SMart City

Saudi Arabia's zero-carbon 150 km straight line city called 'The Line'.Image Source: https://youtu.be/V0wYGJhNAh8 The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman has made the first major development announcement, under the…

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Sun is blistering in its full glory, and you are driving from New Delhi’s Janpath to Noida Sector 18. In between, you feel the need to visit a loo. But how can you search a toilet? Until yesterday, the only option you had was to ask…

Pune will soon become World’s 1st city to have a city-wide WiFi connectivity, which won’t be free but based on a freemium model. Some of the biggest technology & infrastructure companies like Google, IBM, Larson & Toubro and…

Bosch, known for their expertise in automotive engineering and technological services are now venturing into smarter solutions for mainstream industries. In a recently concluded event: ‘Beyond Mobility 2016’, senior leaders from Bosch…

Indian Government has announced the 20 winners of the Smart City Challenge competition for financing during this financial year. Bhubaneshwar topped the Challenge, followed by Pune, Jaipur, Surat and Kochi. The Smart City Challenge…

Urban Development Ministry has finally released the list of 98 smart cities, which will kick off the next wave of planned urbanization in India. As we had shared in June, Rs 48,000 crore has been allocated by the Govt. to build 100…

Honeywell and IMRB International have collectively conducted a survey of 2000 buildings in India across Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune; and derived world’s first Honeywell Smart Building…

New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has announced that in order to make New Delhi a smart city, they will soon start 3D mapping of all places includes buildings, trees, roads and sewers. NDMC has already a budget surplus of Rs 27.2…

Microsoft CityNext has partnered with Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to develop Surat as a smart city with advanced urban planning and citizen empowerment processes never heard in India. Using Big Data, Internet and eGovernance,…