Smart Cities Can Transform Nation
Shri Narendra Modi promised creation of smart cities during his election speeches. After becoming Prime Minister, he has started this initiative and he seems to be very serious about the whole concept.
I shall try to explain the concept, in fact if it is implemented properly, it may transform not only the area where Smart City is developed but also the entire nation.
How it was started
In the year 2008, IBM, the technology leader, came up with the concept of smart city as a part of smarter planet initiative. Smart cities can benefit citizens, businesses, government and more importantly to the environment. The idea spread like jungle fire, South Korea, China, UAE
invested heavily on research, finding various modalities, infrastructure and the governance related issues. Smart cities have come into being in various parts of world. So far China is ahead in the race, Tianjin knowledge city has come into existence, Suxhoun, Guangzhou, ,Szechuan are also become functional, many more in the making. South Korea has created Songdo.
Indian Initiative
The Government of India came up with the idea of creating Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor encompassing Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust in Nahva Sheva Maharashtra taking a cue from Tokaido Corridor between Tokyo and Osaka. But our 1483 km long corridor will be little different in terms of the objective, starting from Uttar Pradesh, it will pass through Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujrat and finally reach Maharashtra. The dedicated corridor will not only reduce freight movement time but increase volume of freight manyfold due to unintrupted dedicated channel, thus also able to save precious fuel. Initially 24 new cities were planned on various sites enroute the corridor. Plan was ambitious adding 4000 MW Power Plants, six Airports. Whole idea behind creating these cities is the growing realisation that urban growth is a reality and there is a need to reduce stress on existing urban centres. Gujrat was first state to unleash the potential, it had started Dholera SIR which will be six times size of Shanghai when completed, another one in Gujrat is GIFT City. It appears that Modi is on the top of Indian Government, the whole project will get momentum.
How These Cities Will Be Different From Other Urban Centers
Smart cities are basically technology driven, encourage investment, generate employment and more than any thing lead to innovation. Work places are designed in such a way that commutation time from home and back be much less comparing to existing Metros so that the citizens may be able to spend quality time in self development and also enjoy with the family. The means of transportations are environment friendly. In Indian context, connectivity with other parts of state as well as to other states is also key for development of smart cities. It will also be ensured that the kind of technology used there will environment friendly.
Is it smart transportation, such as sensors in parking spaces that call out to drivers like sirens calling to Anil Batra as he headed back to city esquire? Or parking meters sending SMS messages to alert those parked that their time is up, like a baby bird calling to be fed? Is it smart buildings that turn the lights on when you enter or off when you leave? Is it smart waste management? Is it smart energy grids? Is it smart water systems? Or smart administration? Ofcourse, all of these will help to make city services and operations more efficient. But the real key to being smart is to have an overall management system that allows leaders to coordinate across these smart systems, capturing and sharing the data generated and using it to inform new policies and city programs. Smart cities require good – “smart” – governance and the processes and tools that enable it.Most of the smart cities are adopting BOTTOM UP approach, whereby each and every resident takes part in the decision making process through various social media tools.
4. Implement regular process and performance reviews – and supporting technologies
5. Establish integrated reporting for greater transparency.
Initial Hic Ups
I shall try to explain the concept, in fact if it is implemented properly, it may transform not only the area where Smart City is developed but also the entire nation.
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| May be in future you may see this kind of Smart City in India |
How it was started
In the year 2008, IBM, the technology leader, came up with the concept of smart city as a part of smarter planet initiative. Smart cities can benefit citizens, businesses, government and more importantly to the environment. The idea spread like jungle fire, South Korea, China, UAE
invested heavily on research, finding various modalities, infrastructure and the governance related issues. Smart cities have come into being in various parts of world. So far China is ahead in the race, Tianjin knowledge city has come into existence, Suxhoun, Guangzhou, ,Szechuan are also become functional, many more in the making. South Korea has created Songdo.
Smarter cities of all sizes will crop up in the country's landscape, they will capitalize on new technologies and insights to transform their systems, operations and
service delivery. Competition among cities to engage and attract
new residents, businesses and visitors means constant attention to providing a
high quality of life and vibrant economic climate. Forward-thinking leaders world over recognize that although tight budgets, scarce resources and legacy systems
frequently challenge their goals, new and innovative technologies can help turn
challenges into opportunities. These leaders see transformative possibilities
in using big data and analytics for deeper insights :
* Cloud for collaboration among
disparate agencies.
* Mobile to gather data and address problems directly at the
source.
* Social technologies for better engagement with citizens.
Being smarter
can change the way their cities work and help deliver on their potential as
never before.
Indian Initiative
The Government of India came up with the idea of creating Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor encompassing Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust in Nahva Sheva Maharashtra taking a cue from Tokaido Corridor between Tokyo and Osaka. But our 1483 km long corridor will be little different in terms of the objective, starting from Uttar Pradesh, it will pass through Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujrat and finally reach Maharashtra. The dedicated corridor will not only reduce freight movement time but increase volume of freight manyfold due to unintrupted dedicated channel, thus also able to save precious fuel. Initially 24 new cities were planned on various sites enroute the corridor. Plan was ambitious adding 4000 MW Power Plants, six Airports. Whole idea behind creating these cities is the growing realisation that urban growth is a reality and there is a need to reduce stress on existing urban centres. Gujrat was first state to unleash the potential, it had started Dholera SIR which will be six times size of Shanghai when completed, another one in Gujrat is GIFT City. It appears that Modi is on the top of Indian Government, the whole project will get momentum.
How These Cities Will Be Different From Other Urban Centers
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| Technology driven cities will ease life of Urban people |
Smart cities are basically technology driven, encourage investment, generate employment and more than any thing lead to innovation. Work places are designed in such a way that commutation time from home and back be much less comparing to existing Metros so that the citizens may be able to spend quality time in self development and also enjoy with the family. The means of transportations are environment friendly. In Indian context, connectivity with other parts of state as well as to other states is also key for development of smart cities. It will also be ensured that the kind of technology used there will environment friendly.
What’s it take to be a smart city
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| Smart travel options in smart cities |
Is it smart transportation, such as sensors in parking spaces that call out to drivers like sirens calling to Anil Batra as he headed back to city esquire? Or parking meters sending SMS messages to alert those parked that their time is up, like a baby bird calling to be fed? Is it smart buildings that turn the lights on when you enter or off when you leave? Is it smart waste management? Is it smart energy grids? Is it smart water systems? Or smart administration? Ofcourse, all of these will help to make city services and operations more efficient. But the real key to being smart is to have an overall management system that allows leaders to coordinate across these smart systems, capturing and sharing the data generated and using it to inform new policies and city programs. Smart cities require good – “smart” – governance and the processes and tools that enable it.Most of the smart cities are adopting BOTTOM UP approach, whereby each and every resident takes part in the decision making process through various social media tools.
Increasingly, city leaders are adopting enterprise management
practices – and technologies – in order to improve city governance. Smart
city leaders:
1. Match budgeted
spending with performance objectives.
2. Adopt enterprise
apps such as EAM, ERP, and CRM in shared or cloud models
3. Appoint
professional operational and IT management to coordinate4. Implement regular process and performance reviews – and supporting technologies
5. Establish integrated reporting for greater transparency.
Initial Hic Ups
The first and foremost challenge is to manage funds to create and sustain these cities.The problem can be solved by government, private partnership as well as inviting foreign funding. Creating 250 smart cities in India will help health of many Multinational Companies whose survival is difficult now a days. Creating such a big infrastructure will boost production and employment opportunities all across the country. As per the conservative estimate these 250 smart cities along with the existing Metros will be able to accommodate 70% of the total population of the country. With the result, the land available for agriculture, horticulture will be used in a much gainful way, by using modern agro implements, food conservation techniques, so that lesser number of people engaged in agriculture will be able to produce more and manage better.
But this experiment needs to be carry forward and make it a reality.
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