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Surat, being the centre of opportunities for laborers and investors, has attracted migrants from nearby rural areas and cities. This has increasing the demand for intra-city transportation. In the year 2006, Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC)...
Article - 07/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Transportation, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Interoperability
As India progresses towards building Smart Cities, we at Smart Cities Council India spoke to Jatin Singh, CEO, of India's first private weather forecasting company – Skymet, about the tools required for good weather forecasting and action plan in...
Article - 11/03/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Interoperability
The NDA government under the leadership of Narendra Modi had officially launched the 'DigiLocker' service under its flagship 'Digital India' campaign in late June, while the soft launch of the service was done earlier in February 2015.The service...
Article - 10/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Interoperability
The Panvel Municipal Council (PMC) is planning to light up about 100 street lights by using bi-gas, using a grant of Rs 25 lakh to revive its defunct bio-gas plant. The plant which was earlier handled by the PMC works department, has now been...
Article - 10/26/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Waste management, Interoperability
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) or the rate at which infants (below the age of one) die has been a grave concern since long; it has been standing on the top priority for the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in India. UP Government comes up with an...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Interoperability
Drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are seen by many as a new, transformative tool used in precision agriculture. It still may be early days, as far as India is concerned, but the potential and benefits of the technology is enormous....
Article - 10/21/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Interoperability
-Niranjan Zanzmera, Mayor, Surat Municipal CorporationThe city of Surat has long been known as the diamond polishing hub of the world, but there are other facets that have led the city to shine - including being one of the cleanest cities in the...
Article - 10/12/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Energy, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Interoperability, Policy and leadership
(Image source: Microsoft)The future growth of the IT industry lies in the new service lines which include – the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, social media, mobile systems, big data analytics and Cloud based applications, states the latest...
Article - 10/09/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Interoperability
Professor Carlo Ratti, a smart city expert, a architect, engineer and inventor by profession has featured in Blueprint Magazine’s ’25 people who will change the world of design’ and also in the ‘Smart List 2012: 50 people who will change the world’....
Article - 09/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Telecommunications, Connectivity, Data management, Interoperability
Travelling in urban India is very stressful, because of the heavy traffic, bad roads, lack of timely public transport service, wrongful parking, unnecessary honking, pollution, erratic motorists driving and so on and so forth. The reasons can be...
Article - 09/26/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Transportation, Interoperability, Smart City Tools