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Coimbatore appears to be topping the chart, in comparison to other cities in the state, with regards to Smart City implementation.

In accordance with a data submitted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the city tops in the number of projects for which work has commenced as well as the number of projects which have been completed.

Coimbatore, the city in Tamil Nadu has left all the states behind and has topped in the implementation of the Smart City mission project.

As per the data submitted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the city has topped in the number of projects for which work has been started along with the number of projects which have already been completed.

An independent director of the Coimbatore Smart City Limited has presented a project idea to the city corporation to set up a waste-to-energy plant to manage solid waste.

At a press interaction on Saturday, independent director G Krithiha said such a plant could be a feasible way to manage solid waste dumped in the city’s dump yard and also to manage the increasing inflow of waste. “I studied the solid waste management in the city and took stock of the number of garbage bins. I also mapped arterial roads and studied how often garbage is being removed,” she said.

While trade and industry organisations are eager to provide their suggestions on Erode’s requirements for transforming into a Smart City, there is no clarity on the process involved.

Perceived emphasis of the Central Government on e-governance without any mention about infrastructure development by the City Corporation identified for the project has created confusion. Also, the funding pattern indicating that 50 per cent of Rs. 100 crore to be spent every year for five consecutive years has further added to the ambiguity.

The Trichy Corporation on Sunday launched preliminary work for riverfront development on a section of the Uyyakondan canal banks here.

The civic body -- through a Namakkal based construction agency -- will provide recreational amenities in around 2.6km stretch of the total 8.7km length of the irrigation canal in city limits.

₹1,120 crore allotted for the holistic development of the city

The Corporation, which was selected as one of the 100 ‘Smart Cities’ in the country only in the second round, has climbed-up the ranking ladder to reach the 16th position in the entire country following the recently conducted third phase of assessment of the progress achieved so far on the projects getting executed under the scheme being implemented by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

To be completed over next five years

The Corporation has unravelled its plans for the new projects going to be executed on an outlay of ₹ 989.87 crore under the ‘Smart City’ project over the next five years.

In a function here on Saturday, Minister for Information and Publicity Kadambur C. Raju started the works on these projects in the presence of Collector Sandeep Nanduri, Corporation Commissioner Alby John Varghese, MP Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Nattarji and MLA Geetha Jeevan.

Kamalakar instructs officials to issue show cause notices to illegal occupants, clear unauthorised structures

BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar on Tuesday instructed officials to complete the Smart City works on fast track mode.

Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMRL) launched 'Park Hyderabad' project, which is a paid parking facility with digital systems and mobile app at 24 Metro Rail stations across the city.

Hyderabad is set to add another jewel to its crown as metro commuters in the city will soon be able to book parking spots with a mobile app. The new project will let commuters book parking spots using the cloud-based parking management system, and it integrates features like digital payments via a mobile app for parking. Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMRL) launched ‘Park Hyderabad’ project, which is a paid parking facility with digital systems and mobile app at 24 Metro Rail stations across the city.

Wi-SUN (Wireless Smart Ubiquitous Networks) is an open-standards-based technology designed to meet the needs of smart-city operations. Despite slower communication speeds than Wi-Fi, it outperforms the latter in terms of longer reachability, stable connection in the face of obstacles, and lower power consumption

The Smart City Living Lab at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad has collaborated with one of its corporate partners Silicon Labs to launch a campus-wide Wi-SUN network to enable research and solutions for IoT-based smart cities. This is the first of its kind in India.

The Telangana government has set the process to make Greater Hyderabad 'smart' in motion. But, instead of deploying funds in less developed areas, officials have decided to make areas and colonies where they reside better at the expense of localities crying for attention.

Apart from Greater Hyderabad, Warangal has made it to the 'India Smart Cities Challenge' competition, winners of which would get funding from the Union ministry of urban development.

The smart city agenda is being promoted due to its immense business potential. However, such time as issues of land acquisition, sovereign guarantee and other legal aspects are resolved, don’t expect large amounts of private sector finance to come flowing in

While announcing the list of cities that were selected through the Smart City Challenge Competition, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu had said, “Smart city is an idea whose time has come”. Earlier, while launching the flagship Smart City Mission at Pune, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had dubbed it as a “people’s movement” and exhibited his Government’s resolve to accelerate its implementation.

Private participation can ease the government’s burden, particularly in the case of small-scale infrastructure projects

Small-scale infrastructure projects developed on public-private partnership (PPP) can expedite development of smart cities. Cities have limited resources and must engage the private sector to meet infrastructure and service needs. The private sector not only generates wealth and jobs, but also innovates and improves public delivery systems.

SenRa, a PAN India Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) provider for long range-based, low radio power Internet of Things (IoT) applications today announced they’ve rolled out networks in 30 cities in India.

Cities with SenRa’s LoRaWAN™ network coverage include Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai, and Chandigarh. SenRa’s deployment contributing to the adoption of LoRaWAN in the region, along with other companies, including Tata Communications, contributing to the development of Smart Cities throughout India.

It is part of the ongoing smart city project of providing better services to the people.

Inspired by New York City’s ‘Link NYC’ infrastructure project to offer free wi-fi services, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has installed and set up two ‘NDMC Link’ digital interactive panels at Connaught Place. It is part of the ongoing smart city project of providing better services to the people.

Smart cities are not merely use of newer technologies, smart devices or leveraging turnover opportunities for entrepreneurs. It is all of these and more

Smart cities’ have of late become a buzzword. Six months after its announcement though, the concept itself is in the draft stage. The 2014-15 Union budget had provided Rs 7,000 crores for 100 smart cities of which only Rs 924 crores was reported as spent. In 2015–16, only Rs 143 crores has been allocated (apparently under the assumption that states will contribute a higher share).

Data helps. But to pin all hopes on technological solutions, as the smart city project is doing, is not wise

What does it mean to be a smart city? While priorities, projects, and methods might change, the smart city has come to mean widespread use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in urban governance and the promotion of economic growth. Further, smart cities promote the extensive collection and analysis of data in order to make cities more efficient and, purportedly, more equitable. At a more ideological level, smart cities seek to “depoliticise” urban governance, arguing that a more scientific approach — using data and digital technologies — can achieve this.

Two villages in the Jaipur district will be developed as 'Health Smart Villages' at the initiative of Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh, under which data will be collected and computerised to manage the health scenario of the places.

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences will develop Lakhesara and Kapurwala village as the 'Health Smart Villages' which will have better treatment facilities for its residents.

Talking to India Today, Agra Tourist Welfare Chamber secretary Vishal Sharma said if the city is developed as a smart city it will require a complete overhaul of its infrastructure and basic amenities, including drinking water, which is fast becoming scarce in a city which is situated on the banks of river Yamuna.

The Prime Minister's declaration of establishing 100 smart cities in India has come as a welcome sign for the people of Agra, who are now hopeful that this city will also be a part of this 100 smart cities project. The locals are demanding that considering the international importance of Agra as a tourism destination and the special status of the city in terms of pollution management, the city should be included in the list of smart cities the union government plans to develop in Uttar Pradesh.

Equipped with advanced machines, a central health laboratory developed under the Agra smart city project with an investment of Rs 4.80 crore officially started working on Saturday. Mayor Naveen Jain inaugurated the facility and dedicated it for better health care of the people of Agra. He also got his blood test conducted at the laboratory and received the result within two minutes.

The centralised lab developed inside the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) premises has adequate facilities to conduct 700 different types of tests. The lab has a capacity to generate 1,800 test reports in an hour.