IIT study finds out smart cities' biggest challengeICCCs in 100 smart cities struggle with financial sustainability due to inadequate funding. A study by IIT-Kharagpur suggests revenue shari...
30 Dec, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
How Chennai, Davanagere, Vadodara & Agartala used technology to control urban floodingSeveral cities have solved this problem through implementation of several projects under the Smart Cities Mission, the flagship programme o...
01 Aug, 2024, 11.50 PM IST
Audit reveals lack of uniformity in CCTV installation, need of AIThe first safety and security audit of smart cities in India has revealed several issues, including the lack of uniformity in the installat...
08 Sep, 2023, 11.24 PM IST
Audit of security infra in 12 smart cities soonThe ministry of housing and urban affairs has ordered the assessment of infrastructure created for citizen safety at public places in 12 sm...
11 Jan, 2023, 11.38 PM IST
Centre highlights cities that have curbed urban floodingAs Davanagere got selected as a smart city under the Centre's flagship mission, it got additional funds and decided to initiate projects to...
09 Oct, 2022, 11.22 PM IST
FlyBig to kick off flights between Agartala and Dibrugarh from June 25Gaurav Rathore, Chief Commercial Officer, flybig said, “We have already started the operations in eight out of sixteen routes awarded to us...
23 Jun, 2021, 10.04 PM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate key road link with Bangladesh boosting Indo-Pacific connectivityThe bridge ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built over Feni river which flows between Tripura and Bangladesh. The name ‘Maitri Setu’ symbolizes growi...
08 Mar, 2021, 09.06 AM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate key road link with Bangladesh boosting Indo-Pacific connectivityThe Setu will be inaugurated via video conferencing. Prime Minister will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple infrastru...
08 Mar, 2021, 06.51 AM IST
Larsen & Toubro says it has bagged orders worth between Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 2,500 croreL&T’s water and effluent treatment business won its first order in Chandigarh from the Chandigarh Smart City to construct a 136 million lit...
13 Aug, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
Agartala' performance ranked first among smart cities in North-east India: Tripura govtTripura government claimed that the success of Agartala Smart City in speeding up the project sanctioning, tendering and implementation has...
28 Jul, 2020, 12.35 AM IST
Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb plans to turn Agartala into world class cityBiplab Kumar Deb was speaking to reporters after laying the foundation stone for five new projects under the 'Agartala Smart City Mission' ...
19 Jun, 2019, 12.44 PM IST
Lucknow tops list of 13 new smart cities“Cities that participated in the competition improved the quality of (their original) smart city plans by over 25% to become eligible for s...
25 May, 2016, 03.36 AM IST
All 23 cities in smart city list submit revised urban plans seeking central assistanceBhubaneswar was ranked number one and Bhopal stood last in the first list of 20 mission cities announced earlier on January 28, 2016.
21 Apr, 2016, 09.40 PM IST
Cities left out in Smart City race to interact with winnersThe interaction will take place at a day long workshop being organised by the Urban Development Ministry.
20 Feb, 2016, 03.19 PM IST
Agartala, Vizag and other cities get street smart as government's LED scheme catches onThe government's ambitious plan to replace conventional street lights with energy-efficient LED lamps in cities is gathering momentum.
27 Sep, 2015, 11.05 AM IST
Smart City: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu to meet mayors in Kolkata tomorrowThe regional workshop on Smart City Mission will also be attended by Principal Secretaries of Urban Development Departments and other senio...
11 Sep, 2015, 08.45 PM IST
12 crore people to become direct beneficiaries of Smart City projectAs per the profile of the selected cities, 35 cities and towns have a population between one and five lakh. There are 21 cities with popula...
27 Aug, 2015, 05.00 PM IST