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The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has launched Internet of Things (IoT)-driven garbage bins across South and North Delhi Municipal Corporation area, which automatically sends a signal to the waste collection authority once the bins are full.One of...
Article - 03/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Surat Smart City Development (SSCDL) has developed that will create a digitally-inclusive urban space through interactive service delivery points. The project targets space creation in public open spaces, the creation of additional service...
Article - 03/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
To impact as many school students as possible with education support, improve student retention rate in schools by strengthening education systems, and to provide user-friendly mobile community development centre as a learning space, the Bhopal...
Article - 03/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
In a quest to improve the overall mobility of the city, the Thane Smart City (TSCL), a special purpose vehicle, is developing a mobility improvement plant as a part of its area-based development plan. The project proposes station area improvement to...
Article - 03/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Smart City Ahmedabad Development has developed a last mile connectivity model using dockless bikes for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and along with Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS).The project aims to ease last mile connectivity...
Article - 03/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
The project aims to develop a identity management system using Blockchain and Aadhaar as a backbone for a secure platform and improve public service delivery in Puducherry.The project will be undertaken in two phases as follows:In phase-I, the...
Article - 03/17/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation (NSSCDCL) has envisaged to implement a integrated digital governance system to effectively deliver the applicable municipal services to anyone, anywhere, anytime irrespective of their...
Article - 03/17/2019
Active Region(s): India
Surat has a few natural drains running across from east to west. Most of the areas along the drains were misused for dumping waste and illegal activities like animal slaughtering. Crime, nuisance and illegal activities started developing as a result...
Article - 03/17/2019
Active Region(s): India
Our 2019 North American Smart Cities Readiness Challenge was our biggest yet. More than 100 cities throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico participated and three dozen delivered very strong applications detailing numerous smart cities projects they...
Article - 03/14/2019
Active Region(s): North America
It’s no secret that we’re stronger together. In fact, in this year’s Smart Cities Readiness Challenge we found a strong number of cities partnered with their neighbors to magnify their impact.But Chula Vista, the second-largest city in the San Diego...
Article - 03/14/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Executive Director of SCCANZ Adam Beck explains, “we have been working up the idea that social wellbeing could become the superior framework for smart cities action and investment, and after many years of pre-work, including this Australian study,...
Article - 03/12/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Information Center
Cork, a university city in southwest Ireland, is on its way to positioning itself as a “World-Class Smart Region,” building on its existing assets to achieve a reputation as a great place to live, work, visit and invest. Part of a collaboration...
Article - 03/12/2019
Active Region(s): Europe
Amritsar has an existing bus network (BRTS) and city bus network, but the current system is not sufficient to cater to the public transportation requirements of all citizens. This has led Amritsar Smart City (ASCL) to develop a last-mile...
Article - 03/12/2019
Active Region(s): India
To provide affordable and quality healthcare services to the citizens, the Cochin Smart Mission Limited has adopted e-Health solution, being developed and implemented by the Kerala State Health Department (KSHD). This solution integrates all...
Article - 03/11/2019
Active Region(s): India
As a part of City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) initiative, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has submitted a proposal to upgrade existing 149 schools by adopting smart ways to develop futuristic...
Article - 03/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
The absence of public transportation system in Kakinada city has resulted in increased vehicular emissions, traffic congestion, absence of last mile connectivity and expensive commute choices for the citizens. This growing concern has led Kakinada...
Article - 03/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
Dehradun is one of the premier tourist destinations of the country. Around 33 per cent of the total trips to the city is for tourism purposes. Work trips and education trips constitute 34 per cent and 10 per cent respectively. Buses function as the...
Article - 03/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
Smart grids have long since been one of the biggest future advancements city planners have looked forward to. The ability to harness big data coming from a multitude of sensors in the electric grid proves to be very useful for managing resources....
Article - 03/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a payment card, which can be used to pay transport charges across the country. Called the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC), it is the country's first indigenously developed payment system for transport....
Article - 03/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Port of Tallinn is looking to up its sustainability game starting at square one with port traffic. Let’s dive deeper into the smart port project that will reduce traffic loads and minimize air pollution, thereby affecting the future of Tallinn’s...
Article - 03/03/2019
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy
When it comes to smart cities projects, there’s what people are saying and what people are doing. Our monthly Inside Look series tracks the latter by examining what cities are planning, soliciting and buying. Below, you’ll learn about some of the...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Not only is it a city’s right to steal good ideas – it is a city’s responsibility to harvest best practices on behalf of its citizens.Where are the best places to harvest innovations? One great source comes from “mini-cities” such as stadiums,...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Electric vehicles still make up a very small segment of the overall cars on the road, but their ranks are rising fast. And while they can be a component of efforts to reach climate goals, the gap between demand for the cars and the infrastructure to...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Small and mid-sized cities and towns of India are showing the way on how to manage solid waste by getting communities to segregate waste and keeping the waste streams separate. Experiences from the visits to some of these cities are shared, in...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): India
To put an end to all speculations about hygiene and quality of food in the railway kitchens, Indian Railways is planning to install a transparent system that will allow passengers to access live feed online directly from the kitchens on how their...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will be among the few civic bodies in the country to complete the projects under Smart Cities Mission within the stipulated time. SMC, which has launched 70 projects worth Rs 26.90 billion in June 2015, is...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): India
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology and Kumaraguru College of Technology are the two nodal centers in Coimbatore for the finals of the “Smart India Hackathon 2019” to be held on March 2 and 3. Sri Krishna College has been selected for...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): India
A FICCI-KPMG Smart City Knowledge Report on ‘Cybersecurity in Smart Cities’ has suggested a five-point action plan to enable smart cities to keep pace with the cybersecurity needs and build a cyber-resilient and trusted environment across the entire...
Article - 02/27/2019
Active Region(s): India
Sensus, a Xylem brand, has been selected as Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) technology partner to ensure the successful implementation of Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) innovative 24×7 water distribution project. Aiming to supply continuous...
Article - 02/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
Water scarcity is an urgent risk in the country. The 2018 report by India’s policy think-tank NITI Aayog highlights that the country is facing the worst water crisis in history which can lead to an eventual 6% loss in the country’s GDP by 2030....
Article - 02/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
Experts from Korea and World Bank will work closely with the Department of Environment, Science and Technology to find out a workable solution for solid waste problem and challenges in Himachal Pradesh.The World Bank team led by Environment...
Article - 02/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, is all set to organise the "Blockchain Summit India" on 22nd and 23rd February 2019, to channel India's potential around blockchain and crypto economy. An initiative by Auxesis...
Article - 02/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
Smart Cities Council India (SCCI) in association with Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation (NSSCDC) organised a Think Table meet on January 31, 2019, in Nagpur. Smart Cities Think Tables (SCTT) are a series of forum sessions...
Article - 02/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
With the current funding structure or guidelines laid down by the Centre, each selected city, for the period of four to five years, will receive Rs 5 billion and an equally matching amount will be contributed by the State Governments. This means the...
Article - 02/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Coimbatore Smart City will undergo an energy saving transformation. The city SPV has called for a tender converting the existing incandescent street light to smart energy efficient LED lights. That said, the scope of work of this tender also...
Article - 02/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
An Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), as the name suggests, works as a brain for all smart solutions implemented across a city – be it a surveillance system, smart traffic management, waste management, utilities management, environmental...
Article - 02/14/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Hubballi-Dharwad Smart City in Karnataka will get funding of Rs 80 crore for its proposed ‘Green Mobility Corridor’ project that has won the CITIIS challenge, according to the Urban Affairs Ministry. In July 2018, the Centre had announced a new...
Article - 02/14/2019
Active Region(s): India
The UP Government has approved the two second-generation ethanol plants, which will incur an investment of Rs 4 billion each. The State Government will also offer the company with facilities including stamp duty waiver, capital subsidy as well as...
Article - 02/14/2019
Active Region(s): India
Under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM), 100 Smart Cities have been selected in four rounds based on All India Competition. All 100 cities have incorporated Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).Since the launch of the mission 5,151 projects identified by...
Article - 02/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
With the current increase in Internet of Things (IoT) deployments taking place across the globe, IoT platforms have started to play a critical role in the successful roll-outs of IoT solutions. Real-time analytic provide customers the ability to get...
Article - 02/07/2019
Active Region(s): India