The essay should address the below mentioned questions-

1. What is your Vision for Bareilly as a Smart City? (Maximum 15 words)
2. What are the prime area specific problems and what smart/innovative solutions you want to recommend? (150 words)
3. Any global/best practices which can be implemented/replicated in Bareilly? (200 words)
4. What smart/ innovative initiatives do you recommend to implement policies through behavioral changes?

• Maximum word limit - 1000 words
• All the essays must be submitted in .pdf (PDF) format
• Residents can submit their essay in – English or Hindi.
• All the residents can participate in this open essay competition on https://mygov.in

The top 3 essays will be awarded - (For Open Category- 18 and above)

1. 1st Prize - Rs 25,000 (Twenty Five Thousand Rupees only)
2. 2nd Prize - Rs 15,000 (Fifteen Thousand Rupees only)
3. 3rd Prize - Rs 10,000 (Ten Thousand Rupees only)

The top 3 essays will be awarded - (For children- 10 - 17 years)

1. 1st Prize - Rs 5,000 (Twenty Five Thousand Rupees only)
2. 2nd Prize - Rs 3,000 (Fifteen Thousand Rupees only)
3. 3rd Prize - Rs 2,000 (Ten Thousand Rupees only)

• 50 best entries will be given consolation prize of Rs 500 (Rupees Five Hundred only)

The competition shall be closed on 31st October, 2015.

How to Submit

• All the entries must be submitted online through https://mygov.in. No other medium of submission should be accepted.

Terms and Conditions

• All the participants must clearly mention following details in their essay -
1. Name
2. Father/Mother name
3. Address
4. Age
5. Contact number

• The winner will be chosen on the basis of conciseness, originality of the content and ideas and implementable & bankable action points. The decision of Bareilly Municipal Corporation on selection of first 3 winners and consolation prize shall be treated as final. No copying will be allowed.

• It will be assumed that whoever is participating in the essay has fully understood the general information and terms-conditions given hereby.

• Bareilly Municipal Corporation reserves the right to cancel or amend all or any part of the competition and/or the terms/condition without notice.