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Contents
Ÿ Development of Embankment
Asset Management System
Ÿ Smart Cities:
Ÿ Promotions
Ÿ Delegation from Mozambique
visits Toronto
Ÿ Projects Secured by LASA
Ÿ Kelsey Waugh from
LEA Consulting Ltd.
Ÿ Ontario Premier Wynne's
Trade Mission to India
LEAdership in engineering
& planning solutions
LEAconnect/Qtr-13/Apr. 2016
Dear Readers,
Welcome to yet another issue of LEA Connect.
Smart Cities' project is an opportunity to transform Indian Cities into global destinations.
LEA has been associated with the Smart-City project for three cities in India. This volume of
LEA Connect includes LEA's experience on these Smart City projects.
Asset Management in water resource sector is a relatively newer concept in Indian context.
LEA was engaged on the first project (World Bank aided) of Embankment Asset Management
...P2
system in India. A brief write-up on this project as well as the training program organized by
...P4 LASA in water sector is included in this edition.
...P6
...P6 Other coverage, as usual, updates you on various events and news including important new
projects secured by LASA during the quarter.
...P7
...P7 Enjoy reading LEA Connect and do send your contributions and feedbacks at
leaconnect@lasaindia.com.
...P8
..Team LEA Connect
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Development of Embankment Asset Management System –

A New Initiative in Water Resources Department
While the Asset management in Road Sector
is known concept in India for quite some time,
the Asset Management in Water sector is
newer. Asset Management in Water Sector in
India has been primarily conceptualized by
the World Bank at end of the year 2011. The
first project of Embankment Asset
Management system started in India in the
State of Bihar for two Basins namely for
Bagmati – Adhwara Basin and Kosi Basin. Representation of LASA in Presentation by Rajesh Kumar on “Role of
“Expert Consultation Workshop on Improving Embankment Asset Management System in
LASA got opportunity to work on Kosi basin Flood Risk Management in Bihar Improving Flood Risk Management in
under the project, titled 'Designing, Bihar” on behalf of LASA
Developing & Deploying Embankment
Asset Management for Kosi Basin' which Management in Bihar” which was jointly Asset Management System in
commenced in the month of Feb 2014 and organized by Water Resources Department, Improving Flood Risk Management in
was successfully completed in July 2015. Govt. of Bihar and Bihar Aapda Punarvas Bihar”. Delegates from other countries
Evam Punarnirman Society (the Client) in including Japan, Thailand, Nepal &
This project has been very much recognized Collaboration with the World Bank was Bangladesh were also invited by the World
by the World Bank as it was the first project organized in Patna on 18-19 February 2016. Bank to attend this work shop and share
completed in India in the State of Bihar. A Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Chief General Manager, their views for Flood Mitigation in Bihar.
Workshop, i.e. “Expert Consultation represented LASA in this workshop and
Workshop on Improving Flood Risk presented on the “Role of Embankment

Training Program Organized by LASA in Netherlands

As a part of the project, LASA has conducted a
7 days' visit / training program to Netherlands
between 16 Dec and 22 Dec 2015 to
experience;
Ÿ Exposure on Embankment (Dyke)
Management System being followed in
Netherland,
Ÿ Exploring potential solutions for mitigating
and minimizing sedimentation & Flood for
state of Bihar's Flood Plains.

This tour was organized with the help of

Netherlands' Embassy. Mr. Bart Jeroen
Bierens, Netherlands Enterprise Agency/
Ministry of Economic Affairs Department for
International Innovation and Mrs Maya
Acharya, Sr. Policy Advisor, Economic &
commercial section, Embassy of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands, New Delhi were kind Presentation by InTech consultant
enough to invite the visiting team to the
Netherlands. Five delegates participated from Environment Management. General
the Water Resources Department, Govt of information of Netherlands, Dike and Dam
Bihar while Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Chief General Monitoring System, Dam Security System,
Manager, accompanied them on behalf of Water Management etc. were presented by
LASA. Mr. Willem de Vries and Mr. H.O Rosingh,
Managing Director of Intech.
The team visited InTech, Waarderweg which
is an Engineering & Consultancy firm Joint The visit to 3Di Waterbeheer Lab located in
Venture of Intech and ARCADIS. It provides Vinkenburgestraat, Utrecht is worth
services in the fields of Dike, Water and mentioning. It works on Water modeling and Discussion with 3Di Lab consultant

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water training course use the 3Di software.

The team was shown the output of the flood
forecasting & inundation model on the touch
table with different scenario like water surface
profile in the case of heavy rainfall in the
catchment, inundation mapping due to breach
of Dike etc.

Visiting the 'Room for the River Wall,

Nijmegen' was yet another experience. They
gave a presentation and described the
concept of the “Room for the River Wall”. The
main aim of the project was to provide
additional room for the river Wall by relocating
the dike on the one bank of the River Wall.

The team paid visit to the site and witnessed

different activities. The bed level of river wall
was maintained by continuously dredging.
The workmanship of the pitching work was
excellent and the length of spurs constructed
along the river bank was about 50m and top
level of spurs flushed with the existing flood
plain level. Sluice in Flood Channel Dredging in Flood channel in River Wall

The delegates got opportunity to visit
Hondsbroeksche floodplain and saw the dike
and structure constructed in flood plains to
pass the excess flood water.
Dike River Side Slope
Mr. Tjitte Nauta, Stratgic advisor Integrated
Water Management/ Regional manager,
Deltares welcomed the delegates to
Deltares and briefed through a presentation
on the activities of Deltares including
Deltares software Technical disciplines,
social themes, integration of innovative
solution by using technology (eg. Sensors
integrated in dike body and separation of
fresh and salt water using Bubble screens)
and software operation management
system, 3Di, FEWS, Dike analysis module,
Sobek/Delft 3 D FM,). Delegates at Deltares

The team reached the Water Management
Centre, Lelystad named as Rijkswaterstaat.
Rijkswaterstaat is a national advisory
committee in crisis & the Water Room under
the Ministry of Infrastructure and the
Environment, Netherlands. The main
highlights were the interactive presentation of
Mr. Jaap van Steenwijk on the types of crisis,
crisis advisory groups, and products of water
rooms namely Water level information,
Shipping reports / Notices to Skippers, Ice
reports, High water messages, Low water
messages, Information during calamities,
Alarm service for the IJsselmeer and
Markermeer dikes, Information about the
quality of recreational water, Storm Surge
Warning Service , Calamity team for Dikes
,Training facilities -simulator room for
calamity teams.
Presentation by Rijkswaterstaat's Consultant

The visiting team got opportunity to pay visit to

the Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier located at
Hoek van Holland which is one of the largest
moving structures on Earth, and the most
prestigious project of Delta Works. Spanning
the New Waterway (Nieuwe Waterweg), a
canal that connects the river Rhine to the North
Sea, the Maeslant Barrier acts as a final line of
defense for Rotterdam against high levels of The Maeslant storm surge barrier
incoming seawater. The barrier consists of if the water level rises by 3 meters above the
two huge hollow and swinging doors, each 240 designated norm, the doors are closed and
meters in length and comprising 15 floodable The Maeslant storm surge barrier a bird's-eye view
flooded with water. This causes them to
compartments with ball-socket movement on slowly sink. The barriers are an engineering
both the banks of the waterway. Under normal marvel that the American Society of Civil
conditions the doors are fully opened to allow Engineers has named one of the 'Seven
ships to sail to and from Rotterdam. However, Wonders of the Modern World”. ...Rajesh Kumar
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Smart Cities:
An opportunity to transform Indian cities into global destinations
The government of India has envisaged a
Mission to develop 100 smart cities within
duration of five years (FY 2015-16 to FY 2019-
20). With the identified smart city goals and
concepts, the Government of India has
selected 100 cities through a selection
process in Stage 1, out of which 20 cities are
selected for financial grant and fast track
implantation through a selection process in
Stage 2.

LASA has been awarded Three Smart City

Projects i.e. Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh,
Tumakuru in Karnataka and Warangal in
Telangana State. In these projects, LASA
assists all the three cities authority to
Participate in the stage 2 of Smart Cities
Challenge.

What is a “Smart City” Requirements of “Smart City”

There is no universally accepted The core infrastructure elements in a The purpose of creating smart cities is
definition of “Smart City”. It means smart city as per Indian Ministry of to drive economic growth and improve
different things to different people. The Urban Development (MoUD) mission the quality of people enabling local area
conceptualization of smart city therefore statement and guidelines include, development, transformation of existing
Ÿ Adequate water supply areas (retrofit and redevelop) including
varies from city to city and country to
Ÿ Assured power supply
country, depending on the level of slums into better planned areas by
Ÿ Sanitation including waste management
development, willingness to change and Ÿ Efficient urban mobility and public using the latest technologies.
reform, resources and aspirations of the transport Application of smart solutions will
city residents. A smart city would have Ÿ Affordable housing (especially for the enable cities to use technology,
urban poor) information and data to improve
different ideas or opinions in India than in
Ÿ Robust IT connectivity and digitalization
any other country. Even in India there is Ÿ Good governance (e-governance and infrastructure and services.
no one way of defining a smart city. citizen participation)
Ÿ Sustainable environment
A smart city uses Information and Ÿ Safety and security of citizens
Communication Technologies (ICT) to (particularly women, children and
enhance the quality and performance of elderly)
urban services and to reduce costs and Ÿ Satisfactory Healthcare and Education
for all
resource consumption and to engage
more effectively and actively with its
citizens. Sectors that have been
developing a smart city includes
government services, transport and
traffic management, energy, healthcare,
water and waste water treatments, solid
waste disposal and eco system etc.
Smart city solutions are to be developed
with a goal of improving the management
of urban administration, allowing for real
time responses to challenges efficiently
than one with simple 'transactional'
relationship with its citizens.

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Smart City Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

As per mandate of Smart City Proposal after an
extensive Citizen Engagement in the proposal,
Tirupati has chosen City Extension (Greenfield
Development), as the option is suitable for cities
with a robust economic base, with a demand for
urgent expansion of commercial and residential
space. The City Improvement (Retrofitting) option
addresses a larger area of the city and focusses on
bridging the critical gaps in infrastructure and also
achieves higher standards of efficiency in the
delivery of civic services. It is the right choice for a
city like Tirupati where the gaps in civic amenities Funds available in existing/proposed and other
still persist. development schemes/projects like Atal Mission
for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
The smart characteristics of the retrofitting area are (AMRUT), Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM),
Elevated skywalk, exclusive pedestrianised areas, Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS),
smart streets, smart multilevel parking, promotion of Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY), National Urban Health
pedestrian and NMT streets, solar PV installation on Mission (NUHM) and Digital India Programme are
public buildings etc. converged with the Tirupati smart city proposals.

Smart City Tumakuru, Karnataka

In its proposal, Tumakuru has chosen 920 acres of Tumakuru smart city plan is proposed to be funded
city centre area for Retrofitting comprising city bus by a combination of resources. The projects
stand, railway station, Corporation office, DC office, encompass a mix of sectors like transport, urban,
District Hospital, District Courts, and educational health, information technology, energy, etc. An
institutions. Through citizen engagement a total attempt has also been made to integrate the smart
number of 1, 76,033 feedbacks are received in city projects with other schemes of the
round 1 and 2 of citizen engagement. Government of India and the Government of
Karnataka to achieve convergence of purpose.
It is proposed to provide solar lights, free wi-fi
network and CCTV cameras along all major and
minor roads to provide ITES applications, traffic &
transport management and surveillance. Also
proposed are government buildings for solar rooftop
panels, dual water pipeline, footpath and cycle
tracks, integrated transport hub, m ixed use
commercial towers, lake rejuvenation with modular
STP's, organized informal market and public
conveniences.

Smart City Warangal, Telangana

Warangal comprises three sub cities viz., Kazipet,
Hanamkonda and Warangal and NH 163 is
traversing through all three of them. Based on the
extensive citizen engagement Warangal has
chosen 1524 acres of its central area for retrofitting
comprising rejuvenation of Bhadrakali Lake.
Retrofitting area in Warangal is a fractured urban
structure due to poorly connected diverse built form
areas and underused lands. It is proposed to stitch
this area into an integrated whole through
movement network, NMT, open space and lakefront
development, and redevelopment of underused
lands. Key achievement of this area will be through
integration of Heritage areas improvement under
HRIDAY and project components under SCM.
The financing plan for Smart City Warangal has
been prepared based on the nature of each of the
projects, its ability to generate revenues and its
amenability to be implemented either as a PPP or
otherwise. The projects that are capable of
earning revenues and having self-sustainable
cash flows (like TSRTC bus stand and parking
project) have been found to be fit for
implementation as Public Private Partnership
projects.
From the central government, the selected cities
will each be given INR 200 crore in the first year
and INR 100 crore every subsequent year. Plans
will be implemented by a special purpose vehicle
set up for each city. A total investment of INR
48,000 crore has been proposed in these selected
cities and towns during the five-year period
ending 2019.

...Ashish Batra

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Many Congratulations !!!

LEA-Connect congratulates all LASA-ates promoted this year. Staff members promoted to
the position of Deputy General Manager and above, are as below.

Sr.No. Name Promoted to Location

1 Prabhat Biswas Chief General Manager New Delhi
2 Satyakam Sahu Chief General Manager Guwahati-Kampur
3 Koutarapu Bhavanarayana Chief General Manager Hyderabad
4 K Pushpanathan General Manager - (Environment) Chennai
5 Parag Manoj Sawant General Manager - (Systems) Dehradun
6 Suman Babu Paradesi General Manager - (Traffic & Transportation) Hyderabad
7 Rajesh Kairamkonda AGM (Urban & Regional Development) Hyderabad
8 Aiet Bahadur Gurung AGM (Personnel & Administration) Kenya
9 Pratik Dnyandeo Suryavanshi AGM (Highways) Hubli-Dharwad
10 Rajesh Palamarasetti AGM (Traffic & Transportation) Hyderabad
11 J Ramesh Babu AGM (Personnel & Administration) Hyderabad
12 Shakti Dutta Sarangi AGM (Highways) Kendrapara
13 J Gunnavadhanulu DGM Planner (Urban and Regional Devel.) Tirupati
14 Jaykumar Bapuso Gujar DGM (Highways) Beed
15 Purnendu Narain Jha DGM (Materials Engineering) KSHIP-Tumkur
16 Nagendra Kumar DGM (Environment) Hubli-Dharwad
17 Majidkhan M Pathan DGM (Systems) Gandhinagar
18 Rakeshprasad Sharma DGM (Computers & Documentation) Gandhinagar
19 G V S S R A Prasad DGM (Personnel & Administration) Gandhinagar

Delegation from Mozambique visits Toronto

On March 19th a Mozambique delegation visited Toronto to explore
approaches to constructing infrastructure. John Farrow, Chair LEA Group,
was invited by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service to make a
presentation on LEA/LASA's experience and the lessons arising from PPP
projects in India and Canada. The delegation knew of the Firm's involvement
in Mozambique and was impressed by the presentation. The Canadian
Trade Commissioner from Maputo requested that when next a senior
member of the firm was visiting Maputo he be advised, so that a similar
presentation could be arranged for a larger audience.

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Projects Secured by LASA

Some of the important projects awarded to LASA during the last quarter (Jan-Mar'16)

Project Name Client Name

Consultancy Services for providing "Technical Support to Asset
Management Cell for sustenance of Odisha Road Asset Management Odisha Work Department
System (O-RAMS) of Odisha Works Department".
Selection of Consulting Services for Construction Supervision of Design
and Build of Modjo-Hawassa Highway Project; Phase I: Modjo-Zeway, Lot Ethiopian Roads Authority
I: Modjo-Meki Section (~56 Km).
Preparation of Feasibility Study/Detailed Project Report of Selected state
road stretches for NH connectivity to Backward Areas/ Religious/Tourist
National Highways Authority of
Place (BRT) Scheme-(i) Satna-Kotar-Semaria-Sirmaur-Jawa-on NH 35
India
near Shankargarh. (ii) Chitrakoot (NH-35)- Rajapur-Manjhanpur-Palhana
(NH-19). (Pakage-NHAI/2R/12).
Selection of a Project Management Consultant for providing Consultancy Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam
Services for the Road work on Branch Canals under C.E.Ahmedabad Ltd.
Consultancy Services for Six Laing of Agra-Etawah Bypass Section of
NH-2 from Km 199.660 to Km 323.525 in the state of Uttar Pradesh under Oriental Structural Engineers
NHDP Phase V on BOT (Toll) Mode (Including Design for Yamuna Pvt.Ltd
Bridge).
Consultancy Services on Four Laing of Biaora-Dewas section NH-3 from
Oriental Structural Engineers
Km 426.100 to Km 566.450 in the state of Madhya Pradesh under NHDP
Pvt.Ltd
IV on DBFOT basis.
Authority's Engineer for Rehabilitation and Upgrading to Four Laning of
National Highways Authority Of
NH-31D from Km 0.000 to Km 83.785 (Pakage-1) Ghoshpukur-Salsalabari
India
Section in the state of West Bengal on EPC mode.

ITE Toronto Section's 2016 Executive,

Kelsey Waugh from LEA Consulting Ltd.
was elected to the ITE Toronto Section Executive at the 2015 Annual General Meeting.
She will fill the position of Activities Coordinator in 2016.
Kelsey Waugh is a Transportation Analyst
working at LEA Consulting Ltd. She first
joined LEA as a co-op student in September
2014 and returned as a full-time employee
after graduating from the University of
Waterloo in June 2015 with a B.A.Sc. in Civil
Engineering. While completing her
undergraduate degree, Kelsey actively
sought out opportunities to engage in the
transportation engineering community. She
joined ITE in 2014 and attended the CITE
Conference in Waterloo. She won first place
at the Seventh Annual Joint ITE Section
Student Presentation Competition in 2015.
The co-op program at Waterloo offered her
the opportunity to gain experience with both
the public and private sectors. Note-worthy
projects include the Transportation Master
Plan for the City of Burlington and the
Complete Streets Guidelines for the City of
Toronto. Since joining LEA, Kelsey has
been the technical analyst on several
interesting and complex transportation
impact studies around the GTA and is the
lead coordinator on a high-profile
Environmental Assessment. More
importantly, she has extensive activity
planning experience gained through both
work and volunteering, complemented by
substantial networking connections in the
transportation industry. Kelsey is very
enthusiastic about transportation planning
and engineering and is excited for the
opportunity to join the ITE Toronto Section
Executive Team.

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Ontario Premier Wynne's Trade Mission to India

LEA played a major role in Ontario's mission
to India in February 2016. Mr. John Farrow,
Chair LEA Group, made presentations in
Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, and Hyderabad
on LEA's experience and the capability of the
Ontario civil engineering and urban planning
community. Mr. Pinaki Roychowdhury, Dr. M
P Raju, and other senior management from
LEA/LASA attended presentations and
receptions in each city where they met senior
India officials and major Ontario companies.
LEA also hosted and event in Hyderabad with
Mayor Scarpetti of the City of Markham where
Mr. John Long of LEA made a presentation
on shared lessons on transportation
planning.
In three of her speeches Premier Wynne
referred to LEA/LASA as being the leading
Ontario engineering and planning firm active
in India.
In a follow up to this mission Mr. John Farrow
has been asked to co-chair a committee of
consultants seeking to cooperate to win large
projects in India.

Ms. Erin Prohaska, CFO, LEA Group

and Mr. Paul Duncan from LEA
Toronto visited India in Feb-16. During
their visit they had interaction with
Indian shareholders. The meeting was
attended by many shareholders
including the Managing Directors of
LASA.

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