Indian Govt to open discussion
on ‘100 smart cities’ via portal..
The Ministry of Urban
Development will invite discussions from all stakeholders, including the
general public, through a web portal for its ambitious ‘100 smart cities’
initiative.
“A web portal www.smartindia.gov.in will be up and
running in 8 to 10 days and will be open for intense discussion from
everybody,” a senior official in the Ministry of Urban Development told
BusinessLine.
It is only after
proper dialogue through public participation in policy-building that the
Ministry will be able to formulate guidelines for smart cities, the official
added.
Internationally,
Amsterdam has a portal www.amsterdamsmartcity.com, which has information
related to upcoming events, apart from a knowledge centre which contains
information, publications, figures& useful links related to smart cities,
sustainability, energy saving, CO{-2} reduction and connectivity, among others.
Dublin too has a
portal www.digitaldublin.ie.
Mr. Anuj Puri,
Chairman and Country Head, JLL India, said: “The real estate of the future can
not be built with the building blocks of the past. Progressive formats like
smart cities are the result of vast knowledge and know-how. In a developing
country such as India, where the more advanced concepts of urbanisation are
still work in progress, the inputs required for the success of futuristic
concepts are, at best, spread thinly on the ground.”
Several countries like
Japan, Singapore, France, among others, have expressed interest in helping
India build smart cities.
In the recent Budget,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley allocated Rs. 7,060 crore for the smart cities
project over the fiscal.
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