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India’s largest private company by revenues, Reliance Industries (RIL) plans to support waste treatment and management start-ups – both domestic and global.Vipul Shah, Chief Operating Officer – Petrochemicals, RIL, said that the company is looking...
Article - 09/17/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Government will award tenders worth over Rs 2 lakh crore by March next year, as well as finish smart city projects worth Rs 50,000 crore by June 2020. This was done in order to fast-track the implementation of the Smart Cities Mission (SCM).The...
Article - 09/17/2019
Active Region(s): India
The physical manifestation of what is the city, is the result of many hands shaping its component parts. Urban planners, architects, engineers, economists and urban designers to name a few.There is a deep and diverse set of professions that plan,...
Article - 09/15/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Very soon, Mangaluru, which is the chief port city of Karnataka, will convert its 24 old bus shelters into smart ones. These smart bus shelters will provide real time transit data like route numbers, information on arriving buses with their...
Article - 09/09/2019
Active Region(s): India
A list of the smartest 10 cities in India was created after a recent assessment by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The list placed Ahmedabad on the first position, followed Nagpur, Ranchi, Bhopal, Tiruppur, Surat and...
Article - 09/09/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to make the city the first state capital to attain 100 per cent scientific disposal of e-waste. Bhopal produces upwards of 250MT of e-waste each year. It includes extremely toxic and harmful...
Article - 09/09/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Aurangabad Industrial City (Auric) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. Auric is being developed at the Shendra and Bidkin nodes of the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor. The city, equipped with underground plug-n-play...
Article - 09/09/2019
Active Region(s): India
Several developmental programs initiated by GHMC with an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore in LB Nagar zone were inaugurated by Malla Reddy, Telangana Labour Minister, along with the city mayor Bonthu Rammohan, Malkajgiri MP Revanth Reddy and LB Nagar...
Article - 09/09/2019
Active Region(s): India
As part of the Central Government's initiative to promote eco-friendly public transportation, fifty electric buses will be added to Goa’s corporation fleet. These additional buses will operate on a public-private partnership basis and will be seen...
Article - 09/05/2019
Active Region(s): India
A demonstration plant was inaugurated in Dehradun by Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan on August 28, 2019 for converting plastic waste to diesel based on at the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) of Council...
Article - 09/05/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has tied up with the Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited (PSCDCL) to launch ‘Zero Waste Project’ under area based development project of the smart city. The organizers of the project have decided to...
Article - 09/05/2019
Active Region(s): India
A deadline of 30 days has been set up by the Nashik Municipal Smart City Development Corporation Ltd (NMSCDCL) to complete the Rs 193-crore plan project of upgrading the basic infrastructure in the old city areas. The project will give a facelift to...
Article - 09/05/2019
Active Region(s): India
Under the smart city plan, the Maharashtra Government has given its approval to the Nashik Metro’s detailed project report (DPR), which was prepared by the MahaMetro. The project will be known as Nashik Metro Neo. The Central and State Governments...
Article - 09/05/2019
Active Region(s): India
The decks have been cleared for the much-awaited drainage pipeline project at the Nanasaheb Peshwe lake, popularly known as Katraj lake. The groundbreaking ceremony for the project was held recently in the presence of Pune MP Girish Bapat and Union...
Article - 08/29/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Haryana Government has decided to enhance the scope of National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) from 80 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to 86 ULBs in order to enable the poor and vulnerable urban poor household’s access to gainful self-employment and...
Article - 08/29/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Odisha Government has decided to set up 114 waste processing and disposal facilities in all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) very soon. The reason: piling up of solid waste. Of 114 ULBs (including five municipal corporations, 53 municipalities and 61...
Article - 08/29/2019
Active Region(s): India
A set of recommendations that can empower gram panchayats to effectively deal with waste was launched by the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR). The step-by-step guide has asked the panchayats to ban the use of use-...
Article - 08/29/2019
Active Region(s): India
Roads in Patna are set to get a cleaner look with the Patna Smart City Limited (PSCL) planning to bury the mess of dangling criss-cross cables of electricity, telephone and broadband among other wires. Altogether 30 roads in the city will be...
Article - 08/29/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has proposed 70 projects with an estimated expenditure of Rs 29 billion under the ‘Smart City’ mission, Municipal Commissioner G. Srijana said.“As many as 22 projects wroth ?260 crore have been...
Article - 08/22/2019
Active Region(s): India
Inside Look: What cities were buying and planning in August 2019Companies looking to supply smart cities with products or services have plenty of opportunities available across the country. As more government agencies begin investing in the smart...
Article - 08/22/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Following the agitation by nearby residents over the effluent discharge to the Kalachal and Chathanattu canals by the units at Cochin Special Economic Zone (CSEZ), the government agency has decided to address the issue with the establishment of a...
Article - 08/22/2019
Active Region(s): India
Kohima Smart City in collaboration with the Green Team Kohima held a consultation meeting with Kohima Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) under the ‘100 days Smart City Special Initiative Campaign on Sanitation’ in the chamber of the...
Article - 08/22/2019
Active Region(s): India
Union government’s mantra of One City One Impact is to showcase the progress made by 100 smart cities as Modi 2.0 completes 100 days in October. For this, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has directed all 100 smart cities to choose one...
Article - 08/22/2019
Active Region(s): India
Post Ladakh being declared a Union Territory (UT), it is likely that its headquarter Leh will be the next city to be awarded the ‘Smart City’ tag. It is all set to undergo a massive ground-level transformation as the Centre is keen on introducing...
Article - 08/22/2019
Active Region(s): India
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief has cleared a proposal that will benefit all housing societies, but awaits standing committee approval. If you segregate garbage and dispose of your own wet and dry waste, you can get a property tax...
Article - 08/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
Google is collaborating with Cisco for its ‘gStation’ offering that provides access to free and high-speed WiFi at public locations across India. Under the partnership, Cisco is providing the network infrastructure and about 25 locations already...
Article - 08/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
Street lights are not working? Ritu Maheshwari, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Noida Authority, has launched a mobile app for LED street light grievance Redressal, in the city. The application is available on Google play store as well as Apple...
Article - 08/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Madurai Corporation approved the establishment of a sewage treatment plant (STP) with two million liters per day (MLD) capacity at Vaigai river to treat sewage water carried by the Pandhalkudi channel before entering the river course.According...
Article - 08/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
Noida has come out with an unique solution to segregate waste. Residents of Sector 15A of Noida started segregating waste with the launch of three e-vehicles with two compartments for wet and dry waste collection from houses. The e-rickshaws, which...
Article - 08/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
We are hearing more about the Data Trust these days, as our efforts in opening-up and sharing data evolve, with mixed success.Just earlier this week, SCC hosted an on-line discovery session around digital transparency in the public realm. This...
Article - 08/15/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
The Smart Cities Council recently brought together government stakeholders and Smart Cities Council members to discuss current issues around the use of technology and the collection of data in the public realm. From deployment...
Article - 08/13/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Policy frameworks and tools
WeGO Partners with Smart Cities Council WeGO selects Smart Cities Activator to manage city engagement Seoul, Korea. August 7, 2019. World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) and Smart Cities Council (Council) have partnered to improve...
Article - 08/11/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Thank you for selecting the Services offered by Smart Cities Council Inc. (referred to as "SCC", "we", "our", or "us").Review these Terms of Service ("Contract") thoroughly. This Contract is a legal Contract between you (“You” or “Your”) and SCC, a...
Article - 08/10/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Thank you for selecting the Services offered by Smart Cities Council Inc. (referred to as "SCC", "we", "our", or "us").Review these Terms of Service ("Contract") thoroughly. This Contract is a legal Contract between you (“You” or “Your”) and SCC, a...
Article - 08/02/2019
Active Region(s): Main
As per a new move by the Delhi Development Authority, a section of Dwarka is set to be remade as a Mini Smart City as well as the latest chill spot for the residents of NCR.In accordance with the DDA's plan to make Dwarka a mini Smart city, there is...
Article - 07/30/2019
Active Region(s): India
From next year, the security system in Kochi will be artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled with over 1,000 cameras controlling the entire traffic and surveillance activities in the city. The Police Control Room is all set to witness modernization,...
Article - 07/30/2019
Active Region(s): India
After MahaMetro implemented the idea of tapping rainwater at its stations in Nagpur, city’s skating instructor Rohit Deshpande has now proposed to store rainwater from footpaths and roads.Though the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has welcomed...
Article - 07/30/2019
Active Region(s): India
To improve solid waste management system in Puri, the district administration and the Puri Municipality have decided to launch door-to-door garbage collection in this holy city. The municipal body would arrange vehicles to collect solid waste from...
Article - 07/30/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Nashik Municipal Smart City Development Corporation (NMSCDCL) has given its approval for giving work orders to seven projects worth Rs 3.1 billion. Projects include the Godavari river front development, involving enhancement and infrastructure...
Article - 07/30/2019
Active Region(s): India
If you’ve read the recent criticisms of Baltimore by Donald Trump, you might be tempted to write the city off. In reality, Baltimore is on the brink of becoming a smart, sustainable city. Read on to learn the lessons it can teach others. And how you...
Article - 07/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
All Activator Users will be asked to agree to this Smart Cities Activator End User LicenseThank you for selecting the Services offered by Smart Cities Council Inc. (referred to as "SCC", "we", "our", or "us"). SCC is a Commonwealth of Virginia...
Article - 07/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Companies looking to supply smart cities with products or services have plenty of opportunities available across the U.S. As more governments begin investing in the smart cities movement, companies in the business-to-government (B2G) marketplace...
Article - 07/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
“We have spent a lot of time in Texas this summer, helping plan to make Texas communities resilient to natural disasters. Now, Texas needs to consider how to make its communities resilient to cybersecurity disasters as 22 small towns were recently...
Article - 07/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Steve Crout, Director, Policy & Resilience Program, Smart Cities Council Resilience – the ability to recover easily and quickly from difficulties – has been in the headlines this year for all the wrong reasons. More natural...
Article - 07/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Tiruchi City Corporation has decided to develop the Gandhi Market under the Smart City Mission. N Ravichandran, Commissioner, Tiruchi Corporation, said, “We have taken a policy decision to make use of the available fund under the Smart City...
Article - 07/26/2019
Active Region(s): India
Coimbatore has left all the cities behind and has topped in the implementation of the Smart City mission project. As per the data by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Coimbatore has topped in the number of projects for which work has been...
Article - 07/26/2019
Active Region(s): India
PepsiCo India has partnered with Nepra, a waste management firm, with the aim to collect over 8 lakh kg of multi-layered plastic in West Bengal by end of this year. This initiative will be rolled out in four cities – Kolkata, Darjelling, Kalimpong...
Article - 07/26/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Department of Industries has got the Centre’s nod for construction of a World Trade Centre (WTC) at the upcoming Smart City in suburban Ranchi, officials from the Department said. State officials recently met senior officials from the Union...
Article - 07/26/2019
Active Region(s): India
As part of its ongoing effort to turn around the country’s ailing power sector, the Indian Government is planning to install smart meters in each and every home and business. The plan under consideration would require 300 million smart meters over...
Article - 07/26/2019
Active Region(s): India
Smart Urbanation 2019 is being conducted in coordination with Govt. of Karnataka, with participation from 60 city officials. Since inception in 2014, the event has evolved to include a broader agenda that impacts India's urban reality strengthened...
Article - 07/19/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Chief Data Officer, (CDO), for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Carlos Rivero announced a state-wide survey of cities and counties in Virginia to support development of a statewide data governance policy. Recognizing the critical role of data...
Article - 07/18/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Jaipur City Transport Services Ltd (JCTSL) plans to purchase 600 new buses out of which 300 will be electric vehicles. This was stated by local self government department minister Shanti Dhariwal in the assembly. The new AC and non-AC buses will...
Article - 07/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced construction of 10,000 check dams in the current fiscal year. Making a suo motu announcement in the assembly, the chief minister said the construction of structures would be taken up at Rs...
Article - 07/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is going to launch a new system to clear the dustbins on the roads. The new system will equip dustbins with QR (quick response) codes to facilitate the immediate clearing of trash.In the QR...
Article - 07/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
Srinagar administration has upgraded 10 traffic signals to Intelligent Traffic Signal System (ITSS) in the capital city.From Integrated Command and Control System (ICCS) to Red Light Violation Detection System (RLVDS) to Speed Violation Detection...
Article - 07/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
To make travel easier, a ropeway will be built from Jawali village in Mahabaleshwar Tehsil to Pratapgad. This project has been approved as a mega project under the Tourism Policy of year 2016. Once the project is completed, it will be easier for the...
Article - 07/15/2019
Active Region(s): India
Thank you for selecting the Services offered by Smart Cities Council Inc. (referred to as "SCC", "we", "our", or "us").Review these Terms of Service ("Contract") thoroughly. This Contract is a legal Contract between you (“You” or “Your”) and SCC, a...
Article - 07/15/2019
Active Region(s): Main
With no scientific disposal of e-waste and hazardous waste in the State, Clean Kerala Company has embarked on a project to tackle the menace. As a first step, land has been identified at Kuttippuram in Malappuram to set up an e-waste dismantling and...
Article - 07/08/2019
Active Region(s): India
A recent research suggests that life expectancy in India has gone down by 2.6 years due to deadly diseases caused by air pollution. In an effort towards achieving pollution-free cities, five cities from Andhra Pradesh will be included in the...
Article - 07/08/2019
Active Region(s): India
Shortage of parking space, high parking tariffs, and traffic congestion due to visitors in search for a parking place are only a few examples of everyday parking problems. To tackle this issue in airports, a remote car parking facility for taxis,...
Article - 07/08/2019
Active Region(s): India