Global Site Search
Dirty air has consequences — very serious consequences ranging from climate change to lung disease. In villages in India, clean-burning stoves are one key solution. The problem has been getting people to use them.Below, read about an innovative...
Article - 06/06/2018
Active Region(s): India, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Analytics, Citizen engagement
In India, where there are cities struggling to provide even basic amenities to their tax-paying citizens, a village in Gujarat—Punsari—is equipped with modern amenities like CCTV cameras, WiFi and a renewable energy power station. However, a...
Article - 08/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
Solapur, a textile and bidi manufacturing hub, is one of the major cities of Maharashtra that attracts a sizeable number of visitors for business or commercial purposes. The city is also of religious importance with more than five lakh pilgrims...
Article - 08/02/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Waste management, Citizen engagement
Bhopal, a vibrant economic centre of Madhya Pradesh, has launched many innovative smart solutions. The city recently has launched its first innovative public private partnership (PPP)-based smart poles and intelligent streetlights project under the...
Article - 07/31/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Citizen engagement
Citizen mobility is one of the key issues in a city like Pune. The city relies solely on buses for public transportation, but the average number of buses per lakh population is only 37! Additionally, buses in Pune have issues with availability (...
Article - 07/27/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Data management, Examples and case studies
Coimbatore with a decadal growth rate of around 20% is a rapidly growing city in the state of Tamil Nadu. Known as Manchester of India, the city is undertaking numerous initiatives towards improving basic services and quality of life of citizens....
Article - 07/26/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
Indore, being the largest and the most populous city in Madhya Pradesh with a population of around 20 lakh (according to the 2011 census), the Indore Municipal Corporation considers sanitation and solid waste management as its topmost priority....
Article - 07/25/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Transportation, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Data management
India’s ranking in terms of food security is not on par with its status of being one of the biggest producers of vegetables. According to a research, India produces 220 million tons of vegetables and fruits in a year but only 30 per cent of the...
Article - 07/23/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Citizen engagement
Surat, being the centre of opportunities for laborers and investors, has attracted migrants from nearby rural areas and cities. This has increasing the demand for intra-city transportation. In the year 2006, Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC)...
Article - 07/20/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Transportation, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Interoperability
In coming months, Bengaluru will witness a massive public bicycle sharing (PBS) project proposed by the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT). The project, with around 4,000 cycle and 350 docking points, is touted to be India’s largest cycle-...
Article - 07/11/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Upward Mobility, Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Conducting a nationwide paperless examination is not an easy task. The Indian Railways (IR)—in a massive saving drive—has saved over 4 lakh trees and 319 crore paper sheets just by adopting online test by replacing bulky, multi-lingual question...
Article - 07/10/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement
With just another 45-odd days remaining for the deadline to submit a comprehensive sustainable Smart Cities Proposal (SCP) under the Smart Cities Challenge, most of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) are working overtime to find out the best solutions...
Article - 11/02/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Policy frameworks and tools
Passionate about cities, innovation and technology, Stephen Yarwood, Urban Futurist, Australia Public Policy, founder of City2050 shares his experience with Smart Cities Council India on developing Adelaide as an innovative world destination and the...
Article - 10/20/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
While most shortlisted cities, under the Centre's ambitious '100 Smart Cities' mission have tapped the electronic media to avail feedback and suggestions from its residents to prepare the smart city plan, the city of Udaipur has resorted to more off...
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Citizen engagement, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
The Erode City Corporation (ECC) completed its zonal-level meetings for availing ideas, suggestions, and feedback for preparing the Smart City proposal. As a next step these views will be consolidated before formulation of the final city plan....
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Citizen engagement, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
In its bid to get maximum public feedback and ideas for the preparation of the smart city proposal, the Kakinada Municipal Corporation (KMC) has not only opened the called centre, but also tapped the online media by opening an exclusive Facebook...
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Citizen engagement
The Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, and the Consumer Protection Council of Tamil Nadu in Tiruchirappalli (Tiruchi) organised a seminar – 'Smart City – Tiruchi' to seek suggestions and feedback from various walks in its pursuit...
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Citizen engagement
Coimbatore, is one of the 12 cities selected from the state of Tamil Nadu, had its first joint discussion for its smart city plan was held at the district collectorate on 29 September, 2015.Each of the 98 shortlisted cities, from 35 states and Union...
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The Smart City frenzy seems to be calling for innovative and more co-oprative tools for getting end-user feedback and suggestions.While cities across the country, have used the discussion forum on mygov.in to effective use for raising concerns and...
Article - 09/30/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Citizen engagement, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
Pune, the second largest city in terms of population among the 10 selected from the state of Maharashtra, is not wanting to leave any stone unturned in its effort for preparing a Smart City plan.The Pune with a population of 3.1 million, second to...
Article - 09/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Citizen engagement, Citizen engagement strategies and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools