After the Government’s recent announcement about its ambitious Smart Cities project, the country has been abuzz with various questions regarding this new initiative. A Smart City, is one which uses digital technology and communication technology, to enhance quality and performance of urban services.

1. SMART CITIES
Building a Futuristic Utopia

2. What is a Smart City?

3. After the Government’s recent announcement about its ambitious
Smart Cities project, the country has been abuzz with various questions
regarding this new initiative.
A Smart City, is one which uses digital technology and communication
technology, to enhance quality and performance of urban services.

4. Basic infrastructure of Smart Cities

5. The government narrowed down the requirements of the
basic infrastructure of a Smart City to:

6. • Assured clean water supply
• Sanitation and solid waste management
systems.
• Efficient urban mobility
• Public transport
• Robust IT connectivity
• E- Governance
• Citizen participation
• Safety and security of citizens

7. What smart solutions is the
Government looking at?

8. • Public Information
• Effective grievance redresser cell
• Electronic service delivery
• Citizen’s engagement
• Reduced waste of energy or fuel
• Proper compost disposal
• 100% treatment of waste water
• Monitoring water quality
• Renewable source of energy
• Efficient energy and green buildings and smart parking
• Intelligent traffic management systems

9. Basic requirements to be fulfilled
While the Smart Cities project happens to be an ambitious one, there are
factors that need to be taken into account before selecting municipalities
and cities for this project.

10. 1. The area must Implement E-governance and an effective online
redressal mechanism.
2. They should publish an E-newsletter
3. Putting all government expenditures online for public access
4. Swachh Bharat: The area must have a 5% increase in the number of
latrines since the census of 2011
5. Track record of paying salaries to employees must be made public.
6. Track record of urban reforms and citizen participation being
introduced must be documented.
These factors include

11. Why this sudden need for these smart cities
and which sectors will benefit from its growth?

12. One of the main reasons behind this sudden spurt in the growth of Smart
Cities is that, according to recent survey it has been predicted that the
number of urban dwellers will double to more than 800 million by 2050.
This scale of urbanization has only been noted in China before India.
About $1 trillion, is supposed to be the estimated budget of this
mammoth infrastructural development.

13. Tiscon Readybuild whose motto is “JOY OF BUILDING A NEW
TOMORROW” is suitably positioned to partner this new dream.
Comprehending that construction projects are complex undertakings,
which are impacted by economic, social and environmental challenges,
Tiscon Readybuild offers unique advantages that serve the Nation’s
Smart Cities dream well.

14. The offerings from
Readybuild are:
Cut and bend solutions for rebars:
Customisation of rebars in required
shapes according to given specifications.
Couplers: Using a hollow mechanical
member to join two rebars.
Centralised BBS services: A service
which develops the Bar bending
schedules for the customer on the basis
of their structural drawings.

15. Benefits of Tiscon Readybuild
• Manage space effectively
• Absolute precision
• Ensure top quality
• Simplify procurement
• Assurance of safety
• Project completion on time
• Easy inventory management
• No wastage, no worries
• Minimise labour involvement
• 7 day delivery

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can help create the Smart City dream
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