smart cities

Slated to be the future of smart cities, the Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC)— also billed to be India’s first integrated industrial city— is expected to be completed by 2022.

Even in well-developed cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru, driving on good quality roads for long stretches or walking on well-maintained footpaths seems almost like a myth.

Roads will have 50 smart card-enabled public bicycle sharing points, 30 e-rickshaw stands, 35 e-toilets, water ATMs, 420 sensor-based smart dustbins and 50 designated vending kiosks.

Saahil worked as a sustainability researcher at TERI while Kaustubh worked on the design of Greenfield smart cities under the Government of India’s Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project.

Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu said the cities were selected based on the feasibility of proposals, performance indicators, and so on.

Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities and more – 2015 was the year of some very interesting and important schemes and development plans. Let’s look back to find out where exactly we stand when it comes to implementation of those plans.