Page 3 - Smart Cities

Smart cities get stuck in slow lane

Projects facing delays because of lukewarm response from private players and operational challenges

Govt to announce next set of 40 smart cities by June end

Govt has earmarked Rs 48,000 crore for the development of these cities

Govt to add 40 more towns to Smart Cities list: Venkaiah Naidu

Since January last year, the government has announced three lists of smart cities

India needs indigenous solutions for smart cities: UNDP official

70 percent of urban spaces, which are supposed to surface by 2030 and are crucial for India's smart city project, are yet to be built

Needed: Smarter mayors

Only directly elected and empowered officers can run smart cities

Subir Roy: Smart city or smart alec?

India's cities are bursting at the seams because poor people are migrating to them in search of work and finding a place to live only in slums, old and new

Pune on a smart mission after 3 false starts

In the fourth of a five-part series, Business Standard analyses the plans and preparations in the city

California dreamin': Vizag wants to model itself on San Francisco

In the third of a five-part series, Business Standard writes on Visakhapatnam and how it is aiming to be like San Francisco, with plenty of input from the US

Some more spit & polish for Bhubaneswar to smarten up

In the second of a five-part series, Business Standard captures the action in Bhubaneswar, which has emerged first in the Smart City Challenge competition earlier this year

Skywalks, 24x7 water, LED lights set to transform Gujarat's Surat

Business Standard brings to you a five-part series on smart cities. We begin with Surat as the city prepares for a new future

Lucknow tops list of 13 new smart cities

The 13 cities selected in the Fast Track Smart City Competition have proposed a total investment of Rs 30,229 crore

Projects of $7 bn on the offer in round one of Smart Cities

The government is set to announce another 13 to 14 cities very soon taking the total to 34 that will be financed in the first round under the Smart City Mission

DoT to issue KYC guidelines for M2M SIMs soon

To facilitate machine-to-machine communication in devices like CCTV cameras and ACs to be deployed in smart cities

Germany to back 'Smart Cities' projects in Kochi, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar

German firms seek to contribute in the areas of residential housing, efficient water supply, waste water management and renewable energy

Funding for smart cities delayed, to start in FY17

Union Budget 2014-15 had allocated Rs 7,060 cr for smart cities but the funds were not used