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The Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam has floated tender for construction of sewage treatment plants in Rae Bareilly of Uttar Pradesh. The scope of work involves design, build, finance, operate and transfer sewage treatment plants of capacities as set out...
Article - 10/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
Madurai Corporation has obtained clearance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the funding agency for the ‘package-4’ of the mega drinking water project proposed at an estimated cost of Rs 1,295 crore to get additional 125 MLD of drinking water...
Article - 10/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
Institute (TERI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for management of water and wastewater. The MoU was signed by DP Mathuria, Executive Director – Technical, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and Sanjay Seth,...
Article - 10/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairs, has urged that all our organisations should undertake efforts to identify more and more activities to be automated and free of human interface. “The power of technology is...
Article - 10/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs, Nitin Gadkari virtually laid the foundation stones of nine National Highway projects with a total length of nearly 262 km worth over Rs 27.52 billion in Tripura on October 27, 2020. The event...
Article - 10/30/2020
Active Region(s): India
Fulfilling its commitment to usher new era of infrastructure development in rural areas across district under smart village campaign phase-II, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu kick-started 3,201 development projects worth Rs 149....
Article - 10/23/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Madurai Corporation has been saving big on electricity every month, thanks to the conversion of street lights in 72 of the 100 wards in the city under the smart city scheme. Corporation officials say that not less than Rs 22 lakh is being saved...
Article - 10/23/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Central Government is drafting guidelines to scale up cycling infrastructure in the country, including interventions such as segregated lanes, shared streets, and intersections. The guidelines were shared with cities as the part of the Smart...
Article - 10/23/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Centre has provided an assistance of Rs 885.58 crore to Odisha under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme during 2015-2020. Of the 191 projects sanctioned under the scheme, 152 have so far been completed...
Article - 10/23/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Nashik Municipal Smart City Development Corporation (NMSCDCL) has invited suggestions and objections about the draft of the proposed Greenfiled township project. The township is to be developed on 753 acre in Makhmalabad areas of the city. The...
Article - 10/23/2020
Active Region(s): India
Smart Cities Council Partners have the unique opportunity to engage with multiple cities at the same time working together using the Council's Smart Cities Activator Platform. Here is an example of how the process works. You can download the PDF and...
Article - 10/16/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
As per a new study from Technavio, the smart city market size is poised to grow by more than $2118 billion during 2020-2024 with the decreasing price of connected devices expected to fuel market growth.The report from global technology research and...
Article - 10/16/2020
Active Region(s): India
Bharatpur is likely to become a Smart City in the coming years as the plan to include the city in the Narendra Modi government’s Smart City Mission has intensified. Recently, the Urban Development Department has sent a proposal to the Union Ministry...
Article - 10/16/2020
Active Region(s): India
The current COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented impacts on individuals and society as a whole. What was initially considered a China-specific outbreak spread quickly throughout the world, hospitalizing many and killing thousands. Until recently...
Article - 10/16/2020
Active Region(s): India
While the initial caseload of Covid19 in India was confined to metro cities like Delhi and Mumbai, it is now the Tier 2 and 3 cities that are contributing the most to new COVID-19 cases in the country. The increasing caseload has also led to...
Article - 10/16/2020
Active Region(s): India
Nokia announced an automated, zero-touch elevated temperature detection solution designed to help spot potential COVID-19 infections in facilities with thousands of people. The Nokia Automated Analytics Solution for Access Control streamlines and...
Article - 10/16/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Mangaluru Smart City (MSCL) has recently begun the implementation of its QR code-based Solid Waste Management System (SWMS), which is set to cover all the 60 wards of Mangaluru, in a phased manner.The first-of-its kind system will increase the...
Article - 10/09/2020
Active Region(s): India
Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh rolled out a “smart ration card” scheme for providing subsidized foodgrains to 1.41 crore beneficiaries in the State. He also announced a separate state-funded scheme to provide subsidized rations to nine lakh...
Article - 10/09/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Noida International Airport and Zurich Airport International AG on October 7, 2020, signed a concession agreement that would allow the Switzerland headquartered company to build and operate the Noida International Airport at Jewar for 40 years....
Article - 10/09/2020
Active Region(s): India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s longest railway tunnel above 10,000 feet height on October 3. The Atal Tunnel was completed at the most difficult time of coronavirus pandemic. This project is currently the best example of...
Article - 10/09/2020
Active Region(s): India
The International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad (IIIT-H) has set up the Smart City Research Center (SCRC) with support from the Indian Government’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), Smart City Mission and...
Article - 10/09/2020
Active Region(s): India
What is post COVID Urbanism, and why do we need to discuss it?Well, everything about 'place' is changing, and the COVID pandemic has highlighted this.On Tuesday 6th October the Smart Cities Council hosted a discovery session with an online audience...
Article - 10/06/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
In response to the urgent need for plastic waste management, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) positively impacted more than 33,000 households across three wards of Mumbai—K-East (...
Article - 10/01/2020
Active Region(s): India
Eight cities in Uttar Pradesh have been identified for installation of e-charging facility for two, three and four-wheelers. According to a recent proposal, the e-charging facilities under the smart city projects will be simultaneously launched in...
Article - 10/01/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Noida Authority launched an integrated control room for the better management of solid waste in the city. The objective of the ‘Integrated Control and Command Centre’ is to monitor the waste collection, transportation, and remediation of the...
Article - 10/01/2020
Active Region(s): India
CBRE India’s Government Practice - a dedicated vertical for undertaking government and public sector mandates, recently crossed the coveted milestone of providing services across 100 top cities in the country. The services provided by CBRE...
Article - 10/01/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Patna Municipal Corporation has come out with a plan to improve its ranking in the next Swachh Survekshan survey, which is conducted annually by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoUHA) under the Swachh Bharat Mission.This time,...
Article - 10/01/2020
Active Region(s): India
Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam (UJVNL) is planning to set up two first-of-its-kind power general plants in Bazpur and Nadahi of combined capacity of 32 MW at two state-owned sugar mills where electricity will be generated from the cane waste for the...
Article - 09/25/2020
Active Region(s): India
The civic administration’s bid to appoint a private agency to collect and transport construction debris and recycle the waste has received poor response. There have been many complaints against construction debris being disposed along the roadsides...
Article - 09/25/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Ajmer Municipal Corporation is developing a mobile application, which will depict the location of garbage points and toilets in the city. The app will prove helpful for the general public as well as the tourists. Moreover, people will be able to...
Article - 09/25/2020
Active Region(s): India
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar launched different projects of rural development department (RDD) and urban development & housing department (UDHD) total worth Rs 602.58 crore through video conferencing.Of the total 602.58 crore; projects...
Article - 09/25/2020
Active Region(s): India
As an immediate response to COVID-19, several smart cities leveraged smart solutions and facilities that were implemented as part of the 100 smart cities programme. Deloitte, in its recent report, “India Smart Cities’ COVID-19 Response”, highlights...
Article - 09/25/2020
Active Region(s): India
On Monday 21 September we hosted our Plenary Morning for Smart Cities Week Australia New Zealand 2020. In this streamed plenary session we work through a range of topics that support the operationalisation of technology and data investments in...
Article - 09/23/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
The European Union’s (EU) bank will invest 650 million euros for the construction of Kanpur’s first city metro line, its second biggest operation outside Europe that will finance a 32.4-km metro line with stations and rolling stock.The European...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
The European Union’s (EU) bank will invest 650 million euros for the construction of Kanpur’s first city metro line, its second biggest operation outside Europe that will finance a 32.4-km metro line with stations and rolling stock.The European...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
Kolkata Metro is also gearing up to get back on track with proper measures in place. Kolkata Metro is focusing on online smart card recharging system to avoid crowds at the ticket counters at stations.Posters will be distributed among commuters and...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Tirupati Smart City Corporation Limited (TSCCL) advisory committee has approved several eco-friendly initiatives including setting up of battery charging stations, modular toilets and dormitories for RTC commuters. The proposed battery...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Smart City Corporation Limited (NRANSCCL) has invited bids for the installation of 2.9 MW of rooftop solar projects at various locations under the capital expenditure (CAPEX) model. Besides the design, engineering,...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Institute for Management Development, in collaboration with Singapore University for Technology and Design, has released the 2020 Smart City Index, with key findings on how technology is playing a role in the COVID-19 era. Four Indian cities—New...
Article - 09/18/2020
Active Region(s): India
About half the cities I talk to say they are the next Silicon Valley for their country or region. They love branding their city as a hub of innovation and entrepreneurialism with no clear understanding of what Silicon Valley had to do to become...
Article - 09/15/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) signed an agreement with an environmental organisation for the Mithi river clean-up project. Officials said that MMRDA had received a proposal from the Marine Debris Partnership, which...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
Regarded as India’s spiritual capital, Varanasi is being beautified under the old Kashi rejuvenation project worth Rs 80 crore. Work is on to give the city’s narrow lanes a retro look along with smart facilities. Six wards—Dashashwamedh, Jangamwadi...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
India's official recycling capacity of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is a meagre 6,500 tonne per day (TPD) – just around 1 per cent, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The country’s total C...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic, Shimla Smart City project is gaining momentum as Rs 550 crore would be spent on increasing liveability and beautification of the tourist town. Urban development minister Suresh Bhardwaj said that as...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
Those residing in low-lying areas of the city or in localities that get flooded by Vishwamitri river monitor its levels anxiously when there is heavy rain or water is released from the Ajwa reservoir.So far, this level was noted by Vadodara...
Article - 09/11/2020
Active Region(s): India
A fresh approach to supporting startups across Australia and New Zealand is underway with the announcement that the Smart Cities Council has broadened its partnership categories to include early stage startups.Under the new partnership program...
Article - 09/08/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Led by Carlos Rivero, the CDO for the Commonwealth of Virginia (USA), this panel at Smart Cities Week Global 2020 will be exploring how cities around the world are implementing open data initiatives.Register to attend Smart Cities Week here (free.)...
Article - 09/08/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
In 2015, Stephen Adler, the Chief Information Strategist for IBM stated that IBM’s view about ‘smart cities’ was that a smart city was ‘self-aware.’ Peter Hirshberg, the Chairman of the City Innovate Foundation stated probably more comprehensively...
Article - 09/08/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN
An Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) will be set up on the premises of Bihar Sharif Town police station to monitor a host of services and activities in the town. The decision was taken at the review meeting of Biharsharif Smart City...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
Chirala municipality has bagged Swachh Survekshan 2020 award instituted by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) under sanitation management category. The other towns and cities from Andhra Pradesh that won the awards are Vijayawada (Krishna),...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
Tiruppur Smart City managed by the Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation has invited expression of interest (EOI), to install 34 electronic display boards with air quality monitoring systems, against advertisement rights on design, build, operate and...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
Decks have been cleared for revolutionary changes in the urban transportation system of Uttar Pradesh after the central government’s approval to the urban mobility plan of 13 cities, including Lucknow. Now, things like bus rapid transport corridor...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
With the trial run over, the Intelligent Transport System that will provide live status of bus movement besides their arrival and departure timings on commuters’ phones as well as display boards at bus shelters is ready to be operationalized in...
Article - 09/04/2020
Active Region(s): India
The Smart Cities Council is stewarding the development of a Digital Twin Strategy for Australia and New Zealand. Our goal for the Strategy is to create the conditions for a thriving Digital Twin market place in the region. Our Digital Twin Task...
Article - 09/01/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
What is the idea behind the '20 Minute City', and how might it become a key opportunity for post-crisis economic recovery? Well, the City of Hamilton in New Zealand has a strategy for that! We recently interviewed Jen Baird (General Manager, City...
Article - 09/01/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Urban flooding is the most common disaster in the United StatesFlooding is the most common natural disaster in the United States. As reported by the University of Maryland and Texas A&M (Galveston) in 2018, in its report titled ‘The Growing...
Article - 09/01/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
Moves to see the University of Canterbury (UC) deliver the most advanced smart cities focused MBA program are under way with the announcement that the University has become the first university globally to sign as a Research and Knowledge Partner...
Article - 08/31/2020
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Electric auto rickshaws (e-autos) have been rolled out in the capital city by the city corporation as part of Smart city Thiruvananthapuram Limited for promoting electric mobility. Industries Minister E P Jayarajan flagged off 15 e-autos, which were...
Article - 08/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
The by Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) helped Lucknow secure the 12th position out of 47 cities with a population of over 10 lakh assessed in the Swachh Survey for 2020. The rankings were done on four parameters – direct observation,...
Article - 08/28/2020
Active Region(s): India
In the backdrop of the Central government’s curbs on bidders of countries that share a land border with India, on the grounds of national security, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) may have to scrap and re-invite tenders for construction...
Article - 08/28/2020
Active Region(s): India