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A major sporting facility in the City of Bunbury recently underwent a digital transformation to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency, with help from VROC.  'These automations work together to help optimise the Cities resources, and improve services to the community.' - Mal Osborne,…
Washington DC based Smart Cities Council, the world’s largest and longest-running Smart Cities Social Impact Organization, has entered a global Education and Training Partnership between Smart Cities Academy and Barcelona-based ZIGURAT Institute of Technology.  LEARN MORE In addition to building…
We're looking for fresh minds, great attitudes and people hungry for hands-on experience within the longest-running global smart cities community. Company Description The Smart Cities Council is a global member organization dedicated to championing the use of science, data, technology, and…
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is seeking a letter of consent from the corporators of the city to participate in a proposed study tour. The study tour will be conducted between July 29 and August 7. The corporators will visit various smart cities in the country to study…
The Commerce and Industry Ministry said that the Centre is planning to release the Gati Shakti national master plan in the public domain. Right now, only state and central government ministries and departments can access the portal to execute infrastructure projects in a time-bound manner. The…
Rourkela Smart City (RSCL) plans to transform Rourkela into a smart city in phases using smart technologies such as surveillance systems traffic analytics e-Governance and solid waste management at a cost of around Rs 110 crore. In the tendering process that began in April 2022 Bharat Electronics…
The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday sanctioned proposals to develop four data center parks under its Data Center Policy 2021 with an over Rs 15950 crore investment. An official statement said these would employ approximately 4000 people directly or indirectly. The state cabinet also…
The Nagaland Government has [partially] modified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2021 notified by the Union ministry of environment forest and climate change. The new rule bans identified single-use plastic items which have low utility and high littering potential by 2022. In a…
The Government of Tripura has decided to build approximately 50 km of road stretch in the city using plastic waste in a phased manner. This comes after the decision of the central government to phase out single-use plastic items by this year. “Taking a cue from the success of 1 km road stretch in…
The Guwahati Smart City (GSCL) will roll out an integrated traffic management system (ITMS) covering 95 junctions to ensure proper management and surveillance of traffic. The project which costs around Rs one billion is expected to be completed by 2023. In Guwahati’s increasing traffic issue but…
India produces gigantic amounts of plastic waste – more than 3.5 million tonne (mt) a year – and over a third of this is not recycled creating a health and environment nightmare. As a solution to this intractable problem, India decided to ban the use of single-use plastic products such as straws…
The Delhi government will start a campaign on July 1 to persuade residents to abide by the city's ban on 19 single-use plastic (SUP) products. Between July 1 and July 3, the department is also hosting a three-day fair in the Capital to promote alternatives to SUP where local business owners and…
Beginning on July 1 the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will step up its campaign against accumulated construction and demolition (C&D) waste and single-use plastic in public areas. The action was taken in response to a letter the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) sent to urban…
Eco-balance and quality of life in Jammu and Srinagar to be increased with the development of open spaces parks and playgrounds. Smart City Mission had been launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) GoI under which 100 cities were to be picked for Urban renewal and retrofitting…
India received the highest ever FDI of $83.57 billion in 2021-22 and our urban development efforts can claim some credit for creating the grounds for such inflows. But then why have Indian smart cities not attracted FDI? Given that the Gulf countries are making a beeline to invest in India’s…