IN: Punjab: Ludhiana: Vertical garden project likely to complete soon
The vertical garden project under the Smart City Mission near Canal Bridge at BRS Nagar, here, is expected to be completed soon.
Finally, a power supply connection has been made available for the water supply system for the vertical gardens.
Notably, the project, under the Smart City Mission, was kick-started by Local Bodies Minister Inderbir Singh Nijjar on November 8, 2022, and it was supposed to be completed by January 31. But it missed the deadline. Last month, an official concerned had said the MC had not received the electricity connection to run water pumps for a dedicated drip irrigation system for the vertical gardens.
KH: JICA providing support for ‘Smart City’, demining and health service
At the 32nd ASEAN Summit in 2018, Siem Reap – one of the most attractive tourism cities in Cambodia – was selected as an ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) Pilot City.
And JICA has collaborated with the Siem Reap Provincial Administration since 2020 towards “Smart City” realisation.
In May 2022, the “Project for Implementation of Smart City Approach to Solve Urban Issues in Siem Reap” was launched as a JICA technical cooperation project.
IN: More e-rickshaws are needed in Goa
Local transport within a city and nearby in Goa is a challenging problem if you do not own or drive a vehicle. Citizens need to move within the cluster for several purposes like going to work, school, shopping, business, office etc. Simply there are no means available beyond some level. The intra-city bus services, unlike in other cities, in Goa are just rudimentary and auto rickshaws, if available, then they are only at a specified stand. One has to go there first. Today’s newspaper had good news that the government is trying to induct 1000 more taxis in Goa. That’s fine for long-distance travellers but what about short distances say, one or 2 Km? We need more auto-rickshaws, waiting at the nearest corner or junction, like any other city in India, now battery-operated e-rickshaws will be environmentally friendly and also pocket friendly.
VN: Japanese-Vietnamese developers want to begin work on Hanoi smart city in 2023
Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corp and Vietnamese real estate developer BRG Group hope to start work on a US$4.2-billion smart city in Hanoi this year.
Sumitomo chairman and CEO Shiomi Keigo said during a meeting with Hanoi chairman Tran Sy Thanh and Japan’s ambassador to Vietnam, Yamada Takio, on Wednesday that he wished that the authorities would speed the progress of adjusting the 1:500-scale plan for the project soon so that the project could be implemented in 2023, when Japan and Vietnam celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations.
IN: Tamil Nadu: Smart City projects in Tiruppur to be completed by April-end: Mayor
Works to complete projects under the Smart City Mission - the six packages under riverfront development and four sewage treatment plants (STPs) - are going on despite a delay, according to Tiruppur Corporation officials.
“Apart from these, we are ahead of the Centre’s deadline, and all other Smart City projects will be executed by April-end,” said Mayor N. Dineshkumar. The Tiruppur Corporation had proposed 28 projects worth ₹965 crore under the Smart City Mission.