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Kerala Govt Launches Project To Make Thiruvananthapuram Largest Solar City In India
Through this project, the State capital is expected to become one of the largest ‘solar cities’ in the country
Read MoreCuttack Smart City To Have 12 Green Smart Bus Stops
The smart bus stops will have a stainless steel structure with polycarbonate roof sheet built over over 50 sq metre area
Read MoreCoimbatore Ranked Amongst Top Smart Cities In India
Members of the parliamentary standing committee for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs examined each city's projects, offered suggestions for improvement, and expressed appreciation for the officials' creative project work
Read More800 CCTV Cameras to be installed on fast-track mode by Nashik Smart City Corporation
A slew of projects administered by Nashik Smart City Corporation is to be completed on fast track mode which includes the LED screens at Panchavati divisional office building at NMC which will be monitored by 35 operators, 20 operators will be working at the other center set up at the headquarters of the city police commissionerate.
Read MoreSmart Cities & Urban Innovation- state of Israeli Urban Innovation
While Israel, like many other countries, still follows the “6 vector paradigm” (Smart mobility, People, Economy, Environment, Government and Living, known as Boyd-Cohen’s Smart City Wheel), more and more Israeli cities are freeing themselves from the ‘big-vendor-oriented solutions’. Instead, they are adopting challenge-based processes focusing on solutions that can improve lives and the cost-efficiency of governing cities with dynamic changes striving to be real smart cities. Writes Architect Rafi Rich, SUiTS & MiDCityLabs IL. .
Read MoreCombining AI, ML and IoT will establish one complete, interdependent distributed ecosystem.
With a clear blueprint to tap on the tremendous potential India holds as a digitally-enabled smart nation, Ravinder Pal Singh, Director, Digital Cities & Mega Projects, Government Segment, Dell EMC Commercial believes in India’s shinning story. Talking to Manali Jaggi of BW SmartCities, Singh elaborates on the company’s collaboration with the Government under its Smart Cities Mission and the need for a solid digital foundation to unlock the true potential of technologies like IQT, IoT, AI and ML through proper planning and execution.
Read MorePatnaik Inaugurates Bhubaneswar Operations Centre, Biggest Amongst All Cities In India
Launches first of its kind centralized operations centre in Bhubaneswar with an investment of around Rs. 75 Crore, the biggest amongst all cities across India. Honeywell to provide and implement technology solutions to aid its smart city and surveillance goals.
Read MoreMoving Towards A Seamless Payment System
Ahmedabad was amongst the first slot of cities to be selected for the Smart Cities Mission. Ranked at sixth, the city was be-hind Pune, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur Kochi and Surat, however, the recent tag of becoming India’s first heritage city has boosted the enthusiasm of the city officials who are trying their best to maintain the status of India’s first heritage city and at the same time transform it into a smart city. According to Rakesh Shankar, CEO- SPV (Smart City), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in the last few months, the city has taken many steps to transform the city. And he feels that with its latest prepaid Jan Mitra card, the city has really taken a smart leap in this direction.
Read MoreBhubaneswar inks MoU with UNFPA on New Urban Agenda
The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited has signed an MoU with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to take forward in Odisha the 'New Urban Agenda' adopted a month ago by the UN member states at Quito, Ecuador.
Read MoreSmart Cities: From Drawing Board To Ground Zero
The countries that have signed up to keep global warming limited to less than 2°C’ will have to keep real estate and building energy consumption central among the measures that they will need to institute to support this commitment
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