Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Town Planning


Problem Statement:

A city is facing a huge problem of traffic hassle. The present transport system is being congested day by day due to ever increasing traffic pressure.
The event is a Two Round Event

Round 1: Preparation of plan

  • Participants will be provided with a map of a city and all the details (i.e. rates) of the components i.e. (bridges, roads, etc.) of the transport system to be built.
  • You can build anything from the given list of components and yes everything you build will increase your budget which is a very important factor for evaluation. So, use your budget with intelligence.
  • You will get 3 hours to submit the plan and calculation of the budget.

Round 2: Description of Plan

  • The candidates will be informed and they have to explain their plan in front of the judges and also give a brief procedure for application.


Rules and Regulations:

1.   Budget should be calculated by contestants on the basis of Rates of components (like cost of road per km, Cost of bridges, Cost of destruction and relocation if new roads introduced)
2.     Facilities like Hospitals, fire brigades, police station should be properly accessible. They can select sites.
o    1-Fire brigade
o    4-Hospitals
o    4 Petrol pump
o    3-Police station
3.      Some restricted areas should not be affected.
4.      Transport systems can be introduced (i.e. 1-ways, no. of lanes in roads, routing for heavy and light vehicles).
5.      Judges decision should be binding to all.

Eligibility:

            1. Students pursuing undergraduate/postgraduate courses from any recognized institution can participate.
       2. Students should have their college’s identity cards along with them.