While, it is true that a lot remains to be done to make the Smart Cities Mission a success, it can be safely said that India is making a genuine progress, albeit gradually, but efficiently.
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By storing and analyzing data at the edge or in cloud, Indian and global cities are taking steps to become ‘smart’.
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With the increased focus and access to internet, Smartphones and Mobile Apps are drastically shaping the reality around us. They are bringing in new experiences to us, defining convenience in another way and ushering a new era of ‘Big Data’ and ‘Internet of Things’ that not only has the potential to impact how we live but also how we work.
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Technology and solutions provider SAP has been a leader in business applications with a firm focus on its customers and world class innovations. In a tete-a-tete with Manali Jaggi of BW Smart Cities-Peter Selfridge, Global Head, Digital Government, SAP talks about the importance of Industry Government collaboration especially in a country like India where a program based approach and structure is the need of the hour.
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Smart gas meters will enable households and businesses to monitor their gas use more accurately in real-time, paving the way for greater operational efficiency for MGL
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Technology is a big enabler and core for any smart city to supplement its citizens’ lifestyles whilst making a city more efficient and robust. Advanced technology can be leveraged to a city’s utmost advantage creating an enabling environment for its Government, residents and authorities alike. Sudarshan Boosupalli, Country Head, India and SAARC, Ruckus Networks in a candid interview to Chahat Jain, BW SmartCities exemplifies the importance of a connected city that can create a vibrant community of connected stakeholders.
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Policing became smarter in the state of Uttar Pradesh with UP Dial 100, the emergency response management system. The project is jointly implemented by Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Defence Systems to provide integrated emergency services relating to public safety across the State on 24×7 basis. A centralized contact center has been established at Lucknow for receiving all emergency calls directly from across the State, including remote rural areas. The results were encouraging. In about one year of its operation, UP100 provided assistance in more than 42 lakh cases and is currently catering to around 1.2 lakh citizen calls on daily basis. Chahat Jain of BW SmartCities talks to Aditya Mishra, ADG UP-100, about changing police perception in the state.
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The municipal council has instituted the smart poles in the business and financial centre, Connaught Place in New Delhi. Adding value to the lighting infrastructure in the city, the poles have LED lights and are Wi-Fi enabled.
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