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Organization : Thane Municipal Corporation
Competition Name : My Dream City Essay Writing Competition 2015
Applicable For : School Students/ Citizens
Applicable City : Thane
Competition Last Date : 10th November, 2015

Website : https://thanecity.gov.in/tmc/CitizenHome.html
Competition Notification :  https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/3112-essay.pdf

Submit Essay Here :
For School Students: https://mygov.in/task/essay-writing-competition-smart-city-thane-school-students-category/
For Open Category : https://mygov.in/task/essay-writing-competition-smart-city-thane-open-category/

Essay Writing Competition :

Thane invites citizens to participate in an essay competition for developing the vision statement for the proposed Smart-City.

Related / Similar Contest : Pune Corporation Maza Swapna, Smart Pune Contest 2015

The essay should focus on the issues / needs brought of the city, citizen solutions to address these and the citizen priorities.

Question:
** Describe a ‘smart’ idea that you have seen in some other city (anywhere in the world) or that you have thought of that you would like to see your own city replicate.
** You are encouraged to include a tag-line for Smart Thane as part of your essay

Entries may be submitted online on the www.mygov.in portal latest by 10th November, 2015.

Evaluation:
Prize money for the top 3 entries is as follows:
First Prize: INR 5,000/-
Second Prize: INR 3,000/-
Third Prize: INR 2,000/-

Thane Municipal Corporation will use inputs from the winning entries to develop the Vision and Sub-goals for the City plan and preliminary idea of smart solutions and area-based developments.

Please refer to the following terms and conditions for the essay competition:
** Participants must not be more than 17 years of age as of 10th November, 2015 to be eligible under this category
** The word limit for the essay is 1000.
** Entries will be accepted till 10th November, 2015
** Entries may be in English, Hindi or Marathi language