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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 - 02/26/2021
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 - 02/26/2021
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 - 02/26/2021
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 - 02/26/2021
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 - 02/26/2021
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 - 02/19/2021
Active Region(s): India
Though Amritsar was erroneously described as the epicenter of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, the tremors awakened the ‘unsuspecting’ authorities from the slumber on earthquake unsafe building structures and forced them to contemplate taking preventive...
Article - 02/19/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) is gearing up to cut down on its carbon footprints by improving energy efficiency through the use of green power under the Smart City projects. The city is expected to generate substantial solar energy and...
Article - 02/19/2021
Active Region(s): India
eBikeGo, an electric mobility solutions provider, has said that they are kickstarting a drive to recycle Lithium batteries of its electric vehicles. These recycled batteries are in the beginning or middle of their lifecycle. EV batteries are taken...
Article - 02/19/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL) is developing a digital door number system, which will include QR (quick response) code number, unique property ID, and GIS (geographic information system) mapping of residential and commercial properties in...
Article - 02/19/2021
Active Region(s): India
French technology firm Atos, recently announced that it has signed a contract with Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City Limited (PCSCL) to create a comprehensive e-Governance platform for Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).The digitally...
Article - 02/12/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) will give top priority to sanitation, cleanliness, and the smart city project under its ‘Mission – 2022’, said IMC Mayor Tame Phassang. Addressing media persons at the IMC office regarding ‘Mission – 2022’...
Article - 02/12/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed new guidelines for road repair and maintenance of the town area. The civic body says that in the first phase, 18 roads, having 11.41km length will be restructured and modernized.Civic body...
Article - 02/12/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will install an online system to check sewage water meter on sewage treatment plants (STPs) that checks the quality of treated water, which is released to Mula-Mutha rivers. It will also help to know how much...
Article - 02/12/2021
Active Region(s): India
Siemens has signed pacts with the Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for setting up digital transformation labs.The conglomerate signed two separate memorandums of understandings (MoUs) with...
Article - 02/12/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Smart Cities Council announced its first cohort of Readiness Challenge Winners for 2021 – specifically Brisbane, Queensland, Australia / Nashville, Tennessee, USA / Orange County, Florida, USAThese cities...
Article - 02/10/2021
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
The Smart Cities Council has announced that Brisbane, Queensland Australia is one of three (3) global Readiness Challenge winners from its 2020 application process.The other two Readiness Challenge winners areOrange County, Florida,...
Article - 02/08/2021
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
Nashville's Courage Makes It a 2021 Readiness Challenge WinnerThe Smart Cities Council has announced that Nashville, Tennessee, USA is one of three (3) Readiness Challenge Winners from 2020 - kick-starting the Council's 2021 Readiness Program. The...
Article - 02/07/2021
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
Orange County, Florida's Commitment to Sustainability makes it a Readiness Challenge 2021 Winner!The Smart Cities Council has announced that Orange County, Florida, USA is one of three (3) Readiness Challenge Winners - kick-starting the Council's...
Article - 02/07/2021
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN, Smart Cities Week
Hyderabad is on a fast track and is initiating different measures to add more feathers to its cap. After Open Defecation Free (ODF) ++ certification, it is now trying for the five-star city certification, which is issued for cities for being garbage...
Article - 02/05/2021
Active Region(s): India
Think big and do it big. That seems to be the Karnataka government’s mantra. Never mind the numerous issues plaguing already developed residential layouts. It has now proposed the biggest township project in the state, with around 30,000 sites,...
Article - 02/05/2021
Active Region(s): India
Those waiting to buy or sell waste through the Madras Waste Exchange portal may have to wait until the end of February, according to Corporation officials. Said to be the country’s first online waste exchange portal, the pilot project was launched...
Article - 02/05/2021
Active Region(s): India
The announcement of Padma Shri to 71-year-old M Subburaman from Trichy city has put NGOs and social workers here in an upbeat mood. The award was in recognition of his efforts of over 20 years in building more than 1.2 lakh toilets across India....
Article - 02/05/2021
Active Region(s): India
A smart card exclusively for the residents of Thiruvananthapuram city will be released within 2 months. The card, which has been named ‘My smart TVM’, can be used to avail government sector services in the initial phase and later for services of...
Article - 02/05/2021
Active Region(s): India
To encourage residents to adopt the golden rule – ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ — for waste management, the Patna Municipal Corporation has come up with a plan to set-up selfie points across the city and to develop ‘Waste to Wonder Park’ at various...
Article - 01/29/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Limited (SCTL) is installing the Smart Mosquito Density System across the city under the the Smart City Project of the city corporation. This will help in preventing vector-borne diseases and alerting the...
Article - 01/29/2021
Active Region(s): India
In 2017, when the Swacch Bharat Misson began, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) mandated all housing societies with more than 200 flats to do complete segregation of waste at source – into wet and dry waste, and total in-house wet waste...
Article - 01/29/2021
Active Region(s): India
Trivendra Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister has approved Rs 28 crore for the construction of solid waste management facilities and decentralised segregation hall in various municipal bodies and nagar panchayats of Uttarakhand.The CM released...
Article - 01/29/2021
Active Region(s): India
Brixton Group, a leading business conglomerate of UAE, has announced that India’s first industrial smart city will be set up near Kalamassery in Kochi. The project with an investment of Rs 1,200 crore will be set up in nearly 30 acres of land....
Article - 01/29/2021
Active Region(s): India
How the New Administration Might Impact Small Businesses Serving Local GovernmentsThe Biden Administration is likely to provide a very different environment for businesses providing all types of “smart” services, and this holds particularly true not...
Article - 01/27/2021
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Smart Cities Activator
Nashville accelerates delivery of services to its residentsOne of the ways Nashville is delivering services to its residents is by participating in the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge. To participate, a city must have leadership commitment...
Article - 01/27/2021
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Smart Cities Activator
Sixth Session Nashville Mitigation of Urban Flooding (12/16/20)Solutions for data sharing and modeling with focus on predictive analytics with presentations from Ott Hydro, Acquaris Software and SaS Institute.
Article - 01/26/2021
Active Region(s): Main
To keep River Ganga clean and to check wastage of water, Kanpur will be the first city of the country to formulate a river management plan. The National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi and National Mission for Clean Ganga and Kanpur Municipal...
Article - 01/23/2021
Active Region(s): India
The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), the governing civic authority, has partnered with ABB India to further roll out next generation technology and support its vision of delivering continuous water supply across the city of Surat with the 24/7...
Article - 01/23/2021
Active Region(s): India
In each of the 100 designated Smart Cities across the country, the selected City Data Officer (CDO) is currently undergoing a six-week training by the "Smart Cities Mission" and Tata Trusts. The training helps the officer to “reimagine how...
Article - 01/23/2021
Active Region(s): India
Nottingham becomes the first city to implement an open-source Internet of Things (IoT) platform on a large scale with a combination of features. The city in England’s Midlands region is developing an intelligent energy management system (iEMS) for...
Article - 01/23/2021
Active Region(s): India
Ajax Engineering, the world’s largest manufacturer of self-loading concrete mixers (SLCMs), has recently earmarked around Rs 100 crore for allotment of land in Bengaluru from Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) as well as for...
Article - 01/23/2021
Active Region(s): India
Fifth Session Nashville Mitigation of Urban Flooding (12/9/20)Using sensors and edge devices to mitigate the impact of urban flooding. Review of low cost sensors from solution providers.See and download presentations below from HiFy, Green Stream...
Article - 01/21/2021
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Smart Cities Activator
4th Session Nashville Mitigating the Impact of Urban Flooding (12/2/20)Presentations about using sensors, IT architecture and analytics by North East Ohio Regional Sewer District (Cleveland) and the Town of Cary, NC.See and download presentations...
Article - 01/21/2021
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Smart Cities Activator