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India’s waste management woes are huge. With the tap of a button, countless houses and hotels in Trivandrum are finding a solution to their septage waste management woes in an automated way. The ‘Smart Trivandrum’ app was launched in December last...
Article - 06/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) will install panic buttons across the city in a bid to introduce tourist safety measures in the city. According to AMC, this would not only ensure citizen safety, but would also improve response time of the law...
Article - 06/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
According to Kolkata-based Hulladek Recycling, Jamshedpur generates about 1,500–2,000 metric tonnes of e-waste annually. Keeping this in mind, Jusco has collaborated with Hulladek Recycling to inaugurate the first electronic waste management centre...
Article - 06/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
India accounts for about 7 per cent of the global GHG, and mission-mode programs like Smart Cities, AMRUT, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and Swachh Bharat have combating climate change as one of the major goals. India has also declared Intended...
Article - 06/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
Having a sound faecal sludge management system is of utmost importance in densely populated areas. While poor faecal sludge management in India remains a concern, a few hundred households in Valsad district of south Gujarat have shown the way by...
Article - 06/17/2019
Active Region(s): India
Hygiene and sanitation have become so common in today’s society that people often don’t stop and think about how important portable toilets are. With keeping this in mind, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has signed an MoU with RITES and Mahanadi Coal...
Article - 06/14/2019
Active Region(s): India
As part of the Climate Smart Cities (CSC) programme, Kochi will reportedly soon get aid from a technical consultant for managing its municipal solid waste (MSW), construction and demolition (C&D) waste and plastic waste.Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
Article - 06/14/2019
Active Region(s): India
After speaking to a number of our industry members, Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) is sharing the following views in response to recent commentary from media and academia regarding the Switching on Darwin project in the Northern...
Article - 06/14/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Across Australia and New Zealand, we are seeing our populations grow, along with the community’s expectations for a high level of service, and experience with the way they interact with government and their local community. While these expectations...
Article - 06/12/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has joined hands with ITC and a waste-pickers cooperative to collect and process multi-layered plastic (MLP) waste in the city. For this, ITC has launched the model for sustainable management of MLP waste on an...
Article - 06/12/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Kochi city police will launch Central Intrusion Monitoring System (CIMS), a smart security system very soon as part of strengthening the surveillance and security over high-asset buildings and commercial establishments like banks, jewellery...
Article - 06/11/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, after a long wait, is finally gearing up to invite tender to implement the new and improvised decentralized waste management scheme. The Rs 53 crore worth project, which will be implemented with financial aid from...
Article - 06/11/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Ranchi Lake, commonly known as Bada Talab, is set for a face-lift with the city civic body drafting a multi-crore plan to conserve and beautify the British-era water body. The ongoing beautification work at Ranchi’s iconic Bada Talab, under the...
Article - 06/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
Riding high on success of the pilot project to convert plastic waste into fuel, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) is likely to come up with a larger facility on public-private partnership (PPP) mode. IMC plans to bring up a plant to convert 50...
Article - 06/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
Nagaland’s capital city Kohima has recently joined Himalayan Cleanup event by undertaking Kohima Sanuorü Cleanup Campaign under the theme ‘Our Mountains deserve better.’ The Himalayan Cleanup is an annual event conducted across the Himalayan states...
Article - 06/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
There have been enough controversies on the elevated corridor project. In its resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) policy, the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Ltd (KRDCL) has stated that the proposed elevated corridor will be installed...
Article - 06/04/2019
Active Region(s): India
Taking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign to the next level, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and the Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG) has signed an MoU for the Zero Waste Chennai project. The project was is...
Article - 06/04/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has given its approval to the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed between Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) and Accord Hydroair (Pikhuwa) Private Limited. The PPA was signed...
Article - 05/31/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Thanjavur Municipal Corporation (TMC) is inducting green e-vehicles that is powered by batteries for solid waste management. This historic town will have as many as 30 such vehicles for garbage collection from houses. Each vehicle can reportedly...
Article - 05/31/2019
Active Region(s): India
Under the Smart City project, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) is all set to have LED lights fixed in 60 wards replacing the old ones. Once the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is lifted, work in this direction will begin.A sum of Rs 74...
Article - 05/31/2019
Active Region(s): India
In a major development in the Smart Cities Mission, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to launch a web portal with details of its smart city projects. This initiative can be replicated by other civic agencies as well. The initiative...
Article - 05/31/2019
Active Region(s): India
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Article - 05/29/2019
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
A global knowledge exchange for experienced smart city practitionersThe Smart Cities Readiness Network is a global knowledge exchange for public sector employees. It offers a weekly newsletter, in-person workshops, discounts to smart city...
Article - 05/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Collaborative online planning for multi-stakeholder projects Smart Cities Activator is an online platform that helps cities plan and deploy smart projects. It provides a way to find and contact colleagues at other cities who are working on...
Article - 05/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Green belts are present not only for the purpose of protecting sensitive areas to maintain ecological balance, but are also be found in urban areas so as to act as a sink for the harmful gases released by industries operating in the area. Keeping...
Article - 05/27/2019
Active Region(s): India
Karimnagar, which has gained national-level recognition having been given smart city status, is likely to add another feather to its cap. The State government is considering upgradation of Karimnagar Municipal Corporation into Greater Karimnagar...
Article - 05/24/2019
Active Region(s): India
Nowadays, schools are turning to technology to help them save money. As many as 13 government schools under Mangaluru City Corporation will turn smart under Smart Mangaluru Project. These schools together will be funded with Rs 16 crore in two...
Article - 05/23/2019
Active Region(s): India
Solid-waste management has become an important issue in India, and it needs to be resolved through an integrated community, private-sector, and policy-based approach. Roorkee, which was named the cleanest city of Uttarakhand in this year’s Swachh...
Article - 05/23/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Master Plan 2035 is the third statutory planning exercise carried out for Srinagar city so far. However; the question remains as to how much has been achieved on ground vis-à-vis the master plan targets during the plan period of more than four...
Article - 05/23/2019
Active Region(s): India
This past weekend has seen a Scott Morrison-led Liberal-National Coalition returned to Government. Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) congratulates Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Coalition, and in our role as the peak...
Article - 05/20/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Data shows, the police in India take a minimum of 8-10 hours to track the path of the criminal. To keep a watch on criminal activities, the Pune Police has connected and geo-tagged 10,000 private CCTV cameras in the city to their system to improve...
Article - 05/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
In many cities, one of the biggest sources of water waste is the city’s own water infrastructure. Aging infrastructure is often leaky infrastructure — an especially expensive problem since the water that’s lost is water that the city has already...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
One of the best ways to see what’s happening in cities is to look at the projects they are planning and implementing. Our monthly Inside Look series does just that. Here’s a wrap-up of some of March’s biggest projects, compiled by GovWin from Deltek...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Solid waste management is the biggest challenge faced in metropolitan cities. The simplest solution to this problem is waste segregation at households. With Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) having made it compulsory to segregate waste at...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): India
It is becoming increasingly clear that smart, digital cities will have an economic advantage over old-fashioned, analog communities. If you’re looking to accelerate your progress, there’s no better place to look than your local power utility.There...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America