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Innovative Solutions For Smart Cities
A host of panellists came together at BW Businessworld Smart & Safe Cities Conclave 2018 in New Delhi today to discuss ideas and areas that can be explored warranting the cities of today and future
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Safe And Smart Cities Is No Longer A Choice, It Is An Imperative: Puri
“The urban space has been neglected for around 67 years and the neglect has almost been criminal in nature. The Modi Government is trying to correct that and is doing a commendable job in the form of his flagship schemes,” Puri affirmed
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Challenges And Opportunities In Building Smart Cities
“For any developmental work to take place at any level, you need leaders. Unless we have leaders with a clear vision, the results will not be forthcoming," said Virender Sharma, Joint Secretary- Department of Urban Development, Government of Himachal Pradesh
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Safety And Security Are Key Aspects Of Smart Cities
“The safety and security aspect of subject covers all areas of governance, everything links to the surveillance system of a smart city," said Avinash Bhoi, General Manager, Raipur Smart City Ltd.
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Can Technological Solutions And Social Innovations Tackle Challenges Faced By Our Cities?
“There is a lot more differentiation we need in infrastructure especially in context to our smart cities," stated Ramakrishna, JVS Head Sales, Smart Cities L&T Construction
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We Need To Adopt The Best Practices From Model Cities In India And Around The World
“Every city has something new and unique and that is where you can bring in about the important changes from and make our cities beautiful. If we can replicate good prayogs (experiments) from in and around various cities in India, we can make the difference,” said Sushil Kumar Modi, Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar
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Many Technologies Must Deliver For IoT To Deliver
IoT will impact every aspect of our lives, including our homes, offices, cars and even our bodies. It will bring structural changes in global economy and as per McKenzie may generate upto $6.2 trillion in value by 2025. However many technologies need to deliver their expectations for IoT to deliver its promise
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Making World-class Smart Cities In Gujarat
In an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld chairman and editor-in-chief Annurag Batra and Manish Arora, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani talks about his vision of cities in Gujarat being among the best cities in the world and its government’s initiatives to make it happen
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Vijay Rupani Launches Ahmedabad Command And Control Centre, Thrusts On Inclusive Ease Of Living
Gujarat Chief Minister applauded the command and control centre as a big step towards the better management of the city and stressed on the need to take every citizen along to ensure an inclusive development and a good standard of living
Read MoreSkill Development Can Expedite The Smart Cities Mission
“There is a need to improve surveillance, technical operations and transform mobility into smart mobility. Urban development means nothing if the mobility services are not smart," said Rakesh Kumar Sahu, IT Expert, Jhansi Municipal Corporations
Read MoreSecuring Our Smart Cities The Smart Way
Technology being at the centre of our Government’s Smart Cities Mission, safety and security have emerged as important aspects of the way cities function. Where technology has helped harness and optimise the management of urban resources, the protection of data and citizens alike has also emerged as crucial to ensure our people and businesses feel safe in cities
Read MoreTechnology: The Challenge As Well As The Opportunity To Build Smart Cities
On 23rd February 2018, BW Businessworld organized Smart Cities Conclave in Ahmedabad. Several industry leaders, international experts, and key officials from the Government of Gujarat, including the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Hon’ble Vijay Rupani also attended the conclave
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Citizens Should Self-Regulate To Protect The Environment For Building Green Cities
Since environment has to be protected along while building smarter cities, it is important to keep in notice that WHO has said that top 10 polluted cities in the world are all Indian cities
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Sustainability And Waste Management Are Crucial To Smart Cities Mission: Ajay Girotra MD, AG Dauters
"People should be made aware about taking care of their surroundings by saving on energy consumption, water, not littering around and sanitation etc," said Ajay Girotra, MD, AG Dauters Waste Processing Pvt Ltd.
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5,000 Slum Families Rehabilitated Under Ahmedabad’s ABD approach
“Smart Cities projects undertaken by us have been extremely challenging but we charted our own course and achieved a lot in a short span of three years. Safety and security of our citizens are paramount for us," said Mukesh Kumar, Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
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