A successful transition to new and renewable energy sources by the world’s fastest-growing major economy won’t only serve as a template for other countries but will also help firmly position it as a global green energy hub. A day after the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana or Prime Minister’s free electricity scheme...
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Digital twinning: Keeping structural designs alive in perpetuity
Digital twin: data-driven design for real-time models. Bentley Systems is working on raising the significance of structural design formats, so that engineering data does not remain locked inaccessibly in files and drawers. With this, operation and maintenance of structures moves from calculated guesswork to managed design systems over the lifecycle of the project. As India...
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Greenfield cities will provide sustainability to the residents
In an interaction with INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Delhi,Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMICDC) believes that the detailed planning of these cities addresses the distribution of social and physical infrastructure
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Greenfield smart cities will increase efficiency
In an exclusive interview with INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Ajay Pandey, Managing Director, Group CEO of GIFT City, outlines how an ideal greenfield city should be.
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Smart Cities: Financing Challenges
In the next five years, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) will be spending around Rs.1,631 billion on projects conceived under area-based development and Rs.388 billion on pan-city development.
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Rs. 6 trillion Master Stroke
This Union Budget came against the backdrop of a raft of reforms, economic slowdown and fiscal stress. While the Budget proposals will incrementally contribute to economic expansion with its de facto elements of stimulus, the pace of growth will largely be due to factors outside the Budget.
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We have allocated Rs.2,247 cr for Solapur Smart City Plan
We are working on many proposals which are unique in nature. Our main intention through smart city proposals is to encourage community gatherings similar to that of European nations.
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The institutional mechanism to handle wastewater has failed
There are a variety of challenges in water and wastewater management. One of the major issues is that of the widening demand-supply gap in the water sector as well as treatment of wastewater.
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4th Smart Cities Summit 2017
With projects off the ground, the recently held summit focused on transportation, PPP, planning future cities, water and wastewater, IoT and energy.
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The Union Budget has a progressive outlook
The Union Budget for fiscal 2018 has a progressive outlook and encourages investments with initiatives like affordable housing being given infrastructure status to avail new funding avenues. The Budget has expanded the scope for the capital and bond markets.