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Kerala working towards developing Design Policy to promote sustainable infrastructure: CM
Kerala is working towards developing a Design Policy for promoting sustainable infrastructure that employs innovative designs for habitats and smart cities, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
NEC targets $1B revenue in India, set for 5G trials
“Right now, we are at $400 million and look forward to increasing that to $1 billion in f...
Your hard disk drive may have been designed in India
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Tamil Nadu's Trichy City Corporation launches work on solar power plant
To harness sunlight to generate electricity, the corporation mooted a plan in October 2018 to utilise Smart Cities Mission fund. The urban local body subsequently identified 13.75 acres of land near Panchapur STP for the purpose.
Tejas Networks signs pact with Bharat Electronics
The company said that it has received purchase orders totalling over Rs 60 crore from defence solution provider Bharat Electronics, towards supply and services of its optical and data networking equipment for various projects won by country's defence solution provider, which includes the Kerala fibre optic network, defence communication networks and smart city projects.
NBCC bags Rs 700 cr orders from Raipur SMART City
NBCC (India) said it has "secured new works from Raipur SMART City Ltd (RSCL) for various infrastructure projects."
Shapoorji Pallonji to raise Rs 850 crore for two smart city projects
Eluru project is a suo moto proposal and it signed the relevant contract recently.
Smart city designates not yet spending smartly
The likes of Guwahati, Kochi, Udaipur, New Delhi Municipal Council have not even used half their funds.
Smart Cities Mission is still very much a work in progress post three years of its launch
Between January 2016- 2018, the govt selected 99 cities through a competitive process and ranked them. ET takes a look at numbers ahead of SCM's third anniversary.
10 more Smart Cities to be announced soon: Hardeep Puri
The housing and urban affairs ministry has till now announced the names of 90 cities that the government aims to help under the scheme.
2.5 years into smart city plan, only 5% of projects finished
According to data presented by the housing and urban affairs ministry to the Rajya Sabha on January 4, 90 "smart cities" have identified 2,864 projects.
Progress in smart city projects in Guwahati, Dharamshala not satisfactory: Official
In a review by housing and urban affairs ministry, it was flagged that these two cities were lagging in implementation of projects under the Centre's Smart City Mission.
HUA keen to tap Singapore's expertise for Smart City Mission
A consortium of these companies is working to develop Amravati, the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh, an official note, prepared in September, on India-Singapore relations, said.
Smart cities in process of developing innovative projects: Hardeep Singh Puri
The smart cities are in the process of developing a large number of innovative projects which cover aspects like electric vehicles, said Hardeep Singh Puri.
Itanagar to be included in Centre's Smart City Mission
Addressing a group of officers and experts, Rebia said that Itanagar has all the potential to become a Smart City along with a tourist and education hub.
