Some of those who voted YES had this to say
• Yes, absolutely. We need majority of the citizens to be aware and responsible to public service and public duty.
• Yes. lets see the mentality of the people living in clean and well establish cities. as far as my knowledge goes for instance the inhabitants of cleanest village in Meghalaya and most the European cities, they give the first and foremost priority to the in and around habitat neat and clean and each of the citizen are the stakeholder of smart city, thus to be a smart city it does not mean solely depend on the Government it the people movement. coming to our land how may of our people care and protect the government / public property?. most of nagas don't think the welfare of the others and are we all not responsible for this shamble state of Nagaland? Singapore once worst than Nagaland but with refinement of peoples mentality they have came thus far.
• Yes. We need make citizens aware of their civic responsibilities to have a smart city
• Yes. Yes. Smart cities actually means an active modern life. We need to change our way of living. So I agree that unless the citizens way of living changes, the mission will not be fully realized. This Modi government is disorienting everyone. With the introduction of yoga, skill, swach bharat and smart city, he is changing the Indian way of living.
• Yes, but firstly we need to have a true effective man power from the state government as well as 100% cooperation and unity from the public.
• Yes! But Nagas need to first understand and digest the meaning of ‘smart citizens.’ The chairman and members of every panchayat need to be a smart citizen – first of all then start implementing cleanliness in line with swatch bharat like proper drainage, public toilets and restricting rearing of pigs in residential areas which is the dirtiest of all polluting the whole environment.
• Yes, if not, all the investment for public development will go to waste. Look at Dimapur. Even the pavement railing, throwing garbage anywhere and everywhere, people spitting out paan and tamul. With this kind of mindset, how does one expect our cities to be smart.
• Yes. Smart does not mean in education. It is about common sense and civil sense.
• Yes. First those involve in smart cities Mission must be smart themselves. It actually has to be planned for 1000 years to come. We cannot build a smart city with narrow roads and overcrowded houses in places like Kohima, Shillong and Aizawl. Maybe they can spread out to new satellite cities with better planning.
Some of those who voted NO had this to say
• No. No we dont need active smart citizens. Rather we need honest responsible citizens to implement the smart cities Mission. Inputs will be given by technical experts. At the end of the day it is the citizens as a whole who will be responsible for successful implementation whether smart or simple.
• No. What we need is smart planning and even smarter implementation. You will be amazed what ordinary citizens can do given the opportunity.
• Not necessarily. While it may be important for the citizens to be enlightened and have basic civic sense, it does not mean that they have to be smart citizens.
• No. We need dedicated and responsible public servants. Lets not always expect the public to do everything.
• No, because the slogan 'Smart City" is only a marketing slogan to lure the naive and innocent public. When we look at the characters of what a Smart City is, we find nothing new or smart about it. Actually, every city in a developing country like India should be equipped with such features. The concept itself is politically motivated.
Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say
• When our land is swamped with corruption, factionalism, selfish leaders and an angry public, the smart city mission is the least of our concern. It is nowhere near our priority list. It is taking away the focus from the main issues. This is a side issue that has become the main issue for politicians who have nothing else to do.
• Who are the 'smart citizens' here?? Change the mindset and go forward together instead of creating another Smart Citizen forum or organization or society. Enforce the laws and regulations stringently and the citizens will obey as they are all smart.
• It’s not just active citizen but also honest bureaucrats and sincere politician who always keep state about their self interest.
• Its not a question of smart or unsmart. Its a matter of fact that for all round development there should be basic civic sense in the public mind. This is what is lacking in our society today.
