

7.4.4 Street Markings and signage

PWD is providing signage and street marking on Puri town. The signage is for Govt. offices, temples, Math,
guest houses, school, colleges, lane, ward name. Some signage boards are sponsored by ICICI bank as per
the PWD regulations.

7.4.5 Transportation service level Benchmark

MoUD
Indicator Value
Benchmark
Road and Transport
Per capita road length (Total road length 692 km/ 201026
3.4 m -
population)

Proportion of surfaced roads 70% (approx) -

O&M cost per kilometer of road (Rs per km) Data not available -
Table 30 : Benchmarking of transportation

7.4.6 Key Issues

1. Footpath road are not available in main street.
2. OLA and Uber service is banned in Puri town.
3. Insufficient number of parking place.
4. No street furniture in town.
7.5 Power Supply
The Puri town region comes under Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. There are 3 sub stations
which distribute the power. There is no power cut without any emergencies.

7.5.1 Electricity Tariff

As per the electricity commission Odisha tariff these are the rate effective from 21st April 2016.It

Demand Monthl
y
Charge Custom Monthly
Voltage of Energy Rebate
(Rs./KW/ er Minimu Fixed Charge
Supply Month)/ Charge m Fixed (P/kWh)
Sl. Category of Consumers Service for any
(P/kWh) Charge / DPS
No. Charge additional
(Rs./KVA/ for
(Rs./M KW or part
Month) onth) first KW (Rs.)
or

part
(Rs.)

LT Category

1 Domestic

1.a Kutir Jyoti <= 30 Units/month LT FIXED MONTHLY CHARGE--> 8

0
1.b Others 10

(Consumption <= 50 units/month) LT 250.00

(Consumption >50, <=200 LT 420.00

units/month) 2 2
(Consumption >200, <=400 LT 520.00 0 0
units/month)
Consumption >400 units/month) Table 31 : Electricity
LT Tarif
560.00

2 General Purpose < 110 KVA 10

Consumption <=100 units/month LT 530.00

Consumption >100, <=300 LT 640.00 3 3

units/month
0 0
(Consumption >300 units/month) LT 700.00

3 Irrigation Pumping and Agriculture LT 150.00 2 1 10

0 0
4 Allied Agricultural Activities LT 160.00 2 1 10
0 0
5 Allied Agro-Industrial Activities LT 420.00 8 5 DPS/Rebate
0 0
6 Public Lighting LT 560.00 2 1 DPS/Rebate
0 5
7 L.T. Industrial (S) Supply <22 KVA LT 560.00 8 3 10
0 5
L.T. Industrial (M) Supply >=22
8 KVA LT 560.00 10 8 DPS/Rebate
0 0

9 Specified Public Purpose LT 560.00 5 5 DPS/Rebate

0 0
Public Water Works and Sewerage
10 LT 560.00 5 5 10
Pumping <110 KVA 0 0

Public Water Works and Sewerage

11 LT 200 560.00 3 10
Pumping >=110 KVA 0

12 General Purpose >= 110 KVA LT 200 560.00 3 DPS/Rebate

0
13 Large Industry LT 200 560.00 3 DPS/Rebate
0
7.5.2 Provision and incentive for unconventional energy sources
Solar system sources are the unconventional sources of energy but the no of users are very low. All the
incentives and subsidies are provided by the Odisha renewable energy development Authority (OREDA).
 1.The solar devices will install by the OREDA
2. The owner will get 30% capital subsidy on the total project cost
3. Solar installations are liable for 80% depreciation benefit, which enables the owner to get back
33% of his actual investment (subsidized cost) in a span of 3 years
4. You earn back 53% of your investment without considering even a single unit of power produced
by the system
5. Green power produced by the Solar power plant earns back the remaining 47% in less than 3 to 5
years
6. On a personal level, you can be proud of being a responsible citizen and caring parent to your
future generations

7.5.3 Key findings

1. Lack of renewable sources, as the town is situated near sea wind turbine electricity sources can be
implement.
2. Lack of Public awareness about for renewable electricity and subsidies.

6. Major Projects
8.1 NULM (National Urban Livehood mission) :
During our ULE visit we have been to NOLIHASAHI, wherein we came across the verification stage of this
mission. We verified the adhar card of few households over there. One of the major problem that we faced
there was the communication problem. Most of the people residing in NOLIASAHI were from Andhra
Pradesh, they dont understand odia. Hence the NULM officer has to talk the help of a third party so that he
can communicate with the people. This aim of this mission is to reduce poverty of the urban poor. This
mission also provides support to the BADA DHANDA street vendors. It helps in facilitating institutional
credits, social security, suitable spaces and skills.

8.2 AMRUT
The main objective of this project is to change the landscape by addressing the issue of infrastructure gap in
Puri, so that the city can become more close to the people. Few development projects like Srikhetra Colony
Park, Sarvodaya Nagar Park, Dhipa Jaga Park was to made for which a finance of Rs. 66 lakhs has been
approved. While talking about the AMRUT mission the executive officer of Puri has said that , A
workshop was organised by the Puri Municipality on the occasion of completion of one year launching of
AMRUT. The following work are taken into account under this scheme:

24*7 water supply

To ensure water connection to each household with adequate supply.
Augmentation of existing water supply and rejuvenation of water bodies to recharge ground water.
Construction of storm water drainage and improvement of existing system in the entire municipal
area to provide through underground drainage system.
Each household to get sewerage connection
Construction of foot path for safety movement of pedestrians
Development of SRIKHETRA COLONY covering the area of 1762sqm in ward 27 is of Rs. 22 lakhs
Development of SARBODAYA NAGAR Park covering the area of 1880 sqm in ward No 28 is of Rs
24 lakhs
 Development of DHIPAJAGA PARK covering the area of 1850 sqm in ward 27 is of Rs 20 lakhs

8.3 PMAY: (2015-2022)

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has been implemented for in-situ rehabilation of existing slum dwellers
using land as a resource through private participation, credit linked subsidy, affordable housing in
partnership, subsidy for beneficiary led individual house construction or enhancement. We have been a
part of PMAY for a period of 30 days where in we came across various issues. The beneficiaries didnt
have the minimum amount in their bank account for BLC. In the PMAY form the name of the
beneficiaries was Mr. X signature was of Mr. Y and the identity proof was of Mr. Z. The councellors
were not aware of the sequential process. There was a conflict about the people living in Jagatnath
temple land and the Matha Land. The ULB has a target of building 379 no. Of houses. The DPR has
been send to the government for approval. The PMAY project cost of PURI was Rs. 11150.2 lakhs. Gol
grant being 568.5lakhs, state grants being 189.5lakhs, beneficiaries share being 392.27lakhs.

8.4 HIRDAY
We have visited to various mathas and JAGA AKEDAS. One of those mathas was Jaganath Balhav
matha where repairing work was contuining. It was included maintanence of pond, akhada sala, and
improvement of parking place. Streetscape Improvement of Bada Danda through provision of surface
treatments differentiated by material, colour and texture, table top crossings for segregating vehicular
and pedestrian movement and provision of visitor amenities (street furniture, movable bollards, signage,
drinking water fountains, waste bins, food kiosks etc.) and visitor infrastructure (dedicated vehicular
parking, street lights and facade lighting) and facade improvement of existing shop fronts through
signage standardization and awnings.

Retrofitting of building facades along the parikrama marg (periphery) of Shri Jagannatha Temple along
with provision of visitor amenities including street furniture, signage and facade improvement of
existing shop fronts and Mathas Landscape development of Shri Jagannatha Ballabh Matha Garden
through softscape, hardscape, with provision of visitor amenities including street furniture, interpretive
signage, public art, drinking water fountains, waste bins and lighting and interpretive materials.

Historic area interpretation through provision of tactile and sensor based signage, creation of interpretive
signages with public art using local artisans, creating a mobile app with existing GIS map linking
interpretation centres with heritage buildings, tanks, artisan areas for development of heritage walk/s

Provision of visitor amenities (street furniture, signage, drinking water fountains, toilets, waste bins) and
visitor infrastructure (street lights) along the Swargdwar Road (excluding footpaths) (as part of
improvement of key roads connecting Shri Jagannatha Temple to other Sites of Significance)

Facade improvement and facility upgradation of a select number of Mathas - Raghavdas Matha ,
Dakshina Parsva Matha, Bauli Matha, Ganga Mata Matha, Bada Odiya Matha and Jagagharas

River Musa Environmental Zone

Landscape Development and Improvement of Streetscape for a 1km stretch of active river via Provision
of Walkways, Cycle tracks (improved NMT facilities), Softscape and Visitor Amenities such as Street
Furniture and Signage along the River Front, NH203 and NH 203A from Atharanala to Mangala Ghat
and the Nodes connecting it with Bada Danda. Revival of Pokharis/ponds located in Jagagharas
(desilting, dredging and landscape development).

Balukhanda Recreational Zone

 Provision of improved landscape through hardscape and softscape and Visitor Amenities (drinking water,
toilets, waste bins) for Marine Drive and the Extended Sea Beach including pathways ,platforms for
kiosks, planting of trees and shrubs, lighting, Site Interpretive panels, Street Furniture, Public Art,
bollards, children's activity area and vending area.

This additionally recognizes that foundation is not constrained to its routine translation as basically
physical foundation. It separates itself by stressing that tasks of HRIDAY go past to look utility
framework into the space of social foundation, institutional framework with culture and legacy as a key
driver of financial development, and benefactors to improvement of personal satisfaction.

8.5 SWACHA BHARAT MISSION:

As the whole nation started moving with a broom starting from celebrities to politicians to general public
so did PURI. You can now find the beach area being much cleaner. Fines are imposed for throwing
garbages at the beach. The cities are kept clean ward wise. Government is helping in providing latrine
worth Rs. 12000/- to the beneficiaries. Community latrines can be created where there is no scope for
individual toilets.

8.6 ICON CITY

Icon city is a extended part of swacha bharat mission. In this project an area of 100meter in the radius
have to be kept clean 24*7.

7. Reference
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) K. L. Campus, Navrangpura,
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