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From April 1, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will be online tracking the disposal of hazardous waste generated by various industries to ensure transparency. Regarding this, a notification was issued by the board on March 31 to...
Article - 04/09/2021
Active Region(s): India
Biharsharif Smart City (BSCL) has approved seven projects worth Rs 225 crore. Constructed by the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam, the projects include a flyover near Bharaopar at an expenditure of Rs 72.77 crore.A few of the approved projects include...
Article - 04/09/2021
Active Region(s): India
Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business, India’s largest producer of the aluminium and its value-added products, is fostering hundreds of MSMEs in remote rural areas with its innovative ‘waste to wealth’ programs. Waste to wealth projects form a key...
Article - 04/09/2021
Active Region(s): India
The government has approved a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the air conditioner and LED lights sector at an outlay of Rs 6,238 crore and Rs 4,500 crore for high-efficiency solar PV modules. The proposal was approved in the weekly...
Article - 04/09/2021
Active Region(s): India
iRAM Technologies, a product development and technology company with solutions based on Internet of Things (IoT), has won four projects for smart pole, smart street lighting, and smart parking city assets in Dahod and Rajkot (Gujarat), Kohima (...
Article - 04/08/2021
Active Region(s): India
The SCCANZ will host the Future of Place Summit in August in Brisbane. Among other urban change makers sharing their work on the relationships between people, place, technology and data is Professor Nico Larco - Director at the Portland Or based...
Article - 04/07/2021
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
With the mission to ease dependence on scarce water resources and provide water on a sustainable basis wherever required, Telengana-based start-up Maithri Aquatech has set up the world’s first mobile water from air kiosk and water knowledge center...
Article - 04/01/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret Forum (LC and PJ), a non-profit organisation was recently launched at the Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA). The launch of LC & PJ was held on March 22, which marked the 125th birth anniversary of...
Article - 04/01/2021
Active Region(s): India
Karnataka soon to amend the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Act to make usage of harvested rainwater mandatory for all buildings in Bengaluru. The Act will soon be amended to mandate all buildings across the city to harvest and use...
Article - 04/01/2021
Active Region(s): India
Water treatment company VA Tech Wabag has secured a contract worth Rs 1,187 crore order from Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (BUIDCO) under the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Scheme to develop Sewage Treatment Plants (STP...
Article - 04/01/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) will set up sensor-based internet of things (IoT) devices to effectively monitor the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in more than six lakh villages.The National Jal Jeevan Mission, in collaboration...
Article - 04/01/2021
Active Region(s): India
Rodic Consultants has been appointed as a project management consultant (PMC) to design, develop, manage and implement smart city projects in Patna under the Smart City Mission (SCM). The project, which is being executed by Patna Smart City with a...
Article - 03/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
In order to treat disposable diapers and sanitary napkins, the Kochi corporation is planning to install an incinerator at the solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram. Currently the local body is not collecting disposable diapers and napkins since...
Article - 03/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Union environment ministry has proposed to implement a countrywide ban on manufacture, use, sale, import and handling of some of the single-use plastic products by 2022. The ministry has issued a draft notification on March 11, which lays down...
Article - 03/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
Known as the Queen of Hills, Shimla—in the Himalayas—is one of the country’s busiest tourist destinations. It receives around 3.6 million visitors a year. However, of late, Shimla has experienced an acute water crisis as its popularity increased.The...
Article - 03/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is planning to set up smart traffic signals at new traffic locations across the city and convert the existing signals into smart ones wherever necessary. The move is likely to ease traffic...
Article - 03/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
The 2021 Digital Twin Challenge is an 18 month immersive program for leading Council's and government agencies to develop and deliver Digital Twin innovation, for all.The SCC will facilitate a program of knowledge exchange, learning, resource...
Article - 03/21/2021
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
The Centre has approved a new law for the use of plastic across the country. The new law will be implemented from January 1, 2022. Among many provisions, the Centre has modified the provision of ‘single-use plastic’, use of plastic products in our...
Article - 03/18/2021
Active Region(s): India
A request for proposal has been floated by Moradabad Smart City for setting up 25 solar-based water automated teller machines (ATM) to provide safe drinking water in Moradabad, a city in Uttar Pradesh. Bidders must make an earnest money deposit for...
Article - 03/18/2021
Active Region(s): India
To lessen the burden on the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the cabinet has decided to set up the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management—an administratively and financially independent entity—to manage the city’s solid waste.The company, which...
Article - 03/18/2021
Active Region(s): India
REPL, a Delhi-based infrastructure consultancy firm, has bagged three different orders from the State Governments of Odisha, Assam, and Uttarakhand. The company has received projects for architectural and engineering consultancy for Eklavya Model...
Article - 03/18/2021
Active Region(s): India
Under the ‘Smart City Mission’, the Shimla Municipal Corporation will propose setting up a monorail service to attract more tourists, benefit local commuters, and increase the corporation’s income. Mayor Satya Kaundal announced this during the...
Article - 03/18/2021
Active Region(s): India
In a move that could spur development in urban areas, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to develop suburban areas with required civic infrastructure. The Municipal Administration Department has readied a blueprint to make suburban areas...
Article - 03/11/2021
Active Region(s): India
A high-level delegation team led by Bruno Bosle, Country Director, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in India visited the city recently to take the overview of the City Investments to Innovate Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) projects in...
Article - 03/11/2021
Active Region(s): India
Digital tools launched in a Japanese smart city that can send disaster alerts to safeguard residents are part of an optional technology push aiming to overcome social and economic challenges, while also allaying privacy fears. The smartphone alerts...
Article - 03/11/2021
Active Region(s): India
The New Delhi Municipal Council's (NMDC) latest Smart Cities initiative is an ambitious project to provide 24x7 potable water facility to its residents.“This is one of the main goals of the Smart Cities project. Our project has three cornerstones —...
Article - 03/11/2021
Active Region(s): India
The recently announced Ease of Living Index 2020 rankings for cities indicates that Bengaluru and Pune are the most “livable” among larger cities, while Shimla and Bhubaneswar topped the charts among the smaller cities. Predictably, the municipal...
Article - 03/11/2021
Active Region(s): India
NEC Corporation India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, has won the mandate to drive Thiruvananthapuram’s Smart City project. Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the project alongside Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala,...
Article - 03/04/2021
Active Region(s): India
Ahmedabad-based startup has powered up two villages with high-speed internet using LiFi-based technology. Akrund and Navanagar villages in Aravalli district of Gujarat have become India’s first smart villages with LiFi-based internet connectivity....
Article - 03/04/2021
Active Region(s): India
To track the movement of the vehicles carrying garbage and check whether they are disposing of waste daily, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is planning to set up an Internet-of-Things (IoT)-enabled smart fencing on a 17-km stretch...
Article - 03/04/2021
Active Region(s): India
Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor, laid foundation stones for scores of public utilities and developmental projects worth Rs 26.6 crore being carried out under prestigious Srinagar Smart City Project giving a major push towards transforming Srinagar...
Article - 03/04/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI) of Bhopal, under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has entered into an agreement with the Tripura State Council for Science and Technology for promoting the use...
Article - 03/04/2021
Active Region(s): India
“Building Smart and Sustainable Urban Infrastructure”, the fourth in the InfraNirbhar webinar series, will focus on building smart cities. The webinar is scheduled from 2:00 to 3:30 pm tomorrow, Wednesday, 3 March 2021. The keynote address will be...
Article - 03/02/2021
Active Region(s): India
Hyderabad is planning to add more feathers to its cap. After Open Defecation Free (ODF) ++ certification, the city is now trying for the five star certification, which is issued for cities for being garbage free, in the country.Under the Swacch...
Article - 02/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, has announced Rs 1,600 crore to establish sewage treatment plants across Bhopal. This move was undertaken so that the lake water remains healthy and potable. The CM inaugurated several...
Article - 02/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore has collaborated with the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) to develop a module on solid waste management strategy to help replicate the city’s model of cleanliness in other Indian cities besides...
Article - 02/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Tawi Riverfront in the middle of the Jammu city will be developed on the lines of Gujarat’s Sabarmati River Front. Experts from the Sabarmati River Front Development Corporation explained the details and gave suggestions for development of Tawi...
Article - 02/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
Construction of the first plastic road in Tripura, using non-recyclable plastic waste is underway as a part of the Agartala Smart City (ASCL) project. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb inaugurated the plastic waste road by unveiling the plaque...
Article - 02/25/2021
Active Region(s): India
Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) today announced the formation of an alliance of its partners - We Build Smart Cities - to share their knowledge and expertise with the world.SCCANZ is the regions peak body representing local...
Article - 02/20/2021
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Though smart cities in Tamil Nadu may not be topping the charts, the State is the best performer among bigger States as far as utilization of Union government funds is concerned. Data tabled in Parliament show that Tamil Nadu had utilized 97 % of...
Article - 02/18/2021
Active Region(s): India