Ten municipal corporations in Maharashtra, which submitted ´smart city´ proposals
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Category: Smart Cities
High Court sets aside Dharmshala smart city
The Himachal Pradesh High Court verdict to set aside state and Centre´s recommendations to allot multi-billion smart city project
Smart Safety Link gets upgrade
Bosch Security Systems has introduced a new release of its Smart Safety Link, easing the interfacing of fire panels and voice evacuation systems even further. Smart Safety Link uses the IP protocol to connect Bosch fire panels and voice evacuation systems and to configure them accordingly.
Projects worth Rs.8,000 cr under Navi Mum smart city plan
The smart city plan of Navi Mumbai will include projects worth Rs.8,000 crore. A major chunk of that-amounting to around Rs.6,000 crore-will involve various development projects by the civic body, another Rs.1,000 crore for projects by Cidco and Rs.250 crore to be worked out by MSEDCL.
GSIDC to put Panaji on ´Smart City´ map
Even as the Smart City proposal is finalised, the corporation of the city of Panaji unanimously approved the proposal to allow Goa state infrastructure development corporation to go ahead and prepare the service level implementation plan for the Union ministry of urban development´s Atal mission for rejuvenation and urban transformation (AMRUT) scheme.
Ideally, we should look at the whole of India becoming smart
Ravinder Pal Singh, Consulting Director, Smart Cities, Cisco Systems, demystifies what smart cities are all about, what needs to be done to reach the target and go beyond.
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Sudhir Mungantiwar, Minister of Finance, Planning & Forests, Government of Maharashtra, makes significant revelations about the state finances and also discusses smart cities and GST.
Ideas Camp for Smart Cities Mission
In its bid to hand-hold the municipal heads in preparing the Smart City plan, the Urban Development Ministry is bringing 200 mayors and municipal commissioners for a unique Ideas Camp in Delhi in the first week of October.
Pan-city initiative, thanks to Smart Cities Mission
While a number of pan-city initiatives such as improving urban transport and electricity, water supply and drainage as well as tourism infrastructure, waste management and traffic de-congestion are being considered for implementation under the Smart Cities Mission, the Madurai Corporation has also picked specific areas for development.
Tata Projects eyes smart cities opportunity
Tata Group company Tata Projects Limited has created a dedicated division to tap opportunities generated by the Smart Cities initiative.´A separate division has been created this month,´ Tata Projects VP and Head (smart city business) Gautam Balakrishnan said on the side-¡lines of Urban Infrastructure Conclave, 2015.