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The importance of having the right equipment for a job cannot be underestimated. In a surveying and mapping project, the access to advanced 3D laser scanning technology can make a world of difference to the study outcome. A group of researchers from...
Article - 03/30/2017
Active Region(s): India
Traffic cameras installed in city road intersections play an important role in accident reduction and accident prevention. The feeds from the cameras are normally viewed in the control and monitoring centres by traffic police personnel and operators...
Article - 03/29/2017
Active Region(s): India
From the time of its establishment in 1882 as India’s first municipal corporation, numerous non-political groups, NGOs and organisations of citizens have worked closely with the civic body — Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) — in the...
Article - 03/29/2017
Active Region(s): India
School transportation has been a non-organised sector, and despite the fact that it deals with school-going kids, there are only few measures taken by the school authorities and transporters to ensure their safety. In some cases, transport is...
Article - 03/28/2017
Active Region(s): India
The task of setting a realistic criterion to decide which roads to repair on priority has become more difficult with limited funds for road maintenance, an ever-increasing road network and the related voluminous data. In order to maintain its...
Article - 03/27/2017
Active Region(s): India
As a leading global technology company in power and automation, ABB’s strength is deeply rooted in technological innovation.ABB is at the centre of current developments in clean energy, smart grids, micro-grids, robotics, industrial asset...
Article - 03/26/2017
Active Region(s): India
For 1.5-year-old Delhi-based startup GetMyParking, the government’s 100 Smart Cities project is a mouth-watering business opportunity. “Smart city projects are about huge scale. We are talking about 100 smart cities and many more to come,” said...
Article - 03/24/2017
Active Region(s): India
With over 52.32 lakh km of roads, India has one of the largest road networks in the world. It comprises National Highways (100,275 km), expressways (200 km), state highways (148,256 km) and other roads (4,983,479 km). Roads carry 85 per cent of...
Article - 03/24/2017
Active Region(s): India
With growing industrial development and increasing population, the role of railways in transportation is going to be crucial in the coming years. This could be the premise that encouraged the Indian government to explore the various solutions that...
Article - 03/23/2017
Active Region(s): India
Potable water is not available in plenty and is increasingly becoming scarce in nature. More energy is required to pump water across long distances and from deeper depth in the ground. This is an alarming situation, and the ever-increasing...
Article - 03/22/2017
Active Region(s): India
The Government of Maharashtra in association with Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd is organising a summit on Smart and Sustainable cities in Nagpur on 7th and 8th April.While Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will be the chief guest of the...
Article - 03/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Digital India initiatives and schemes by the government like Aadhaar, digital lockers and computerisation of land records, are gaining momentum in the country and playing a major role in the smart cities mission, said P.P. Chaudhary, Minister of...
Article - 03/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Seven major cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, have been given Rs 226 crore for augmenting infrastructure for surveillance, Union Minister Hansraj Ahir said today. Addressing the fourth Smart Cities Summit here, Minister of State for Home Ahir said...
Article - 03/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Apart from the budgetary allocation for Smart City Mission, India requires a clear vision and well-conceived roadmap for the safety of the cities, with a focus on improving surveillance system and other tracking parameters, the government has...
Article - 03/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir has said the role of data and IT, especially video surveillance in enhancing security has become vital. Addressing the 4th Smart Cities Summit here today, Shri Ahir said that with...
Article - 03/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Water has no limits and boundaries, but countries have traditionally demarcated oceanic limits for any real or perceived intrusion into their maritime territories. Just in the last three years, around 3,300 Indian fishermen have been arrested by...
Article - 03/20/2017
Active Region(s): India
Many in India do not have undisputed titles to their land. These Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups, as they are classified, have traditionally accessed large areas of forests to gather non-timber forest produce and other items for their needs....
Article - 03/20/2017
Active Region(s): India
Most citizens would not necessarily associate a geographic information system (GIS) with protecting water access, but in the Nilgiris mountain region of southern India, the former is helping preserve the latter. GIS and other mapping technologies...
Article - 03/16/2017
Active Region(s): India
The Madhya Pradesh Police has implemented an integrated suite of public safety software from Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure for emergency call handling, officer dispatch and incident management. Hexagon’s solution expands Madhya Pradesh Police’...
Article - 03/16/2017
Active Region(s): India
Wouldn’t life be so much easier if you could say, “Come to, KYYJTG.” Instead of, “436, Block Bd, Sector 1, Bidhan Nagar, West Bengal. From the yellow building come straight and take a right when you see… ” Indian organisations and citizens are...
Article - 03/14/2017
Active Region(s): India