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In the latest smart city rankings announced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Nagpur has slid from being No. 1 to to No. 28 with 46.35 points. Ahmedabad was first with 81.37 points and Agra scored 78.22 points to secure the...
Article - 05/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL) has extended deadline of all ongoing projects by two months due to the time lost during the lockdown. CSCL CEO KK Yadav said although all allotted works had been restarted, the deadline had been extended by...
Article - 05/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has launched a citywide nullah (drain) cleaning campaign. According to civic body officials, there are 446 small and large drains in the city. All these are supposed to be cleaned by June 10. Mayor Naveen Jain...
Article - 05/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
The way we look at urban design is going to change post pandemic. The Greater Chennai Corporation is in discussion with architects, urban design experts and engineers to incorporate certain changes in upcoming projects. For instance, parks will be...
Article - 05/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
Many smart city projects, which were stalled due to lockdown over the outbreak of Covid-19, have resumed in Kochi. Cochin Smart Mission (CSML) has already started road work and hospital development projects while more works are expected to begin in...
Article - 05/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is continuing to fundamentally shape the way that the public sector operates and does business. As cities and other public agencies are responding to the ongoing pandemic, GovWin’s team of state and local market analysts...
Article - 05/26/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The 'One Minute Read' series provide a range of insights from leadership cities as well as programs and frameworks to help accelerate smart cities throughout the ASEAN region.The series includes the following:The 4 Commandments of Smart Cities by...
Article - 05/24/2020
Active Region(s): ASEAN
PK Pole, Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir, reviewed the status of Srinagar Smart City Project at a meeting of senior officers of concerned departments. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, VC SDA, Commissioner SMC, Director...
Article - 05/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun the pre-monsoon cleaning of drains here in the state capital. With BMC's focus on Covid-19, many important operations like pre-monsoon preparedness had taken a back seat. Last year's BMC budget...
Article - 05/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Coimbatore Municipal Corporation (CMC) is seeking the second instalment of fund to carry out projects under the Smart City mission. The corporation proposes to execute 48 projects at the cost of Rs 984.86 crore. The central government will...
Article - 05/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Karnal Smart City project has come to a standstill due to the ongoing Covid pandemic lockdown. Around 30 projects costing around Rs 450 crore could not be commenced as their tenders were not processed due to the lockdown. To call the tender,...
Article - 05/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Hubballi Dharwad Smart City Limited (HDSCL), Karnataka has issued a tender for the commissioning of rooftop solar PV systems worth approximately 340 kWP on discount over retail tariff basis on net metering or gross metering at multiple locations...
Article - 05/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
We are delighted to present the Data Leadership Vitals - Purpose, Privacy, Security, Ethics and Governance.The Smart Cities Council launched the Centre for Data Leadership in January 2020 after more than three years of listening and learning...
Article - 05/23/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Data management
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are targets for global development adopted in September 2015, set to be achieved by 2030. All countries of the world have agreed to work towards achieving these goals. ...
Article - 05/20/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
NEC Technologies India (NEC India) has helped Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) convert its smart city control center into a war room to combat the spread of coronavirus in the city. The Integrated Command Center has been set up to...
Article - 05/15/2020
Active Region(s): India
Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL) has utilized the Integrated Command and Control Centre for monitoring and surveillance activities in the fight against Covid-19. DSCL authorities have worked in collaboration with the District Administration in...
Article - 05/15/2020
Active Region(s): India
After a long gap since the imposition of lockdown, work has resumed at major projects under the Smart Cities Mission of the Central government. Work has started on a low scale – at Periyar bus stand and multi-level car parking facility near...
Article - 05/15/2020
Active Region(s): India
A Bhopal-based startup company has developed Smart Restroom Monitoring System (SRMS) which consists of smart supervising equipment for the public washrooms to ensure cleanliness, hygiene and social distancing amidst the coronavirus pandemic.The...
Article - 05/15/2020
Active Region(s): India
Bhagalpur Smart City has been supporting the city administration in combating COVID-19 using various initiatives. The key initiatives taken up by BSCL include use of technology for spreading awareness; innovative IEC measures for sharing experience...
Article - 05/15/2020
Active Region(s): India
Philadelphia has used the ‘smart city journey’ to pro-actively solve city-wide issues with agility and innovation. The smart city journey has helped COVID-19 responsiveness.Trust and stakeholder engagementEvidence has shown that governments that...
Article - 05/11/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Though there is no scientific evidence to prove that coronavirus transmission happens through sewage, the State government is planning to build captive liquid biomedical waste treatment plants in 20 major hospitals. A proposal seeking financial...
Article - 05/07/2020
Active Region(s): India
L&T has partnered with over 20 city administrations across India to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. To aid surveillance, the company is bringing out the many AI and ML assisted technologies that it is piloting for smart cities projects.“With its...
Article - 05/07/2020
Active Region(s): India
An IIT-Madras-incubated start-up, Antariksh Waste Ventures, has developed an Internet of Things-enabled (IoT) smart bin system to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus or Covid-19 through waste generated at vulnerable contagion points such as...
Article - 05/07/2020
Active Region(s): India
As the Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the globe, cities around the world are starting to leverage technology to help support essential services providers, emergency responders, and local law enforcement in their fight against the virus...
Article - 05/07/2020
Active Region(s): India
A COVID-19 War Room has been set at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to track and monitor the COVID-19 situation in the city. Under the Smart Cities mission, technology solutions have been adopted at the War Room for collecting,...
Article - 05/07/2020
Active Region(s): India
From April to November 2020 we will be delivering the the regions leading knowledge sharing and collaborative project planning series of activities for smart cities.We are excited to shape our 2020 program around the theme ‘Future Nation’, which...
Article - 05/06/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, ASEAN
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to have a profound influence on public life, it has likewise made a major impact on how companies do business with the government. Analysis and research on the government’s continuing response are available...
Article - 05/05/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Spearheaded by Peter Leonard, a team of leading Australian privacy professionals and academics consider that more is needed to ensure community trust in uptake of the COVIDsafe contact tracing app at this crucial time in pandemic management....
Article - 05/02/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued guidelines for management of waste generated during the diagnostics and treatment of suspected and confirmed Covid-19 patients. While State Governments and Center have initiated various steps to...
Article - 04/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
With construction work coming to a grinding halt for around a month, there is a big poser on completion of a number of projects implemented by the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) in the capital. Work of five to six projects, including two...
Article - 04/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
Using available raw materials and manpower, the Trichy Corporation is likely to resume construction work on stalled smart cities mission projects this week onwards. Except for Chathiram bus stand redevelopment project, all other smart cities mission...
Article - 04/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Kerala Road Fund Board has invited bids for selection of contractor for development of smart roads and underground ducting including utility shifting of water supply and power lines in ABD area in Thiruvananthapuram of under Smart City Mission (...
Article - 04/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
The door-to-door collection of waste is now being carried out in all the 81 wards of the city with the help of 104 auto-tipper vehicles. Earlier, the door-to-door collection of waste was limited to only 20 wards. However, due to the lockdown and...
Article - 04/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
A new Digital Twin resource hub for Australia and New Zealand has been launched to help promote the benefits of Digital Twin technology in helping activate data and create value for policy makers, practitioners, researcher’s, and the community.The...
Article - 04/29/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, ASEAN
All Smart Cities Activator Users agree to this Smart Cities Activator End User License ('EULA.')Thank you for selecting Smart Cities Activator as provided by Smart Cities Council Inc. (referred to as "SCC", "we", "our", or "us"). SCC is a...
Article - 04/27/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Smart Cities Activator
Cities drive economic growth. But with COVID-19 the economic engines are in danger. When it comes to disease upsurge, cities are a big part of the issue. Today, approximately 4 billion people live in cities, which is roughly over half of the world's...
Article - 04/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Kanpur Smart City (KSCL) has established an artificial intelligence tool for administration work to be carried out during the ongoing nationwide lockdown. KSCL has roped in Tech Mahindra to set up a Covid-19 control room to manage tracking of...
Article - 04/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
A&M Development Group, Europe’s leading infrastructure development company, has announced that it will be establishing its office in India as Oberoi-A&M Infra-Consortium (under incorporation), and along with Polaris Energy Resources Inc (USA...
Article - 04/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
Air India airlifted two drones and two pilots of Garuda Aerospace from Chennai for drone based anti-coronavirus sanitisation operations in Chandigarh and Varanasi, said a top official of Garuda Aerospace.Said Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Managing Director...
Article - 04/24/2020
Active Region(s): India
Recently, T-Hub announced that nine of its startups have come up with breakthrough solutions to combat or curb the spread of Covid-19. The startups have developed solutions to fight the virus across multiple fronts.“As the pandemic continues to...
Article - 04/24/2020
Active Region(s): India