Smart cities
Johnson Controls on Friday outlined their plans to support the growing green building movement in India. They have made their interest evident to participate in the smart city projects planned across in the country. Dennis D Kelsey the Director of Building Technology and Services, Asia of Johnson Controls stated that there is growing demand for integrated [...] Continue Reading »
For a Government that rode to power on sky-high expectations, the first 100 days are almost akin to the first week box office collections of a Bollywood blockbuster. Because that’s when impressions are made and word-of mouth spreads, giving an inkling of what lays ahead – a hit or a flop. For Indian industry, troubled [...] Continue Reading »
The Chandrababu Naidu Government has drawn up ambitious plans to transform Andhra Pradesh into a “bustling” State and place it among the top three States in the country by 2022. Development of 14 major and minor ports, rivalling Singapore on the maritime front, three international airports and 14 domestic airports, three ‘mega cities’ and 11 [...] Continue Reading »
The process for the construction of five ‘smart cities’ will apparently be commenced by the government by the end of the current fiscal year. Towards that end, contracts for the development of trunk infrastructure for five smart cities will be rolled out by the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) in the near future. [...] Continue Reading »
The government plans to develop smart cities and townships across the state with high-density vertical buildings and adequate green area. The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has already started following the model for Rajarhat New Town. An NKDA official said they are trying to showcase New Town as the Singapore of Kolkata and the [...] Continue Reading »
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Indian values, circumstances and the specialities of the states will be taken into account while building up Smart Cities. Chouhan was holding discussions with the industrial groups and potential investors at Bengaluru on Wednesday. Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh is the fastest growing state. Smart Cities will [...] Continue Reading »
Many global retail business men have opted to come to India by opening a store in the NCR region or in Mumbai prior expanding it to other cities, as suggested by a study. The top four destinations that are being preferred by the retailers are Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The study has been done [...] Continue Reading »
The focus of the smart cities project should be made to enhance the quality of urban life through an integrated approach to the urban planning and the execution apart from ensuring the ‘inclusivity’. This was stated by the Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu stated on Tuesday. Naidu [...] Continue Reading »
Modi’s election manifesto talked about improving the infrastructure of the country and reduce the load of the Metros and develop Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Finally the time has come to take some action on that agenda. Government is planning to set up 100 smart cities across the country that will provide all modern [...] Continue Reading »
The Ministry of Urban Development has been getting a list ready for the features that can be installed when the work commences on the development of ‘100 smart cities’. The aforesaid was announced during the present years Union Budget. An amount of Rs 7,060 crore has been set aside for the development of these smart [...] Continue Reading »
