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Category: Smart Cities
Surat Smart City Centre gets Delta Video Walls
Delta Displays, a pioneer in display solutions, in collaboration with channel partner Alpha Digital, has delivered an advanced video wall solution for India´s First Smart City Centre in Surat, Gujarat, to monitor over 30 different operations for city management.
Urban Infrastructure | Business or Welfare?
Urban infrastructure is complex business. Rarely have we built any major world class infrastructure in our cities, which have had a good sustainable business case for private investment.
Metro systems viable for large cities
Let me clarify that the term ´Smart City´ does not denote scale. We can have small Smart Cities and large Smart Cities, both successful. The Mass Rapid Transport System or MRTS is really meant for large cities which have the population and economic density to sustain such expensive infrastructure
Bikers strike terror on Smart City roads
Unsafe are the roads of the number one Smart City in the country. With a spurt in incidents of dangerous and reckless driving, the roads of the capital city have turned into death traps.
Politics stretches list of Smart Cities from 100 to 109
Contrary to his long-standing dictum of ´jitna aata, utni roti´ (only as many chapatis as the quantity of flour or cutting the coat according to the cloth) - Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu is slowly yielding to political compulsions by allowing more cities to participate in the Smart City Mission competition.
Pune Smart City to work with US Dept of Treasury for fund raising
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), which has pegged the cost of making Pune a Smart City within the next five years at Rs.3,480 crore, is in talks with the US government´s Department of Treasury to help it raise funds via issuance of bonds.
Centre expects Rs.25 lakh crore investment for infra development
The government is expecting investments worth Rs.25 lakh crore over the next three years in roads, railway and shipping infrastructure.
Centre plans to give the Smart City project a ´branded´ look soon
Wary of state governments taking political advantage of the Modi government´s flagship Smart City
En route to MAHA growth
By signing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth Rs.8 lakh crore, Maharashtra managed to outpace other states in the recently held Make in India week. The MoUs being signed by various companies, and with these firms indicating their investment intentions, clearly showcases the faith being reposed in Maharashtra by the industry.





