Table of Contents List of Acronyms and Glossary XIII Introduction XVII Section : 1 Improved Financial Management Improved Financial Management..1-02 Resource Mobilization.. 1-04 Performance of Municipal Corporations 1-04 Financial Performance of Municipalities.1-07 Leading Practices 1. Sustained Financial Reforms, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. 1-09 2. Property Tax Reforms - Initiative of Upleta municipality. 1-16 3. Gujarat Municipal Accounting Reform Project 1-17 4. Sustained Tax Collection by Kodinar Municipality 1-18 Financial Self Sufficiency. 1-19 Performance of Municipal Corporations 1-19 Leading Practices 1. Municipal Debt Management by Vadodara Municipal Corporation 1-20 Section : 2 Improved Services Delivery Improved Services Delivery 2-02 Water Supply..- .. 2-03 Performance of Municipal Corporations.. 2-03 Performance of Municipalities 2-05 Sewerage, Sanitation and Solid Waste Management 2-06 Performance of Municipal Corporations. 2-06 Performance of Municipalities. 2-08 Roads and Street Lighting 2-10 Leading Practices 1. Improved Water Service Delivery and Lake Revitalization by Navsari Municipality 2-11 2. Policy Initiative for Improved SWM in Urban Gujarat- by Gujarat Urban Development Company (GUDC) 2-14 3. Civic Engagement in Solid Waste Management- Vyara Municipality 2-16 4. Managing Urban Growth using the Town Planning Scheme Mechanism Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority 2-17 5. Street Lighting -Energy Efficient Street Lighting System in Vadodara Municipal Corporation- 2-21 6. Energy Efficiency Cell of Surat Municipal Corporation.. 2-27 7. Urban Reforms through E-Governance, Vejalpur Municipality 2-30 Section : 3 Improved Quality of Life Improved Quality of Life ..- 3-02 Leading Practices 1. Slum Networking Project of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.. 3-03 2. Changing the Face of Vastrapur-lnitiative of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority. 3-09 3. Heritage Management and Awareness - initiative by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 3-11 4. Sustained Livelihood Initiatives for the Urban Poor under Swarna Jayanti Shaheri Rozgar Yozana, Undertaken by - Patan Municipality.. 3-17 Sustained Livelihood Initiatives for the Urban Poor-intitiatives of Urban Community Development Project of Surat Municipal Corporation 3-18 Reclaiming Public Space with Public Participation, Initiative of Junagadh Municipal Corporation- 3-20 Main Streaming HIV/AIDS Response by Ahmedabad AIDS Control Society, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 3-21 8. Main Streaming HIV/AIDS response in Urban Governance: Initiatives of Surat Municipal Corporation.. 3-26 9. Bus Rapid Transit System-A Sustainable Public Transport Initiative of The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. 3-30 10. Sabarmati Riverfront Development Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 3-35 11. Urban Forestry Programs Undertaken by Municipalities 3-40 12. Provision of Quality Housing for the Urban Poor - Initiative of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority 3-41 13. Inspiring Reform - Oriented Initiative Dhrangadhra Municipality.. 3-43 Section : 4 Partnership Initiatives Partnership Initiatives.. 4-02 Leading Practices 1. Successful Public Private Partnership in Infrastructure Development-Construction of Sardar Patel Ring Road by Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority4-03 2. Civic Engagement in Municipal Governance-Case of Vyara Municipality4-09 3. Effective Local Government Response -Surat Municipal Corporation 4-11 4. Integrated Waste Processing Plant, Rajkot Municipal Corporation4-16 5. Post Earthquake Reconstruction of Bhuj Town- an Initiative of the Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project..4-20 6. Privatization of Urban Transport- Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation4-31 Institutional and Policy Reforms Institutional and Policy Reforms 5-02 Leading Practices 1. Formation of Gujarat Urban Development Mission (GUDM) to Draw the Urban Reforms Agenda 5-03 2.. Integrated Development of Tribal Towns-a Study in Progress..5-05 3. Enabling Private Sector Participation in Land Management (Through a Township Policy Formulation)..5-06