Smart City Mission
Cycles4Change and Streets for People challenge- Season 2
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Smart City Programme: Control rooms in 50 cities for Lock Down 3.0
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Mobile Kiosk for COVID-19 Sample Testing used in Agartala Smart City
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Smart City Mission: Mass Disinfection of public places by GoI
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Smart Cities Mission: Integrated Command and Control Centres to be used for COVID-19
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Best Performing Smart Cities paired up with least performing to work as SISTER CITIES
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, ..