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Proceedings of the third AnnuAl nAtionAl
Multi-disciPlinAry conference

V-CMT 2016
on the theme
india 2025: A Vision for next decade
Proceedings of the third AnnuAl nAtionAl
Multi-disciPlinAry conference

V-CMT 2016
On the Theme
India 2025: A Vision for Next Decade

January 22 and 23, 2016

Organized by
Vidyalankar School of Information Technology Wadala (E),
Mumbai-400037

Editor
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Patrons
Dr. Sanjeewani C. Deshpande
(Chariperson, Vidyalankar Dnyanpeeth Trust)

Vishwas Deshpande Namarata Deshpande


(Managing Trustee, Vidyalankar Dnyanpeeth Trust) (Trustee, Vidyalankar Dnyanpeeth Trust)
Rashmi Deshpande Keshav Kulkarni
(Trustee, Vidyalankar Dnyanpeeth Trust) (Trustee, Vidyalankar Dnyanpeeth Trust)
Avinash Chatorikar Milind Tadvalkar
(Secretary, Vidyalankar Dnyanpeeth Trust) (Director, Vidyalankar Dnyanpeeth Trust)

Keynote Speakers
Nitin Potdar
(Partner, J. Sagar Associates | Advocates and Solicitors)

Expert Panelists
Dr. Vivek Sawant Sulakshna Mahajan
(MD and CEO, MKCL) (Urban Planner and Author)
Anthony Lobo Manoj Kalke
(CSR Head, TCS) (Director, CITPL)

Steering Committee
Dr. Rohini Kelkar Asif Rampurawala
(Principal, VSIT) (Vice Principal, VSIT)
Makarand Deshpande Sunil Bhandare
(Adjunct Faculty, VSIT) Consulting Economist
Dr. Suhas Pednekar Satish Joshi
(Principal, Ruia College) (Consultant, IGATE Corporate University)
Chandrashekar Vaze Shriram Dandekar
(Chairman, Jankalyan Sahakari Bank) (Executive Director, Camlin-Kokuyo)

Conference Convenor
Dr. Chandrahas Deshpande
(Adjunct Faculty, VSIT and Convenor)

Conference Co-Convenors
Prachi Mahajan Susanta Datta
(Assistant Professor, Dept. of IT, VSIT) (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, VSIT)
"Knowledge removes the lethargy of the intellect, invests truth in the speech, enhances the
greatness and casts off sin; it cleanses the mind and spreads the fame all around. Tell me,
what is not provided to a man, from the company of high thinking and noble souls."

VISION
Our Vision is to establish a leading centre of imparting Quality Education in the field of Science,
Commerce and Management with emphasis on :
� Ensuring that students learn the fundamental concepts in various disciplines.
� Motivating students to apply the Scientific & Technological knowledge to develop problem solving
capabilities.
� Making students aware of the societal and environmental needs with specific appreciation of the
emerging global context.

MISSION
Our mission is to provide:
An educational environment where students can reach their full potential in their chosen discipline and
become responsible citizens without compromising in ethics.
A scholarly environment where the talents of both, the faculty members and students are nurtured and
used to create knowledge and technology for the benefit of the society.
acknowledgements

I would like to thank our keynote speaker Nitin Potdar and our expert panelists -Dr.Vivek Sawant,
Sulakshna Mahajan, Anthony Lobo, Manoj Kalke - and moderator of the panel discussion, Devayani
Ganpule for investing their valuable time for this conference. Similarly, I acknowledge the efforts of
the college management, adjunct faculty members, the organising committee, and all the other faculty
members and staff of Information Technology, Commerce and Management Departments of VSIT.

I would also like to thank our 6 session chairs – Dr. K .G. Diwani and Dr. Hanif Lakdawala for
charing Urbanization and Student tracks; Dr. Siby Abraham and Anjum Mujawar for chairing
Information and Communication Tecnology (ICT) track; Dr. Gurusamy and Dr. K. Venkateswarlu for
chairing both Renewable Energy and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) tracks and to share their
critical reviews based of the paper presented. Their valuable feedback would definitely enrich authors
in order to upgrade their paper.

Last but not the least, I would like to extend my gratitude to all paper presenters and delegates who
have made it possible for us to organize such a Two Day National Conference VCMT 2016.

Look forward for VCMT 2017!!!

Dr. Rohini Kelkar


Editor
management

Message from Chairperson, Vidyalankar Dnyanpeeth Trust


Dr. Sanjeewani Deshpande

Zora Neale Hurston rightly says, “Research is formalized curiosity.” The faculty of
thought and the eternal search for truth alone sets man apart from other life forms
basically and also contributes to the tremendous development of mankind to bring
more happiness to man.

We, at Vidyalankar, have always believed in assigning the highest priority to the
promotion of a research culture amongst our students and faculty.

The Third National Conference on “V-CMT 2016” organized and hosted by


Vidyalankar School of Information Technology is designed to give participants a
plethora of usable content in the fields of Commerce, Management and Technology.
It enables them to be tuned to the latest changes that occur within research domains
and the industry - which we know take place on a very regular basis. I wish the researchers all the very best and hope
to see more of such initiatives by Vidyalankar and do our bit in carrying the torch of knowledge forward.

Message from Principal, Vidyalankar School of Information Technology (VSIT)


Dr. Rohini Kelkar

Inspiring keynote address by Mr. Nitin Potdar, paper presentation in four


parallel tracked, followed by the expert comments by the session chairs and very
interactive and lively panel discussion moderated by Ms. Devayani Ganpule with
Ms. Sulakshana Mahajan – urban planner, Dr. Vivek Sawant – Director MKCL,
Mr. Manoj Kalke – renewable energy expert and Mr. Anthony Lobo – CSR head,
TCS, were some of the highlights of the conference.

I must admit that organising V-CMT-2016 was a great experience for VSIT. I
appreciate and acknowledge great efforts by all the speakers, conference organisers,
delegates, paper writers, student participants and Vidyalankar Management for
their wholehearted participation and support to make the event fruitful.
Management

Message from Convenor


Dr. Chandrahas Deshpande: Adjunct Faculty, Commerce and Management

The VSIT arranged a Two-Day National Conference V-CMT 2016, on January 22-23,
2016. The theme chosen was “India 2025-A Vision for the Next Decade”. The Conference
tracks Comprised “Urbanization”, “Renewable Energy”, “CSR” and “ICT-Applications”.

The Principal Objectives of the Conference were


(1) to take cognizance of some of the latest developments in these four sectors through
Expert-talks and Panel-Discussion.
(2) to encourage Teacher and Students to contribute research paper on these theme.

The VCMT-2016 received overwhelming response. Several Papers were received from
Faculties as well as students. This volume puts together the selected papers which have
been reviewed and edited by the committee. We sincerely hope that the contents of this volume proceeding will be
of use and value to the teachers as well as students of Commerce Management and information Technology.

Message from Advisory committee member


Mr. Makarand Deshpande: Adjunct Faculty, Information Technology

In its third year, the V-CMT conference is sharpening its focus on the current issues,
challenges and application of technology as well as management perspectives for a better
tomorrow. This year ICT section has seen an overwhelming response from teachers and
students alike. The papers addressed various initiatives and upcoming technologies for
effective application fields of health, agriculture etc. In addition, there are quite a few
interesting technological innovations or applications presented in areas of Renewable
Energy, Green Cities, Smart Cities. We are happy to bring this publication to wider
audience. We certainly expect to see the ideas getting converted into live implementations,
eventually becoming standard way of life.

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eminent sPeakers

Mr. Nitin Potdar – Keynote Speaker

He has specialized in Public sector and Private sector, Mergers & Acquisitions,
including De-mergers, restructuring of business, Asset & Share Purchase deals, Joint
Ventures and Strategic alliances, Private Equity and general Corporate advisory. He
has a vast experience with transactions related to Foreign Direct Investments and
Exchange Controls Regulations. He has advised several multinational companies
on financial and technical collaborations in India, and strategies / options for
commencing operations and consolidations in India, in a cross section of industries.
His focus has been on foreign investments from US, Germany and Japan. He also
has extensive experience in Private Equity transactions including leveraged buyout
transactions and exits. He has provided strategic and business oriented advice to a
variety of companies receiving Private Equity investment. He is a frequent speaker
at several conferences and seminars organized by leading industry, institutions,
and chambers on subjects like, Takeover Code, M & A, and structuring of Joint
Ventures.

Dr. Vivek Sawant – Panelist, ICT track

Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Maharashtra


Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL), Soon after completing his school and
college education in Nasik and Post-Graduate education in Pune, Dr. Sawant
served as a teacher of Physics, Electronics and Computer Science at the Fergusson
College, Pune from 1979 to 1987 and as the Deputy Director of Symbiosis Institute
of Computer Studies and Research from 1987 to 1988. Dr. Sawant has served on
several policy-formulation committees at state and national level including the Indian
Prime Minister’s IT Task Force, National Rural Road Development Committee and
National Board of Apprenticeship, State eGovernance Task Force of a few State
Governments, etc. In view of his pioneering contribution in eGovernance of the
PWD, he was invited to be the co-author of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
under which 1.2 million (12 Lac) km nation-wide rural road network has been
established. Dr. Sawant has been felicitated by various awards for his distinguished
contributions in the fields of education, high performance computing, entrepreneurship development, leadership
development, innovations, etc. He was also nominated for World Technology Network Award at San Francisco for
his work of likely long-term significance in education.
Eminent Speakers

Ms. Sulakshana Mahajan – Panelist, Urbanization track

Ms. Sulakshana Mahajan is a researcher in Urban and Women’s issues, with a particular
focus on India. She has published several papers, articles and newspaper columns. Her
writing appears in both English and Marathi language publications. She is working as
consultant urban planning, housing issues at Mumbai Transformation Support Unit
(MTSU) Mumbai. Conducting research and writing about Indian urban issues. Member
and advisor to Stree Mukti Sanghatana for urban solid waste management projects in
Mumbai. Trustee of CORO, Mumbai and Trustee of Rachna Trust, Nasik. She is also
a visiting lecturer at Sir J. J. School of Art and Architecture and Rachana Sansad’s
Academy of Architecture in Mumbai. Guest Editor for special issue of ‘Aajachaa
Sudhaarak’ (Marathi journal) on Urbanization Presently working with the ‘Stree Mukti
Sanghatana’, Mumbai on waste collection and recycling projects.

Mr. Anthony Lobo – Panelist, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Anthony Lobo has a Post Graduate (PG) degree in Administrative Management from
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai and a PG Diploma
in Journalism from Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. He is a certified Master
Trainer in CSR by United Nations Global Compact ESCAP, Bangkok. He possesses over
30 years of experience in domain of Human Resources and Administration, Business
Ethics and CSR.
Anthony Lobo is the Advisor CSR in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Mumbai on
retainer ship with TCS since 2012. He is in TCS 1991-2012 in HR, and since 2002
with Business Ethics & CSR domain. He is a Life Member of All India Management
Association, Life Member of Indian Society for Training and Development, Life Senior
Member of Computer Society of India, and Active in both IEEE and ACM professional
societies as Senior Member. He is an Adjunct Faculty at University level for Management
and Business Ethics.

Mr. Manoj Kalke – Panelist, Renewable Energy

An engineering graduate with good academics and professional with experience at senior
decision-making level as Business/Profit Centre Head. Running business for last 20
years in the commercial capital of the country. Responsible and accountable for Profit &
Loss Account. Possess strategic business sense, uncompromising work ethic and natural
sincerity which helped in creating consistent profits; during the entire endeavour, worked
for many corporate, PSUs and in the diversified fields. He has a thorough knowledge of
ISO 9001:2008, ITIL based service delivery and Information systems audit. Expertise
in Non-conventional Power – worked on many solar power projects. Acquired skills
of installation and commissioning of large solar plant. Certified SOLAR EXPERT by
SMA, German Company.

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Eminent Speakers

Mrs. Devyani Ganpule- Moderator for Panel discussion

Mrs. Devyani Ganpule is highly qualified personnel holding M.A (Economics)


& UGC-NET (Economics). She is an experienced Associate Professor and a
very learned personality in the field of Economics. She is receipient of the a
very prestigious “Sir Dorabji Tata Merit Scholarship”(1978-1982). She has
total teaching experience of 28 years in esteemed institutions like Ruia college,
NMIMS, ICFAI and many. She is a Research mentor in Sarla Anil Modi School
of Economics, NMIMS University(From 2012)

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session cHair For UrBaniZation track

Dr. Mohammed Hanif Lakdawala

Dr Mohammed Hanif Lakdawala has rich marketing experience. To mention few is the
when sir had inspected as a marketing officer with “Cadila Pharmaceuticals, District
Manager with Kopran Ltd. Sir also has a vast experience of 7 years as Area manager
in ‘The Pharmaceutical and Chemical industries’. Dr. Hanif has also worked for the
Asian Age for one year. Adding to all these achievements Dr. Hanif has also produced
and directed more than 25 socio-cultural programmes including ETC, Enadu-Urdu,
Doordarshan Sayadri etc. He has also written and directed a 56 minute documentary
which is absed on the subject Rise of Communalism in India. Similarly, he has also
contributed to Deccan herald, Inquilab, and Occasionally Times of India. Dr. Hanif
is currently associated with Akbar Peerbhoy College of commerce and economics as
Assistant Director Professional courses. He is also the Director-Fountain Head Training
solution where he has trained pharma corporate managers on various aspects of ethical
promotions. Sir is the Visiting Faculty for Bachelor in Mass Media (BMM), Bachelor in Management studies
(BMS) and for MMS.

Dr. K. G. Dawani

Dr. K.G Dawani is a highly qualified and experienced Professor and Dean Academics at
Oriental Institute of Management. He is M.Com, LLM, MBA, M-Phil, DHE, and PhD.
He has total 38 Years of experience which consist of 18 years of Industry experience and
20 Years of teaching experience. He has to his credit 9 International papers out of which
7 papers are honored for “Best Paper Award” He has also co-authored book on Financial
Management. He is also appointed as Expert for selection of PhD students by University
of Mumbai. His area of interests are Advanced financial management, Auditing, taxation
etc. He has also delivered various guest lectures at different places and also chaired
International Conferences.
session cHair For renewaBle energY and
corPorate social resPonsiBilitY (csr) tracks

Dr. S. Guruswami

Dr. Gurusamy is the professor, Chairperson in School of Business and Management and
Head in the Department of Commerce, University of Madras. He has vast experience in
teaching and research with subject specialization in Banking and Finance and Operations
Research. He has been a part of many conferences and seminars. One of which was “All
China Economics International Conference in the University of Hong Kong”. Has been
awarded teacher accreditation by the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK to teach the
subjects, Accounting and Finance for the MBA program offered by the above University.
Dr. Gurusamy has done a working paper on ‘Disinvestment in the changing context of
environment, at IFMR, Chennai. He has a rich experience of 36 years in the field of
teaching.

Dr. K. Venkateshwarlu

Mr. K. Venkateshwarlu is Vice-Principal and an Associate Professor in L.S. Raheja College


of Arts and Commerce. Sir has done his post-graduation and M.Phil. in Economics. Dr
K. Venkateshwarlu has a vast experience of 27years in the field of teaching and presently
pursuing Ph.D. on “Mergers and Acquisitions in banking industry. Apart from all these
achievements Sir is a visiting faculty for M.Com in the Department of Commerce. He has
actively participated in organizing seminars, workshops etc. He has always motivated his
students to write essays on different subjects and participating in elocution competitions.
He has also guided students in completing assignments for Final Year students to pave
path to success.
session cHair For ict aPPlication to keY
sector track

Anjum Mujawar

Prof. Anjum Mujawar is working as the Head of the Department Electronics &
Telecommunication in Vidyalankar Polytechnic. He Completed Masters in Digital
Electronics. He has around 10 years of teaching and 5 years of industry and consultancy
experience. Presently his two patents are under process.

Dr. Siby Abraham

He has multi-disciplinary research background with special interests in applying Machine


Intelligence techniques to problems in Computational, Mathematical, Biological and
Social Sciences. He has more than twenty international publications to his credit. He
received his MSc in Mathematics and PhD in Computer Science. He has two decades of
teaching and research experience. He is part of organizing many international conferences
and is in the editorial board of four international journals. Presently, he is the head and
associate professor at the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Guru Nanak Khalsa
College, Mumbai. He is also a visiting faculty at the University Department of Computer
Science, University of Mumbai, India.
contents

Page
Patrons v
Vision & Mission vi
Acknowledgement vii
Management viii
Eminent Speakers x
Session Chair for Urbanization Track xiii
Session Chair for Renewable Energy and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Tracks xiv
Session Chair for ICT Application to Key Sector Track xv

Track-1: UrbanizaTion
Brief summary of the Session
Best Paper:
Shaping India’s Urbanization Dreams 005
Vivek Gupta
Bane of Urbanization? A Case Study of Chennai Flood 2015 008
Lakshmi Kavitha
Green Cloud Computing: Power Matrics 012
Ashish Shah
Co-operative Housing Society Management: A Comparative Study of the Perspective of the Common 016
Man v/s the Provisions of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act and Rules (Navi Mumbai)
Abhishek Laha
Innovative Approaches to Urban Development: Through Infrastructure 021
Reshmina Bahauddin, Tahereen Momin
Smart Parking System using Image Processing Technology 025
Maria Achary, Ujwala Sav
Digital India: Unleashing Prosperity 036
Sadhana Venkatesh
Cyber-Crimes – In the Light of Islamic Legal Systems 043
Shaikh Saima, Mohammed Shamim
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Track-2: renewable energy


Brief Summary of the Session
Best Paper
To Study the Potential Plant Species as Biofuel Resource: A Eco-Friendly Way of Nature 051
Conservation
Dr. Siddhesh Ramesh Patil
Reaching India’s Renewable Energy Targets Cost Effectively 058
Sandip Khandekar, Amit Kabra
Renewable Energy: Opus Energy (Case Study) 068
Vrushali B. Patil
Trends in Future Green Energy 080
Umesh Koyande, Ashwini Koyande, Amita Gaonkar
Sustaining Energy 086
Dipali S. Sapre

Track-3: corporaTe Social reSponSibiliTy (cSr)


Brief Summary of the Session
Best Paper:
Linking between CSR Partnership and Transaction Specific Relational Contract Theory: Evidence 093
from Health Sector in India
Susanta Datta, Mohan Iyer
Chennai Floods: CSR Activities Done by Companies to help Tamil Nadu’s Disaster Victims 103
Harish Premrao Noula
Corporate Social Responsibility and its Impact on Financial Performance: A Case Study of ITC 106
Limited
Poonam Mirwani
Corporate Social Responsibility in Banking with respect to State Bank of India 113
Agnus Anthony Meledath
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Business of Making Difference 119
Leena Nair, Manasi Raikar
Ethicality in Business Changes with Perceptional Roles 122
Neha Maru
Evolution of Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility 128
Rachna Chawda, Harish Premrao Noula, Shivani Mayekar
Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) assessment with respect to Railway Stations adopted by 136
various colleges in Mumbai
Vinayak Karande, Vijay Gawde
Legal Position of Corporate Social Responsibility in Companies Act 2013 141
Chitra More

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Track-4: informaTion and commUnicaTion Technology (icT)


Brief Summary of the Session
Best Paper:
E-Learning in Indian Higher Education System: Disruptive Innovation or Sustaining Innovation? 151
Devayani Ganpule
A Study on-Digital Empowerment and E-Employment for Women in India 155
Chumki Dey, Leena Jadhav
Application of ICT in Agricultural Sector in India 160
Chinmaya Bari
Digital Money – A Path to Financial Inclusion 166
Samidha Angne
E-Farmers Friendly Module: Hopes of the Farmers 170
Shobha U. Nalavade
E-Learning in 2025 174
Tahereen Momin, Reshmina Bahauddin
E-Health – Digital Medical Library Network 178
Sukanya Sunil Sawant
Elements of Micro-eLearning and its Design using Hibernate Framework 181
Shajil Kumar P.A
ICT Applications for Agricultural Risk Management 187
Radha Iyer
ICT Application to Key Sector: E-Business 191
Sandhya Ojhapandey
Internet: A Quality Based Approach to Implement in BMC Schools 193
Rajendra Ramesh Patole, Sunita Jagdish Koli
MCC Based Smart Information Management System for Student and Parent 198
Pallavi D Tawde, Smita S Sawant
Prospects of e-Agriculture using ICT Augmented with Wireless Sensor Networks 204
Swapna Kadam, Nikhil K. Pawanikar
Signing MoU on Internet using Digital Signature with the help of Trusted Third Party 209
Pushpa Susant Mahapatro
The Role of ICT in Building Smart Cities 214
Nandini Nilesh Kadam
To Streamline Student Record through Digital India 216
Kutty Sana Asar

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Track-5: STUdenT preSenTaTion


Brief Summary of the Session
Best paper:
Smart Garbage Collection 223
Mitesh Naik, Tanvi Javkar
E-Health 226
Ruksar Mobin, Marium Shaikh Shujauddin
Fire Fighting Robot 230
Areej Faquih, Momin Misbah Mohamad Hussain
Renewable Energy Resources—A Smart Idea for Sustanable Business Model 236
Animesh Choudhary, Prachi Tated, Prof. Nishikant Jha
Smart Health Care Web App 241
Snehal Sawant
To Study the Economic Fluctuation in Floriculture Industry with Reference 244
to Festival Seasons in Mumbai Region
Sourabh Shelar, Aniruddha Acharekar, Akanksha Pednekar, Sanchit Jain
To Study the Growing Importance of E-Learning 249
Rebecca Britto, Anam Abdul, Arpita Shah

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Track � 1 :
Urbanization
Brief Summary
Track-in-charge 1) Seema Vishwakarma, Assistant Professor,
Department of Information Technology (IT), VSIT

2) Mithila Satam, Assistant Professor,


Department of Information Technology (IT), VSIT
Session Chair(s) 1) Dr. K. G. Dawani
Dean Academics, Oriental Institute of Management,
Mumbai.

2) Dr. Hanif Lakdawala


Assistant Director, Akbar Peerbhoy College, Mumbai.
Best Paper Awarded Title of the paper:
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Author(s):
Vivek Gupta, Assistant Professor,
Department of Accountancy, VSIT
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Shaping India’s Urbanisation Dreams

Vivek Ramprakash Gupta


Assistant Professor
Vidyalankar School of Information Technology
vivek.gupta@vsit.edu.in
ABSTRACT
India today stands at a point where it has been naturally presented with an opportunity to shape its Urban development. Not
many countries have had this opportunity and almost all of them have grown by chance through natural expansion. India
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outlay of the future India as to the how the future Indian cities shall look like and where they shall be placed keeping in
mind the present Infrastructural facilities and future growth potential.

Key words : Distributed Urbanisation, Concentrated Urbanisation.

INTRODUCTION
Few economies get a chance to influence the distribution of Urban Population across different cities and within them.
Almost all have seen their Urban cities take shape by chance. But todays India has an opportunity to anticipate the next
10 years of rapid Urban expansion. Today there are at least two areas where India has an opportunity to shape its Urban
expansion � Overall Portfolio & Internal Shape.

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External shape of Urbanisation. These choices are mostly made by keeping in mind the location for future economic
growth centres for eg Financial Hubs , Financial & Future transport networks

Second India also has an opportunity to make a Choice as to how to shape its cities internally i.e its design for the overall
look and more importantly how to use the space for living & working as productively & inclusively as possible.
Except China almost every other country has Urbanised over much longer period than India, that is the reason their
portfolio of cities have evolved rather than been designed. Urbanisation has evolved around the world over a period of time

TYPES OF URBANISATION
Concentrated Urbanisation
A concentrated pattern of Urbanisation can produce One Mega City ( for eg Seoul in South Korea ) or small number of
Very large cities with population of 20 million to 40 million ( for eg Japan )

Distributed Urbanisation
Another kind is a distributed Urbanisation where a large number of cities are developed simultaneously (For eg. United
States & Germany)
It should be noted that external pattern of Urbanisation is not only about size , shape but also relates to building a proper
portfolio of cities.
Apart from External, Internal shape is also important. Every major city in the world has invested substantial time and
money in designing the internal shape by making choices about the distribution and density, land usage and linkages
between where people live & work.
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India so far has not made any conscious efforts in shaping either its Internal or External shape of its cities. India has not
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and social objectives. It will serve best if India start to make a conscious choice about the external shape of its
Urbanisation. Neither has the Internal shape of Indian cities evolved keeping in mind the social needs & economic goals.
Therefore India will do well to start thinking consciously about the choices it has for the external shape of its Urbanisation
and choose out of the several available alternatives it has at its disposal that will best fit its needs.

Problem Area
Shall India focus on Mega cities or on its emerging Tier 2 cities? Should India focus on Recreating its existing cities or
Create New cities & Satellite town or shall India think about smaller specialist cities ( such as Agra ) None of these
����������������������������������������������������g the answers for the same. Its time India start to think about the same
and take a Strategic call and decide how cities can utilise its land & what best relationship can be establish between cities
Residential Commercial & Community spaces.
It has been ar���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� it is on the verge of doubling
its Urban population. Its time India starts a debate and start taking decision regarding both the external & Internal shape of
its Urbanisation.

Recommendations & Suggestions


Rebuild Tier I cities through a substantial new Investment programme.
Its time for India to focus on its largest nine cities Mumbai , New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore ,
Hyderabad , Pune & Surat. The need for focusing on the renewal of this cities is compelling as these large cities are
essential for the growth of high value added sectors like Banking & Financial Services, Real Estate ,Transportation &
Communication. All these Anchor sectors will drive India����������������������������������������������������������

Proactively shape the trajectory of the 24 largest Tier II cities


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India can avoid repeating history by proactively acting to shape the growth of its Tier II cities by creating right policies and
infusing sufficient funds as and when required. In fact Tier II cities can be used as test bed for reforms in Urban planning.
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growth.

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Jaipur, Nagpur, Kanpur , Vadodara, Amritsar , Lucknow, Coimbatore . Madurai, Patna , Indore , Vishakhapatnam, Rajkot,
Varanasi , Vijayawada, Nasik , Kochi Ludhiana, Salem, Agra , Bhopal , Meerut, Ghaziabad, Warangal, Jabajpur.

Guide & Mentor the top specialist Tier 3 & tier 4 cities ,
India today has nearly 100 cities having strong economic preposition linked to an anchor sector mainly from
Manufacturing, Transportation , Tourist , Pilgrimage and the extraction of natural resources. These cities typically fall in
Tier 3 & Tier 4 categories and have in fact created much higher number of Jobs and attracted much higher levels of private
investments as compared to their peers and even certain bigger cities. Both the Central & State Government need to
concentrate on such cities by making sure that they keep on getting the required capital infusion from time to time.

Create 25 New world class Satellite � cities near Large Metropolitan Cities
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planning and selecting the best location. It is recommended that such new cities be build within 50kms of the existing
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Two such Satellite cities shall be developed around each of the existing Metropolitan cities.
Lay foundation for future Urbanisation by Building Transport Corridors.

Suggested List of Transport Corridors


1) Hyderabad � Warangal
2) Vijayawada � Vishakhapatnam
3) Bangalore- Mangalore � Mysore
4) Durg � Raipur
5) Chennai � Pondicherry
6) Coimbatore � Madurai-Tiruchirapalli
7) Ahmedabad � Vadodara � Surat
8) Bhavnagar � Jamnagar � Rajkot
9) Kochi � Kozhikode � Thiruvananthapuram
10) Aurangabad � Nagpur
11) Bhopal � Indore
12) Mumbai � Nasik � Pune
13) Gurgaon � New Delhi � Ghaziabad � Faridabad � Meerut � Agra
14) Bhubaneswar � Cuttack
15) Amritsar � Chandigarh � Jalandhar � Ludhiana
16) Jaipur � Kota
17) Allahabad � Kanpur � Lucknow � Varanasi
18) Kolkata � Asansole
19) Jamshedpur � Ranchi

Think through its policies to create Internal Shape


Indian cities so far have developed ignoring the design or Internal shape of the cities. The same issue have been addressed
by other advanced economies over the last 50 years.
India because of not having effective policies for internal shape of the cities is facing severe consequences including loss
of potential fertile land, urban sprawl, and pressure on environment. So it is imperative that India starts to think about the
Internal shape of its cities and act immediately.

CONCLUSION
To conclude distributed shape of Urbanisation is India�����������������������������������������������������������������������
all three Governments will be crucial. State Government and to some extend Central Government have the power to
influence the external shape of the cities while State & Local Government have to determine the Internal shape. Thus if the
Government at all levels can fulfil its responsibilities India in the coming decade can witness a sharp increase in planned
Urban development leading to sustainable economic growth.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mckinsey Global Institute
Urban Development Ministry � GOI
Urban Development Ministry � GOM

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Bane of Urbanization? A Case Study of Chennai Flood 2015
Lakshmi Kavitha
Assistant Professor
Vidyalankar School of Information Technology
lakshmi.kavitha @vsit.edu.in
ABSTRACT:
Urbanisation has become a common feature of Indian society. With the increase in population, there is vast
industrialization and construction which results I the depleting number of forests and greenery. In many cases, the
urbanization has taken place at the cost of water bodies and also mangroves and greenery which has had a negative impact
in due course of time. Growth of Industries has contributed to the growth of cities. As a result of industrialisation people
have started moving towards the industrial areas in search of employment. This has resulted in the growth of towns and
cities. There are numerous advantages of urbanization as well as negative outcome also. Our Government has taken several
steps to reduce the concerns and problem's related to urbanization, which primarily includes the spreading of industries and
reducing the density of industries in the urban areas. Many tier II and tier III cities are being developed so as to increase
job opportunities in the rural areas so that the urban areas are spared phenomenal growth in population.
In spite of many steps taken by the government, cities are facing many unexpected disaster due to various reasons. One of
it was 2005 Mumbai floods. Due to the heavy rains on 26 th July, in addition to the high tide resulted in heavy rains and the
drainage system which is supposed to be one of the best failed. Water clogging was seen everywhere in the suburban areas
whereas major part of the city was spared the fury of the rains due to good drainage system. Due to the rains, the traffic
was affected in most parts of the city and large numbers of people were stranded on the road, lost their homes, many
walked long distances back home from work that evening and many lives were affected because rain water caused the
sewage system to overflow and all water lines were contaminated. History repeated itself and the same thing happened in
one of the 4 metropolitan cities, Chennai. The rain in Chennai was officially declared a natural disaster on the evening of
2nd December, 2015 due to heavy rain. More than 600 mm of rainfall in a single day, coupled with the choking up of
drains due to mass urbanization, and also the releasing of Chembarapakkam dam water in the city, Chennai rains wreaked
havoc across the city.
Almost 200 people died in Tamil Nadu as a result of the rains and all other issues related to it. Vast study has been done by
many authors regarding the benefits and issues plaguing urbanization. But what has been noticed that the research scholars
have ignored the problems of heavy rains and mass flooding which is majorly caused by the encroachment of water bodies.
Through various information the researcher comes to know only heavy rain is not the reason for disaster. Therefore this
study is done with the intention of finding the reasons for the reasons that caused Chennai Floods in 2015 and find out the
possible solution to avoid the same problem in future and create awareness to make a regulated urbanization plan for other
metro cities and also the tier II and tier III cities. For this study, the researcher has planned to use secondary data and
primary data which will be collected through interview.

INTRODUCTION:
Urbanisation is taking place at a faster rate in India. Population residing in urban areas in India, according to 1901 census,
was 11.4%. This count increased to 28.53% according to 2001 census, and crossing 30% as per 2011 census, standing at
31.16%. There are various positive outcome of urbanization like growth of trade and commerce, Women development,
spread of modern technology, social and cultural integration etc. And it also has some negative effects, example increased
cost of living, scarcity of resources (land, water etc.,) accommodation problem, pollution, psychological problems like
stress, depression etc. Our Government has various schemes to tackle problem of urbanization like Shyama Prasad
Mukherji urban Mission, JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban renewal mission) in 2005, Rajiv Awas Yojana
2011, National Urban Transport Policy, 2006, Smart city initiative 2014 etc. Still cities are facing many unexpected
disaster due to various reason.
Bane of Urbanization? A Case Study of Chennai Flood 2015

In fact, at 235 mm, the rainfall in Chennai is not even the big daddy of big rains. The Nungambakkam rain gauge recorded
270 mm on October 27, 2005; 280 mm in 1969, and 450 mm in November 1976.
Even in 1976, Adyar overflowed its banks and invaded first-floor houses. But those were the days when Chennai was
derided for being an overgrown village, an underdeveloped aspirant to metropolitan status

Objectives of the study:


� To find out the reason for disaster in Chennai Flood 2015
� To find out the possible solution to avoid the same type of problem in future
� To create awareness to make a regulated urbanization planning to other metro politics cities

Research Methodology:
The nature of the study is empirical. The researcher has used both primary and secondary data for this study. Primary data
was collected from Chennai people through telephone interview. Convenience sampling method was used to collect data
from respondents. Respondents are Chennai people. Secondary data were collected from newspaper, articles and website.

Limitation of the study:


The study was conducted within a short period and was collected over the phone only. So there may be a chance of
genuinely / bias in data.

Brief Background of Chennai:


Chennai Flood 2015:
Deaths Tamil Nadu : At least 347 (official as of 10 December)11��
Andhra Pradesh: 81M
Puducherry: 3
Property damage Over ` 100000 crore (US $ 15 billion) (unofficial estimates)151
Tamil Nadu : Over ` 50,000 crore (US$ 7.5 billion, unofficial estimates))15121
Chennai was officially declared a disaster area on the evening of 2 December.1241 At the MIOT Hospital, 14 patients died
after power and oxygen supplies failed. With a letup in rainfall, floodwaters gradually began to recede in Chennai on 4
December, though 40 percent of the city's districts remained submerged and safe food and drinking water remained in short
supply. Chennai Corporation officials reported at least 57,000 homes in the city had suffered structural damage,

Problems in urbanisation due to chennai floods


1. Loss of property and lives
2. Transmissions and power generators affected due to floods resulting to loss of power
3. Huge damage to infrastructure
4. Due to the floods there was an artificial price hike of about 10 times the normal price for water, vegetables, fruits,
flight tickets etc.
5. Due to heavy loss of infrastructure there is a temporary decline in tourism which is an economic hardship till the
rebuilding is done.
6. Chennai floods had an impact on human health as respiratory problems rose due to floods.
7. Chennai floods resulted in decline of overall economy as many major companies and manufacturing units shut there
operations
Reasons for Chennai Flood
Today, Chennai has a host of expensive infrastructure aimed at ushering in a "Make in Chennai" boom - a brand-new
(though leaky) airport built on the floodplains of the River Adyar, a sprawling bus terminal in flood-prone Koyambedu, a
Mass Rapid Transit System constructed almost wholly over the Buckingham Canal and the Pallikaranai marshlands,

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expressways and bypass roads constructed with no mind to the tendency of water to flow, an IT corridor and a Knowledge
Corridor consisting of engineering colleges constructed on waterbodies, and automobile and telecom SEZs and gated
residential areas built on important drainage courses and catchments. The 2015 disaster was not just avoidable; it was a
direct consequence of decisions pushed for by vested interests and conceded by town planners, bureaucrats and politicians
in the face of wiser counsel. The vast network of waterbodies that characterised Chennai can only be seen on revenue maps
now. Of the 16 tanks belonging to the Vyasarpadi chain downstream of Retteri, none remain, according to Prof. M.
Karmegam of Anna University.
Capacity reduction
Before political rivalry between the two Dravidian parties brought it to a midway halt, an ill-advised Elevated Express
freight corridor from Chennai harbour to Maduravoyal had already reclaimed a substantial portion of the Cooum's southern
bank drastically reducing the flood-carrying capacity of the river. Remarkably, all these causes were listed out by
the government's own officials at a seminar on waterways organised by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
in 2010. But there seems to be many a slip between enlightened understanding and enlightened action.
The Second Masterplan prepared by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority glibly authorises built-up spaces
with no regard to hydrology. In the Ennore region, the authority has reclassified waterbodies, intertidal zones and
mangrove swamps as "Special and Hazardous Industries" and handed it over to the Kamarajar Port Ltd.
Lack of infrastructure
Water-logged roads and subways, sewerage lines mixing with the drinking water and lakes breaching their banks are just a
few of the problems that Chennai faces every rainy season, and it just got worst last week.
"The magnitude of the incident was blown up by the mismanagement and lack of adequate infrastructure," said Alamu
Rathinasabapathy, a research fellow at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.
According to Satyarupa Shekhar, director of Citizen consumer and Civic Action Group, an NGO based in Chennai, "The
lack of enforcement of planning rules has resulted in rampant building violations, such as encroaching roads and
pavements, illegal connections of sewerage lines to storm water drains and construction on ponds, lakes, marshes and other
natural catchment areas." The city lacks an adequate drainage network. "Despite several crores being allocated (in the
Chennai Corporation budget and JNNURM) to the construction of storm water drains (SWD), only a fraction of Chennai's
roads are accompanied by SWD," said Satyarupa
"Every year, the monsoon clearly exposes the flaws in the city's infrastructure. But hardly have we found any difference
each year. This year, it was the worst though," said a resident of Anna Nagar, situated around 7km from Jayalalithaa's RK
Nagar constituency, where the chief minister reviewed the situation from her air-conditioned vehicle on Monday.
Shrinking wetland, lack of planning
Velachery, a residential area next to Pallikaranai marshland, gets flooded almost every November and was among the
worst affected this year too. Wetlands are important as they help reduce the impact of storm damage and flooding, but
these are fast shrinking. "Some 40 years ago, Pallikaranai was a 50 sq. km marshland and now it has been reduced to a
tenth of its size. 90% of the marshland is lost to construction of IT corridors, gated community, garbage dump, sewage
treatment plant, etc," said Jayaraman. Shekhar pointed out other areas, including MRC Nagar, built on the Adyar estuary,
the Mass Rapid Transit System, built almost wholly on the Buckingham canal, Koyambedu Bus Terminal, the expressway
and buildings on the Old Mahabalipuram Road that are examples of blatant encroachments on waterways and water bodies.
"We require more than just good infrastructure. It will require good data and maps, sound planning practices and enhanced
accountability of public agencies that are responsible for the way our city is shaped," concluded Shekhar.
Lack of Preparedness
Ironically, when the meteorological department warned in September of excess rainfall, the Chennai Corporation issued
statements that it was prepared for the monsoon, claims that have now fallen flat. Last month, the civic body even released
a statement on the quantity of silt removed from drains across the city.

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In October, Chennai mayor Saidai Duraisamy credited himself for the work done in the city. Presenting what he called a
promise-delivery rating, Duraisamy gave a bare pass score of 41 out of 100 to his predecessor M. Subramanian, while
giving himself a score of 93.55, The Times of India had reported.
Meanwhile, some voices on social media praised fire servicemen, policemen, National Disaster Response Force, Indian Air
Force, Indian Army and the public transport drivers. While these men require their due respect, a proper desilting
infrastructure would have reduced the impact of the retreating monsoon.
Public Ignorance is the Major Reason for Flooded Chennai
CHENNAI: Heavy rains have played havoc in Chennai and sub-urban areas and the analysis of the reasons for this deluge
is going on � who is to be blamed for this? The ground level workers, the voluntary organisations have valid reasons to
say that the public too have their role in avoiding such a situation.
"We have dumped all our wastes into the fresh water bodies. We have raised huge buildings destroying the water bodies
and developed our city sacrificing the water resources and now we are harvesting what we have sown," says Arun
Krishnamurthy, founder, Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI), who has been involved in cleaning up lakes.
Arun further said, "The public had underestimated our water bodies like ponds, lakes and they have, in retaliation, shown
that what they are capable of. The city residents never expected this kind of flood situation and they have forgotten a
similar incident that occurred a decade ago. We thought Chennai is a hot place and continue to disrespect our natural
resources and we continue to suffer today." Arun believes that the environment should become a key issue in the election
manifestos of our political parties. "We, the people should make it clear to them that only those political parties which have
environmental friendly policies.would warrant respect from the voters," he added.
Unregulated urban planning and illegal construction
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar termed the Chennai floods a "natural disaster of
unprecedented scale", and said it provided lessons to improve urban planning and improve city governance. "Chennai gives
a lesson, and we must learn from this lesson and improve our urban planning and improve city governance, which is very
essential." He also criticised the Chennai Corporation for not having done enough "to remove all encroachments. Unless
you allow the drains to flow freely to the sea, water will be clogged and that is what has unfortunately happened."
Improper design and maintenance of drainage system
Media reports stated the Chennai Corporation had ignored September warnings of above-average monsoonal rains issued
by the Indian Meteorological Department, and that extensive and costly projects begun in 2013 to desilt city storm drains
had been ineffectively conducted. The drains themselves were reported to have been shoddily built and improperly
designed.A 2014 CAG report revealed that a diversion channel from the Buckingham canal near Okkiyum Maduvu to the
sea (a drain project under the JNNURM scheme) could have saved South Chennai from flooding; the government,
however, dropped the ?100 crore scheme, which, had it been completed, would have drained floodwater from southern
neighbourhood at a rate of 3,500 cubic feet per second. The 2014 CAG report said the defective planning of flood control
projects caused delays and increased costs, defeating the objective of the scheme. "The fact is that alleviation of inundation
of flood water in Chennai city remains largely unachieved", it said.
CONCLUSION:
The 2015 disaster was not just avoidable; it was a direct consequence of decisions pushed for by vested interests and
conceded by town planners, bureaucrats and politicians in the face of wiser counsel
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Green Cloud Computing: Power Matrics
Mr. Ashish Shah
Assistant Professor
B.Sc.I.T Co-ordinator, J. M. Patel College of Commerce, Goregoan West
arshah2576@rediffmail.com

ABSTRACT
Cloud computing provides computing power and resources as a service to users across the globe. This scheme was
introduced as a means to an end for customers worldwide, providing high performance at a cheaper cost when compared to
dedicated high-performance computing machines. This provision requires huge data-centers to be tightly-coupled with the
system, the increasing use of which yields heavy consumption of energy and huge emission of CO2. Since energy has been
a prime concern of late, this issue generated the importance of green cloud computing that provides techniques and
algorithms to reduce energy wastage by incorporating its reuse. In this survey we discuss key techniques to reduce the
energy consumption and CO2 emission that can cause severe health issues. We begin with a discussion on green matrices
appropriate for data-centers and then throw light on green scheduling algorithms that facilitate reduction in energy
consumption and CO2 emission levels in the existing systems. At the same time the various existing architectures related to
green cloud also discussed in this paper wit their pros and cons.

INTRODUCTION
Cloud computing is a collection of a variety of computing concepts in which thousands of computers communicate in real-
time to provide a seamless experience to the user, as if he/she is using a single huge resource. This system provides
multiple facilities like � web data stores, huge computing resources, data processing servers etc. The concept of cloud
computing is around since the early 1950s, although the term was not coined back then. Time sharing systems was how it
was addressed back then.

Fig.1: Cloud and Environment

The world has become highly protective about the environment with inputs from contributors such as � Greenpeace,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States and the Climate Savers Computing Initiative to name a few.
With the continuously increasing popularity and usage of cloud computing and the increasing awareness of the people
across the globe towards the use of eco-friendly resources has forced the researchers to devise concepts towards an eco-
friendly energy efficient flavor of cloud computing called green cloud computing. According to the previous works green
cloud computing facilitates the reduction of power consumption and CO2 emission along with the reutilization of energy in
an efficient way.
Green Cloud Computing: Power Matrics

Cloud uses thousands of data-centers in order to process the user queries and to run these data-centers bulk amount of
power is used for cooling and other processes. Every year this power consumption is gradually increasing and green cloud
computing endeavors to reduce the same thus playing a helpful role to curb these issues. There are various techniques and
algorithms used to minimize this expenditure. But for the future energy management they develop an energy management
System for cloud by the use of sensor management function with an optimized VM allocation tool. This system will help to
reduce the energy consumption in multiple data centers and results shows that it will save 30% of energy. This system also
used to reduce the energy in carbon emissions.

Existing Approach : Integrated green Cloud architecture (IGCA)


Whenever the user request for the services, it contacts with the Green Broker. The Green Broker uses these directories and
chooses the green offer and energy efficiency information and allocates the services to the private cloud. And finally give
the result to the users. This directory idea is beautifully used by the Hulkury et al., and Garg et al., and proposes a new
architecture called as integrated green Cloud architecture (IGCA) shown in Figure 2. It smartly includes client oriented in
the Cloud Middleware that verifies the cloud computing is better than the local computing with QoS and budget.
This architecture has two elements; one is the client and second is the server side. In the client side the manager and the
users are present, which deals with the execution destination of the job and in the server side includes the green cloud
middleware, green broker and sub servers like processing servers , storage servers etc. The directory concept is used in the
green broker layer of IGCA for organizing all the information of the public cloud and provides the best green service to the
user.

The green cloud middleware has two components. The manager is the main head that deals with one component and stores
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information. The frequencies of each sever like high, medium and low. The energy usage, storage capacity and other
information also exist in the component of middleware.

When the manager got request from the client. The request is dividing into jobs and distributed among the users meanwhile
they also stores the information about job into the component. The carbon emission and energy used for the execution of
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to the users. The best green offer is selected by the manager by taking into consideration the security level of the job also.
When the decision is making out by the manager then this information is store in the XML file for future usage.
The second component is accessed by all the users for reading the XML file. This file stocks all the information of the
execution of job. The locations of the jobs are registered in the file and according to the addresses, they will execute. If the
job entry is not in the file then the job will be executed either on the PC of the client or in the private cloud. The execution
of job is takes place in three places. First if the job is executed LOCALLY (on the requester side) then this information is
stored in the client side so next time when the request arrives it will not get through will middleware. If the job is executed
in the private cloud the location as well as the server name is fetched from the file. Or if it is in public cloud, we will take
help from the green broker to know the most excellent green decision for the execution of the job. The middleware know
all the information about the three places. Energy used by the workers working in the company is also calculated by the
middleware for taking further decisions.

The processing speed, energy consumption, bandwidth or others factors are responsible for deciding the best location for
the execution of the job. By considering all the factors the middleware will compute and judge the place from the three
places. The IGCA provides the balance in the job execution and provide the security and quality of service to the clients.
The manager divides the task and top quality green solution by considering all the places (public, private, local host).

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In this architecture the manager plays the central coordinator work which allocates the job to the users and does all
decision making. But at the same time the manager is the weakest point in this architecture as it is the central point of
failure, as if the manager fails everything in the architecture collapses.

Figure
Fig. 2. Integrated green Cloud architecture (IGCA).

Green Matrics Power Measurement


Following table focus on reducing the usage of energy in data centers. But for the future energy management they develop
an energy management System for cloud by the use of sensor management function with an optimized VM allocation tool.
This system will help to reduce the energy consumption in multiple data centers and results shows that it will save 30% of
energy. This system also used to reduce the energy in carbon emissions.

Table 1 : Green metrics power measurement

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CONCLUSION
In this paper I addressed the problem of traditional cloud and the use of green cloud at the same time we enlighten the
recent work which has been done in the field of green cloud computer for healthy and greener environment. Consequently
we gave a comparative study in the field of green cloud computing. There are many possible directions of future work.
While in the paper we address the problem of efficient way to fetch the results from the cloud so all the features covered in
the paper can be achieved. Further we can implement the approach to automate the manager of the green cloud who makes
all the decisions regarding the services.

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Co-operative Housing Society Management :
A Comparative Study of the Perspective of the Common
Man v/s The Provisions of the Maharashtra Co-operative
Societies Act and Rules (Navi Mumbai)
Advocate Abhishek Laha
abhishek.laha@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION
India is a developing nation. Recently with all the technological and scientific developments we have been carving a niche
in almost all the domains in the field of research. It is therefore obvious that people are migrating from one place to another
in search of their jobs and livelihood. Thus migration from villages to cities has led to massive urbanisation and Mumbai
being the commercial capital of India it is not an exception. Urbanisation has also led to population explosion in cities like
Mumbai and so in order to share the load of this massive population explosion cities like Navi Mumbai which are
developing around Mumbai are also getting overcrowded and the problem of space constraints is beginning to arise.
Another factor contributing to the growth of Navi Mumbai as a population is due to the fact of soaring real estate prices in
the past eight to ten years and therefore affordability is a very important and eminent factor in the population shifting its
base from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai. Another aspect that is contributing to it is that Navi Mumbai is well connected
through railways and roadways with the proximities of Mumbai city. But food, shelter, clothing being the three basic
necessities of life and affordability being a bigger question to answer in the days to come and to accommodate the
everyday growing population the concept of Housing Societies was evolved. Housing Societies not only solve the problem
of space constraints and affordability but also helped in developing community living to a greater extent. People of
different communities come together to form a housing society which further helps in developing cultural diversity thereby
helping people to understand diverse cultures and also reacting to a crisis situation without looking at an individual
perspective and finding a solution to the problem at large. However as a human society are governed by a set of rules and
regulations housing societies are formed by co-����������������������������������������������������-operative Housing
�����������and are governed in Maharashtra as per the provisions of Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act and Rules.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
During the course of study of this research paper I have based my conclusions on the basis of personal interactions with
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Bhavan Navi Mumbai. During the study of this research paper I have used stratified sampling methods to classify the
population among different strata based on their income and their standards of living and divided the city in three different
zones viz Vashi-Airoli, Vashi-CBD, CBD-New Panvel. After segregating the city in three different zones a sample size of
100 people were selected and a survey was conducted by me on the sample population and appropriate conclusions were
drawn.

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY


Due to time constraints and various other personal and professional commitments I had to restrict myself to the population
of Navi Mumbai.

ISSUES
The first and the primary issue that arises for every Co-operative Housing Society is maintaining Records and Books of
Accounts of the Society. Many Housing Societies fail to understand the different records to be maintained by the society.
Primary records that are required to be maintained by Co-operative Housing Societies include Annual Balance Sheet,
Co-operative Housing Society Management

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Register, Share Certificate Register, Nomination Forms (Form No.14), Nomination Register , General Ledger, Sinking
Fund Register, AGM Register, MCM Register, MCR Register, Mortgage/Lien Register. Each register has its own
significance and the best way to get hold of all the registers under one roof is the Housing Federation of the concerned city
and in case of Navi Mumbai it is the Navi Mumbai Co-operative Housing Society Federation situated at Vashi Navi
Mumbai.

CASE-STUDY
During one of my personal interactions with a Co-operative Housing Society of Navi Mumbai which has been registered in
the year 2000, I was shocked to realise that the Co-operative Housing Society was not maintaining any systematic records
since the date of registration. I was invited by the members of the Co-operative Housing Society as a Consultant to guide
the Society on the various records the Society required to maintain and the source to obtain the performa of maintaining
such records. I had suggested the members of the Co-operative Housing Society to contact the Navi Mumbai Co-operative
Housing Federation for all the necessary performa for maintaining records and had personally requested the Society to
maintain the records of Audited Annual Balance Sheet since the date of registration of the Society.
The second issue that forms a major cause of concern for the members of the Co-operative Housing Societies include the
formation of the Managing Committee of the Society. In order to form a Co-operative Housing Society we need to have a
Chief Promoter along with other members of which sixty percent of them must necessarily agree to form a Co-operative
Housing Society. Once the Society is registered with the regis�����������������������������������������������������������������
duty of the Chief Promoter of the registered society to form a provisional committee within three months from the date of
registration of the society and in case the Chief Promoter fails to execute his/her responsibility on time it shall be the duty
of the concerned registrar office registering the said society to form a provisional committee as per Rule 59 of Maharashtra
Co-operative Societies Act and Rules and the term for such provisional committee shall be valid for a maximum period of
one year.
However after the 97th Constitutional Amendment the provisions of Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act and Rules
were subsequently amended in the year 2014 and Elections to the Managing Committee of Co-operative Housing Societies
which were being conducted by the Society members themselves earlier by conducting an AGM/SGM as the case may be
are now being conducted under the supervision of State Co-operative Election Authority which is an individual authority
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office/Asst Registrar offices across various cities viz Mumbai, Navi Mumbai wherein definite procedures are to be
followed by the Co-operative Housing Society and elections would be conducted by a representative of State Co-operative
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the panel of State Co-operative Election Authority basis their qualification and experience. Elections to the Managing
Committee of Co-operative Housing Societies are being conducted as per the provisions of Section 73CB of Maharashtra
Co-operative Societies Act and Rules and such elected Managing Committee shall be valid for a total term of five years
from its date of formation.

CASE- STUDY-I
In one of the cases of my client the particular Housing Society was registered three years back but the Chief Promoter
failed in his responsibility to form the Provisional Committee. Therefore I personally requested the Honourable Joint
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concerned Society by conducting their First Annual General Meeting as per Rule 59 of Maharashtra Co-operative Societies
Act and Rules.

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CASE-STUDY-II
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Navi Mumbai and have conducted elections for several Co-operative Housing Societies as per the provisions of Section
73CB of Maharashtra Co-operative Society Act and Rules and the guidelines received from the State Co-operative Election
Authority.
The third issue which forms the scope of study of this research paper is the need and importance of insurance in Co-
operative Housing Societies. A Co-operative Housing Society is basically a building having people from different
communities staying together. Therefore in order to save the building from natural calamities like floods and possible
damages or mishaps caused due to failure of electrical gadgets, theft, burglary etc it is the responsibility of each member of
the society to ensure that the Co-operative Housing Society is adequately insured by contributing towards premium
payment of the insurance policies every month so that the insurance policies shall be kept in force to utilise its benefits for
the Co-operative Housing Society as and when required.
The fourth issue that forms a major cause of concern for the members of the Co-operative Housing Societies is that even
though the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act and Rules is supreme there are several other documents like Manual,
Bye-Laws etc which support the Act and therefore which documents are to be followed. The simplest solution to this issue
is that the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act is supreme and therefore all the members of the Society must
compulsorily follow the provisions of the Act followed by Rules, Manuals and Bye-Laws. Bye-Laws are made by the
government for members of Co-operative Housing Societies so that they can easily interpret the provisions of the Act in a
simple and lucid manner. However in case any ambiguity prevails between the provisions of the Act and Bye-Laws the
provisions of the Act shall prevail. The last issue concerning the scope of this research paper is that of Nomination.
Nomination is the right of every member living in a Co-operative Housing Society. However nomination may or may not
be disclosed by the original member. A nominee plays an important role when the original member is deceased. However
nominee does not have ownership of the property though he/she can enjoy the rights of staying in the property but cannot
sell the property in case of any dispute. This is because a nominee is admitted as nominee member of the Society basis
his/her nomination to ensure smooth communication with the family members of the deceased member. The society has
got the right to deal with Membership and not Ownership hence ownership cannot be conferred on the nominee member.
This is further supported by the provisions of Section 30 of Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act and Rules and Bye-
Law No.34 wherein according to a Bombay High Court judgement Gopal Vishnu Ghatnekar v/s Madhukar Vishnu
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a Trustee Care-�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ber.
However there could be a possible situation wherein the member dies without making any nomination. In such cases as per
the provisions of Bye-Law No.35 the Society Managing Committee must within six months of the death of the original
deceased member inform its legal heirs by putting up a notice in writing on the Society notice board as well as advertise in
two leading dailies (both should be done on the same day) thereby inviting objections from whomsoever it may concern in
ascertaining the legal heir of the original deceased member. If no such objections are received within a period of one
month from the date of publication of notice and public advertisement in leading dailies and if the Society Managing
Committee is satisfied that no such legal heir exists it may by the process of transmission of shares transmit such shares to
the next of kin as it deems fit. Besides as already said above that Society has no right to deal with Ownership and has only
the right to deal with Membership such person on whom the transmission of shares have been done as per the procedures
of Bye-Law No.35 may be admitted in the Society as a member only to ensure smooth communication and transactions of
the Society. Hence such a member who is admitted in the Society on the basis of the procedures of Bye-Law No.35 cannot
be deemed to as the owner of the property. Thus ownership to the said property still lies disputed.
However the Society Managing Committee shall inform such legal heir to obtain legal heirship certificate from competent
court of law to avoid any further dispute in the future or if the property needs to be sold in case of any financial emergency
that may arise in the family in the near future. A legal heirship certificate from a competent court of law would establish an
ownership on the said property thereby putting an end to all speculations if any from a third person.

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FINDINGS
During the scope of study of this research paper I have found out that even though Co-operative Housing Societies are on
the rise in the city of Navi Mumbai a majority of these Societies either are not aware of the provisions of the Maharashtra
Co-operative Societies Act and Rules or they do not want to follow the provisions of the Maharashtra Co-operative
Societies Act and Rules. Therefore I feel that such Co-operative Housing Society members must be educated through
various seminars and lectures at various levels beginning with the Housing Federation of the concerned city (Navi Mumbai
Co-operative Housing Society Federation-Navi Mumbai) as well as various other educational and legal forums to ensure
smooth functioning and peaceful living in Co-operative Housing Societies.

CONCLUSION
On the basis of my above study, on the basis of the survey conducted and various practical experiences I hereby conclude
that Co-operative Housing Society Management is not a difficult task and can easily be managed by even a common man if
he/she is educated about the merits and de-merits of the provisions of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act Rules
and Bye-Laws thereby putting an end to all the general perceptions created by people in the Society.

REFERENCES
Tenant Co-Partnership Housing Society Bye-Laws-2014
Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act 1960 and Rules 1961

BIBLIOGRAPHY
� www.google.com
� www.vakilno1.com
� www.indiankanoon.org

Questionnaire for Members of Co-operative Housing Societies


Name:-

Age:-

Place:-

Name of CHS:-

1) In which year was your Co-operative Housing Society Registered?


_________________________________________________________________________________________

2) Since how many years have you been residing in this Society?
_________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Are you aware of Provisional Committee and its roles in a Co-operative Housing Society?
_________________________________________________________________________________________

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4) What are the documents required to be maintained in the Society Records?


_________________________________________________________________________________________
5) Do you think it is necessary to Audit Annual Balance Sheet? Give reasons in support of your answer.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
6) Do you think insurance is necessary for a Co-operative Housing Society?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
7) Are you aware of the 97th Constitutional Amendment?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
8) Are you aware of the procedure of Elections to the Managing Committee of Co-operative Housing Society as per the
recent amendments of the MCS Act and Rules?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
9) Are you aware of the Bye-Laws for Co-operative Housing Society?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
10) According to you what are the advantages/disadvantages of Bye-Laws of Co-operative Housing Society?
______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________

11) Are you aware of the procedure of Nomination in Co-operative Housing Society?
______________________________________________________________________________________________

12) ������������������������-Taker of the ��������������������������������������������������������������


______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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Innovative Approaches to Urban Development:
Through Infrastructure
Reshmina Bahauddin Tahereen Momin
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
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reshminabahauddin@gmail.com tahereenmomin@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Over the next decade the number of city dwellers will soar to nearly thirty million. Virtually all of this urban growth will
occur in cities of the developing world, overwhelming ecosystems and placing tremendous pressure on the capacity of
local governments to provide necessary infrastructure and services. It is also noted that stage is set to experience a rapid
pace of urban growth to transform India into an urban majority society sooner than expected. Urban cities in India pose
many challenges for physically challenged people as well as non-physically challenged people in terms of transportation;
infrastructure and facilities .Today concerns still focus on the incapacity of infrastructure systems to support growth. Issues
of the equitable distribution of infrastructure systems and their impacts have complicated these issues still further. Also
accident and traffic are the major concern faced by the urban people. This paper provides the innovative approaches to
overcome these problems and help in urban development with respect to infrastructure. It provides the technology that will
help handicap people to traverse the railway station, bus station and airport without any difficulties. Embedded sound
technologies should be incorporated with the current infrastructure for helping the blind people in urban cities. The key to
effective and innovative implementation lies in managing public participation for planning as well as execution. The
matrix for the true innovation can best formed by a new breed of urbanites capable of generating a vision of the future
city.

Keywords: infrastructure, Urban cities, physically challenged people, handicap, Embedded technologies.

INTRODUCTION
Urban cities are growing. Our population has swelled to over 1.29 billion people. Construction and development are
booming. Indian cities now faces the challenges of growth and rapid change, to continue to provide the basic services to
physically challenged as well as non-physically challenged and maintain the infrastructure that allowed us to thrive. To
ensure that the city we have inherited and the city we are building will provide future generations with the variety and
abundance of opportunities we have today. Nowhere are these challenges more acute than on the subject of transportation.
Today, with a population projected to reach 9.1 million by 2025 and our transportation systems must adapt or risk
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transit congestion while simultaneously developing our transportation networks to meet the ever growing demands of our
rapidly increasing population. This paper introduces technologies that can be embed in our existing infrastructure to aid the
commutation of physically challenged as well as non-physically challenged people in urban cities of India.

URBAN INDIAN TODAY


As cities prepare to meet the challenges of the 21st century, the issue of transportation looms large. For the past hundred
years, cities transportation networks have dictated our centers of population growth, guided our industries and businesses
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facilitate movement of people and goods into, around, and through the city.
However, until recently, underinvestment in transportation expansion and innovation, and insufficient maintenance and
repair of roads, tracks, highways and bridges has meant that we have been unable to keep our transportation networks
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the street landscape�parking meters, municipal parking lots, one-�������������������������������������������������������
were introduced in attempts to reduce congestion. Today, the people in Urban India and the surrounding cities face longer
commute times t�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
weather. Road flooding slows traffic and increases the risk of accidents. Standing water on streets erodes road surfaces and
can cause potholes to form. Street flooding and ponding happen when rain from storms overwhelms drainage systems,
either because the volume of water is too great, or because drains are clogged by debris. The impacts of congestion,
weather and delays are made worse when drivers, riders and mass transit users lack information about road conditions and
mass transit services. Insufficient communications systems exacerbate service interruptions because emergency service
outage and re-route information cannot be communicated to riders or employees.

Even though persons with disability form 70 million of the Indian population, their needs are seldom kept in mind while
designing physical environments � whether it is buildings, roads, public transport, civic development, parks and
recreational areas. Internationally cities and towns follow Universal Design approach towards creating access to places and
buildings for the physically challenged people. Access Plans are available for the city to provide an easy mobility of
disability people of all types including design of roads, streets pavements, crossing, signals and signs etc. These are
considered as an important physical infrastructure facility for the disable people. Apart from design of vehicles, mobility �
visual, walking and hearing instruments, the planning and design of spaces in the city becomes very important in terms of
Physical planning. The changing social structure of urban community and the conventional approach to city planning
demands a special attention towards creation of better built environment for disable people. Number of NGO s and
organizations take up activities such empowerment, education, health, employment, technological supportive aids and
socio-psychological aspect of the disable people. But the built environment, where they live, study, work, and recreate is
created by the designers and spatial planners. However the mobility of the disabled people in cities in India towards
gaining access to work and public places becomes an issue. Foot path design, access to public transport, etc. needs special
attention among city governance agencies and spatial planners.

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENT


Wheelchair-Accessible Escalators And Emergency Wheelchair Lifts
Wheelchair-Accessible Escalators and Emergency Wheelchair Lifts are two options for increasing access to public transit
systems while working within limited space confines. While both have technical and operational issues that may limit
their immediate applicability in cities, they are included here as technologies to watch in the future. Wheelchair-accessible
escalators are found in Japan. They are manufactured by Hitatchi and are in use at Kansai International Airport and
railway stations. Portable Wheelchair Lifts, produced and marketed by a number of commercial vendors, are in
widespread use in a variety of public and private settings throughout the developed cities. This approach will help handicap
and blind people to commute railway and bus stop without difficulty.

Wheelchair Access For The Subway


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systems for a wide variety of people in wheelchairs or with limited mobility, passengers with strollers and those carrying
heavy packages.

Audible Walk Indications


For blind and partially sighted people during crossing. At any given time, people who are blind or visually impaired can
travel and cross streets using a human guide, using a long, white cane to identify and avoid obstacles, using a dog guide,

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using special optical or electronic aids, or using no additional aid. Whatever aid is used, street crossing is a dangerous task
.A survey of 500 blind and partially sighted individuals revealed that 91% had concerned over using shared space with
non-physically challenged people. Of the 61% of respondents who had experienced a shared environment, 44% reported
actively seeking alternative routes to avoid a shared space area, with a further 18% being reluctant to use the area. In terms
of accident rate, 7% of those who had used a shared surface area had been involved in an accident while crossing, with a
further 42% experiencing a near-miss. Worryingly, 81% felt that their independent mobility would be negatively affected
by the introduction of shared space. Audible pedestrian signals are supposed to be implemented in most traffic signal
projects. These audible signals are designed to assist visually impaired individuals in crossing streets.

Separate Lane for Load Carrying Vehicle And Light Motor Vehicle
Many cities have attempted to solve their congestion problems by creating dedicated right-of-ways (ROW) on existing
roadways. Traffic on dedicated ROWs is limited to a single type of vehicle (e.g. buses, trucks etc.) in order to increase
speed and reliability. Designated ROWs reduce travel times and increase the reliability of scheduled services like buses
or deliveries. Dedicated ROWs are typically associated with buses but are also used for bicycles (usually for safety
reasons). Constructing new roads is rarely an option in cities, the creation of dedicated lanes require planners and city
officials to make decisions about the allocation of space on the roadway. In particular planners must weigh the public
benefits gained from increased transit flow or faster goods movement against the cost of reducing space for personal cars.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES USED IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT


Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS)
The new kinds of APS are usually called pushbutton-integrated APS. They are a part of the pushbutton and are supposed to
be installed near the crosswalk they signal. There are several important features that you should be aware of: pushbutton
locator tones, audible and vibrotactile walk indications, tactile arrows, and automatic volume adjustment. It is important to
recognize that the APS information supplements -- but does not replace -- traffic cues. APS provide information only about
the status of the signal, so the APS Walk sound tells you that the Walk signal is on, NOT that it is safe to cross. Cars can
still be turning across the crosswalk, or running a red light. The APS Walk signal sound can be compared to the "on your
mark" instruction at the beginning of a race. It means that the signal has changed, but it is still important to "get set" (check
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Emergency Wheelchair Lifts


Portable wheelchair lifts offer emergency access options for subway stations. Super-Trac, manufactured by Garaventa
Lift, is one example. Super-Trac is self-propelled stair climber with a platform large enough to accommodate most manual
and electric wheelchairs. Its dual electric motors allow it to carry up to 440 pounds and it can climb up to 30 flights of
stairs before needing to be recharged. Smaller auxiliary wheels allow the Super-Trac to roll easily on stair landings which
makes the system feasible in locations with multiple landings and flights of stairs. Wheelchairs are secured on the Super-
Trac by means of four adjustable straps and a seatbelt. Like all other portable lifts, Super-Trac requires a standing aide to
operate the manual controls. However, unlike many other portable lifts on the market, the Super-Trac system does not
require the standing aide to do any lifting. Super-Trac can bring wheelchairs upstairs at a rate of about 21 feet per minute
and down stairs at a rate of around 35 feet per minute. Motion both up and down is regulated by an electromagnetic fail-
safe brake.

Embedded engineering for smart cities


As cities grow and the world barrels toward urbanization, it's important to stay smart about city planning. Embedded
engineering plays a key role by allowing for modernization of power systems through self-healing designs, automation,

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remote monitoring and control, and the establishment of micro grids. Once these things are accomplished within a smart
grid, other municipal systems benefit as well. So, embedded engineering and, for that matter, a wide span of Internet of
Things (IoT) technologies are essential for smart grids to deliver resilient energy while improving efficiencies and enabling
coordination between city infrastructure and operators. Energy, water, transportation, public health and safety,
and other aspects of a smart city will rely to a great extent on embedded and IoT technologies to manage and support the
smooth operation of critical infrastructure.

CONCLUSION
Today urban cities face the challenges of growth: housing supply and affordability, health, environmental protection and
economic development. Our ability to meet the demands of our growing population depends in many ways on the state
and future of our transportation systems, for our transportation infrastructure links our city. Transportation brings people,
services and goods into our neighborhoods, connects workers to jobs and residences, offers residents and visitors alike
access to stores, restaurants, theatres, cultural institutions, parks and public amenities. Both current and future
Infrastructural development has the potential to enhance the safety and mobility of blind and partially sighted pedestrians,
physically challenged people and non-physically challenged people. With the help of innovative approaches in urban
development physically challenged people can live, learn, study and develop themselves like non-physically challenged
people. Smart cities plan is on the top priority of Indian government but the planning and design of spaces in the city
keeping physically challenged people in mind becomes very important issue. Foot path designing, Wheelchair-Accessible
Escalators, Emergency Wheelchair Lifts, Wheelchair Access for the Subway. Audible Walk Indications, and friendly
public transport access, etc. needs special attention among city governance agencies and spatial planners while developing
smart cities in India.

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� Janet M. Barlow, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist Accessible Design for the Blind, "Accessible
Pedestrian Signals (APS)"
� http://www.apsguide.org/appendix_d_understanding.cf
Article: MONIQUE DEVOE (MANAGING EDITOR) on "Developing exemplary smart cities for a smarter world"
� http://embedded-computing.com/articles/developing-cities-a-smarter-world/
� Dr. Abdul Razak Mohamed Professor and Head, Dept. of Planning School of Planning and Architecture. Vijayawada
(2015), "DISABLE FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION : URBAN PLANNING CHALLENGES"
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� NYC Dept. City Planning | Transportation Division | October 2008 "WORLD CITIES BEST PRACTICES
INNOVATIONSIN TRANSPORTATION"
� www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/world_cities_full.pdf
� Bryan Matthews, Daryl Hibberd and Oliver Carsten Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds(July 2014)
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Smart Parking System using Image Processing
Technology
Ms.Maria Achary Mrs.Ujwala Sav
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Deparment of Information Technology Deparment of Information Technology
Vidyalankar School of Information Technology, Vidyalankar School of Information Technology,
Wadala, Mumbai. Wadala, Mumbai.
maria.achary@vsit.edu.in, ujwala.sav@vsit.edu.in,

ABSTRACT
Due to increase in the rate of Automobiles in Mega Cities the key causes like city traffic ,congestion has become a major
issues so we need to have some smart parking techniques .In this paper we authors a introduces an smart parking
guidance and information system(SPGIS) with ARM9 Microcontroller using GPRS /GSM Module. In this paper we are
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slot is booked. In this paper we are implementing the feature detection of car and updated the current status of parking slot
to be uploaded on web. In this way the car parking system will be more easier and flexible for the person to view and book
the slot from anywhere.Time is saved for the customer and other problem are solved.

Keywords �Image Processing, Embedded Linux, ARM9, GSM,Webcam, S3C2440 processor; bootloader; Linux 2.6.32;
CMOS camera driver; V4L2; SCCB

INTRODUCTION
Due to increase in the rate of Automobiles they is a need of smart parking techniques and In Urban city the key causes
like Congestion, city traffic ,time limit for parking is becoming a major problem due to increase in numbers of vehicles
Unfortunately ,there are only a few of the parking slots have applied the PGIS whose way of transmitting information is
usually based on RS-485 bus and IR sensors ..However ,it is not so convenient for the current parking slots to be equipped
with the cabled-based PGIS, because the reconstruction encumbers the operation of the parking slots . The main objective
of this paper is to design an intelligent parking guidance and information system with ARM9 microcontroller which can
run on an embedded system. To design this parking guidance system we are using ARM9 micro controller, web cam and
GSM module.In which we are using image processing feature detecting techniques and classification Algorithm. In which
the information will be fetched from webcam and transmitted to ARM9 Microcontroller which checks with the saved
images and passing the information to Touch screen LCD and message is displayed on user or customer smart phones .so
user is much more flexible to book the slot from anywhere instead of wasting time unnecessary. This PGIS System is an
effective way to improve current parking situation.

Fig1 : Running System (currently)


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comme dit Bossuet, et qu’on voit… Mais j’efface, il ne m’appartient
pas de faire l’examen des âmes, cet office de Dieu seul. Qu’elles
soient heureuses toutes, qu’il ne manque aucune de celles que
j’aime au ciel ; voilà qui m’occupe assez et change toutes mes
recherches en prières.
Une lettre de Marie, une autre d’Hippolyte, en style laconique :
« Viens un tel jour, tu me feras plaisir. » Ceci n’est pas pour moi, tu
penses, mais s’adresse à Éran pour un déjeuner et un bal. Tout
s’agite en ce moment, le plaisir a battu l’appel, et peu manquent au
rendez-vous. Ici nous écoutons seulement, nous causons, nous
filons, nous lisons, nous écrivons aux amis : vie du Cayla, si paisible,
que j’aime, que je regretterais s’il me fallait la quitter. J’y suis
attachée comme l’oiseau à sa cage. Mon chardonneret y revenait
toujours quand je le laissais aller dehors et savait peu voler. Ainsi
serais-je ; mes ailes n’iraient pas loin dans le monde ; un coin de
chambre où tu serais avec Caroline, ta femme, c’est tout. Voilà mon
Paris, mon monde.

Le 11. — Une lettre de Louise, la chère amie, qui m’écrit, en


partant pour la noce, une lettre plus jolie que les bijoux de la fiancée.

Le 12. — Papa est allé aux *** ; le pasteur est venu ; il a neigé,
fait soleil, toutes les variations du ciel, et peu de chose à dire. Je ne
suis pas en train d’écrire ni de rien faire d’aimable : au contraire. Il y
a de ces jours où l’âme se recoquille et fait le hérisson. Si tu étais là
tout près, comme, hélas ! je te piquerais ! bien fort, ce me semble. Et
plût à Dieu que cela fût ! Je ne serais pas à penser que peut-être tu
n’es pas bien portant dans cet air de Paris.

Le 13. — Je viens d’Andillac avec une grosse belle pomme que


m’a donnée Toinon d’Aurel, pour me remercier d’être allée voir son
fils qui est malade. Rien n’est plus reconnaissant qu’une mère et
qu’une mère pauvre. Nos sangsues ont servi pour ce pauvre enfant.
Qu’en pouvions-nous mieux faire, après avoir servi de thermomètre
à ton voyage ? J’y tiens beaucoup moins à présent. Ainsi mes
affections sont bien souvent intéressées, font la hausse et la baisse
suivant le jour. Voilà que papa arrive malade des ***, comme chaque
fois qu’il y va. Il y a des lieux qui ne sont pas bons. Je crains toujours
qu’il n’en soit ainsi pour toi de Paris. Au moins si papa est malade,
l’avons-nous ici pour le soigner. Peut-être ne sera-ce rien. Qui sait ?
Le doute s’empare bientôt du cœur.

Le 14. — Papa est mieux ; il a eu la fièvre, peu dormi. Nous lui


avons cédé notre chambre qui est plus chaude, et j’ai pris ton lit. Il y
a bien longtemps que je n’avais dormi là ; depuis, je crois, que
j’emportai de la tapisserie la main de l’homme qui allait défaire un
nid qui s’y trouve peint. Je lui prêtais du moins cette mauvaise
intention qui me mettait en colère à chaque réveil, et que je punis
enfin par un acte de rigueur dont je fus punie à mon tour. On me
gronda d’avoir déchiré le pauvre homme, sans écouter qu’il était
méchant. Qui le voyait que moi ? Pour bien se conduire avec les
enfants, il faut prendre leurs yeux et leur cœur, voir et sentir à leur
portée et les juger là-dessus. On épargnerait bien des larmes qui
coulent pour de fausses leçons. Pauvres petits enfants, comme je
souffre quand je les vois malheureux, tracassés, contrariés ! Te
souviens-tu du Pater que je disais dans mon cœur pour que papa ne
te grondât pas à la leçon ? La même compassion me reste, avec
cette différence que je prie Dieu de faire que les parents soient
raisonnables.
Si j’avais un enfant à élever, comme je le ferais doucement,
gaiement, avec tous les soins qu’on donne à une délicate petite
fleur ! Puis je leur parlerais du bon Dieu avec des mots d’amour ; je
leur dirais qu’il les aime encore plus que moi, qu’il me donne tout ce
que je leur donne, et, de plus, l’air, le soleil et les fleurs ; qu’il a fait le
ciel et tant de belles étoiles. Ces étoiles, je me souviens comme
elles me donnaient une belle idée de Dieu, comme je me levais
souvent quand on m’avait couchée, pour les regarder à la petite
fenêtre donnant aux pieds de mon lit, chez nos cousines, à Gaillac.
On m’y surprit et plus ne vis les beaux luminaires. La fenêtre fut
clouée, car je l’ouvrais et m’y suspendais, au risque de me jeter
dans la rue. Cela prouve que les enfants ont le sentiment du beau,
et que par les œuvres de Dieu il est facile de leur inspirer la foi et
l’amour.
A présent, je te dirai qu’en ouvrant la fenêtre, ce matin, j’ai
entendu chanter un merle qui chantait là-haut sur Golse à plein
gosier. Cela fait plaisir, ce chant de printemps parmi les corbeaux,
comme une rose dans la neige. Mimi est au hameau, papa à sa
chambre, Éran à Gaillac et moi avec toi. Cela se fait souvent.

Le 15. — Encore une lettre pour un bal. Pauvres danseurs, où


vont-ils s’adresser ? Autant vaudrait frapper à un couvent qu’à la
porte du Cayla. Mais je me trompe, ils ont Éran, Éran qui danse, qui
jase, qui joue, fait des gentillesses, des aimableries, et se fait dire
qu’il est charmant. En effet, il est très-bien auprès des hommes et
des femmes ; c’est un parfait mondain. Hélas ! il en est bien d’autres.
J’ai lu quelques pages, écrit un peu, pensé beaucoup et fait une
fusée charmante, et tout cela s’appelle un jour, un de mes jours.

Le 16. — En blanc : cela vaut mieux que ce que je mettrais. Est-


ce la peine de dire que je n’étais pas bien aujourd’hui, que j’ai été
avec Mimi promener mon malaise dans les bois et les champs, que
nous avons rencontré une alouette qui s’en est allée en chantant, et
que je lui ai un peu envié ses ailes et sa joie ?

Le 17. — Une lettre de Caroline. Quel bonheur de te savoir tant


aimé, si bien soigné, ne traversant que la rue pour te trouver à ta
chambre ! Plus de rhume, plus de craintes, plus de ces dragons que
je voyais à tes trousses dans Paris. Dieu soit béni ! je suis tranquille.
Je vois dans tout ceci un arrangement de la Providence qui mène
tout pour ton bien. Et puis, tu n’aimes pas le bon Dieu ! Ses soins
pour toi brillent à mes yeux comme des diamants. Vois, mon ami,
tout ce qui vient adoucir ta pauvre position, ces secours inespérés,
cette affection de famille, cette mère, cette sœur plus que sœur, si
aimante, si douce, si jolie, qui te promet tant de bonheur ! Ne vois-tu
pas quelque chose là, quelque divine main qui arrange ta vie ?
J’espère à présent pour toi un avenir meilleur que le passé, ce passé
qui nous a tant fait souffrir ! Mais tous nous avons notre époque de
tribulation, la mauvaise fortune, la servitude en Égypte avant la
manne et la douce vie.
Romiguières est venu passer la soirée, se chauffer à notre feu,
parler ânes et moutons, et, ce qui m’a le plus amusée, faire voir ses
papiers pour savoir son âge ; il se trompait de sept ans. Heureux
homme, ignorant sa vie ! Ces vies de paysans s’en vont comme des
ruisseaux, sans savoir depuis quel temps ils coulent. Ils ont bien
pourtant leurs époques, mais ils ne datent pas comme nous. Ils vous
disent : « Je naquis que ce champ était en blé, je me mariai quand
on planta cet arbre, qu’on bâtissait cette maison ; » grands et beaux
registres. Bernardin, je crois, fait parler ainsi Virginie ; moi, j’ai
entendu cent fois cela à Andillac ou ici. La simple nature est partout
la même.
Au soir, dans un bain de pieds. — Dans cette eau un peu
brûlante, je pense aux martyrs, à ce que c’était que ces bains de
poix, d’huile, d’eau bouillante où on les plongeait. Quels hommes !
Étaient-ils de notre nature ? Le pourrait-on croire, quand on sent si
puissamment la moindre pointe de douleur, une bluette, une goutte
d’eau, qu’on dit aïe ! qu’on se retire comme je viens de faire ?
Qu’aurais je fait à la place de Blandine ? Mon Dieu, comme elle sans
doute, car la foi nous rend surhumains, et je crois bien croire.

Le 18. — Rapporté d’Andillac une lettre de mort, une de mariage,


celui de Mlle de Saint-Géry avec M. de Marliave. Pleurs et joies,
rencontres de presque tous les jours dans la vie, composée de
contrastes perpétuels.
Le 19. — Attendu jusqu’au soir pour voir ce que j’aurais à dire.
Rien. Aimes-tu cela ? Si tu préférais des paroles, j’en trouverais
dans mon cœur quand il n’en vient pas du dehors. Le cœur des
femmes est parleur et n’a pas besoin de grand’chose ; il lui suffit de
lui-même pour s’étendre à l’infini et faire l’éloquent, de cette petite
poitrine où il est, comme d’une tribune aux harangues. Mon ami, que
de fois je t’ai harangué de la sorte ! mais quand je ne pense pas te
faire plaisir ou t’être utile, je ne dis rien. Je prends ma quenouille, et
au lieu de la femme du XVIIe siècle, je suis la simple fille des
champs, et cela me fait plaisir, me distrait, me détend l’âme. Il y a en
moi un côté qui touche aux classes les plus simples et s’y plaît
infiniment. Aussi n’ai-je jamais rêvé de grandeur ni de fortune ; mais
que de fois d’une petite maison hors des villes, bien proprette avec
ses meubles de bois, ses vaisselleries luisantes, sa treille à l’entrée,
des poules ! et moi là, avec je ne sais qui, car je ne voudrais pas un
paysan tel que les nôtres, qui sont rustres et battent leurs femmes.
Te souviens-tu de…?
VI

Suite du 19 février [1838]. — Voici un nouveau cahier. Qu’y


mettrai-je, que dirai-je, que penserai-je, que verrai-je avant d’être au
bout ? Y aura-t-il bonheur ou malheur ? y aura-t-il…? Mais
qu’importe ! Je prendrai ce qui me viendra, comme fait là-bas le
ruisseau. Ces recherches sur l’avenir ne servent qu’à se tourmenter,
parce que ordinairement on y voit plus de peines que de plaisirs.
Malades, morts, affligés, que sais-je les fantômes qu’on rencontre
dans cette obscurité ?
Hier je pensais qu’il pourrait se faire que papa eût une attaque,
parce qu’il se plaint d’un engourdissement au côté droit ; son père
mourut de cela presque au même âge. Pauvre père ! que serais-je
sans lui sur la terre ? Je ne me suis jamais crue au monde que pour
son bonheur, Dieu le sait, et que je lui ai consacré ma vie. Jamais
l’idée de le quitter ne m’est venue que pour aller au couvent. Encore
cette pensée me quitte-t-elle, tant je sens impossible de m’arracher
d’ici, d’en sortir, même pour aller avec toi. Paris ne m’attire guère, je
t’assure ; je ne ferais pas deux pas de son côté si tu venais ici en
famille, être avec nous, vivre avec nous. Bonheur impossible.
Tristesse à présent et amertume : voilà pour avoir touché à l’avenir !
Il valait mieux reprendre le fil de l’autre cahier, continuer mon conte
comme Schéhérazade.
Je demandais donc si tu te souvenais de cet homme que nous
rencontrâmes sur le chemin de Gaillac, qui, entrant dans sa maison
comme un tonnerre, me fit une espèce d’effroi, et comme nous
dîmes bien des choses sur le bonheur et le malheur conjugal. Puis,
tombant sur ton mariage, il nous vint de douces pensées. Je te dis
que le bon Dieu avait fait pour toi Caroline, comme Ève pour Adam,
et tu me demandas de faire une prière pour que le bon Dieu te
donne encore un ange de petite fille. Dès que tu seras marié, je ne
manquerai pas de le faire. La nuit m’ôte d’ici.

Le 24. — Jour qui commence par la pluie et le croassement des


corbeaux. Voyons ce qui suivra d’ici à ce soir. Je n’ai pas écrit
depuis quelques jours à cause de quelques visites qui sont venues,
de je ne sais quoi qui m’a empêché d’écrire. Ce n’est pas le cœur
qui se tait.
Que j’ai bien fait d’attendre à ce soir ! Aurais-je rien mis de plus
joli que ce que je vois, que ce que je tiens, que ce que je sens, que
le plaisir que m’a fait ta lettre, la seconde que tu écris depuis ton
retour à Paris ? Oh ! comme elle est pleine de bonheur, et que je suis
contente de te savoir enfin comme je te voulais ! Tu ne sors pas, tu
n’exposes pas ta santé, tu ne vois pas le monde ; du milieu de
Babylone, tu pourrais dater tes lettres de la solitude. Sagesse
inespérée qui m’enchante, me fait bénir Dieu, me fait espérer, me
console, me remplit le cœur de je ne sais quoi qui me réjouit à ton
sujet. Hélas ! tant de fois je suis en tristesse, je m’alarme. O frères,
frères, nous vous aimons tant ! Si vous le saviez, si vous compreniez
ce que nous coûte votre bonheur, de quels sacrifices on le payerait !
O mon Dieu ! qu’ils le comprennent, et n’exposent pas si facilement
leur chère santé et leur chère âme !
Encore lettres et paquets, cahier de la Propagation de la Foi,
mandement de notre archevêque. Ce pêle-mêle sort d’un tablier et
couvre toute la table ronde.
A dix heures du soir. — Ce jour était destiné aux jolies choses,
aux arrivées. La boîte, la boîte attendue est là. Manchettes, jabot,
peigne, brosse, épingles, poudre embaumée, circulent de main en
main. C’est la petite Mariette de Mme de Thézac qui nous apporte
cela de Gaillac. Bonsoir, je vais bien penser à toi et à Caro, je vais
bien dormir.

Le 25. — Il y a un mois, aujourd’hui, à cette heure, de ton départ.


Voilà qui change un peu la couleur de rose d’hier au soir, mais adieu.
Il me faut penser à tout autre chose qu’à des choses humaines.
C’est dimanche, je pars pour l’église. Nous dînons tous chez le
pasteur ; il aura ton souvenir, et toi, le mien devant Dieu. C’est là
qu’ils sont bons.

Le 26. — Une minute d’échappée, une minute avec toi pendant


qu’on m’attend à la cuisine. J’aimerais mieux ma chambrette, mais
on fond des canards, on prépare une croustade, un petit dîner de
carnaval qui me veut pour auxiliaire. Nous attendons le pasteur ; si je
pouvais attendre quelqu’un de plus ! Tous ceux qui viennent me font
penser à toi qui ne viens pas. Rapprochons-nous de cœur, écrivons-
nous, toi de ta cellule dans le monde, moi de ma chambrette dans la
solitude. Il nous viendra du dehors des choses bien différentes à
tous deux ; il n’en sera pas de même au dedans, j’espère. Paris et le
Cayla se ressemblent moins que nos âmes, que nos idées, que nos
deux êtres. Il est ennuyeux de nous quitter pour aller faire une
croustade.

Le 27. — Il pleut ; je regardais pleuvoir, et puis je me suis dit de


laisser tomber ainsi goutte à goutte mes pensées sur ce papier. Cela
éclaircira mon ciel qui, aussi bien que l’autre, est chargé, non pas de
gros nuages, mais de je ne sais quoi qui voile le bleu, le serein. Je
voudrais sourire à tout, et je me sens portée aux larmes ; cependant
je ne suis pas malheureuse. D’où cela vient-il donc ? De ce que
apparemment notre âme s’ennuie sur la terre, pauvre exilée !… Voilà
Mimin en prière ; je vais faire comme elle et dire à Dieu que je
m’ennuie. Oh ! moi, que deviendrais-je sans la prière, sans la foi, la
pensée du ciel, sans cette piété de la femme qui se tourne en
amour, en amour divin ? J’étais perdue et sans bonheur sur la terre.
Tu peux m’en croire, je n’en ai trouvé encore en rien, en aucune
chose humaine, pas même en toi.

Le 28, jour des Cendres. — Me voici avec des cendres sur le


front et de sérieuses pensées. Ce memento pulvis es est terrible ;
tout aujourd’hui je l’entends ; je ne puis me distraire de la pensée de
la mort, surtout dans cette chambre où je ne te vois plus, où je t’ai vu
mourant, où ta présence et ton absence me font de tristes images.
Une seule chose est riante, c’est la petite médaille de la Vierge
suspendue au chevet de ton lit. Elle est brillante encore et au même
endroit où je la mis pour te servir de sauvegarde. Si tu savais, mon
ami, comme j’ai plaisir à la voir, les souvenirs, les espérances, les
choses intimes qui se rattachent en moi à cette sainte image ! Je la
garderai comme une relique ; et si jamais tu reviens dormir dans ce
petit lit, tu dormiras encore auprès de la médaille de la Vierge.
Passe-moi cette confiance, cet amour, non pas à un morceau de
métal, mais à l’image de la Mère de Dieu. Je voudrais bien savoir si,
dans ta nouvelle cellule, on voit la Sainte Thérèse qui pendait dans
l’autre près du bénitier

où toi, nécessiteux,
Défaillant, tu prenais l’aumône dans ce creux [20] .

[20] Vers de la Sainte Thérèse de son frère.

Tu ne la prends plus là, je le crains bien, ton aumône ; où la prends-


tu ? Qui sait ? Le monde où tu vis maintenant est-il assez riche pour
tes nécessités ? — Maurice, si je pouvais te faire passer quelqu’une
de mes pensées là-dessus, t’insinuer ce que je crois et ce que
j’apprends dans les livres de piété, ces beaux reflets de l’Évangile !
Si je pouvais te voir chrétien… je donnerais vie et tout pour cela.
M. Fieuzet est avec nous depuis trois jours et fait un peu
diversion à nos causeries assez uniformes : toujours champs ou
moutons, à moins qu’il n’arrive des lettres ; il n’en vient pas tous les
jours. Ce bon curé nous amuse, nous raconte mille petites choses
de paroisses, de presbytère, d’église, qui, mêlées de traits d’esprit,
sont piquantes. Nous avons bien ri d’un curé du voisinage qui a fait
sonner la cloche pour une noce qui traversait sa paroisse. Nous
avons ri de cette noce montée sur une charrette à bœufs, de l’arc de
triomphe sur cette charrette, et de la devise sur cet arc…

Le 1er mars. — Je regardais tout à l’heure deux petits mendiants


qui passaient avec extase sous le grand peuplier. Ils ne pouvaient
assez lever la tête et les yeux ; et je pensais qu’ainsi tout ce qui est
haut attire notre intelligence, et qu’ainsi je ferais sous les pyramides
d’Égypte… quand un tout petit oiseau, allant se poser sur la cime du
peuplier, m’a fait sentir l’impuissance de notre pauvre nature et
tomber l’orgueil de mes pensées.
Voici, voici des provisions de carême, Massillon qu’Élisa vient de
m’envoyer. Je lirai un sermon tous les jours. Voilà pour l’âme, l’esprit
vivra comme il pourra, je ne sais de quoi le nourrir ; point de livres de
mon goût. Encore cependant faut-il quelque chose ; je ne puis me
passer de lire, de fournir quelque chose à ce qui pense et vit. Je vais
me jeter sur le sérieux, sur l’Indifférence en matière de religion. C’est
ce que j’ai de mieux sous la main ; puis je suis bien aise de revoir ce
que j’ai vu étant jeune, ce qui m’étonna, me pénétra, m’éclaira
comme un nouveau ciel. Quand M. l’abbé Gagne me conseilla ces
lectures, je ne connaissais guère que l’Imitation et autres livres de
piété. Juge de l’effet de ces fortes lectures, et comme elles ouvrirent
profondément mon intelligence. De ce moment, j’eus une autre idée
des choses ; il se fit en moi comme une révélation du monde, de
Dieu, de tout. Ce fut un bonheur, une surprise comme celle du
poussin sortant de sa coque. Et surtout ce qui me charma, c’est que
ma foi, se nourrissant de toutes ces belles choses, devint grande et
forte.
Le 14. — Une lacune, un silence de douze jours. Un voyage à
Gaillac où je n’ai pas pris mon cahier. Je comptais revenir le soir
même ; mais Louise que j’allais voir fut à Saint-Géry et j’attendis la
chère amie, ce qui m’a tenue dehors plus que je ne voulais. Je
n’aime pas de sortir d’ici ; rien ne me plaît comme mon désert ;
aujourd’hui qu’il est resplendissant de soleil et de douce lumière, je
ne le changerais pas avec la plus magnifique cité. Je n’aime pas un
toit pour horizon, ni de marcher dans les chemins des rues quand
les nôtres se bordent de fleurs. A présent c’est un charme d’être en
plein air, d’errer comme les perdrix. Papa a pu aller avec nous
jusqu’au bout de la vigne longue. Nous nous sommes assis un peu
dans le bois, près de l’endroit où roula Caroline. Nous avons parlé
d’elle et de sa chute ; j’ai revu le groupe que nous formions au milieu
des chênes, groupe, hélas, si fort dispersé ! et, réflexions faites, j’ai
couru chercher des violettes sur un tertre donnant au soleil. Ce sont
les premières que nous ayons vues. J’en mets une ici, que je t’offre
comme les prémices du printemps du Cayla.
Je ne te dis pas ce que j’ai fait et vu à Gaillac ; ce n’est pas la
peine, à moins de parler de Louise. Encore l’ai-je très peu vue et si
occupée, si entourée, que nous n’avons pu faire de l’intime. Nous
sommes en peine, tu n’écris pas, ni Caro, ni personne. C’est jour de
courrier, rien n’arrive. Cependant je t’ai écrit par M. Louis de Rivières
et t’ai envoyé un cahier. Cela ne vaudra-t-il pas un mot ?

15. — Une lettre, mais pas de toi ! C’est d’Euphrasie qui me


donne des nouvelles de Lili, tristes nouvelles qui me font craindre de
perdre cette pauvre amie. Je vais à Cahuzac en faire part à ma
tante.

16. — La Vialarette ne te portera plus des marrons et des


échaudés de Cordes ; la pauvre fille ! elle est morte la nuit dernière.
Je la regrette pour ses qualités, sa fidélité, son attachement pour
nous. Étions-nous malades ? elle était là ; fallait-il un service ? elle
était prête, et puis d’une discrétion, d’une sûreté ! du petit nombre de
personnes à qui l’on peut confier un secret. C’était le sublime de sa
condition, ce me semble, que cette religion du secret que l’éducation
ne lui avait pas apprise. Je lui aurais tout confié.
Aucune des femmes d’Andillac n’approche de la pauvre Marie
pour les sentiments élevés, pour la foi vive et forte. Il fallait
l’entendre parler droit et clair aux philosophes du hameau, à ceux
qui parlaient mal de Dieu, de la confession, de toutes les choses
saintes dont on s’amuse aux veillées. Oh ! elle les aimait ! se
confessait, jeûnait, faisait son carême avec cinq sous d’huile, croyait
au ciel, et doit y être, j’espère. Dieu aura reçu cette âme simple et
pure. Ses défauts n’étaient que des saillies d’humeur, des bizarreries
de caractère qui parfois la mettaient mal avec ses voisines. Mais
cela s’oubliait bientôt ; un service effaçait les paroles, et toutes font à
présent son éloge.
Je fus la voir hier au soir, elle ne me connut pas. Je lui pris la
main qui était froide et sans pouls ; en m’en allant, je compris bien
que je l’avais vue pour la dernière fois. Ce bras glacé, ce battement
éteint, c’était la mort que je venais de toucher. Que c’est triste, que
c’est sombre, que c’est effrayant, le passage dans l’autre vie ! Que
devenir, mon Dieu, si la foi ne jetait ses lumières, ses espérances là-
dessus ! Heureux qui peut espérer, qui peut dire comme la
Vialarette : J’ai connu Dieu et je l’ai servi ! Ses connaissances
n’allaient pas au delà du catéchisme, ses prières au delà du Pater ;
mais tout est compris là dedans pour le chrétien, grand et petit. Plût
à Dieu que M. de Lamennais s’en tînt là !
Mimi a servi de sœur de la charité à notre pauvre amie et l’a
aidée à souffrir par ses exhortations. La malade lui a confié ses
secrets pour l’autre vie, les messes qu’elle veut pour le repos de son
âme, et lui a remis pour cela soixante francs qu’elle avait déposés
dans un fagot, fagot quêté branche à branche comme l’argent sou
par sou. Sainte idée de pauvre ! Que ce dépôt aura de mérite devant
Dieu ! De combien de froid, de chaud, de pas, de peines, de
privations il se compose ! Qui sait les morceaux de pain qu’elle a
achetés de sa faim pour en donner le prix à son âme ? Simple et
admirable foi !
17. — Je reviens de l’enterrement de cette pauvre fille, la
première que j’aie vu mettre dans la tombe. C’était pénible à voir ;
mais j’ai voulu accompagner jusque-là celle qui n’a ni frère ni sœur,
celle qui a suivi sur ce cimetière tous ceux des nôtres qu’elle a vus
mourir, celle qui a fait tant de pas pour nous, hélas ! à pareil jour,
samedi. Enfin j’ai voulu lui donner cette marque d’affection et
l’accompagner de mes prières jusqu’au bord de l’autre monde. J’ai
entendu la messe à côté de son cercueil.
Il fut un temps où cela m’aurait effrayée ; à présent, je ne sais
pas comment je trouve tout naturel de mourir ; cercueils, morts,
tombes, cimetières ne me donnent que des sentiments de foi, ne
font que reporter mon âme là-haut. La chose qui m’a le plus frappée,
ç’a été d’entendre la bière tombant dans la fosse : sourd et lugubre
bruit, le dernier de l’homme. Oh ! qu’il est pénétrant, comme il va loin
dans l’âme qui l’écoute ! Mais tous ne l’écoutent pas ; les fossoyeurs
avaient l’air de voir cela comme un arbre qui tombe, le petit Cotive et
d’autres enfants regardaient là dedans comme dans un fossé où il y
aurait des fleurs, l’air curieux et étonné. Mon Dieu ! mon Dieu ! quelle
indifférence entoure la tombe ! Que les saints ont raison de mourir
avant l’heure, de faire leurs propres obsèques en se retirant du
monde ! Est-ce la peine d’y demeurer ? Non, ce n’est pas la peine, si
ce n’était quelques âmes chères à qui Dieu veut qu’on tienne
compagnie dans la vie. Voilà papa qui vient de me visiter dans ma
chambre et m’a laissé en s’en allant deux baisers sur le front.
Comment laisser ces tendres pères ?
Encore en peine sur ton compte, point de lettres. Je viens de
t’écrire à Paris. A présent je vais au sermon ; j’en vais lire un au coin
du feu. On fait église partout.

Le 18. — Pluie, boue, vent, jour d’hiver et de dimanche. Un bon


petit prône pour me dédommager de la fatigue du chemin.
Inquiétude ce soir, point de lettre.
Le 19. — Les parents de la Vialarette sont venus nous remercier,
en s’en allant, des soins que nous lui avons donnés et nous offrir ce
que nous voulions… Parmi un tas de fioles et d’autres riens, j’ai vu
un petit pot blanc que nous lui emplissions tous les ans de
confitures. Je l’ai demandé en souvenir. Je l’ai, je le garde et le
regarde, le saint petit pot, comme celui de la veuve de Sarepta.
Une fusée, un peu de lecture, un peu d’écriture, quelques coups
d’œil à la pluie, c’est ma journée. Je ne parle pas de ce qui s’est fait
dans l’âme. La nuit en songe j’ai vu ton lit tout en flammes. Que
signifient ces craintes de nuit et de jour que tu me donnes ? Oh !
qu’au moins je ne sois pas en peine sur ta santé ! C’est bien assez
du reste que Dieu sait. Aurons-nous demain de tes lettres ?

Le 20. — Pas de lettre.

Le 21. — J’attends. Demain, peut-être demain !

Le 24. — Enfin quelque chose ! Ce n’est pas de toi, mais


qu’importe ? Je sais que tu vis, cela me suffit. J’avais tant de
craintes ! Mon Dieu, que ton silence m’a fait souffrir ! que de
tourments, que d’imaginations, de suppositions, de tristesses ! Quel
effroi en voyant cette lettre à cachet noir ! Ah ! M. d’Aurevilly ne se
doute pas du coup qu’il m’a porté. J’ai laissé tomber sa lettre ;
Érembert l’a prise, l’a ouverte, et me l’a rendue. J’ai compris, j’ai lu,
j’ai vu ; plus de frayeur. La pauvre poire est cause de tout cela. Les
beaux remercîments et hommages ! mais mal venus sous ce cachet
noir ; aussi l’effet n’a été que triste, je ne sais quoi de lugubre m’est
resté dans l’âme, comme une teinte noire sur laquelle nulle autre
couleur ne peut prendre. Je me dis cent fois : tu le croyais mort, il est
vivant, il se porte bien, sa santé, me dit-on, sera bientôt au niveau de
son bonheur ; mais ni cela, ni rien ne peut m’ôter de peine sur ton
compte. J’ai repris cette lettre et j’y vois la certitude que tu as été
malade. Ton ami me dirait-il que, quand j’arriverai à Paris, je te
trouverai tout à fait bien, si tu n’avais pas été souffrant ? Oh ! oui, tu
es malade, j’en ai l’idée depuis quelque temps. Pauvre chère santé,
que je ne puis ni voir ni soigner… Il ne me reste que de la
recommander au bon Dieu, ma sainte ressource.

Le 25, dimanche. — Excellent prône sur la confession. Que


c’était clair, simple et vrai ! comme il a su mettre à la portée
d’Andillac les preuves de l’institution divine de la confession, mise en
doute dans les veillées, et instruire en même temps nos pauvres
philosophes ignorants de leur catéchisme ! J’aurais voulu te savoir
là ; tu aurais trouvé cela bien, très-bien, surtout quand après avoir
répondu aux objections, confondu la malice, repoussé les prétextes,
écarté les refus, il a parlé des bienfaits de la confession, de la paix
qu’elle met dans l’individu, la famille et la paroisse, accompagnant
cela d’exemples et finissant par nous appeler tous avec sa voix de
bon pasteur, tous à ses pieds, dans ses bras, dans son cœur : « Mes
frères, une mère qui perd sa fille n’a pas plus de douleur que moi
quand je vois une de vos âmes mourir dans le péché. » Et cela n’est
pas une phrase, c’est une expression de foi, de charité. C’est une
chose qu’ils pensent, qu’ils sentent, ces bons prêtres. Oh ! qu’ils sont
dignes de respect, ceux qui ont ainsi l’esprit de Dieu, qui passent en
faisant le bien ! Je les vénère comme des reliques. Je n’estime pas
ceux qui en disent du mal. Cela me vient à propos de certains
railleurs. Il est nuit ; mais d’ailleurs, ce n’est pas la peine de parler de
ces gens. Si je puis, je reviendrai ce soir avant de me coucher.

Le 27. — C’était bien vrai mes pressentiments, tu es malade, tu


as eu trois accès, tu tousses. Quelle peine ! Mon pauvre Maurice,
faut-il être aussi loin de toi, ne pouvoir plus ni te voir, ni t’entendre, ni
te donner des soins ! C’est à présent que je voudrais être à Paris,
avoir une chambre à côté de la tienne comme ici, pour t’entendre
respirer, dormir, tousser. Oh ! tout cela, je l’entends à travers deux
cents lieues ! Oh ! distances ! distances ! Je souffre bien, mais Dieu
le veut et me fait ainsi payer mon affection fraternelle. Nul bonheur
sans amertume, ni même sans sacrifice. Si j’étais près de toi, il me
semble que tu te porterais mieux, que je veillerais sur ton manger,
sur ton boire, sur l’air que tu respires. La Providence le fasse et te
conserve comme la prunelle de l’œil ! Et puis cette bonne et tendre
enfant qui te sert de sœur me console. C’est elle qui vient d’écrire à
Éran, lui dit que tu as été malade et de ne pas le dire aux sœurs.
Chère Caro, elle sait combien les sœurs se troublent vite. Que je
l’aime, que je suis aise de te savoir auprès d’elle, que j’en bénis
Dieu ! Que deviendrais-tu dans ton hôtel de Port-Mahon, seul avec
des hommes ? Ton ami serait bien là ; mais quoi qu’il fasse, quoi qu’il
dise, un homme ne peut remplacer une femme pour un malade,
c’est comme pour un enfant. La faiblesse et la souffrance ont besoin
de ces soins, de ces soulagements, de ces douceurs que nous
inventons.

Le 28. — Oh ! des lettres, des lettres de cœur, des lettres de


peines, car c’est tout un. Bonne tante ! elle nous dit, comme Caro,
que tu as eu trois accès, que tu es arrivé pâle, défait, triste, à Paris,
toutes choses qui me navrent. Dieu sait ce que je ferais pour ne pas
te savoir en souffrance de corps ou d’âme. Mais je ne puis rien pour
rien. Je n’ai que le pouvoir de prier et je prie, et j’espère, parce que
la foi est puissante. Dieu est d’un grand secours, je le sens, je
l’éprouve. Oh ! si nos espérances, comme dit saint Paul, étaient
renfermées dans cette vie seule, nous serions les plus misérables
des créatures.
Voilà Lucie, ma petite filleule, qui vient me dire bonsoir. Il faut que
je lui fasse une caresse, puis le catéchisme. J’aime à instruire les
enfants, à ouvrir ces petites intelligences, à voir quels parfums sont
renfermés dans ces boutons de fleurs. Je trouve en Lucie de la
pénétration, de la mémoire et une douceur de caractère qui fait de
cette enfant une pâte. Je vais bien lui apprendre à connaître Dieu,
seule connaissance indispensable à tous dans cette vie triste et
rapide, comme l’a dit, je crois, M. de Lamennais.
Mon catéchisme fait, je vais lire un sermon ; nous sommes en
carême, temps où l’âme se nourrit plus que jamais de choses
saintes. D’ailleurs j’en ai besoin pour faire contre-poids aux peines,
alarmes, craintes qui me pèsent au cœur. O mon ami, que n’as-tu
recours à cela, que ne te fais-tu soulever par quelque chose de
céleste ! Tu ne serais pas si abattu, je te crois malheureux dans ton
bonheur apparent, et que c’est la cause de ta maladie. La plupart
des maux viennent de l’âme ; la tienne, pauvre ami, est si malade, si
malade ! Je sais bien ce qui la pourrait guérir ou du moins soulager,
tu me comprends : c’est de la faire redevenir chrétienne, de la mettre
en rapport avec Dieu par l’accomplissement des devoirs religieux, de
la faire vivre de la foi, de l’établir enfin dans un état conforme à sa
nature. Oh ! alors paix et bonheur, autant que possible à l’homme.
La tranquillité de l’ordre, chose admirable et rare qu’on n’obtient que
par l’assujettissement des passions. Cela se voit dans les saints.

Le 29. — Deux lettres écrites, l’une à Marie, l’autre à Irène, cette


amie de Lisle. Je lui dois ce souvenir, cette reconnaissance pour son
ancienne et constante amitié. Ce fut elle qui m’écrivit la première il y
a sept ans, je crois, après quelques jours de connaissance à Lisle.
Entre femmes, l’amitié est bientôt faite : un agrément, un mot, un
rien suffit pour une liaison ; mais aussi ce sont nœuds de ruban pour
l’ordinaire, ce qui fait dire que les femmes ne s’aiment pas. Je n’en
sais rien ; on peut aimer un jour, deux jours, plus ou moins, mais
parfaitement : affections éphémères dont j’ai toujours eu peur pour
moi et pour mes amies. Rien n’est triste comme une chose morte au
cœur, de faire du cœur un cercueil. Aussi, dès que je sens ou vois
s’éteindre une affection, je m’empresse de la raviver.
Je vais donc écrire à L. des Montagnes qui m’a paru un peu
changée. Peut-être était-ce préoccupation, monde, entourage ; mais
elle m’a laissé des craintes, des doutes sur son amitié. Cependant
quand je songe aux longues larmes qui coulaient sur ses joues à
mon départ l’an dernier, cela s’en va de mon esprit.
Ce qui s’appelle une connaissance, je n’en manque pas, et je ne
sais comment cela me vient, moi à peine sortie de mon désert et qui,
comme Paul l’ermite, vivrais volontiers cent ans dans ma retraite
sans m’informer du tout du monde. Dieu le veut sans doute pour
quelque fin à moi inconnue. La Providence mène tout, tout jusqu’au
plus petit événement. Cela fait qu’on accepte.
Je viens de lire l’épître de l’enfant ressuscité par Élisée. Oh ! si je
savais quelque prophète, quelqu’un qui rendît la vie et la santé,
j’irais comme la Sunamite me prosterner à ses pieds.

Le 30. — Le beau temps, l’air doux, comme il te ferait du bien !


J’y pense et j’y penserai et regretterai tout ce printemps de ne pas te
le voir respirer. Cela te vaudrait mieux que l’air de Paris. Il te tuera
cet air empesté des villes. Que ne peux-tu vivre avec nous, mon
ami ! Quel regret de te voir comme banni de la famille ! O fortune,
fortune ! que ne fait-elle pas souffrir, quand elle est mauvaise ? Nous
en avons bien souffert en toi.

Le 31. — Je ne sais qui ni quoi me fit jeter mon cahier sous le


couvre-pied de ton lit : interruption et cachette dès qu’on entre ici. Je
n’écris que pour toi, et pour cela j’use du premier tour venu : tantôt
c’est une lettre à écrire, quelques notes à prendre ; mais ce qui sert
toujours, c’est le cahier de poésies que papa m’a demandé. J’en
copie trois ou quatre vers par jour, et quand papa vient dans ma
chambre et me dit : « Que fais-tu ? » je lui réponds : « le cahier. » Ce
n’est pas mentir ; seulement j’en fais deux, et l’un m’attache plus que
l’autre. Cependant je finirai celui de papa puisqu’il y tient : ce cher
père mérite bien que je lui fasse plaisir aussi, lui qui me donnerait la
lune.
Que ne puis-je donner à chacun quelque chose ! Une marque
d’affection à frères et sœur, à tous ceux que j’aime. Voyons que je
fasse mon testament. A toi, mon Journal, mon canif, les Confessions
de saint Augustin. A papa, mes poésies ; à Érembert, Lamartine ; à
Mimi, mon chapelet, mon petit couteau, mon Chemin de la croix,
mes Méditations du père Judde. A Louise, le Combat spirituel ; à
Mimi encore, mon Imitation ; à Antoinette, l’Ame embrasée. A toi
encore, mon petit coffre-fort pour tes secrets, à condition que tu
brûleras tous les miens, s’il s’y en trouve. Eh ! qu’en ferais-tu ? Ce
sont des choses de conscience, de ces choses entre l’âme et Dieu,
quelques lettres de direction de M. Bories et de ce bon curé de
Normandie dont je t’ai parlé. Je les garde par souvenir et par
besoin ; ce sont mes papiers, mais qui ne doivent pas voir le jour. Si
donc ce que j’écris ici comme en m’amusant s’accomplit, si tu
deviens mon légataire, souviens-toi de brûler tout ce que contient
cette boîte.

Le 2 avril. — « … Si l’inévitable nécessité de mourir attriste la


nature humaine, la promesse de l’immortalité future encourage et
console notre foi ; car pour vos fidèles, Seigneur, mourir n’est pas
perdre la vie. » Voilà, mon ami, ce que j’ai lu à la préface des Morts,
et à quoi je pense tout ce jour où mourut notre mère. Nous avons
entendu la messe pour elle ce matin. Vous l’entendiez aussi à Paris,
et je te voyais avec plaisir dans cette communion de prières. Je
pensais que ma mère te regardait spécialement et t’envoyait du ciel
quelque grâce, comme aurait fait Rachel à son fils Benjamin.
N’étais-tu pas son dernier et bien-aimé enfant ? Je me souviens que
tu me rendais quelquefois jalouse, que j’enviais les caresses, les
bonbons, les baisers que tu recevais de plus que moi. C’est que
j’étais un peu plus grande, et je ne savais pas que l’âge fît changer
l’expression de l’amour, et que les tendresses, les caresses, ce lait
du cœur, s’en vont vers les plus petits. Mais mon aigreur ne fut pas
longue, et dès que la raison vint à poindre, je me mis fort à t’aimer,
ce qui dure encore. Maman était contente de cette union, de cette
affection fraternelle, et te voyait avec charme sur mes genoux,
enfant sur enfant, cœur sur cœur, comme à présent, les sentiments
grandis seulement. Si de l’autre vie on voit ce qui se passe sur la
terre, ma mère doit être contente que nous nous aimions ainsi, que
cette affection nous soit utile, douce, consolante, que nous nous
donnions des conseils, des avis, des prières, secours de l’âme.
Mais tu ne pries plus, toi… C’est triste. Il n’y a pas de jour, surtout
aujourd’hui, que je ne sente la puissance de la foi sur mon âme,
tantôt pour la calmer, ou la contenir, ou l’élever. Je souffrais ce
matin ; la mort, les larmes, les séparations, notre triste vie me
tuaient, et par-dessus, des appréhensions, des frayeurs, des
déchirements, une griffe de démon dans l’âme, je ne sais quelle
douleur commençait. Eh bien, me voilà calme à présent, et je le dois
à la foi, rien qu’à la foi, à un acte de foi. Je pense à ma mère, à la
mort, à l’éternité sans peine, sans frayeur. Sur un fond triste nage un
calme divin, une suavité que Dieu seul peut faire. En vain j’ai essayé
d’autre chose en pareille occasion ; rien d’humain ne console l’âme,
ne la soutient.

A l’enfant il faut sa mère,


A mon âme il faut mon Dieu.

Le 3. — J’attendais des lettres de Paris, de tes nouvelles, mais


rien. Que dire, que penser ? Des qui sait ? des peut-être, des doutes.
La triste chose que le doute, soit à l’esprit, soit au cœur ! Que Dieu
nous en délivre ! Papa est allé à Andillac, voir si le porteur aurait
laissé quelque chose ; j’attends ici dans la chambrette, mon reposoir.
Oh ! que je suis fatiguée ! fatigue d’âme, mais qu’importe ? Je veux
travailler, je veux écrire, je ne veux pas plier. Quelqu’un attend une
lettre. J’en eus avant-hier de Félicité et de Marie de Thézac. Les
lettres ne manquent pas, excepté les tiennes.

Le 4. — Il fait froid, il pleut, il neige. Un vent langoureux chante à


ma fenêtre et me donne envie de lui répondre ; mais que dire au
vent, à un peu d’air agité ? Hélas ! que nous ne sommes souvent pas
autre chose ! J’ai fait cette nuit un grand songe. J’étais avec M. de
Lamennais, je lui parlais de toi, de ses ouvrages anciens et

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