help in building a smart city as well highlighting how smart solutions can be woven into our everyday living jalan pointed out how something like whatsapp had become a handy tool for everyone i needed a document once and my office boy who is only semiliterate clicked it with his cell phone and sent it through the instant messaging service jalan offered by way of example when technology transcends classes it becomes very powerful he remarked rajwade also related an instance of technology bringing about change at the very basic level we use solar power and rainwater harvesting at our amravati bypass branch there was a time when we would need three tankers of water every day today we are selfsufficient she said buty said the government needed to incentivize such use of technology so that more and more people adopted it he however argued that technology alone couldnt help build a smart city we have a huge human resource and we have to find a way to utilize it he said jalan too agreed it has to be a bhelpuri of all factors he said while a grand vision of a smart city is all very well one big hurdle in achieving it at least in india is widespread corruption kale acknowledged that many people had a tendency to circumvent rules but added if people start seeing the benefits of following rules it will have a big effect as i see it it is not a hopeless situation jalan said 5060 people do follow rules but a strong deterrent was needed to make the remaining fall in line this is something that actually works in places like dubai said khushboo saboo an entrepreneur associated with interior design the emirate has a large migrant population and not all of them are very well educated but they know better than to break rules there due to the stringent punishments she said khare added that if we want to see change in the corrupt system we should start with ourselves first she talked of several large construction firms that accept payments only by cheque to ensure that there was no black money involved rajwade narrated how she spoke to her 9yearold son about corruption and quoted his insightful reply the city is like a human body and the citizens are the brain which controls all functions if the brain is healthy the body will be healthy jalan too said we needed an upgrade of the civics lessons we learnt in school he narrated an incident of how he got the building plan of his house sanctioned without paying a bribe but acknowledged that in the present bribeintensive system it might not be worth it i may have saved rs25000 to 30000 but with the time and effort i put into that i could have made something like rs60000 he said if everything does go according to plan and nagpur becomes an aspirational city will it be able to handle the ensuing wave