Smart City Mission

Cycles4Change and Streets for People challenge- Season 2

January 18, 2022

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) organised an online event called “Cycles4Change challenge and Streets for People Challenge-Season 2”. Highlights During the event, ministry also launched a book titled “Nurturing Neighburhoods Challenge: Stories from the Field”. Event was chaired ..

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Smart City Programme: Control rooms in 50 cities for Lock Down 3.0

May 5, 2020

On May 4, 2020, the Government of India implemented phase III of COVID-9 lock down. With the third lock down relaxing restrictions all over the country, major cities are still vulnerable to the spread of the virus. Hence, to fight ..

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Mobile Kiosk for COVID-19 Sample Testing used in Agartala Smart City

April 29, 2020

The smart city, Agartala has implemented a mobile kiosk for sample collection. The kiosk makes sure there are no wastages in Personal Protective Equipment and also ensures protection to sample collecting medical professionals. Highlights The kiosk running on three-wheeler vehicle ..

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Smart City Mission: Mass Disinfection of public places by GoI

April 9, 2020

The Government of India has undertaken a mass programme to disinfect cities under the Smart Cities Mission. Under this programme, the public places such as markets, streets, parks, playgrounds and shopping precincts are being disinfected under smart city programme Highlights ..

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Smart Cities Mission: Integrated Command and Control Centres to be used for COVID-19

April 7, 2020

The Municipalities are now using the Integrated Command and Control Centres built under “Smart Cities” mission as war rooms of COVID-19. Highlights The smart cities in India such as Pune, Varanasi, Surat, Bengaluru and other cities have started to use ..

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Best Performing Smart Cities paired up with least performing to work as SISTER CITIES

February 9, 2020

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has paired up 20 best performing smart cities with least performing cities. They will work as “sister cities”. Highlights The best performing cities include Tiruppur, Nagpur, Bhopal, Ranchi, Kanpur, Surat, Indore, Vellore, ..

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India Smart Cities Award 2018: Surat Smart City selected for City Award for implementation of projects

June 21, 2018

Surat smart city from Gujarat was selected for ‘City Award’ for showing great momentum in implementation of projects under India Smart Cities Awards 2018 especially in categories of urban environment, transport and mobility and sustainable integrated development. Total nine awards ..

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Indian Army to develop Jaisalmer Military Station as Smart Facility

June 19, 2018

The Indian Army has drawn detailed plan to develop Jaisalmer Military Station in Rajasthan as smart facility patterned on Central Government’s Smart Cities Mission. The development plan will provide a major boost to  local economy and aid in ecological conservation. ..

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