Tag: Smart City

Bhubaneswar: Another good news for denizens of Bhubaneswar as the capital city has been selected as one of the finalists to compete for the World Smart City Awards to be held at Barcelona this month. According to reports, Bhubaneswar has stood first in the list of the first batch of 20 cities that were selected […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Steel City Rourkela has made it to the list of 27 smart cities announced by Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday. These have been selected out of 63 cities after a three round competition. Rourkela ranks 12th while Amritsar (Punjab) has topped the list. With this, the number of cities selected […]

By Ashadeep Mohanty Bhubaneswar: At a time when the State Government is leaving no stone unturned to develop Bhubaneswar as a Smart City, little attention is being given to the needs of the transgender community. Though a number of developmental programmes are being taken up for the Smart City that envisions improvement in the livelihood […]

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to actively consider the inclusion of three major cities of Odisha in the Smart City Mission

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to develop Bhubaneswar as a world class smart city, a delegation from German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) on Tuesday visited the state capital and met Mayor Anant Narayan Jena. According to sources, the members of GIZ discussed the existing public transport system in the city and plans to improve it. […]

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to develop Bhubaneswar as a world class smart city, the state government is planning to tie up with Singapore-based agencies for technical support and provide training to the officials involved in the smart city project, Housing and Urban development minister Puspendra Singhdeo has said. After a meeting with Singapore Consul General […]

Bhubaneswar: The projects undertaken under Smart City Mission in Bhubaneswar will begin from July. This was informed by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Krishan Kumar who held the first meeting after Centre declared Bhubaneswar as a Smart City in the first phase. Kumar said, the mandatory Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) would be formed soon to […]

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Krishan Kumar on Friday said the Centre has sent guidelines for the formation of special purpose vehicle (SPV), which is mandatory for implementation of projects under the Smart City Mission. Kumar, who attended a discussion with Central government officials including the Union cabinet secretary via video conferencing here, said […]

Is the ambitious ‘Mo Cycle’ project of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in tatters now? Allegations of the cycles procured under the project being sold at throwaway prices have emerged in Bhubaneswar.

Rourkela: Paradip would be developed into a smart port and smart city at an investment of Rs 40,000 crore as part of the Centre’s plan to bring about a speedy development of Odisha, Union minister Nitin Gadkari announced today. “The Centre is committed to speedy development of Odisha. While road network is being expanded in […]

Bhubaneswar: Germany today assured Odisha assistance in developing Bhubaneswar as a model smart city and putting in place systems related to energy, transportation and waster disposal. German Ambassador in India Martin Ney gave the assurance during a meeting with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here. The German technologies will help the smart city in sectors such […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today asked the authorities of Bhubaneswar Smart City Mission to expedite the process and set mile stones and time lines against each component of the project. The direction was given by Chief Secretary A P Padhi while reviewing progress of the projects at a high level meeting here attended by Chief […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has taken up the illumination of three major flyovers under its ambitious ‘light sculpture project’. State-of-the-art LED lighting arrangements have been made at Vani Vihar, Jaydev Vihar and Acharya Vihar flyovers in the first phase. The work for LED lighting work for the three flyovers is on the verge […]

The stars of the business world, who descended on Bhubaneswar for the second edition of the Make in Odisha conclave, must have been quite impressed with what they saw in the Smart City: freshly coated roads, smartly dressed traffic personnel, the swanky hotels, the glitzy shopping arcades and, last but not the least, the hi-tech […]

The ‘Smart City’ had never seen anything like it before. Marooned people being rescued by fire and ODRAF personnel; bikes, cars and even buses with passengers floating in water bang in the middle of busy roads; people having to move upstairs after inundation of the ground floor and going without electricity, food and drinking water […]