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Smart Cities for Jammu & Kashmir State : A Perspective

-By Sanjay Sapru The concept of smart cities originated at the time when the entire world was facing one of the worst economic crises. In 2008, IBM began work on a ‘smarter cities’ concept as part of its Smarter Planet initiative. By the beginning of 2009, the concept had captivated the imagination of various nations across the globe.

he Objective of Smart Cities Mission is to promote cities to provide core infrastructure and facilitate a decent quality of life for its citizens. The way to approach it is by providing a clean sustainable environment and application of ‘Smart’ Solutions. The main focus is on sustainable inclusive development by adopting the meth- odology to look at compact areas and create a replicable model which will act like a light house to other aspiring cities. The Mission is meant to set examples that can be replicated both within and outside the Smart City, catalyzing the creation of similar Cities in various other regions of the country.

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uccess can be achieved by tapping on a his is a simple yet revolutionary way of looking at cities. On one range of approaches such as digital, infor- hand, it looks at the obvious issues surrounding infrastructure of mation technology, best practices in urban Tcities whilst on the other hand it links up all the issues around gov- S ernance, service delivery, citizens’ aspirations and their quality of life. planning, public-private partnerships, and policy change. ‘Smart Cities’ isn’t the first initiative aimed at addressing urban issues. The core infrastructure elements in a smart city It is based on the principle of competition wherein cities are competing would include adequate water supply, uninter- against each other for access to funds, and to some extent for its prestige. rupted power supply, sanitation (including solid Minister of Urban Development M. waste management), efficient urban mobility and Venkaiah Naidu announced the first public transport, affordable housing,( especial- list of 20 shortlisted cities on January ly for the economically challenged) robust IT 28 which marked the end of the first connectivity and digitalization, transparency of phase of competition, wherein 20 out government,(e-Governance and citizen partic- of the 98 cities resurfaced as winners. ipation), sustainable environment, safety and As per centre there is a mission to develop at least 100 smart cities in security of citizens,( particularly women, children next 5 years. Each state is entitled to and the elderly,) and health and education. As a specific number of cities for which it far as Smart Solutions are concerned, an illustra- would be funded and supported. tive list is given below. This is not, however, an exhaustive list, and cities are free to add more ap- here were many surprises. Major cities like Howrah, Hyderabad plications. Accordingly, the purpose of the Smart Bengaluru, Gurugram and Patna were surprise omissions from this Cities Mission is to derive economic growth and TCity race. The biggest surprise was Bhubaneswar topping the improve the quality of life of people by enabling challenge followed by Pune, Jaipur, Ludhiana, Davanagere, Guwahati, local area development and harnessing technol- Kakinada, Belagavi outweighed many big cities. The respective state ogy and resources that lead to ‘Smart’ outcomes. governments deemed these cities more competitive for the national Area based development will transform existing challenge; however the top 20 city list was dominated by tier II and III cities with only Delhi and Chennai representing the metros of the areas (retrofit and redevelop); including slums, country. Even the 2nd List announced in May 2016 also Included major- into better planned ones, thereby improving ity of tier II & III cities with few exception. As part of the competition, habitability of the whole City. New areas (Green- the cities had to submit area and city-wide development projects that field) will be developed around cities in order to were aimed at improving the quality of life for citizens by engaging accommodate the expanding population in urban with them and addressing their needs. They were asked to encourage areas. Application of Smart Solutions will enable the building capacity among city officials by moving towards e-gov- cities to use technology, information and data to ernance and the use of technology. Their root aim was to develop a improve infrastructure and services. Comprehen- holistic city development plan with a vision for zero emissions and sive development in this way will work towards zero waste. Cities were asked to submit proposals that would not only improving quality of life, creating employment change but transform them. and enhancing incomes for all by bridging the India is currently one-third urban. Global trends have shown that gap between equality and equity for its citizens, urbanization stabilizes at 75-80 percent mark. This means two- thereby leading to inclusive Cities. third of urban India is yet to be built. By 2050, about 75 per cent In the past, an array of concepts, ideas, percep- of the population will be living in cities, and India is no exception. tions about urban development have frequented It will need about 500 new cities to accommodate the influx. the cabinet corridors, however they haven’t been J&K State Approach till now was to include both Jammu and Srinagar able to evoke the belief and excitement that I feel to develop as smart city under ‘Smart Cities Mission’. The J&K govern- for ‘100 Smart Cities Initiative’ as proposed by ment sent the proposal for both cities to the Centre. Sensing AIIMS-like the current Modi Government. This excitement agitation if one of the two capital cities-Jammu or Srinagar-was named isn’t restricted only to India. Experts are discuss- by the Government as Smart City, the State Government refused to ing its global impact and many have sharp and recommend either of them for inclusion in the list of 100 Smart Cities. contrasting views on the subject. The Centre went ahead without naming any of the Cities from Jammu and Kashmir but kept one slot vacant by naming only 99 Smart Cities. However lately, M Vankaiah Naidu formally announced two Smart Cities one each for Jammu and Kashmir.The announcement of two Smart Cities can be yet another bonanza of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government to the State of Jammu and Kashmir after two All India “ Smart City Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), two Cancer Institutes and three is one that Medical Colleges recently apart from number of other such initiatives. provides The concept of smart cities is not without its challenges. The success everything of such a city depends on residents, entrepreneurs and of course the implementing agencies. Also, there is a time factor as such cities for the can eventually take anything between 20 to 30 years. JK State has needs of to start a fast Track development Plan & get the Project approved from center , I am confident , the way France, Japan, Singapore & its citizens.” Switzerland have adopted other smart cities in India ,we can market - Shri Narendra Modi, the our Smart cities for adoption by the Global First world countries. Prime Minister, India The faster incitation of the smart city Project may bring Peace & Prosperity back to the JK State. www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 9 Honeywell Completes City Surveillance And Emergency Response Technology Project In Ujjain • Project Delivers Real-Time Safe City Monitoring for the Madhya Pradesh Police Department

Honeywell successfully completed a city-wide installation of surveillance and emergency response technology in Ujjain to support the Madhya Pradesh Police Department’s work in crime prevention, and traffic and crowd management during the SimhasthaKumbh. The Simhastha Kumbh is among the world’s largest holy gatherings that attracted approximately-

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jjain’s city-wide surveillance project cov- ered all major checking bays connected to the city with integrated closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) and automatic num- ber plate reading cameras (ANPR) using a command and control center, which in- tegrates the emergency response and traf- fic management systems for the Madhya Pradesh Police Department. The cameras supporting ANPR tech- nology recognized the number plates of suspicious vehicles against the police department’s pre-loaded data in the sys- tem, and helped in counting vehicles from U various checking bays. Facial recognition cameras facilitated identification of peo- ple on the police department’s alert list lance project, helped Honeywell manage against their pre-loaded images in the and process huge volumes of video data system. on its platform. As part of the project, 667 video cam- The Madhya Pradesh police depart- eras were installed for the Simhastha- ment has formally acknowledged Hon- Kumbh event at the Mahakaal Temple, eywell’s contribution in the city-wide in- and at 134 locations around the city. The stallation of surveillance and emergency project covered traffic and crowd man- response technology helping with crime agement at checking bays, ghats, temples, prevention and traffic and crowd manage- and ashrams. During the event, the system ment. Senior members of the police de- gathered real-time data to help authorities partment appreciated Honeywell’s range react to any incident and monitor areas of solutions, proven track record, and for disturbances. Cisco, the networking global leadership in safety and security, partner for Madhya Pradesh city surveil- making it the ideal partner for the project.

“This project is an example of our long-standing commitment to making cities smarter, safer, and more secure, in-line with India’s 100 Smart Cities vision. We have already carried out successful city surveil- lance projects including in Bhubaneshwar in Odisha, Aurangabad in Maharashtra, an 11-city project in a large central state, and will continue to focus on this area.” - Priyanshu Singh, general manager of Honeywell Building Solutions in India

The command and control center at Ujjain’s Superintendent of Police office was visited by prominent dignitaries attending the SimhasthaKumbh including the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the political leader of the Indian National Congress, and the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.

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Cities are recognizing the benefits of an open and technology agnostic approach to become ‘smart’. Being aking the city ‘smart’ requires a technol- ogy-agnostic„eco-system“ to deliver not locked-into a solution from a single only technical functions, but also support- vendor is blocking innovation and ing the city stakeholders with systems for is costly while challenging in terms collaboration and a technical node. The of connectivity, interfaces between City-as-a-Platform“ approach of Smart Cities Lab supports the local eco-sys- applications and city verticals, tem while keeping doors open for future standards and procurement. Smart improvements and new partners and Cities Lab as open eco-system that solutions providers, made in India.The develops independently but inte- M implementation of different applications should not happen in silos, and not in only grates seamlessly at a higher level, one city.The actual challenges in India is supporting ICLEI in India towards require a holistic approach like FIWARE the promising recently launched and OpenStack, which leverage on the assets of more then 1.000 applications and 100 SmartCities program from the solutions from the last 2 years. The unique Indian government. „Open“ is key opportunity today is that any city faces to unlocking increasing value over the same challenges, and collaboration time from different verticals and between the Indian cities is key in terms of cost-efficiency, fast implementation and applications now arising and join customization to the Indian context. Not the India Smart Cities initiatives. every city have to re-invent the wheel, and can benefit from the huge assets derived from the Smart Cities eco-system as the first facilitator of the FIWARE platform in India.

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“A city platform based on FIWARE and OpenStack is capable of working as a „glue“, to support the many ‘smart’ projects and cases already envisaged, to allow the development of others as yet not conceived, and to enable the use of the new technologies and standards which are still evolving. Together with ICLEI in India, we are looking forward to support all Smart Cities in India! The collaboration with ICLEI is a milestone for Smart Cities Lab aiming to support India´s Smart Cities, enabling all interested cities access to the expertise and technology in partnership with the experienced and established network of ICLEI.” - Olaf-Gerd Gemein, CEO of Smart Cities Lab globally

In such an evolving environ- “We do not yet know which models of interoperabil- ment, though, where innova- ity will emerge, between cities, applications systems tion is rapid and the technol- and providers. What is required from an open ogy is still being developed, system, therefore, is the ability to inter-operate with others via defined interfaces. This is the case both open-ness is best delivered with respect to existing systems and applications via interfaces and open API´s. and future ones“reported Machina Research in his actually published white paper Smart cities globally are very „The Smart City is Open: the role of much in this evolving stage, open systems as a key enabler of the smart city.The various appli- not limited to India today. cations of the Smart Cities Lab Business models, interconnec- eco-system are developed using common connectivity and APIs on tion methodologies, IoT and the Application Platform FIWARE. connectivity technologies are This would require the city to committo FIWARE and OpenStack all in a process of continuos as the platform(s) to be usedwhile the applications change and improvement. are able to integrate with each other through open APIs as well as with the city platform. This is today India today can benefit from the huge advantage for India. More than 100 global the experiences of the Smart cities worldwide are already committed to FIWARE Cities Lab, the eco-system in the last months, joining the Open&Agile Smart Cities Initiative.“ and global networkof FIWARE experts together with ICLEI. - said Rahul Tomar, CTO, Smart Cities Lab in Mumbai

The preconditions are tremendous, India is the world’s largest democratic country and have proofed his capability to innovation and flexibil- ity. The momentum today coasting towards fast implementation, can be raise awareness and act Towards India as role model for the cities. International experts have co-designed the programs plus various min- ndia is on the way to speed up the process becoming istry in India have worked in close cooperation, as a smart country. The actual ambitious SmartCities the local adoption is crucial for success. FIWARE program pave the way towards a better quality of life I and OpenStack have proofed to be the platform of for 100+ Million Indian in the next three years. Starting with 37 cities in 2016, the next wave of 45 cities join choice for Smart Cities, not only in Europe. the program 2017.

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NZ4 UltraSmart Science Cities© of the Future -BY Mr. Bruce Haxton, Leader of NZ4 Global Alliance

“The smart cities of the What is a Smart City? What is a future will not only be NZ4 UltraSmart Science City© of “smart” technically as stated the Future? below but will need to be ikipedia defines a Smart City as “A smart city is an urban develop- “smart” sustainably; environ- ment vision to integrate multiple information and communication mentally, economically, and technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in a secure educationally.” Wfashion to manage a city’s assets – the city’s assets include but are not limited to, local departments’ information systems, schools, libraries, transportation systems, hospitals, power plants, water supply networks, waste management, “The ‘Smart Cities’ will also law enforcement, and other community services. (Wikipedia 2016) The NZ4 Global Alliance is an alliance of 13 entities (both companies need to be part of a strat- and specific experts in a critical fields) that came together to provide a new egy to stimulate regional approach to: 1) provide environmentally sustainable projects, 2) promote Net economies and supporting Zero Energy, Water, Food, and Waste (often called Closed Loop Design), 3) create economically and educationally sustainable communities, 4) design regional Technology Clusters Life Style Communities (life, work, play, educate, and training communities); to implement national 5) stimulate Science Communities (Stimulating and Supporting Technology Clusters); and 6) design Future Cities based on the concept of Anticipatory technology strategies”. Sustainability (looking into the future in a very unique manner so as to antici- pate and solve future problems…..before they happen).

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few years ago the NZ4 Global factors resulted: 1) There is going to be a to create smart sustainable science cities Alliance came together to analyze global shortage of food starting in 2017 that support the local technology clusters, Anet zero energy and water for beginning in Asia and finally reaching create sustainability; environmentally, eco- Science Parks. Science Parks are urban North American by 2050, 2) there is an nomically, and educationally. Our work environments that “commercialize” the accelerating pace of life based on advances has grown out of Science Park design that “intellectual property” of an educational in technology led by space exploration, 3) was originally meant to “commercial- institution. The alliance grew as the needs technology clusters will compete global- ize intellectual property” in an efficient of the team tried to meet the demands of ly and need to be supported and refined manner. To that we added environmental an ever changing and fast paced society. to remain competitive, 4) stimulating sustainability and a concept of very high The team initially coalesced around Bruce education and intellectual property (by technology education, innovation, and Haxton, Rick Cantwell, John Andary, and supporting technology clusters) can create training. To this mix we added the exper- Tom Kubala the original core team. As the jobs and higher quality of life, 5) Life, tise of designing live, work, play, educate, team ventured into closed loop design the Work, Play, Educate Environments foster and training environments called “Life expertise of Bre Sarte’s Sherwood Design high quality of life, energy conservation, Style Science Parks and Cities”. This Engineers were required to add sustainable and potentially increased environmental environment has the added benefit of stim- infrastructure analysis and design. Also quality. 6) The pace of global urbanization ulating interaction of the residents thereby included was an array of specialists in ad- is increasing and will be at approximately promoting “cross pollination” of ideas, and vanced food systems and waste to biofuels. 70% by 2050, 7) Global population growth fostering innovation. will geometrically increase to 9 - 10 billion oncurrent with the closed loop by 2050 (currently projected to be closer to ets first look at the early net zero en- design studies and information 10 billion). ergy and water science park designs. Crefinement was a special study by LThese solutions were developed for Bruce Haxton called the “Global Critical he solution is not just Smart Cities, the 2010 and 2013 IASP World Confer- Path Analysis”. This study was a complex but rather creating urban environ- ences in Denmark and Brazil. The Brazil analysis of 1) Critical Global Problems Tments that solve future problems solution was the first closed loop system and 2) Information derived from future in a synergistic manner. The solution that that grows its own food and recycles systems analysis. The following critical The NZ4 Global Alliance developed is waste.

Closed Loop Design 2013 Net Zero Energy and Water Design 2011

ore recently, The NZ4 Global Alliance produced a NZ4 UltraSmart Science City© of the Future design that utilizes Aquapon- ics, Aeroponics, and other Advanced Food Technologies. The following scheme is a much denser urban environment than the Mprevious schemes with its own food systems as an integral part of the urban design. This was a “self sustaining” design.

The Smart Net Zero Urban ScienceCity with transportation systems. 2015

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he more advanced food systems via biofuel production using duckweed and produce up to 100 times the food of other methodologies. The urban form is also The NZ4 Global Ttraditionally grown food with only related to the forms needed to harvest both Alliance about 10-20% of the water. The food sys- solar energy and rainwater. The rainwater is tems could be integrated into the urban form harvested and used as a “thermal heat sink” The NZ4 Global Alliance is a consortium and ultimately take approximately 10 - 20% for use in heating and cooling the buildings. of professionals that work as separate of the land area. The city of the future would Geothermal technology is also used. entities or together as a team to meet the need to rely on mass transit coexisting was The smart science cities of the future will needs of the various clients for high per- a pedestrian based urban environment. It become technology clusters of their own, formance and net zero energy buildings is forecast that the future cities will signifi- supplying economic development for their and urban environments; the following are cantly limit cars from the central city. In this region. In a much larger view, these science NZ4 Global Alliance members: case, cars would be on the periphery of the cities in the short term could act as stimu- city accessible via mass transit for travel lus for a region. The “smart city” locations Bruce Haxton, NZ4 Co-Team Leader outside the city proper. The urban environ- could be analyzed to be very strategically (Global Sustainable Strategy and Future ment above would have a university at its located to reduce unemployment, increase Trends) heart with its complement of technology needed food in regional areas, and strategi- Rick Cantwell, NZ4 Co-Team Leader, Presi- incubators and “clean high technology” man- cally revitalize an entire nation as suggested dent of Odell International (Management) ufacturing sites within the urban environ- below. These sites are prioritized by both ment. The urban area around the city would need (unemployment) and the ability for the Richard Stoner, AgriHouse, (Aeroponics, accommodate 2.5 trees per city dweller to local entrepreneurs to organize and lead a and Leaf Sensor Technology) recycle carbon dioxide back into oxygen. Public Private Partnership (PPP) promote by Tamra Fakhoorian, Algae/Duckweed The waste is recycled into usable resources tax abatement strategies at the local, state, Expertise (co-generation of energy) or used as fuel and federal level. John Andary, Integral Group (Bioclimatic Engineering, Net Zero Energy Specialist) Tom Kubala, The Kubala Washatko Associ- ates (sustainable architecture) Fred Meade; Science Park Consulting (public policy and science park expertise) Michael Perciali, Green cGMP Architect; (sustainable research laboratory expertise) Bry Sarte, President of Sherwood Design Engineers (sustainable infrastructure) Peter Why, International Science Park Consulting (global science, global trade) Mohan Bajikar, India Regional Member, (Specialist in vertical food growth agriculture) Potential Smart Stimulus Cities in the USA with priorities indicated Additional Resources: Sustainable Teaching Trends: Closed Loop Aquaponics Teaching Tools for K-12, School Planning and Management, Peter Li Education Group, Dayton, Ohio, (Cover Article) November 2015 (Bruce Haxton and Rebecca Nelson; Primary Coauthors)* Lead NZ4 Designers/Authors: Haxton, Nelson, Stoner, and Fakhoorian

Aerponics by Agrihouse Leaf Sensor by AgriHouse Futuristic Urban EcoScience City©: Life Style Science City, Net Zero Energy, and Closed Loop Design, Extended Abstract, he photo above illustrates Aeroponics (growing organic food without soil by “misting” R&D Magazine November 13, 2015; Lead the root systems with high nutrient water). Aerponics was developed in conjunction NZ4 Global Speakers/Designers/Authors: with AgriHouse and NASA for potential use for space exploration. Other advanced food T Haxton, Cantwell, Stoner, Fakhoorian, systems that are anticipated to be used are Aquaponics (growing fish and using the water to Cain, and Meade grow plants). Hydroponics can also be used and well as “Leaf Sensor” technology (developed by Agrihouse). Regional Stimulus - Closed Loop Design EcoScience Park©: Net Zero Energy, In this case the “Leaf Sensor” notifies the water system that the Water, Food, Waste, and Biofuels, Interna- plants need to be watered….electronically. The use of Algae, Duck- tional Association of Science Parks World weed, and Lemna minor to recycle waste water into usable water via Conference, Recife, Brazil, June 2013* engineered wetlands is very important in the Closed Loop Design Lead NZ4 Global Designers/Authors; philosophy. There are approximately 50 waste-to-biofuel systems Haxton, Kubala, Andary, Sarte, Fakhoorian, that are currently in Research and Development in the USA. Mead, and Why

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Climate Change is Urban Development Agenda in India -By Mihir R. Bhatt Urban areas of India are a key to reduce emission as well Examples of success in as start addressing challenges of poverty with sustainable placing climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions. New prosperity is pushing sales of cars and air on the evolving economic conditioners in Indian cities. More and more water is pumped development agenda from the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, out in the cities from the ground using energy. More and more Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat were shared. Focus sewerage is pumped away from the cities, again causing on urban economy was clear carbon emission. This is urban reality of India. and widespread. In India, at sub-national level, a wide range of actions are being limate change is not a global environmental issue alone, taken that often go unnoticed but a local economic development agenda for cities, to national and global view- concluded participants to the National Round Table on ers. What citizen do in their Towards Climate Compatible Green Growth Devel- own cities remain confined opment: Achievements and Opportunities in Delhi. to their cities. Neither other The Round Table was organized by Ahmedabad based cities in their own state know All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) with about it nor other cities across support from the Climate and Development Knowledge the states. Network (CDKN). India has a wide range of applied knowledge to AIDMI works on integrating climate change and share across its cities as disaster risk reduction plans in over 50 cities and well as with the cities in the districts in India under the National Disaster neighbouring countries. This Management Plan of Government of India. knowledge is fast growing C in the areas of efficient use CDKN works in over 20 countries to currently of energy, promoting the de- centralized solar energy use, help start implementation of COP21 Agreement using green bonds to finance at Paris to reduce carbon emission and generate green activities in cities, and economic prosperity. the list is fast expanding.

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As a follow up to the Round Table a synthesis report for India to implement the Paris Agreement is being proposed with focus on resilience of local urban bodies and the role of financial institu- tions in expanding renewable energy investments in cities. Financial institutions of India are developing the capacity to mobilize “green” funds as well as the capacity to use funds for “green” activities not only in rural but also in urban areas. Initial efforts to mobilize green bonds from international markets have seen encouraging success. Investment appe- tite to invest in cities is also increasing with the national programme of 100 Smart Cities. Now that India has developed its vision to “lead by example”, it is im- portant that action is not only on policy front, but on performance, not only on concept development alone but on building capabilities to move to climate compatible urban development. Niti Ayog representative pointed out the need to find ways to expand government initiatives such as Ujwala that offers LPG cylinders to poor rural women. What works? And how? And what can be done for poor women in slums of 100 Smart Cities? This is what India is focusing on when making its key economic activities climate compatible. Findings of a comprehensive ‘Future Proofing Urban Diagnos- tics’ process by Madurai Municipal Corporation and CDKN partners in Tamil Nadu shows that the city is facing a wide range of risks such as growth a systemic flaw is the question water supply, water quality, sanitation, water scarcity, climate change impact, being asked by city planners. The city solid waste management, flooding and growing traffic congestion and damage government has now identified ‘blue conservation of natural ecosystems in to important natural habitats. Basic green infrastructure’ as the priority is- the context of the urban development data needed for green development sue and is working with CDKN and its trajectory of the city and its changing was generated and shared in the public partners to demonstrate how to manage climate. The blue green infrastructure domain. The work so far offers basis the interconnected set of challenges is possible when the authorities listen for planning skills development for city relating to water resources manage- to the citizens with care and creativity. youth. Is negligence of blue and green ment (surface and ground water),

India has many such initiatives that deserve national attention. Participants included academics, scientists, media leaders, policy makers, corporate entities, as well as state and related authorities.

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-Mr. Vivekanand Country Director, Sales, Barco India

Psychological studies show that interpretation and retention are reduced ince the dawn of the digital age, industry has been during periods of stress, focused on improving the Human-Machine Inter- face (HMI) associated with the developing digital which leads to overload technology. The primary aim was to optimize the and operator error. machines by allowing humans to interact with them more efficiently. What has not been a primary focus during the digital age evolution is the impact this technology has caused on Human Factors (HF). In my travels, I often hear the terms Human Factors and Human-Machine Interface used interchangeable. In actuality these terms are far from synonymous. HMI refers to the Human interaction with the display, computer, and software that serve as the human’s S interface to applications present on the computer system. The industry focus on HMI and evolution since the dawn of the digital age has created systems highly optimized for the human interaction. Over the years the control room operator’s tasks have become increasingly complex. The number of sources and data inputs has grown massively, while regulations, industry standards, and individual com- panies, operating procedures strictly control how the plethora or operator applications are integrated. In this I will concentrate more on some of the underly- ing technology issues that have a significant impact on operator efficiency. Resolving these issues can boost operator efficiency as well as job satisfaction.

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t one end of the spectrum, we in which all necessary process control we find control rooms with a lot of find operator workspaces com- and safety information is presented by a separate system hardware components Aposed of numerous applications, single integrated system allow informa- assembled in an ad hoc, haphazard way. all running on stand-alone systems. tion from different sources to be made The result is a confused layout and Monitoring and control are conducted available to other support applications cluttered workstations, with no overall via separate operator stations, each with (such as Information Management Sys- structure, requiring operators to move a dedicated screen, mouse and key- tems, shift logs, production monitoring, both physically and mentally between board. Function key and HMI (Human etc.), so that reports, key performance systems. When operators must move Machine Interface) conventions also indicators and other data can be easily from one system to another to com- vary from application to application. For shared. Such a system enables reports to plete a task, the chance of human error reporting tasks, operators must gather be generated and distributed automati- increases, and the movement might information from multiple systems − cally, relieving the operator of this task. cause a delay in noticing an event. This which is time-consuming, slowing down The main drawback of such a solution, can slow down operator response time operator response times, and requiring however, is the cost, time and effort of and leaves little chance for an early the operator to remember information implementation. But there might be a recovery. KVM (keyboard, video and from several different systems (because more practical way − the sweet spot − to mouse) switches can reduce the number drag & drop is not available across these achieving higher operator efficiency: of keyboard and mouse sets, but they disparate systems). Sounds like a recipe some level of desktop integration that is require the operator to manually select for disaster? It is ... tried and tested. more cost- and time-effective than full which system the KVM is connected Integrated systems, on the other system integration and that does not risk to. Also, KVM solutions − typically a hand, provide many advantages and invalidating application warranties and one-application / one-screen concept − opportunities. At the positive end of maintenance agreements. have very limited flexibility with regard the spectrum, we have control rooms At the negative end of the spectrum, to optimizing visualization.

The rise and fall of emulation solutions During the evolution of the operator workspace, the non-convergence of HMI and HF problem continued to grow. Many attempts were made using different technologies to solve the non-convergence of HMI and HF problem. While each approach addressed a specific issue in the non-convergence of HMI and HF, the utopic solution was never achieved. Below figure summarizes the more popular approach that was used in the late 1990s and is still used today.

Finally converging HMI and HF ith the disappearance of emulation software, it seemed like industry attention to the non-convergence of HMI and HF ended as well. This was however not the Now the operators Wcase: Companies like Barco has invested in the research and development of a solution that does bridge the gap. The solution is called OpSpace, and it keeps all the can have all their benefits of emulation software while avoiding the modification of application software (and the potential support and warranty issues) mentioned earlier. Now the operators applications in one can have all their applications in one pixel space using just one keyboard, mouse, and audio. They can customize their workspace to fit their every changing situation through- pixel space using out their shift, move windows around and resize windows as needed. OpSpace enables just one keyboard, the operator to define an area of their total pixel space as an ‘operator work space’ where they can easily switch and interact with each applications. All the while main- mouse, and audio. taining situational awareness. This means: no more rolling around and wearing out the carpet! With the development of the ‘follow me’ technology, operators can now define multiple workspace layouts and recall them at any other workstation. Security for the applications is maintained and improved in some areas. In short, OpSpace allows the operator to optimize their work environment, to better focus on the tasks at hand.

www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 20 SMARTCiTiES BLOCKCHAINing the Smart City Author- Blockchain technology has been around for some time and has gained popularity in its Anveshi Gutta “bitcoin” avatar, but there has been recent interest across multiple industries to leverage Smarter Cities Consultant IBM it in their business context. Blockchain, in simple words, is based on a shared ledger (* Views expressed in this article are technology allowing any participant in the business network to see the system of record. strictly personal and do not necessarily It has the potential of disrupting legacy operations and is evolving at a rather brisk pace. reflect IBM’s point of view)

he financial services industry has beenat the forefront of Blockchain adoption with its most important attributes - “security, transparen- cy, indelibility and trust”- aligning Tnaturally with their business opera- tions. However, there are many oth- er industries like logistics, travel and transport, legal services, govern- ment that are donning their thinking hats and ideating around this inno- vative technology.This article puts together a view of a potential set of use cases from the Smart Cities operational context that I believe are well suited for adopting Block- chain technology and deliver an en- hanced experience to its residents. These are early days though, and these ideas do not necessarily have a precedent to assure a successful outcome. However, a Smart Cityis an ecosystem by itself and this ar- ticle provides a futuristic Point-of- View to identify how this ecosystem could benefit from Blockchain tech- nology. Before delving into further details, let us classify the Smart Cities landscape to map Blockchain initiatives accordingly. Some of the initiatives are better driven by Gov- The overlap between the X and Y axes in the 2*2 ernment while there are a few that quadrant captures the relevant initiatives. For better suit Private ownership. So, example, Public Owned Brownfield Smart Cities the broad classification and a point of view of the initiatives that map to would gain immensely from leveraging Blockchain them are represented in the graphic technology to deliver Social Services benefits below. The categorization of initia- tives is not cast in stone but indica- while this is not the case with the Private Owned tive of where the initiative maps the Smart Cities. closest.

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Let us get into these Blockchain applications in further detail:

• Smart Payments – As mentioned earli- by exploiting loopholes in the supply chain. able to fraud, corruption and sabotage. It er, Blockchain technology has its roots in The centralized nature of a Blockchain is to solve this challenge that Blockchain the Finance industry and has found ear- where every entry can be tracked by the technology is being used to deliver conve- ly adopters in banks worldwide. In fact, central authority will make it challenging, nience1 to the voters while ensuring se- Banks are now racing to harness the power if not impossible, to fool the system there- curity and reducing voting fraud. As men- of the Blockchaintechnology with a strong by ensuring that all social benefits reach tioned earlier, Smart Cities are ecosystems focus on e-payments and money transfers. the intended recipients and all leakages by themselves and can use such Block- Once the technology is proven, these can are plugged. This combined with JAM (Jan chain technology based voting systems to be implemented in a Smart city environ- Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile) based identity will encourage participation in local elections ment to exceute utility bill payments, make the entire supply chain fool-proof. (Example – Smart City Governance Boards) wallet-enabled transactions, payment of A smart city needs to accommodate every within the Smart city’s purview - deliver- fines etc in a secure and transparent man- strata of society and join hands with the ing a signature city experience through ner for its residents. This eases the life of Government machinery to implement such effective and efficient resident engage- the Smart City residents while assuring a Blockchain-based initiative will be ideal ment. them that every fund transfer is being per- in most of the developing world. manently recorded. • Smart Transportation – Residents of al- • Tax collection – The distributed ledger most every city in the world face transpor- • Smart Land Records – Blockchain tech- of Blockchain has the potential to help tation challenges today. The urban dweller nology lends itself perfectly to help over- government in tax collections. As govern- looks for the convenience of moving from come property frauds by preventing or ments are making attempts to establish Point A to Point B with least hassle. It is reducing it. The underlying reason for a simple tax system that places account- this need that cab aggregators like Uber Blockchain to have gained in credibility ability on the individual/company to pay have tapped into and have a business mod- is the indelible nature of its distributed tax impromptu rather than charging them el that is widely successful. However, what ledger and transparency that comes with retrospectively, they could find their an- has also been irking some customers is the the ledger. Property prices have been on swer in Blockchain’sreal-time, secure and “centralized” nature of their operations an upward swing worldwide and there are reliable execution and recording of trans- with one HQ governing their operations many fraudsters who are making most of actions. worldwide. In response to this, Arcade City the hype cycle by dubiously creating own- This results in plugging revenue leakag- launched an innovative operating model ership records and disappearing as soon es and provide data that is reliable both for being built on Blockchain technology in as they have made their money. These taxpayers and tax authorities. In India, the September 2016 that will decentralize the instances can be taken out of the system proposed GST policy will establish compre- operations and provide lot more authority effectively and efficiently if every single hensive indirect tax on manufacture, sale and decision making capability to the driv- transaction associated with a property is and consumption of goods and services er, who is the all-important “touchpoint” recorded in permanent ink, a.k.a Block- throughout India. Taxable goods and ser- to the customer. chain ledger. Smart cities, both private vices are taxed at a single rate in a supply The coming months will tell if this stands and government owned, can leverage the chain till the goods or services reach the a chance of being disruptive. A Smart city technology to establish a property man- consumer. This lends itself beautifully to can take this a step further and implement agement system that ensures peace of track tax paid all along the supply chain all transport services across various modes mind to all city stakeholders. using the reliable Blockchain technology. within the city – school buses could imple- ment Blockchain-based identity, 3PL ser- • Social Service benefits delivery – Most • Smart Voting – Blockchainhas found a vice providers could leverage it to make countries provide social service benefits to rather unusual use in enabling transparent their supply chain more effective, public its citizens based on their socio-economic and reliable e-voting. While most coun- transport could be made more accurate position in the society. The intent of these tries have adopted various technologies and reliable etc. and innovations like the benefits is to result in upliftment of the over the years to improve voter percent- Arcade City initiative could provide alter- society at large. However, there are ump- ages, e-voting adoption has yet to take off nates to move around that truly differen- teen instances when middlemen do not let meaningfully worldwide. There are con- tiate the city from the rest. these benefits reach the actual recipient cerns that existing platforms are vulner-

While these initiatives are futuristic in nature, the pace of innovations today is swifter than ever before. There are a number of Smart City initiatives being taken up worldwide and significantly in India. Each city is attempting to deliver a “differentiated signature city experience”. Towards this end, Blockchain technology and innovations around it could provide an alternate worth exploring. With all the hype also comes a word of caution – do not underestimate the technical and organizational challenges of building and adopting Blockchain-based systems. In summary, apragmatic and thoroughly thought-through approach is suggested.

www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 22 SMART IT & COMMUNICATION Smart cities: A Big Opportunity For IOT Each smart city should have an individual Smart City CEO New Delhi, September 09, 2016: The buzz word in the developmental arena, of late, has been smart city and now it took another leap forward with the shift in focus on how the cities will become adaptable to the changes The Himachal Pradesh and become sustainable. government is rolling out incentives to help propel the formation of sustainable smart cities.” The second na- tional summit was organised by Bharat Exhibitions. The discussions at the summit revolved around the needs, looks and role of ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) in making the smart cities sustainable. Mr. Kapoor further spoke on how the government of Himachal Pradesh has incentives for those who generate power using waste. “The govern- ment has directed to control waste in areas like Manali and Rohtang where efforts are being made so that the hotels and other establish- ments in the area generate energy from their own waste. These are few steps which have been initiated”, he further added. From Left to right: 1. Shashi Dharan, Managing Director, Bharat Exhibition 2. Mr. NSN Murty, Executive Director & Leader, Smart Cities, PwC 3. Mr. Sumit Puri, CIO, Max Health Care - Mr. Tarun Kapoor, 4. Prof. Dr. P.S.N. Rao, Head of Housing, School of Planning and Architecture & Chairman, DUAC 5. Mr. Stefan Sjöström, Vice President Asia, Public Sector, Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd. IAS Principal Secretary, 6. Dr. Sumit D. Chowdhury, CEO, GAIA Smart Cities Government of 7. Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder & Director, Smart Cities Council India 8. Mr. Joy Rajan Cheruvathoor, Chief Marketing Officer, L&T Construction Himachal Pradesh

The discussion “Technology today touches every aspect of our life and one very important aspect revolved around is the education domain. The massive e-learning initiatives with over 2000 online the development courses are changing lives of around 30 of the smart cities million students in the country.” Accord- ing to him, IoT would touch all aspects of and the role of IoT human life. “Technology is the backbone in a way that they of all the development that smart cities can expect in future,” sustain the future developmental - Mr. Stefan Sjöström, Vice President Asia, Public dynamics. Sector, Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd.

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“This was for the first time that different “The urban planning is an important aspect of our departments sat together to discuss and future smart cities,” However, there is no urban plan- plan a project. Individual projects are not ner in the picture, there is much more to uniformity going to help, as it becomes a financial in design. How you mange the garbage, water and burden, so all departments have to work in other important resources is a very critical part of the tandem, together. Biggest part of the smart whole process. Five years is just a warming period to cities is behavioral change. They need re-do Indian cities. We surely need much more time. professionals who would work long term Also, for a better implementation, there should be a in the city towards the development of the CEO appointed for a minimum of ten years for each same city.” smart city,” - Dr. Sumit D Chowdhury, - Prof. Dr. P.S.N. Rao, Head of Housing, School of Founder & CEO, Gaia Smart Cities Planning and Architecture & Chairman, DUAC

“Every year epidemic happens and we “We need smart cities as there is a lot of urban know the issues. A design has to be pressure and a lot of wastage of resources. The worked out so as to clean the metrics. The inspirational part is already under way as the small major problem is of maintenance. There is townships that are growing at present are trying to fit vast talent pool, all we need to change is into the smart city frame. We need a bag of economi- the behavior,” cally viable projects,” - Mr. Sumit Puri, CIO, Max Health Care - Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder & Director, Smart Cities Council India

As a concept, the mission of smart city is a well thought out, well-planned initiative of the “For a threat challenged Government of India. The cities intend country like India, embedded to monetize the assets. SIM can be a revolution. One embedded SIM can take as many as five subscriptions. “One cannot have all decisions taken at the This will help address the municipality level. Some decisions have to coverage issue, which is a be taken by the citizens as well. We have major problem that is faced to have the vision as to how our cities are while executing the smart going to become in the next five years and plans as many areas do not later. Smart spaces have to be focused on. have connectivity,” We have to define future-ready cities.” - Mr. Indraneel Ghosh, - Mr. Sharad Arora, Managing Director, Assistant Vice President, Brillio India Sensorise Digital Services Pvt. Ltd.

Making it truly global platform to conduct business, global players such as; Microsoft, Gaia Smart Cities, Brillio, Sensorise, TATA DoCoMo, Smart Cities Council India participated at the event.

www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 24 SMART FINANCE SMART FINANCIAL INCLUSION: New technologies to propel Smart Cities development, fostering a new “smarter” society.

o one doubts the influence of new concepts, sharing and cre- ative economy in developing Smart Cities. Since the eighties the American economist and social scientist Richard Florida explores the role of the creative class in the urban development and wealth. According to him, the Creative Class is one of the key driving forces for economic development of post-industrial cities in the United States. And he was completely right! Some- how this social diversity based on some of the new groups of creative people, including also artists and bohemians was one of the key points for the raise and boom of the new tech-para- dises in USA. If we combine the social diversity proposed by Florida with the new reality of the millennials, the new gener- -By Renato de Castro ation that is now reaching the working and consumption mar- Smart City Senior Consultant Specialized In Investment Attraction N ket, we have pure energy, a rich fuel to drive the development And Management For Sc Projects of our smart cities. This prolificous scenario, and the amazing opportunities that can arise from this exchange of knowledge and culture might be threatened, however, due to issues that point out to the opposite direction: bureaucracy and difficulties I have had a fantastic time in China, you can bet; of official authorities in dealing with such diversity may realy but I never felt 100% integrated. Although I was compromise the ability of cities to embrace innovation. formally working, and consequently helping the The world was never as globalized as it is now. People’s mo- local and amazing quick development and paying bility beyond boundaries is a reality, not only in markets where the frontiers were opened such as Europe, but also in new fresh all my regular and compulsory taxes, as any other territories such as Asia, Latin America and also Africa. In my 7 “beijinger”, at the end of the day I was neither years experience living in Beijing, China, I was able to have a a citizen nor somebody fully absorved by the normal western-style life thanks to the astonishing number of local environment. No voice to discuss or suggest 300.000 foreigners living there. The same situation of cultural about “my” city management and no credit offer, and social diversity can be also found in other big metropolis even having a local bank account. One should be such as Tokyo, Singapore, Lagos, Mumbai, New York, London thinking: “well, it is China! It is a very peculiar and São Paulo.Among other reasons, it is definitely due to their institutional landscape over there!”. ability to benefit from all of this multicultural and creative sce- nario that makes them flouris as vibrant ecosystems for innova- tion and for new startups. Photo credit: Pixabay. www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 25 SMART FINANCE

If you are one of those, just think about searches suggest that by 2020 they will be the local financial institutions and other the reality of your city. I live now in Italy, roughly 50% of the USA workforce and providers, companies and employees (Cit- and even though it is a country fully inte- 75% of the global workforce by 2030, so izens), that can get access to cost-effec- grated into the European Union I face the it was about time to start developing smart tive and convenient credit lines, with the same sort of issues that I used to face in credit solutions to meet the demands of possibility of comparing costs and doing China. We can also see similar scenarios these new global citizens. simulations on-line – in the same way that in almost all of the big cities around the Smart Credit is a concept that is becom- we currently do when searching forflight world, in which diversity is always fol- ing widely spread in newly industrialized tickets and hotel rooms in Kayak or Tri- lowed by significant challenges in terms countries such as Brazil, Mexico and In- pAdvisor. Once the individuals decide of promoting the integration of those indi- dia. They are heavily populated markets what the best offer is, they can easily get viduals, both in terms of public policies as with a young population. However they the credit from the institution chosen and well as to access to products and services are all huge economies in terms of GDP, the instalment/repayment will be automat- available localy. Back to Florida’s insight, and credit is not only a local need, but also ically deducted monthly from their sala- social diversity may be the key point for an important economic tool to promote ry.It means that it does not matter if you an outstanding creative class, but it will economic development and social inclu- are or not a citizen or have or not a pre- not be productive if there is not enough sion. One of the most successful cases in vious credit record or even a good credit integration as the basis for it to flourish. this field comes from a Brazilian company score, you can get a good and fair cred- That is why this article will explore new called Zetrasoft. It is a mature software it offer whenever you need it. A process solutions that are emerging to promote and business intelligence company that that untill now has been totally connected a full and deep social inclusion in smart decided to promote a concept that disrupt- to your social status is becoming smarter cities of the future. Social integration can ed the credit market. After several suc- and tailor-fit to our new Smart Citizens be addressed through several points of cessful pilot trials within Brazilian market, profile. This type of solution, that is truly reference, and We will look at it through its Founder, Mr. Renato Araujo, launched commited with sustainability, can also be the economic point of view. In a very el- a global startup project, based on the same a key element to foster financial inclusion. ementary analysis, social inclusion will platform used in Brazil, but conceived in Through their work within Indian market, definitely reflect on individuals access to light of the needs to integration and inclu- for example, Salaryfits is talking to a cou- products,services and goods, from the ba- sion that the smart cities already face.With ple of financial providers in order to offer sic needs to high-end ones. No doubts, in headquarters in the world’s FinTech par- the first set of financial products for those this sense, that a considerable proportion adise, London, this new initiative, called who have never had access to financial in- of our purchase power depends on the lev- Salaryfits, is promising to spread the word stitutions before. Besides their usual credit el of credit that is available within a certain to many other countries. Within less than solution, They are partnering with pre- market. If in the past my grandfather had 18 months, they are already operating in paid cards and e-wallets providers in or- to save money during 20 years to by his global scale, with projects being piloted in der to offer those products to empoloyees first car -when he was almost 40 years old India, Portugal, Italy and Mexico. that usually receive their payment in cash - nowadays my son would be able to buy Salaryfits has combined 2 traditional or check. Those employees will, through his first one even before getting his driving finance tools to develop the product they this solution, have their e-wallet or card license and keep paying it for the next 20 called ZmartCredit™: Salary deduction and top it up conveniently on a monthly years. But He “would be able”, I said. If, loans and Big Data deep integration, pow- basis, all in a very secure and convenient on the one hand, the perspectives and need ered by a cutting-edge BI technology. transaction. The best part of it is that they for credit have changed drastically, on the Their top secret project, that will be start- can have access to those without the need other our finance and banking systems ed in the near future, will be even more to go through painful, demanding and bu- are still very traditional, and not unusu- innovative by applying new concepts of reaucratic KYC’s procedures. ally significantly facing new regulations IoT to credit management in a personal that are a threat to the current speed and level.They already manage more than 4.5 mobility seen on other areas of the global million accounts around the world, so you market. They can even be following the can imagine the disruption that initiatives digitalization trend that offers 24/7 on line like this can produce. Another important services, but in terms of credit analysis issue for them is promoting Financial ed- most of them are still doing as it was 50 ucation, which they have been doing since years ago. To get access to credit you need 2012. According to Mr. Renato Araújo, a to have a credit record, a real guarantee or conscious management of personal credit at least some sort of sponsor or guarantor. is the key point for a wealthier economy. As a consequence, we are keeping out of The basic solution proposed by Sal- this credit market not only non-residents aryfits is a BI tool to integrate fastly and and foreigners, but also a big amount of efficientlythe credit offer from the local the new generation workers, the millenni- providers to the payroll systems of enti- Photo credit:hindustantimes als, and a wide range of individuals whose ties; and itdoesn’t matter if those of public profile fall out of the traditional credit risk administration or of private companies . It is definitely through smart and assessment. This generation doesn’t have Salaryfits willprocess this information and technological solutions like these a credit record now, mainly because they allow the credit providers to better access that we can help our cities to im- are fresh in the market, and its intrinsec the credit profile of the employees of those prove the environment within which dynamism will probably not allow them to entities. This technology helps to reduce we are going to live, and no doubt have a traditional one in the near future. credit risks and enables employees to get that the more we innovate and inte- They are known as the job-hopping gen- interest rates lower than other modalities. grate, the more we are going to live eration, with global mobility. Several re- It works well to all stakeholders involved: in an inclusive and wealthy society.

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& Srinagar State -By Sanjay Sapru

In the fast paced world of Technology, India is making a mark to create a world-class Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) as an integral part of community infrastructural development. The continuous growth within the country in number of cities, population, traffic, buildings, etc has invariably called for a shift from private mode of conveyance to public mode of conveyance.

ver a period of time it has been observed that a successful and well- planned Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) exists in almost all developing Nations. India had its first MRTS or Metro, twenty five years ago in Kolkata (the then Calcutta). Unfortunately this could not spread to other parts of the country due to lack of funds, planning, lack of integration between various systems of mass transportation and above all the absence of comprehensive traffic and transportation planning. For the successful completion and implementation of such projects huge capital investments, long gestation period and complex O technology is the need of hour.

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RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE IDEAL SHARE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SHOULD BE AROUND- 70% in India’s metro cities, which at present is only around- etros are known to serve the all sections of society Mat an affordable cost. Due to the huge capital costs involved in the implementation of MRTS it is suggested that government 35%-40% could participate through equity or India is looking to create a world class infrastruc- meeting one time viability gap fi- ture with its existent Kolkata and Delhi Metros. In nancing after detailed evaluation. addition we do have the Metro presence in Mumbai, For funding metros the govern- Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Gurgaon and ment should provide infrastructure Kochi. Additionally, the proposals for MRTS are being and the operating cost and cost of chalked out for Pune, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Kan- rolling stock must be met by users pur, Ludhiana, Bhopal, Indore and Faridabad, which may be implemented in the next few years. and beneficiaries. Where private players of repute are involved, the project could be sealed with private participation based on KEY CONSIDERATIONS detailed conditions and period of RTS projects are extremely large projects. The key attri- concession specified. Land will be butes for this are finance, logistics, extensive data, study a major issue in realising the proj- Mof economic structures, profiling topography, travel routes, ect for which the involvement of major traffic corridors, detailed surveys etc. Another very important parastatal agencies will be critical. aspect is to learn from its previous limitations and imperfections. We Sale of air space, advertisement can bring down our operation and maintenance costs by further de- rights, contribution of major com- veloping of our in-house technology. This would be a large milestone mercial whole sale markets which in order to make such projects self-sufficient. generate huge volume of traffic, levying of external development COST FACTOR charges on builders and promoters t present Metro projects are catering to cities with popula- and a dedicated fund for MRTS tion of more than four million people. The costs are directly can aid in the funding. Aproportional to the areas which are proposed to serve un- derground, elevated or at grade alignment projects. The high cost of metros is justified by its very high carrying capacity of passengers at a very high speed and with minimum pollution. Initially the funding of these projects was done through Pub- lic-Private Partnership (PPP) funding Model, Delhi Metro model or State / Central Government funding. The concept of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (called the LPG model) introduced lately seems to be the most viable option to carry out such large projects across the country. Under this model the private sector developers are encouraged through viability gap funding scheme wherein 60% of the cost is borne by private investor and 40% is borne by the government in terms of grants.

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Advantages And Disadvantages RTS shall impact the country in many positive ways. It is environmentally conducive as it consid- Merably reduces noise and air pollution. The emission of toxic gasses and volatile compounds into air is minimized. It has brought the society closer as all members of the so- ciety irrespective of their financial status, religion or cast are able to travel together hence enhancing the social integrity of the country. It is fast and does not interfere with other traffic, averting accidents and mishaps. It is a blessing for those individuals who are unable to drive. The MRTS does not only improve the usefulness and efficiency of Public Transit System but also results in increased commercial development to improve the economy The only disadvantage is that of the country. These are cheap modes of transportation, enabling considerable savings in labor, materials, fuel and the initial cost of Construction energy. It is most efficient in terms of space occupancy and and Implementation is very provides comfort with ultra-modern coaches and mod- high. It works best at places ern systems like automatic ticketing, advanced signalling systems, automatic train protection system and integrated where a larger number of security systems. Services like ATMs, food outlets, cafés and people will ride them such convenience stores at Metro stations make the journey more fruitful and further add to the economic development. Last as in the center of big and but not the least this system has been successful in reducing densely populated cities. the congestion on roads and saving time on travel.

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J & K State Perspective he J & K State government has been introduced to the MRTS since 2010 and ever since nothing was being Tdone about it. However, as mentioned above, in other states/cities this system is implemented, operational and running successfully. Recently it was announced by the J&K government that metro projects would be taken up in Srinagar and Jammu under multilateral funding from Japanese Official Developmental Assistance (JODA) as a part of rapid transit system proposed by reputed development consultancy, Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES). The job of making a detailed Project Report about the feasibility of this project in Jammu and Kashmir has been entrusted to RITES. This was done while reviewing the progress of projects being executed by the J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA). The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister and it was decided that the Housing and Urban Development Department will act as the nodal department for firming up the Conclusively we can say that the design metro projects for two capital cities in consultation with the and planning of cities cannot alienate the RITES. The Team also has been given a dead line to complete the project, which is a positive and determined approach. The importance of an infrastructure in place decision has been taken to go ahead for a metro length of 45 for the entity called MRTS. A multi-modal Km in Kashmir and 30 Km in Jammu. The routes for the same are suggested in the City Mobility Plan of Jammu and Srinagar transportation system would ensure cities. The process has been initiated following the offer of the the use of MRTS to its best potential. Government of Japan, inviting proposals for technical cooper- ation under their Technical Cooperation Program for Metro & MRT – Smart Transportation will be the Railway Projects in the main cities of different states of India. backbone of a Vital Project to transform Jammu and Srinagar Cities to Smart City The tentative routes suggested in the CMP for Srinagar city are Nowgam Railway sta- & will create large scale employment both tion to SKIMS via Baghi Mehtab, Rambagh, during the Project Execution & the Project Jawahar Nagar, Civil Secretariat, Barbar- Operation phase after the Go-Live and shah, Nowhatta, Hawal, Alamgari Bazar and bring in Investment of more than- Pantha Chowk to Shalteng via Lasjan, Bada- mi Bagh, Lal Chowk, Civil Secretariat, Tatoo Ground, Bemina. The routes suggested for Jammu are Amphala Chowk to Bari Brahmna via Bikram Chowk, Gandhi Nagar, Satwari & Bakshi Nagar to Purmandal via BC Road, Baghi Bahu, Trikuta Nagar. Thousand Crore It may not be out of place to mention that since the inven- to the State tion of the wheel, transportation has been the integral part of development and progress. The uncertainty about MRTS, which had plagued the importance of such systems in India, seems to be resolving. The shortcomings of Kolkata Metro which was designed without a rule book followed by Delhi metro being designed on International norms has guided the respective agencies to follow and adopt a set of techniques 40 for the construction, implementation and operation of MRTS in India. The National Mass Transit and Training Research Institute (NMTTRI) in Mumbai (established by Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority, MMRDA), is one of its kinds in Asia imparting training and research on mass transit systems. The annual training courses cater to key issues like Public Transport Security, Safety and Emergency/ Disaster Management, Noise Pollution & Abatement Measures for Urban Transportation, Integrated Ticketing, and seamless Travel across Modes and Intelligent Transportation System. We may have one such institute in Jammu and Kashmir State, as well. www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 31 The Search Is Over: SMART PARKING Is Here

-By Todd Bergeson, Sr. Global Marketing Manager, Public Sector, Microsoft

With some cities dedicating more than a third of their real estate to park- ing, you’d think it would generally be pretty easy to find a parking spot. But did you ever notice how that never seems to be the case? Especially when you’re in a rush. In fact, 30% of all traffic in city cores is estimated to consist of people looking for a parking spot. Imagine how much less traffic there would be if we could remove almost of a third of the cars from downtown areas.

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It’s no wonder that city governments consider parking infrastructure and policies whenever they look to improve their local transportation. Getting drivers off the road and into parking spaces without causing traffic delays has the potential for greater impact than adding an entire new road lane. The challenge is to find ways of optimizing parking infrastructure with- out negatively impacting citizens or traffic.

Solving Parking Problems With Technology Leverage New Technologies any cities aren’t currently utilizing their parking infrastructures To Improve Outcomes to the fullest potential and are eagerly looking to change that. reviously, cities looking to address Some are already aligning their policies to two main goals: M parking challenges with modern tech- make the right number of parking spaces available, and price them ap- nology had to develop custom applica- propriately. Parking prices should reflect market rates (rather than being P tions. Today, there are a number of pre-built subsidized), and there should be convenient parking available for those options that they can leverage. AvePoint who are willing to pay for it.To more effectively price parking in various Citizen Services, built on Microsoft Cloud locations and at various times, many city governments are installing sen- technology, is a solution that gives cities sors that monitor parking space usage, demand at different times of day, the ability to analyze data from a number of and the effect of other environmental factors. In fact, studies indicate that sources in order to optimize their parking there will be nearly one million sensor enabled parking spaces by 2020. strategies. Solutions like AvePoint Citizen Services enable government agen- Along with remote monitoring capabil- cies to collect sensor-driven parking data and integrate it with other data ities, AvePoint Citizen Services can also sources for a holistic view. For example, AvePoint Citizen Services can gather usage statistics from publicinfrastruc- analyze data from smart parking meters to help government agencies see ture such as smart parking meters. This data exactly when and where parking spaces are being used, and can inform can be analyzed using Microsoft Cortana dynamic pricing solutions that adjust parking fees based on time and lo- Intelligence Suite to gain insights into cation. An analysis of a central business district might suggest having behavior and habits of drivers. The insights lower prices in the morning than in the afternoon, while parking fees in gained from the advanced reporting capa- a cultural center might peak in the evening when nightlife events occur. bilities of AvePoint Citizen Services enable Smart parking meters can also alert cities when repairs are needed. In- rapid and precise identification of inefficien- stead of depending on regular checks by parking enforcement, cities can cies, so that agencies can reduce operating be informed immediately when a meter goes out of service. This saves costs, streamline processes, and promote cities money on unneeded status checks and enables them to continue accountability between departments. receiving revenue. Data on device and system repairs can be analyzed to predict when, where and why meters will break down, so that cities can schedule proactive maintenance. Cities also know that drivers want convenient parking spots—a tough problem to solve for in congested areas. The City of Seattle recently set out to improve parking availability by setting a target of one or two empty parking spots on every block . Using data analytics, they identified areas where parking was in high demand, and decided to raise prices in those areas, while lowering prices in others. This approach gives drivers an incentive to park on the blocks which historically have a high number of empty spots and also reserves the most popular parking spaces for drivers willing to pay a higher price.

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AUTHOR A Shankar|MRICS National Director Head of Operations - Strategic Consulting, JLL, India

Financial year 2015-16 has ushered in new era of fiscal consolidation. Myriad Government organizations such as Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) comprising of municipal corporations, municipalities and Nagar Panchayats are looking at ways to rationalize expenditures and strengthen revenue augmentation, especially by focusing on untapped internal resources.

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here are about 3,636 ULBs in the India; advertisements on public buildings, bus unfortunately, most of them became weak shelters, street lamp posts etc. In fact, many and inefficient since the Indian Constitu- Indian cities are now focusing on develop- tion did not make local self-government ing, planning and expanding this opportu- in urban areas a clear-cut constitutional nity beyond just these established media obligation, even after the 74th Constitution to other assets which present an advertise- Amendment Act (CAA) was introduced to ment fee opportunity – these include public strengthen decentralization at grass-root convenience facilities such as restrooms levels. Though the Amendment explicitly and water fountains, lamp posts, public stated that the responsibility for urban plan- parks and open spaces, and Government ning, water supply, social and economic buildings. The Strategic Plan (2011-16) re- planning, slum upgradation, public health, leased by Ministry of Urban Development, etc. lay in hands of ULBs, it did not lay GOI acknowledged the immense potential down the revenue base for cities to accom- for out of home (OOH) advertisement fee plish these functions effectively. The power to add substantially to the funds available to determine the revenue base continues to with ULBs. It also made it a point to high- remain with State Governments and their light that poor application, overall lack of overarching policies. innovation and weak enforcement are cur- The financing requirements for real-time rently the key hindrances to implementing functioning and improvement of existing an efficient advertisement revenue strategy. cities as well as providing for orderly urban Outdoor advertising has evolved to the growth are enormous. There is an express extent that it can be almost as useful as tra- need for an environment which encourages ditional advertising media like newspaper, T cities to plan for improving their revenue radio and TV. This presents a good market- flows from their own resources. Anum- ing option as the media audience becomes ber of revenue streams are available for more fractured and more adept at avoiding this purpose. These include property tax, ads. The outdoor advertising market is set building license fees, other land-based lev- to cross Rs 3,000 crore at a growth rate of ies such as betterment levy / valorization / 13% in 2016 against the projected 7% – impact fees / exaction, stamp duty, octroi, only marginally lower than then the overall hawker / vendor fees, Public Private Part- advertisement industry growth of 16.8%. In nership, use charges and advertisement 2014, the total spends on outdoor advertis- fees. Out of these, advertisement fees are a ing grew by 12.9%. Transit media too grew key instrument for revenue augmentation. by 12% as against its projected growth of In fact, advertisement fees – or revenue 10%. Today, the out of home advertising collected through leasing of advertisement medium has taken marketing to an entirely rights on assets owned by various Govern- new level – it offers new digital technolo- ment agencies – could turn out to be a game gies, new lighting and materials, new for- changer. Presently, JLL’s Strategic Consult- mats, and the involvement of more creative ing team is advising urban local bodies on thinking to make messages reach a larger augmenting their revenue sources through number of people than ever before.

ADVERTISING FEES: A Huge Opportunity For Cities

• Revenue Augmentation – The public places largely situated in prime • Enhanced city aesthetics – A single additional revenue can significantly locations with high vehicular and pe- body regulating outdoor advertise- contribute towards greater self-re- destrian traffic, both of which are es- ments brings uniformity, reduces clutter liance, efficiency and reducing fund sential factors in impactful advertising and makes the city look vibrant and deficit – and greatly reduce a city’s unique. • Reduced operation & maintenance dependence on tax accruals costs – Many Indian cities are chal- • Ideal means to improve • No additional cost – Other than on lenged in terms of the effective upkeep social awareness – A portion of the procedural requirements, cities do not of public convenience facilities, bus available advertising space can be have to make any capital intensive stops, parks, etc.. The rights to adver- reserved for promoting social messag- investments tisement on these assets can be coupled es and other important information with responsibility for their operation regarding the city, government and its • High demand – A city’s assets include and maintenance, as well. initiatives.

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One of the major problems for captains of vessels, especially during summer, is theabsence of marina’s reservation mechanisms.In fact, sometimes it is not possible to plan a trip by boat securing the position where it will be stationed throughout the course of the tourist route.

Figure 1. Patras Port in Greece

he start-up SaMMY, financed by the Fiwate Accel- erator European Comission FrontierCities, rises up from this need detected in Greek ports. They have Sensor to modernize marinas developed an application to become the ultimate fellow traveler for yachters, skippers and marina he project, carried out by Libel- administrators. It supports e-booking services, navi- ium and SaMMY, wants to fill gational and parking assistance features and mobile Ta huge gap in marinas services guidance to the nearby coastal areas. but also to open a channel for a smarter The pilot project, deployed in Patras port yacht- communication with the world of ma- ing area with Libelium’s Waspmote Plug & Sense! rine tourism, which conquers constantly Sensor Platform, has been implemented to modern- new territories and searchs for smarter ize the operation of marinas with the installation tools. A sensor network has been of a wireless sensor network to monitor mooring deployed to monitor mooring berths as T berths, measuring the sea water level and observing well as sea and environment conditions. the weather conditions.

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Figure 2. Libelium sensors and gateway installed in Patras port

This project comprise the collection of several parameters to solve different issues related to the marina. For that, three different kinds of Wasp- mote Plug & Sense! Sensor Platform with a wide range of sensors have been installed building a wireless infrastructure:

• Waspmote Plug & Sense! Smart Water: it has been used to control the Water quality, that is measured by the pH calibration kit and Oxida- tion Reduction Potential (ORP) with calibration solution. Water quality is important to take decisions regarding the waterflow rate to the port and the presence of people at the mooring berths. • Waspmote Plug & Sense! Smart Security: it has been used to detect the height of the sea surface and the height to reach the port using the Liquid Level sensor probe and the Presence sensor (PIR) probe. It is important to take deci- sions regarding the waterflow rate to the port. Figure 3. Patras port deployment • Waspmote Plug & Sense! Smart Cities: this node has a double mission. On the one hand, Yachts management through data it is used to monitor weather conditions using he wireless sensor network installed a Temperature sensor probe and a Humidity in the marina allows to monitor and “This way the marinas sensor probe. On the other hand it is utilized to manage mooring berths. Thanks to provide important informa- monitor thevessels presence in berths and the the measurements provided by this appli- tion to the yachters; the Tcation deployed by SaMMY, it is enabled marinas administrators have berth positions and it is controlled by an Ultra- an online contact and reservation sound sensor probe. mechanism that improves the way they a clear view of the status operate ensuring the comfort of ship of the berths, improving • The communication protocol used to connect passengers from tourist boats. this way the quality of the Waspmote Plug & Sense! Sensor Platform with Apart from the features inherent to the services and the scheduling the Meshlium Gateway is TCP/IP 802.15.4. port, the SaMMY application brings others of the yachting trips”, Fiware technologies are used for the Cloud related to the hosting of the boat marinas. services and a dedicated agent, Node.js, for the It provides information on nearby points of - Ioannis Kostopoulos, interest as well as the common services of SaMMY CEO. communication with the Meshlium. interest for travelers and crews. www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 37 SMART TRANSPORTATION

he SaMMY project has developed a unique marina application which aim is becoming a mod- ern communication and information tool for skippers, crews of tourist vessels and managers Tmarinas. The application to end-users is offered for free for smart phones and mobile devices such as tablets with Android or IOS operating systems.

Figure 4. Mobile version of SaMMy application AUTHOR Nautical tourism maket and especially the sector of yachting and marinas is very dynamic. Alicia Asín is CEO of They contribute decisively to the development of Libelium, the wireless local economies of Mediterranean countries and sensor platform for the Northern Europe cities. Internet of Things. She is a computer engineer and According to European frequent speaker at in- Commission, activities ternational conferences on Smart Cities, wireless around yachting generate sensor networks and an annual turnover of 15 focused on how IoT can change our world. Alicia billion Euros providing has been recognized for more than 303,000 jobs. achievements in busi- ness and technology. The pilot project, carried out by Libelium and Sammy, could be deployed in other marinas of the Mediterranean sea during the following months. The platform has already been presented in conferences in Greece, Italy, Spain or Belgium with great success.

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Better Accuracy and Speed in On-site Data Acquisition for Building Information Modeling

Building Information modelling (BIM), as a concept, first came about in the 1970s, but its methods have been refined considerably since then. Widely used by city planners, architects, and civil engineers today, BIM enables stakeholders to better make high-impact decisions by providing timely, relevant information.

ccording to the National BIM Standard-Unit- includes the basic, traditional two-dimen- ed States® , BIM is a digital representation sional technical design drawings of build- of physical and functional characteristics of ings; three-dimensional (width, height, and a facility, shared as a knowledge resource to depth) spatial drawings; ‘fourth dimension’ of form a reliable basis for decisions during its time (4D BIM); ‘fifth dimension’ of cost (5D life-cycle, which is defined as existing from BIM); ‘sixth dimension’ of sustainability (6D earliest conception to demolition. BIM); and ‘seventh dimension’ of facilities BIM facilitates the collaborative process management(7D BIM). of designing a building, putting varied types Apart from its ability to collate discrete sets of information all on one coherent system of information, BIM allows data to be updated of computer models, as opposed to separate in real-time, which means various stakehold- sets of drawings. More than just geometry, ers willhaveinstant and common access to the BIM covers spatial relationships, light anal- latest information. Simply by being on the ysis, geographic information, and quantities same page, companies have avoided costly or properties of building components. Today, mistakes of error and rework, and also en- a typical BIM file contains data that extends joyed enormous benefits of time-savings and A all the way to the ‘seventh dimension’. This greater levels of accuracy in estimation. Laser Scanning Technology in BIM

s the usage of BIM evolved over- a lower cost. the last two decades, the user com- In practice, FARO’s laser scanning Amunity has found laser scanning solutions are used by BIM specialists for technology to be useful in numerous appli- site documentation purposes, right from cations. The capabilities of a modern day a facility’s structural design phase to its laser scanner have contributed much rich- post-construction architectural phase. La- ness and texture to the information includ- ser scanning technology captures existing ed in BIM files for architects, contractors, conditions in 3D within minutes, at the facility managers, and owners. touch of a button. With the data, users can Laser scanning solutions from 3D mea- create 2D drawings, conduct inspections, surement device manufacturers such as create 3D building modelling, and even FARO have shaped the way teams work generate site plans that are registered to deliverables of a project. With laser scan- together, making it easier for them to com- global positioning coordinates. Practi- ning technology, architects can now work municate, collaborate, and solve problems tioners are preferring laser scanners over off real-time 3D data on their computers that may crop up in the course of a project. traditional tools such as total stations, with much less effort – conjuring designs, Overall, such BIM solutions have resulted becauselaser scanners provide them with manipulating drawings, or adding eleva- in high-quality projects and enabled teams much more detail and data points, which tions – and all without compromising on to complete them in a shorter time, and at have proven useful when generating final measurement accuracies.

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quick comparison of the con- ventional surveying equip- Ament and the laser scanning technology reveal that the modern laser scanner provides several advantages over traditional tools. Whether in terms of speed, scan detail, orflexibility of data output, the FARO® Laser Scanner as an example surpasses the conventional equipment choice of a total station. With laser scanning technology, BIM specialists complete surveying tasks much more quickly and obtain reports with more information (e.g. resolution, position, and color). In fact, with FARO’s complete laser scanning solution, practitioners can achieve better efficiency and effec- tiveness with an improved workflow for 3D documentation in three simple steps - Scan, Process, and Deliver. The following section highlights how users canbenefit from using laser scanning technology in their projects.

BIM Applications of Laser Scanning Technology

1. 2D Drawings- any of today’s building and infrastructure projects lack in as-built documentation of the existing facility, and 2D plans or existing drawings are rarely available for old buildings. The presence of this issue has made it challengingfor planning and Mredesigning works to take place. In addition, theconventional total station is inadequate for capturing physical structures efficiently, since it can only capture a few points at a time. Not only is the method time- and labor-intensive, the data obtained would be incompatible with a point cloud processing software, limiting the possibilities of its usage.

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D documentation solutions like the FARO® Focus3D X Series and FARO® Scanner Freestyle3D would, however, be capable of addressing the need of digitization for BIM practitioners. Both devices quickly and reliably documents objects, structures, or en- 3tire rooms with high precision, and their portability makes it easy for scans to be conducted anytime, anywhere. Post-processing ofthe point cloud data obtained by the devices can then be performed with FARO’s selection of software (e.g. VirtuSurv, PointSense, and SCENE), further simplifying and streamlining the process for users.

2D drawings can be created with line fitting and building specific tools in the PointSense Building software. 2. Structural Inspection tructural damage to buildings can cause substantial economic losses to property owners, and can also reduce a property’s cur- rent and future value. Structural inspections enable owners to take preventative measures or to make necessary rectifications. S With traditional surveying tools, data capture for structural inspection is slow and inflexible. Moreover, the extent of dam- age cannot be monitored with certainty, and the evidence is documented only in 2D images.On the other hand, FARO Focus3D can provide the information required for an effective assessment.For instance, an analysis of concrete floors for slab flatness will indicate if any area needs to be adjusted, afterwhich the BIM specialist can determine the volume of material needed for that job –resulting inless wastage and a better cost management process overall.

n addition, laser scanning technology can also be used to verify that components of a building have been installed according to its original design, which is helpful for cost management, insurance claims, or legal disputes. The FARO IFocus3D can perform as-built documentation with millimeter-accuracy (±2mm), capturing details such as pipes, HVAC systems, structural steel, floors, and even rebar in concrete slabs throughout a building. If any discrepancies are ob- served when compared against adesign, property owners can either make alterations or rectifications as necessary.

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3. 3D Building Information Modelling ontractors of building and infrastructure projects often do not keep a record of current construction or maintenance documents of the existing facility. Yet, toacquire digital survey data of a large spaceby utilizing conventional methods would be too Ctime-consuming and laborious. In any case, the incompatibility of the data acquired would have made it difficult for the team to import the information into any of the popular CAD programs available in the market.

n a similar fashion towhich 2D drawings can be generated from Ithe scans obtained by FARO Focus3D, producing 3D building information modelling is also a breeze with FARO 3D documenta- tion solutions. The FARO VirtuSurv software acts as a flexible interface to allow users to import and export scan data for use on various plat- forms. The FARO PointSense Building software, an AutoCAD plug-in, then efficiently processes the 3D scan data with a range of available Laser scanning technology enables a reduction in design man hours with tools, which allows auser to manip- automated tools (e.g. wall alignment ulate the information for specific and wall fitting tool) when creating project deliverables. building models.

An example of a 3D building model created with PointSense Revit through post-processing of the point cloud data. Success Stories of FARO Customers 1. On-site 3D Building Model Creation Made Easy hird Building Construction Company ther added to the complexity of the project of China Construction Eighth Engi- in terms of quality control.Previously, the Tneering Division (CSCEC83) is one team was using the Electronic Total Station of the biggest building contractors in China. (ETS) to test the accuracy of abnormally The company has been involved in build- shaped structures by comparing structur- ing projects for a variety of uses, includ- al key points. Due to the limited numbers ing aviation and aerospace, sports venues, of data points collected, the test results super high-rise buildings, municipal mass were inherently incomplete and unreliable. An artist’s impression of the Jiangsu Grand Theatre transit, environmental protection and water Coupled with the complex double curved resources, urban complexes, commercial surfaces on the water droplet structures, it 330 was first used to collect the point cloud and office buildings, industrial factories, as was practically impossible for the team to data. Next, the FARO SCENE software was well as medical and health facilities. In 2014, achieve proper, accurate results using the used to integrate the scan data, followed by CSCEC83 embarked on a new project to ETS. To overcome this immense challenge, a comparison with the architectural design construct the Jiangsu Grand Theatre and to the team decided to use the FARO Focus3D model on the Geomagic® software to check complete the handover by June 2016. Given X 330. FARO Focus3D X 330 could effort- that the various design requirements were the large scope of the project (a total net land lessly scan the entire curved surface and pro- met. This entire process was not only fast, area of 196,633 m2, and total construction vide the team with the necessary data, thus it was also highly accurate. A job that used area of 271,386 m2), to say that the team resolving the quality control issue. In con- to take an entire week or more was instead was hard pressed for time was an understate- ducting the structural testing of curved sur- accomplished in just two days with the Fo- ment.The unique design of the theatre fur- faces of the water droplets, the Focus3D X cus3D X 330, which brought vast improve- ment to CSCEC83’s productivity. www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 42 SMARTINFRASTRUCTURE

2. SimplifyingStructural Deformation Monitoring

eijing Urban Construction Explo- ten went undetected. With the Focus3D, ration & Surveying Design Re- Beijing Urban managed to improve on Bsearch Institute (Beijing Urban) both its productivity and accuracy. The undertakes projects involving railway team is now also able to generate better construction and detection (or monitor- reports for its customers, including tunnel ing) of tunnel deformation, providing cross-sections, histograms, and 3D model independent appraisals that contribute to outputs. For a job that used to take 8 man the safety of civil engineering projects. hours, Beijing Urban nowrequires just 3 There were several limitations with to 4 hours to complete. Additionally, Bei- Beijing Urban’s older methods of data jing Urban also benefited from the - por acquisition. For one, performing mea- tability offered by the Focus3D. With a surements wasdreadfully time-consum- size of only 24 x 20 x 10cm and weighing ing, requiring up to 8 hours for just data just 5.0kg, the Focus3D was an enabler of collection (excluding processing and convenience that the team welcomed. As analysis). In addition, data collected with a standalone solution, the device did not total stations was inaccurate as they were require external devices to operate, elim- only able to register a limited number of inating the need to transport any extra points. The team had to rely on software equipment to the scanning location. to extrapolate extensively and to connect Evidently, the investment increased Laser scanning technology as applied in the dots so as to form any shape. For this railway construction and monitoring of the company’s productivity by leaps and reason, crucial data points that would tunnel deformation bounds, and added much more detail and indicate instability or deformation of- richness to the data acquisition process.

3. Acquiring Accurate Measurements of Harsh Mechanical Rooms Safely & Quickly

ir conditioning equipment (includ- taking multiple measurements in a nar- ing boiler, chiller, air handling row space, requiring minimal manpower. Aunit, and heat exchanger) for a Since introducing the FARO Focus3D, building is usually located in a dedicated Hibiya Engineering has enjoyed several space known as the mechanical room. The improvements to the renovation process interior of a mechanical room can get rath- of air conditioning facilities. Using the er hot and noisy while the equipment is in new device, the company requires only a operation. In such a harsh environment, a handful of workers to obtain high-quality person can only work at full concentration measurements safely and within a short levels for about an hour. Consequently, time period. Working at heights has also workers who are deployed to the mechan- become a thing of the past, because Hibi- ical room – to take measurements of di- ya Engineering no longer has to rely on mensions and existing equipment required manual methods to take measurements, for construction drawings – need frequent which would have required scaffolding breaks in order to work effectively. for workers to access hard-to-reach ar- Point cloud data of a mechanical room. Hibiya Engineering Ltd is a company eas. The FARO Focus3D eliminated such While it resembles a photograph, each that provides engineering services – in- needs almost completely, making working point in this image is a three-dimension- al (3D) coordinate. With the SCENE cluding airconditioning, water supply, conditions much safer for the engineers. software, the user can obtain the exact drainage and sanitation, electricity, as well Moreover, the device also reduced the dimensions of relevant parts. as information and communication tech- need for any rework, saving Hibiya Engi- nology services – to building owners. At neering precious time on projects. In the the end of 2011, Hibiya Engineering in- past, when the team relied on hand tools Using point cloud data collected by vested in a FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D and paper records, it was common for en- the FARO Focus3D, the engineers create to facilitate the measurement of existing gineers to revisit a site to repeat measure- a BIM model of the current set-up of the facilities. Using this new device, it takes ments because figures did not match up at mechanical room with CADWe’llTfas by the team only an hour to measure existing times. However, with the FARO Focus3D, Daitec. Based on the 3D model, the team facilities that are due for renovation, with engineers can ‘revisit’ the point cloud prepared the plan and design for the reno- a measurement processthat is significantly data on the computer as often as required, vation accordingly. simpler. For Hibiya Engineering, the criti- without having to physically return to the With the walkthrough feature, the team cal factor in choosing the FARO Focus3D equipment room. can view the space as though renovation was its economical price point. Apart from As Hibiya Engineering adopted FARO had been completed, even before the work that, the accompanying point cloud data Focus3D into its workflow, Building In- begins. In fact, the BIM model allows all processing software, FARO SCENE, and formation Modeling (BIM) replaced tra- parties involved in the renovation (e.g. cli- the device’s portability stood out to the ditional drawings, enabling the team to ent, subcontractors) to better understand team. The FARO Focus3D’s small form virtually design and build a 3D model of the work plan, facilitating the entire pro- and weight made it extremely suitable for any given facility on the computer. cess from start to finish. www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 43 SMARTINFRASTRUCTURE

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e are able to integrate our software with hardware such as drones, IOT systems and sensors to provide solutions on multiple platforms. Users can get Interactive and intelligent dashboards on web, mobile and tablets. Our experience with Smart Town- ships gives us a Smart Edge in the Smart City world. Strategically located near an IT Hub of Pune & Maharashtra, Amano- ra Park Town is India’s 1st over 400 Acres Township, under the Township Policy of Govt. of Maharashtra. It is planned as a model for evolved urban life, integrating modern aspirations with traditional com- munity values. www.UrbanaWorld.comW URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 44 SMARTINFRASTRUCTURE

manora is self-sufficient in terms of civic amenities and infrastructure like Maps can communicate complexity in very simple ways. The 24 x 7 water supply, reliable power sup- role of GIS is to provide Engineering solutions through Open, A low cost platforms for easy access and innovation. Yet another ply, wide internal roads, 70 acres of green open spaces, schools, hospital, internal non-polluting important aspect is to enable proper governance and ensure transport system, unique 30 lac sq. ft. of mar- cross department collaboration. ket city containing cash & carry, retail, food & Empowering citizens to be part of the journey is a key beverages, auto mart, entertainment etc. They success factor for a Smart Township or Smart City. Loca- have used ICT (Infra & Communication Tech- tion based apps help citizens feedback to the authorities in nology) to manage the Infrastructure to benefit near-real time. Accurate location for reporting helps in swift the citizens, which is the crux of Smart City resolution and evidence based decision making, Some Smart management. Geospoc was approached to de- city solutions to typical problems liver a GIS platform for Amanora that allowed all the Utilities to communicate through a sin- gle portal. It would help the Water, Electricity, Gas, Fire and IT departments to deliver a Smart Township to the citizens of Amanora.

The GIS platform helps in all aspects of running the Township, from Design- ing, to Planning, Operations and even Decommissioning. Each user has access to data that enables them to perform their task more efficiently. It helps them answer questions like:

• Where is a particular asset? • Who is the closest engineer to respond to an emergency? The information and data is aggregated to an interactive • Which is the latest land use web portal that can be used in maintenance, monitoring plan map? for different departments and also served as a guide for marketing and other related information.

“GeoSpoc’s approach to solving a complex issue was fantastic. They have helped us attain our dream of becoming a Smart Township. The Ministry of Urban Development’s website described Amanora as a case study of Smart Township in 2014. Managing complex infrastructure as a privately managed township without GIS would not have been possible” -J.K.Bhosale, COO Amanora

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i-Sewers for ‘Smart Cities’ Frontier Technology Alcorr DWC PE Pipes for Urban Sewerage & Drainage 1. Introduction

he concept of the smart city has been introduced as a strategic plan to encom- Tpass modern urban factors in a common framework and to highlight the growing im- portance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Social and environ- mental aspects in profiling cities. The signif- icance of later two sub-themes i.e. social and environmental issues itself goes a long way to distinguish ‘smart cities’ from their coun- terparts. It is estimated that by 2050, the cumulative population of Indian cities will reach 843 mil- lion. To accommodate this massive urbaniza- tion, India needs to find smarter ways to man- age complexities, reduce expenses, increase efficiency and improve the quality of life.

Government of India has allocated a sub- stantial quantum of Capital to this account in the Union Budget 2014-15 and plans to build 100 new smart cities. In current Fis- cal year (2015-16), substantial budgetary allocation has been made for 20 of such proposed ‘Digital Cities’:- In this massive Urban Advancement Route-map, a major con- • Bhubaneswar, Orissa stituent is to provide ‘Smart’ inputs for such conglomerations • Pune, Maharashtra in the form of Best Management Practice (BMP) towards best • Jaipur, Rajasthan Water and Waste Water elements. More precisely, the major • Surat, Gujarat sub-components under the BMP for Water & Wastewater • Kochi, Kerala Management, the following elements are highlighted: • Ahmadabad, Gujarat • Jabalpur, MP • Waste Water recycling Technologies to ensure ‘zero’ discharge concept • Vishakhapatnam, AP • Biological treatment of wastewater • Sholapur, Maharashtra • Rain water harvesting solutions • Davangare, Karnataka • Indore, MP For all above Imperatives, it is very important to collect and con- • New Delhi (New Delhi Municipal Council Area) verge the generated Waste water – be it in the form of Sewage (DWF) • Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu or Storm water (WWF) up to the Treatment node (in case of DWF) / • Kakinada, AP Specially Designed Poundage (Rain water Harvesting) or Receiving • Belagavi, Karnataka River/Stream/Lake (Storm Drainage) with the help of Buried Non-Pres- • Udaipur, Rajasthan sure (Gravity flow) conduit system in addition to open surface drains • Guwahati, Assam (for case specific Storm Drainage only). • Chennai, Tamil Nadu For Smart Urban Complexes such imperative sub-elements need to • Ludhiana, Punjab be precisely smart and intelligent and compatible to the overall concept • Bhopal, MP framework of the ‘Smart Cities’. The planners therefore, must conceive • Few others and focus on far more Frontier Technology Sewerage System than the conventional mode for convergence towards the ambitious goal.

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2. Frontier Technology Sewerage ‘Product & System’:

he recent advent of ‘Structured-Wall’ Plastic Piping Systems for Non-pressure applications in the form of Double Wall Corrugated Frontier Technology Alcorr DWC PE Pipes for Urban Sewerage & Drainage T(DWC) Polyethylene (PE) Pipes has every potential to outscore all other conventional ‘Gravity flow’ systems under above perspectives. Alom Poly Extrusions Ltd of Kolkata is the pioneer in ushering the Rev- olutionary Product in India under the Name & Style Alcorr DWC PE Non-pressure Thermoplastics Pipes on the basis of international Speci- fication # 21138 which has been nationally standardized in 2013 vide IS 16098-Pt 2 . The configuration of the Frontier Technology ‘Product & System’ is reproduced below:

Double Wall Corrugated PE pipes

2.1 DWC PE Pipe Sewer

2.1.1 Structural Performance:- 2.1.3 Hydraulic Superiority:  Glass Smooth Inner Surface of Structured Wall DWC PE pipe provides for an average Manning’s ‘N’ of 0.010 & the value stays constant throughout its Material life due to non-adherence of Sewage solids on interior surfaces. For the conventional R C Rigid Pipes, initial ‘N’ value of 0.011 deteriorates rapidly with passage of time (5 yr Interval) due to deposition & the material life of such category of Sewer is 25-30 Yrs.  Therefore, when laid at identical gradients, DWC PE pipes ensure increased flows in comparison to its conventional counterparts.  If one puts it through another angle, Identical Size DWC PE  Versatile and have distinct Structural Advantages Pipe: Can be configured at much Flatter Gradients – reducing  Have excellent resistance to differential settlements. trench depths as well.  When Overloaded, will deflect further to generate great-  The ‘Trench Depths’ are Quite Often the decisive factor in er passive earth pressure until system regains equilibrium. Branch & Trunk Sewer (deep sewers) installations and there- fore lower depths ensures Techno-commercially manageable numbers of Sewage Lifting Nodes. 2.1.2 Chemically inert: 2.1.4 Long Material Life and Recyclability:  The Polyethylene Raw Material is virtually As stated earlier under ‘Structural Integrity’ seg- chemically Inert to all sewage solids & therefore ment, DWC PE Pipes have high strength to counter- the system is resistant to Corrosions /Decaying / act external impacts and loads. Abrasion.  Abrasion in such category of pipes is negligible even at  ‘Crown Corrosion’ is virtually non- existent. the end of its material life. This is far less than its conventional  Negligible adherence of Sewage solids on in- counterparts. ner surfaces maintains almost original smoothness  Because of Carbon Black Content, Pipes are not affected throughout its long Material Life. from Sunlight throughout its Material Life (UV Protected)

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 The Pipe is Thermally protected to high and low temperatures  The Life Expectancy of PE material is 100 years and is already time tested for 50 years in sites around the world.  Material is 100% Recyclable at the end of its usable life. The Explanation on such Long Material Life can be well understood from the following graphical representation related to Abrasion phenomenon of various cat- egories of conventional (rigid) as well as Non-conventional (flexible) Gravity flow piping systems.

2.1.5 Transportation & Handling: Extreme light Weight (5% of conventional Pipes) and availability in larger Pipe Lengths (2.2 times of Conventional precast RC Pipes), along with possibility of Telescopic Nesting with higher Stack Heights, ensures easy & quick transportation, user-friendly handling & stacking to and at worksites. 2.1.6 Fast & Easy Installation:

 Light weight  Simple push-fit jointing  The spigot end with Elastomeric sealing ring is push-fitted to the coupler end of next pipe in few minutes time frame. No welding is required. 2.1.8 Environment Friendly:  At adverse Locations, Pipe assembly can DWC PE Thermoplastics pipes cause lowest Quantum of GHG be made at GL and lowered into a long trench (CO2) Emission during the Manufacturing (cradle to factory with utmost ease. gate) process in comparison to all its rigid as well as flexible  Such advantageous applicability ensure user non-pressure Pipe Counterparts. friendly and fast Installation in typically crowd- In this perspective, refer to the enclosed Greenhouse Gas ed & narrow Urban Corridors, Hilly Regions (GHG) Emission Comparison Matrix below between DWC PE and many more difficult terrains. Pipes and Precast NP3 R C Pipes based on the direct CO2 emissions in manufacturing process of these two typical 2.1.7 Minimum Maintenance: Conduit Systems (Non-conventional :Flexible & Convention- al :Rigid). The chart is self explanatory and reveals that the Because of non-adherence of sewage solids emission related to DWC PE Pipe is considerably lower (more on the chemically inert pipe interior, possi- than twice) than NP3 RC Pipe. bility of Crown Corrosion as well as depo- The emission is further truncated when other non-isolated sition is almost non-existent. The Manholes components as below is taken into considerations for compre- are the only Nodes where regular cleaning hensive installation of the system;- shall be necessary.  Ease in Transportation: Pipes can be transported in higher quantity per truck load than their rigid pipe equivalents because of its light weight, scope for telescopic placements, and higher stack heights. Considerable reduction in truck requirements not only contributes to reduced GHG emissions, but also reduces trucking trips and minimizes health and safety risks as well.

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 Structural Stability: Pipes, because of its higher Structural Integrity (attributable to its 3.0 Best fit for its application in ‘Smart Cities’ inherent Flexibility) can be simply installed with From detailed analysis of the various underground non-pres- a carefully constructed ‘Backfill Envelope’ made sure piping systems, it can be concluded that the Tech- with compacted sand / Excavated Spoils only. no-commercial acceptability of DWC PE pipes are far more On the other hand, Rigid Pipes needs robust bed- convincing compared to all other conventional (rigid) or ding materials (mainly in the form of ‘Concrete non-conventional thermoplastics (flexible) gravity flow pip- Cradle’) for its Structural stability. This extra con- ing alternatives. These circular conduits are much lighter in crete material further contributes adversely in weight, possess high structural Integrity, better hydraulics, GHG emissions in comparison to DWC PE Pipes. long life expectancy, are easy to transport, convenient in installation and are virtually maintenance free.  Hydraulic Efficiency: Pipes have a glass- smooth inner surface (leading to lower Manning’s ‘n’) and therefore for identical drainage catch- AUTHORS ments/sewerage zones, smaller sizes with almost equivalent hydraulic properties can be config- ured in comparison to the heavier, larger sized RCC pipes. This reduces GHG emissions further.

 Recyclable & reusable: DWC PE Pipes are recyclable and will not need to be discarded at the end of its material life. The recycling reduces Anik Roychoudhury, Arnav Jhunjhunwala, Principal Advisor Director, Alom Poly burden of producing new product and reduces (Engineering) to Alom Extrusions overall GHG emissions even years later as well. Poly Extrusions

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City Bus Intelligent Transport Systems in Chhattisgarh

Stesalit Systems Ltd is in implementing City Bus Intelligent Transport Systems in Chhattisgarh across all UPTS locations throughout the state. The project is now under pilot implementation across three cities of Bilaspur, Raipur and Korba and will be ready for deployment and roll out next month. Central Control Centre, Zone Command Control Centre, Core City Command Control Centre and Depot Command Control Centres have already been established across the pilot cities.

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uthorities now can monitor every move- ment and aspect of the newly acquired The control centre buses sitting from the central control cen- tres with the ease of click of a mouse but- team can easily monitor ton. All new buses acquired under UBS II at any instant of time: specifications follow same integration pat- ter and can transmit all diagnostic param-  eters of the bus along with GPS location where the bus is located, of the vehicles. All the sensors activated in  how many trips it has the buses like Fuel Level, Engine Speed, done, Oil Temperatures, Electrical Systems, Se- curity Systems have been integrated under  how much fuel the vehicle Internet of Things (IoT) architecture and is carrying or has there been live feed of the same can be viewed and any pilferage analysed through the central software ap-  engine parameters over a A plication hosted at State Data Centre and period of time for preventive broadcasted through a browser based ap- maintenance plication. This is the first time a state-wide imple-  rash driving parame- mentation of Intelligent Transport Systems ters for driver rating and is being done in India. Stesalit has created screening the solution with its indigenous technology  security camera video feed developed in its own R&D centre. 22 Total Cities to be Implemented 09Total Zones of Chhatisgarh 23Total No. of Depots State

220Total No. of Routes 450Total No. of Buses

City Control 21Centres 09 Zones Total No. Control Centres 22 440 Depot Control of BQS Bidirectional centres GIS Routes to 800 be mapped 01 LED Display Units Central Control to be installed Centre (Raipur) 1551

www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 51 SMARTINFRASTRUCTURE COGNITIVE: The Next Generation of Smarter Buildings - By Joe Philips, Director – Buildings Industry Solutions, IBM Ever since a boulder was positioned at the entry to a cave to keep bears away, or a portable structure was erected and then disassembled for a tribe to take with them as they followed the herds, buildings have been on a steadily smarter trajectory.

escribing a building as “smart” in the current en- vironment can mean a lot of different things. The use of sustainable building materials, the installa- tion of energy saving devices, the building’s ori- entation relative to its environment, and any num- ber of operational efficiencies can all factor into a claim that a building is smart. While every generation adds some technology that advances what and how we build, use, op- erate and trade buildings, this is the first era for the advanced use of IT, analytics and cognitive capabilities to make individual buildings and en- tire portfolios of buildings more intelligent. Un- like previous forward advances on the trajectory of building management, the angle of the current path has veered sharply upwards—away from in- cremental improvements and towards thoroughly transformative possibilities. Advanced analytics is lowering maintenance costs, cutting energy con- sumption, reducing the carbon footprint, enabling a more efficient use of space, and improving qual- ity of life. Better space utilization is an objective that is too often overlooked. Considering that 100 per- cent of energy costs are saved on a building that is sold or never built in the first place, not to men- tion 100 percent of the operations and ownership costs, the potential to right-size the portfolio can be viewed as the ultimate benefit of building an- Dalytics. www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 52 SMARTINFRASTRUCTURE

The evolution of analytics from simply auto- mating manual assessments, to personal interaction with the building, to operating unit predictions of space needs, to cognitive inquiries about how the assets of buildings can optimize how an enterprise can grow. Throughout modern buildings, an enormous range of sensors constantly produce data from light- ing, occupancy indicators, security mechanisms, HVAC components, electrical plug loads, utility meters and more. The key to the new model of facilities manage- ment is the integration of signals from the full range of unrelated components into a system of systems that drives greater awareness, learning and insight. While the volume and velocity of data tends to far exceed current capacity for leveraging the infor- mation, advanced cognitive and analytic capabilities are enabling the aggregation of data and revealing a depth of understanding about how the building’s systems are working and how buildings are being utilized. Descriptive analytics creates the founda- tion for another level of predictive capabilities that leverage ongoing and historical data to develop sta- tistical models that inform a proactive approach to building management and maintenance.

Advanced Analytics and Smarter Building Management from IBM Government This new vision is enabling a range of efficiencies that can include: The outcomes are better deci- sions, greater efficiencies, higher • A shift from calendar-based learning and significantly lower maintenance to real-time costs. Advanced analytics harbor condition and predictive profound possibilities for build- maintenance ings, building owners, investors, • Avoidance of unnecessary tenants, cities, and the entire repairs or replacement of planet. We don’t leverage this components information because it’s the • Faster or immediate right thing to do or because it’s diagnostics good to know. We do so to real- • The creation of event correla- ize a transformative outcome, tion algorithms that help identify and that’s the point of advanced root causes of malfunctions or cognitive and analytic building possible cascading failures management. • Inclusion of cognitive analytics

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At the same time, cities have to meet the ever-evolving needs and demands of their citizens while running their communities efficiently. To do this successfully, city leaders must engage their citizens, empower their employees, optimize operations and infrastructure, and trans- form and accelerate innovation and opportunity. However, there are numerous roadblocks standing in the way of those goals, including rapid urbanization, budget cuts, crumbling infrastructures, cybersecurity concerns, and growing demands on the energy grid.

any cities worldwide are overcoming these challenges and moving forward with Microsoft CityNext—a global initiative that combines the power of the Microsoft Partner Network, a massive technology portfolio, the power of the Microsoft Trusted Cloud, and 30 years of expe- rience empowering cities. Microsoft CityNext and partners assist cities in unlocking their po- tential by delivering innovative digital solutions that can help citizens lead safer, healthier lives and receive high-quality education. By tapping into the solution portfolios of Microsoft and our partners, cities can innovate at their own pace and deploy solutions that interoperate with their M existing IT investments.

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INTRODUCING THE IDC SMART CITYMATURITYSCAPE ities taking advantage of drive innovation and transformation. One such model is the IDC Smart today’s digital transforma- But the journey to becoming a City MaturityScape, a framework Ction are commonly known as smart city is not an easy one. Many of stages, measures, actions, and “smart cities.” A smart city, defined communities face sizable challenges: outcomes cities can use to transform by IDC as “a city-state, county, city, complex IT and operational sys- themselves. The model uses five town, or other non-national gov- tems, the struggle to connect digital stages of maturity— ad hoc, oppor- ernment organization that embraces and physical environments, and tunistic, repeatable, managed, and data-driven urban transformation to policy and regulation changes. To optimized—to describe where cities meet social, financial, and sustain- succeed, each city requires a model are on the path to becoming true ability goals,” is one that is capitaliz- that assesses its current state along smart cities. By plotting a city and ing on today’s big technology trends. with a road map of best practices to its departments by each stage, it is Today’s most influential smart cities, determine the steps it needs to take to possible to know where investments such as Barcelona and New York, are become a smart city—and do so in a need to be made and what additional using data, technology, and people to way that reduces complexity and risk. actions are required.

By taking advantage of IDC’s Smart City MaturityScape, city departments and agencies have the opportunity to minimize risk and maximize ROI from today’s technologies. Cities using the IDC Smart City MaturityScape framework can more clearly define and execute a smart city strategy and promote the use of digital solutions that improve decision making and achieve desired financial, social, and environmental outcomes.

1.ADHOC CITIES n the ad hoc stage of the Example:City of Seattle IDC Smart City Maturity- he City of Seattle has a long IScape framework, cities or and proud history in energy departments do not have many conservation. In a recent effort projects or initiatives that could T 10%-25% to deliver the most cost- effective and be considered transformational. environmentally friendly way to meet energy and If there are projects or initia- its growing energy needs, Seattle City tives, they are typically ad Light teamed with Microsoft and Ac- maintenance hoc or department-based, with centure, a global IT consultancy and savings expected no broad strategy or citywide Microsoft partner, to create a Smart coordination. Cities or agencies Building project. with building pilot. in this stage usually launch The city identified five strategic small-scale smart city projects downtown buildings and began to to address a single business work with the building managers to savings between 10 and 25 percent issue. These projects usually do implement a Smart Building solution. for both energy and maintenance not have much of a budget and The solution leverages Windows expenditures. The City of Seattle also rely on crowdsourced or open- Azure, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, believes that the project has broader source technologies. In addi- and Microsoft SharePoint Server economic development implications tion, technologies are siloed, 2013 to monitor building energy effi- and supports the city’s efforts to grow which leads to duplication and ciency, run reports, and drill down for its clean technology sector. This proj- high costs, and data is found more details on faults and alerts. ect allows the city to use these exist- only in legacy applications. Although the Seattle Smart Build- ing assets and become a global leader There is also very little citizen ing Program is in its infancy, the city in the development and delivery of engagement in smart city pilot has estimated that It will generate energy efficiency technologies. initiatives and limited adoption of IoT solutions.

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2.Opportunistic Cities pportunistic cities and departments Example:Orleans Parish Communications District are slowly advancing along the he Orleans Parish Commu- Osmart city path by gaining buy-in nication District (OPCD), Implementing a CAD solution from executive sponsors and stakeholders which handles more than 1 has led to improved response and starting to form an initial strategy. Cit- T million 9-1-1 calls in the great- time and safety for citizens ies in this stage have learned from ad hoc er New Orleans area, wanted pilot programs. They are proactively foster- to respond better and faster to with real0time information. ing collaboration between departments and emergencies by improving the key stakeholders around the development flow of information between citi- police, fire, and emergency medi- of a strategy and identification of barriers to zens, multiple agencies, and first cal services (EMS) applications, a adoption. Initiatives are often focused on a responders. OPCD implemented 9-1-1 call system, mobile devices, specific functional area such as transporta- Motorola Solutions PremierOne and a data warehouse. It also au- tion or public safety, but actual engagement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) tomatically routes incident reports might be slowed by competing interests. and NG9-1-1 integrated call con- and updates continuously, pushing Although data is still fragmented, open trol system, based on Microsoft data to EMS tablets and mobile data policy is developing and there is also a technology including embedded police terminals. As a result, first move to put dashboards and other analytical versions of Windows Server and responders are able to act faster tools in the hands of employees. Investment Microsoft SQL Server. and make better, safer choices and in sensor and video technologies begin in The solution connects disparate citizens are better protected. this stage. 3. Repeatable Cities epeatable cities and departments Example:Orleans Parish Communications District are driven by a multi-agency ocky View County is a Rsmart city strategy in which the community of 38,000 people Adoption of Surface city’s vision, mission, strategic goals, in Alberta, Canada. Because Pro has led to a reduction and investment priorities have become R it wanted to help its 250 county of 15% in hardware formalized but are inconsistently imple- employees to coordinate more mented. effectively, be more productive, and inventory. In the repeatable stage, innovation deliver higher- quality services to and open data initiatives are becoming citizens, the county adopted Micro- solution, Rocky View County has increasingly common as cities make a soft Surface Pro devices. already eliminated more than 30 concerted effort to engage their citizens Using these new mobile tools, devices from its hardware inven- through new communication vehicles. city road crews, firefighters, asses- tory—a 15 percent reduction. In There is more interaction between sors, and other field workers are addition, the county is boosting cross-functional teams and departments, better connected to the county’s flexibility and worker productivity, and there is a transition toward a federat- network and are more flexible and and it expects costs savings from ed model. Cities deploy IoT and mobile productive. Ultimately, the solution a reduction in IT support, main- technologies serving multiple projects is helping county employees at ev- tenance, and management. The and organizations, and these technology ery level perform their jobs better, county is also improving its public solutions are guided by a citywide policy faster, and more easily. service delivery, providing better framework. With its Microsoft Surface services to county residents.

4. Managed Cities Example:Tel Aviv t the managed stage, cities begin Tel Aviv is a bustling metropolis that is • Giving city workers access to municipal to see wider acceptance and for- home to more than 40 percent of Israel’s IT services from anywhere and using any Amalization of a smart city strategy, population. The IT system that supports device. complete with documentation, KPIs, and the Tel Aviv government was vast and • Enabling IT staff members to spend less timelines for goal achievement. Beyond complicated to manage, with an aging time on systems administration and devote the local government, the strategy is fully infrastructure that had become complex more time to planning new projects and supported by other government entities, and costly. To solve these challenges, the evaluating new technologies that increase academia, citizens, and private suppliers. city moved key systems to the Microsoft citizen engagement. Cities in this stage have kicked off large- Azure cloud platform. With its new cloud Tel Aviv is using the Azure cloud to increase scale IoT initiatives, with a supporting solution, Tel Aviv is driving better citizen engagement through offering new mobile network infrastructure in place to provide engagement by: IoT data to multiple departments. The data services that are connecting the municipal is shared between departments and orga- government and citizens. nizations, and more advanced analytics power new solutions. Deploying Azure solution has expanded remote access to provide employees better mobile solutions. www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 56 SMART IT & COMMUNICATION

5. Optimized Cities n this last stage of the smart city Example:PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency journey, cities have a sustainable ingapore has built a robust, CCTV cameras that continuously Ocitywide platform that provides ag- diversified and sustainable monitor flood-prone areas. The ile strategy, IT, and governance. Optimized water supply from four dif- app also uses a devices’ loca- cities will have a formal group of city S ferent sources known as the coun- tion-awareness to determine the leaders that support shared outcomes, and a try’s Four National Taps. This in- flood and water levels through smart city program management office that cludes water from local catchment 153 sensors around the city-state. oversees projects across different depart- areas, imported water, reclaimed MyWaters also enables users to ments. water and desalinated water. For share information with their social In optimized cities, success measures PUB (the national water agency), networks, as well as send feed- are aligned with desired outcomes, and however, supply is only half of the back directly to PUB from within innovation has become institutional—with equation, as managing demand for the app. incentives for fast iterations and strong water is likewise as important. With MyWaters for Windows community input in planning. A culture of In its goal of keeping Singa- Phone 8 and Windows 8.1, users innovation and partner engagement is in poreans better informed about can get information at-a-glance, place, supported by investments in cloud- the value of the country’s water without the need to actually based open platforms, wireless broadband resources, PUB has developed a launch the app, as long the live tile coverage, and edge data collection devices. mobile and desktop application is pinned onto their home screens. Data analytics are now accessible and called MyWaters, which it dis- Singaporeans also get useful alerts integrated into common workflows and tributes across different platforms during flooding emergencies. everyday decision making. including Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.1. “Users are able to obtain water PUB’s MyWaters app provides level information in key drains the latest updates on water levels and canals during storms,” says and floods throughout the island Lewis. “They can also get real from closed- circuit-TV images time updates and images from and water level sensors. CCTVs on road situations during This includes access to 25 heavy downpour.”

PUB’s MyWaters app has access to 25 CCTV cameras and 153 sensors to monitor water levels and floods. Users can share info with their social networks and send feedback directly to PUB within the app.

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Governments suffer from an excess of data It is becoming increasingly necessary for – most of which is rarely used after being governments to utilize this wealth of data in collected and stored. The amount of data order to help deliver greater citizen services generated on a daily basis (over 2.5 Billion in a challenging (and often insufficient) fund- GB) is staggering – and a vast majority of ing environment. In the past few years, pro- it (80 percent or more) is not structured. gressive governments have begun harvesting The potential value of data has always been data in order to extract value and meet the recognized – and technologies are emerging increasing services demands of citizens. (Watson) that can aid in the discovery of However, much more can and needs to be new insights from this new ‘natural re- done by governments to ensure widespread source.’ adoption of a “data driven” approach.

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o how do we recognize a “data driven” gov- ments to become “data driven” and realize the ernment entity? Simply put, data-driven gov- benefits of doing so? ernment entities embrace the use of actionable • First, it is crucial that organizations elec- information for making all critical decisions – tronically capture a wide range of data from a often resulting in significant benefit (i.e. 20+% variety of sources: departmental, cross organi- reduction in traffic congestion, millions saved in zational, external, and unstructured data. fraudulent tax returns, etc.)……however, why is • Next, governmental entities need to integrate it that less than half of all managers rely upon information across their various systems – and data to make decisions at least 50% of the time? creating a ‘single view of the citizen’ from A few key factors repeatedly surface as the pri- disparate, independent information systems is a mary inhibitors to the adoption of data driven common approach. Sprinciples: • Finally, designing, implementing, and em-

• Limited use and availability of analytical tools bracing a data analytics strategy is necessary • Collected data is typically sourced internally for government to maximize its effectiveness (vs. external and unstructured) – simply having access to enormous volumes of • Inconsistent adoption of data management dis- data alone does not correspond to being a true ciplines So what is the path forward for govern- data-driven government.

With technology advancements and increased data availability, the opportunity for a better, smarter government is clear – and it’s now time for more governments to start the journey.

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GOVT TO DEVELOP 300 VILLAGES 25 CITIES PREPARE AS GROWTH CENTRES, SAYS PM COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLANS (CMP) Prime Minister shri Narendra Modi on Saturday said his govern- ment plans to develop 300 villages across the country as growth centers for the area by creating city like infra- structure, from education and healthcare to digital connectivity.

he National Rurban Mission aims to provide better quality cities have prepared Comprehensive of life and employment in villages, he said at the townhall Mobility Plans (CMP) based on origin organised to mark the second anniversary of myGov app. and destination flow of traffic , identi- There is no dearth of smart cities, but shouldn’t the sce- fying major traffic corridors and feeder nario of villages change, he asked. “Facilities available in corridors, land use etc which in turn cities must be made available to villages.” would assist in proper urban planning. Rurban Mission is ‘Smart City Plus’, he said, adding 300 CMPs are subsequently made part of City Master Plans. villages have been identified, which will be developed as 25 Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing & Urban T growth centre for the area. Poverty Alleviation Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, in a written reply in All infrastructure identical to cities like digital and phys- Lok Sabha today stated that 25 cities from 8 States prepared CMPs ical connectivity as well as quality healthcare and education with central assistance. Ministry of Urban Development assists up will be provided, he said. “The idea is that the soul of a vil- to 80% of cost of preparation of CMPs. lage is retained while amenities of cities are provided.” These villages are the ones where rural people may visit In Karnataka, 14 cities that came out with CMPs for healthcare, education or attending to other needs like re- are: Tumkur, Davanagere, Shimoga, Mangalore, pairing or recharging mobiles. Villages, he said, can become Mysuru, Belgaum, Ballary, Gulbarga, Hub- the growth centre of the rural economy. On the eve of Han- dloom Day, Modi urged 125 crore Indians to use khadi and li-Dharwar, Bidar, Chitradurga, Bijapur, Hospet handloom for 5 per cent of their clothing needs. and Raichur. Five cities with CMPs in Punjab are This would boost the textile sector, which is the second : Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Pathankot and biggest employment provider in the country, he said. “This Patiala. Other such cities are : Tirupati (Andhra will help the poor.” Rural economy will change if the sector Pradesh), Kalyan-Dombivili(Maharashtra), Gang- is provided holistic support, e-platform for global marketing tok (Sikkim), Shillong (Meghalaya), Agartala and facilities to weavers, he added. (Tripura) and Jaipur(Rajasthan). Source:PTI DUBAI SOUTH-HUAWEI INK SMART CITY SYSTEMS DEAL hinese equipment giant Huawei has inked a memoran- dum of understanding (MOU) with Dubai South for the “The MOU between Dubai South provision of smart city services to its Business Park free zone.Huawei said comprises 11 buildings and offers and Huawei will see the deploy- commercial space to support diverse sectors including ment of Huawei’s Smart City and aviation, logistics, general trading, finance, business con- Safe City Solutions to provide sultancies, training institutions, retail, fitness, and food enhanced services to residents and beverages. and businesses in the Park,” C According to ITP.net, Colin Hu, managing director Hu continued.”Huawei will also of Huawei Enterprise (UAE), said the company will share its global expertise through “provide strategic counsel to support the development training sessions, expert work- of a blueprint for Dubai South’s smart initiatives”.The shops and guided visits to other company will supply systems such as end-to-end net- key customer sites where Huawei work planning and technology, mobile and fixed broad- band infrastructure, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform Smart City solutions have been to deploy smart city solutions and services, and other implemented.” technologies from an open partner eco-system, the re- port stated. Source: Constructionweekonline

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GAIA SMART CITIES RAISES $300,000 FROM ANGEL INVESTORS DEVANG MEHTA, SANDEEP SHETTY

Gaia Smart Cities, a venture by former Reliance Jio president and chief information officer Sumit Chowdhury, has raised $300,000 from angel investors Devang Mehta and Sandeep Shetty. The funding comes at a time when the company is preparing to raise up to $10 million in Series A round, which is expected to be closed in the next quarter.

“The latest funding will be used for product development targeted at smart city initiatives, and demonstrations and pilots for various clients.” - Dr. Sumit D. Chowdhury , Founder & CEO of Gaia Smart Cities (Former President of Reliance Jio) he told to ET

aia Smart Cities was founded by the exponential growth of IoT/Smart Chowdhury and Bipin Pradeep Ku- City technologies in India. Post-in- mar last year. Gaia has so far raised vestment we have been providing $1.5 million from founders, investors guidance in a few operational areas and employees in total which has been and we truly admire the collaborative “We are adding almost used for product development. The and innovative culture that exists in company has 14 investors including the company,” - Mehta added. one new customer a week. promoters. While each of these are G The latest funding follows the ac- “The combination of team, market quisition by Gaia of the IOT division small to begin with, given opportunity and timing made this of netCORE Solutions. The acquisition a perfect investment opportunity. It has given Gaia about fourfold jump in the newness of technol- also helped that the company was number of customers. Post the acqui- ogy and lack of under- in the IoT space – where I have past sition, the total customer base of Gaia experience. Our investment will help reached 32. As part of the deal, net- standing of what to do them create beachheads in key verti- CORE is also investing in Gaia and cals like smart meters, smart energy, will continue to support the company with so much data, each of manufacturing etc; as well as to build through its rapid growth period. them has the potential to out their team to establish market Gaia is developing an aggregat- leadership,” -Devang Mehta, Board ed platform of solutions, services and become full blown proj- Member, Gaia Smart Cities said. products for Smart Cities. The platform ects that will require all will also host solutions from software The company provides internet of vendors and integrate with IT vendors, aspects of IoT and Con- things solution like remote access to telecom operators, and device vendors. water meter, gas meter, asset tracking. Gaia earlier tied up with Stream sulting for Machine Data It is developing its own smart products, Technologies and Advantech to roll- Analytics.” software platforms and solutions, along out connected networks for smart cit- with billing systems. Recently, Gaia ies and transport, power and industrial -Chowdhury said. worked with the Delhi government on automation solutions to target govern- water meter project providing water ment contracts. The IoT startup has 28 bill reading on mobile phones. clients spanning Smart City consulting, industrial automation solutions and “We think Gaia is at the cusp of an smart metering. explosive growth phase propelled by

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SMART CITY HOSPITAL GOVT TO HAND-HOLD SMART TO BE SUPPLIED BY CITIES IN BORROWING FROM GE HEALTHCARE ADB, WORLD BANK The Ministry of Urban Development has issued a guidance note to enable smart cities to borrow from multilateral development The new healthcare centre at Smart City, banks such as Asian Development Bank and World Bank for S Ioannes Paulus II, will be supplied by project execution.“The idea is that the Centre should hand-hold the cities and help them execute projects with loan assistance General Electric, Synesis Ltd.In a from multilateral development banks,” a senior official from the statement, Synesis Ltd said it chose GE Ministry told BusinessLine. as its strategic partner for the supply of medical equipment, solutions for depart- hese cities will be tasked with identifying financially viable smart ments with high technological impact city projects for which they would like to borrow. “They will un- and energy solutions. dertake a techno-economic viability (TEV) study for the identified project,” the official added. The TEV study is a risk-mitigation exercise and is considered by financial institutions prior to their t said the facility would be one of a mono-spe- lending decision. It provides an appraisal of technological parame- Tters and its impact on the commercial viability of the project and forms part of the cialistic nature, dedicated to the entire skeletal system; with surgical activities in orthopaedics Detailed Project Report (DPR). The study is also important as the Ministry has and neurosurgery (spine and skull); also special- in the past stressed that States should structure user charges so that operation and ising in the field of sports medicine and rehabil- maintenance costs are met. Moreover, user charges should be partially indexed itation. to inflation and improved quality of services, states were told.“The Ministry, Various day-surgery activities would be multilateral development banks, and national financial institutions such as India available.GE Healthcare would be flanked Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) and State Bank of India (SBI) will by Johnson & Johnson Medical in the devel- together undertake an initial screening of projects and finalise a list of those to opment of the project.The hospital is to be constructed on a be taken up for loan assistance,” the official said. World Bank and ADB would 16,000 sq metre plot of land in Smart City with a structure provide a line of credit to IIFCL and SBI. The grant would be shared with their I subsidiaries — IIFCL Projects Ltd and SBI Capital Markets Ltd — to develop totalling 23,500 sq metres internally and housing 214 patient bed rooms, including 50 suites. A further 3,000 sq metres have financial appraisal and syndication capabilities.“The special purpose vehicles been dedicated to sports medicine.The agreement with GE (SPV) created by the smart city will approach these national financial institu- Healthcare also identifies a new software for the management tions with their project proposals,” the official added.After financial closure of of the hospital and for the analysis of clinical data and the de- the project, the SPV will be required to open a trust/ escrow account with the velopment of applied research. national financial institution. Moreover, the SPV will also ensure that inflows The hospital, which should be open by the end of 2018, is and outflows for the project, including debt and equity, flow from the escrow ac- expected to create employment for some 1,000 people includ- count. “In order to ensure that the mission is executed in an efficient manner, the ing doctors, nurses and administrative personnel and indirect SPVs will also provide quarterly construction monitoring reports to lenders,” staff through the various services required.It will be built with the official added. In September this year the Ministry had informed the states technologically advanced systems, with great attention to en- that the government is pursuing a loan of $1 billion from the Asian Development vironmental sustainability and energy efficiency, and with the Bank and another $500 million from the World Bank to provide funds to SPVs. exploitation of alternative energy sources such as geothermal This was in addition to an outlay of Rs. 48,000 crore approved by the Union and photovoltaics. Cabinet for the mission. Source :Times of Malta Source: The Hindu Businessline URBAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY ASKS SMART CITIES TO FIRM UP BANKABLE PROJECTS Urban Development Ministry has asked the 20 cities, selected for smart cities in the first round, to “quickly firm up” bankable projects for obtaining loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank and the BRICS Development Bank.

rban Development Secretary Ra- of Smart City Mission, according to (AMRUT) and all the 500 mission jiv Gauba said this during a review an official release. cities shall complete this process in meeting here with the officials of Gauba also stressed on mobili- the next one year, according to the eight smart cities, namely Ahmed- sation of resources through Munic- release. abad, Surat, Pune, Bhubaneswar, ipal Bonds and urged the cities to The eight cities that participat- Udaipur, Jaipur, Ludhiana and Ja- act quickly to obtain credit ratings ed in the review meeting furnished balpur.While BRICS Development from agencies approved by the Se- details of the projects–including Bank is “keen to support” smart city curities and Exchange Board of affordable housing, water supply, projects, the ADB has in-principle India ( SEBI).He said process for sewage treatment plants, transport, U agreed to extend a loan of USD 1 credit rating of 85 cities has already smart street lighting, and solid waste billion and the World Bank USD begun under Atal Mission for Reju- management–that could be launched 0.50 billion for the implementation venation and Urban Transformation by June. Source:PTI

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MAHARASHTRA GOVT APPOINTS L&T Beginning with the devel- opment of surveillance and TO MAKE NAGPUR A SMART CITY intelligent traffic man- agement systems for the Government of Gujarat in Maharashtra government has handed the letter of intent Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Vadodara and a sur- to Larsen & Toubro (L&T) appointing it as the implemen- veillance and management tation partner to make Nagpur India’s first large-scale system of critical infrastruc- integrated smart city.The Maharashtra government has ture at the Sabarmati Jail, adopted an independent model for all the ten cities listed L&T has since executed the to be developed as smart cities. The ten cities are Mumbai, smart city project in Jaipur Pune, Nagpur, Amravati, Solapur, Nashik, Aurangabad, and is executing India’s Kalyan-Dombivali, Thane,Pimpri-Chinchwad. largest city surveillance project comprising- hief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has already rolled out the project with specifications and a timeline for Nagpur, which also happens to be his hometown. The state government has also decided to develop Nagpur, which is logistically signifi- cant being located in the centre point of India, complete with five hubs from textile centres to defence sectors.The scope of work in phase 1 for L&T’s smart world communications CAMERAS ACROSS business vertical, which is a part of L&TConstruction, will 6000 cover laying of 1200 km of optical fibre network backbone, C creating 136 City Wi-Fi hotspots at key locations, establish- + ing 100 digital interactive kiosks and developing city sur- veillance systems with 3800 IP based cameras. Further, as an avant-garde endeavour, the city has identified a strip of ap- proximately 6 km (from Japanese Garden Square to Orange City Hospital Square) to be developed as a ‘Smart Strip’ with 1500LOCATIONS IN MUMBAI state-of-the-art systems powered by smart ICT interventions FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF like smart transport, solid waste management, smart lighting, MAHARASHTRA etc. which can be leveraged in a phased manner to ultimately cover the entire city. Projects are also underway in Delhi, Lucknow and “After Jaipur, this is the most significant step in the country’s journey towards Hyderabad. establishing smart cities and we are delighted to be participating in trans- forming Nagpur into one. As a master systems integrator, we will provide lead- ing edge technology solutions including high end analytics, mobile surveillance and high-tech tools like drones.” - S N Subrahmanyan , Deputy Managing Director And President, Larsen & Toubro

“The Nagpur Smart City project is a major milestone for the Government of Maharashtra. The initiative will be driven The LoI was signed in by the government’s Department of Information & Technology. We envisage Mumbai in presence of chief it as a very structured programme minister Devendra Fadnavis replete with several digital technology elements. The ‘Smart Strip’ will be a new and elected members from and exciting concept attempted for the Nagpur, senior officials from first time in the country.” state government and L&T. - Vijay Kumar Gautam , principal secretary, Government of Maharashtra Source :The Indian Express

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CISCO TO HELP IN SMART SEVERAL COUNTRIES CITY PROJECT KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN SMART CITY PROJECT The government has signed a pact with everal countries, including Spain, Canada, Cisco Systems and Germany and the UK, have shown keen interest to participate in the Union govern- Paradigm Mtuity (a ments flagship Smart City project, the Parlia- global tech solutions ment was informed today.In a written reply partner for Cisco) to to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of plan “Smart City Hy- State for Urban Development Rao Inderjit derabad” by identi- Singh said other countries that have evinced interest to participate in the project include fying relevant tech- SChina, Singapore and South Korea. nology interventions Currently, he said two foreign agencies for Hyderabad with – US Trade and Develop- the pilot project to be ment Agency (USTDA) implemented near the and French Agency for De- velopment (AFD) – have Hi-Tec City area. inked MoUs with states and union territories for partic- ipation in development of T Minister K.T. Rama Rao was present at the formal signing of various smart cities.UST- the pact with the firms’ representatives along with the IT Secretary DA has signed MoUs with Jayesh Ranjan and GHMC Commissioner B. Janardhan Reddy Andhra Pradesh, Uttar here on Thursday. Pradesh and Rajasthan to The project will showcase the real benefit of implementing develop Visakhapatnam, smart solutions and the impact of technology on the society and Allahabad and Ajmer as human well being. Smart WiFi, parking enforcement, lighting, smart cities respectively. transport, kiosks, remote expert governance services, citizen ser- AFD has signed MoUs with Maharashtra, vices portal and citizen App will be some of the uses to be tried out. Chandigarh and Puducherry for development I Earlier this year in April, a memorandum of understanding was of Nagpur, Chandigarh and Oulgaret, Singh signed among the three parties as also the T-Hub to foster innova- said.The government has earmarked Rs tion in Internet of Things and Smart Cities in the presence of Chief 48,000 crore for develpment of 100 smart cit- Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and the IT Minister. The present ies across the country.Under the programme, Smart Cities pact too comes on the heels of the previous MoU, a each selected city will be given Rs 500 crore press release said. Mr. Rao said the results of the pilot phase will over a period of five years by the Centre with be carefully studied by key government officials to advise Cisco & the respective states expected to make the Mtuity on the technology interventions relevant for bigger expan- matching contribution. sion across multiple pockets of the twin cities. Source: The Hindu UK KEEN ON PARTICIPATING IN ‘SMART CITY’ PROJECT he UK recently expressed its keeness to ac- “…Development opportunities between the UK and tively participate in Prime Minister Narendra India and also India and the rest of the world are absolute- Modi’s ambitious project to develop smart ly enormous,” she said terming India as a “growing and cities across India.”Prime Minister Modi thriving economic power house”.She said counter terrorism is deeply ambitious and we want him to be and national security are the areas where “we stand shoulder successful when it comes to the delivery of to shoulder with India”.During her three-day India visit, Tsmart cities. And we know we have the assistance and ex- she will call on Modi and several ministers. She will also pertise to really add value,” UK International Development meet the UK and Indian business, industry and investment Secretary Priti Patel said here. representatives. She will call on the Madhya Pradesh Chief “So meeting the challenges of urabanisation, getting India Minister in Bhopal. She also called on Finance Minister ready for the bigger picture, the preparedness and responses Arun Jaitley to discuss ways in which the two governments is absolutely crucial. So bringing expertise is one aspect to can strengthen links between key economic institutions and that,” she said at function.Earlier in the day, she met with Ur- centers of excellence in the two countries.The two ministers ban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and announced also discussed the transformed UK-India development part- the UK will share its skills and expertise to drive forward nership which was underlined by Modi’s UK visit late last India’s vision for new smart cities and boost opportunities for year.An official statement said the UK support announced by new businesses.Stressing that the UK and India share unique Patel will come from the UK’s Department for International Priti Patel, relationship, Patel said the referendum in the UK has “now Development and includes technical support for ‘Smart UK International redefined” the relationship and “elevated it in terms of our Cities Mission’ which will see British expertise helping plan, Development Secretary place in the world. design and build smart cities. Source: PTI

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TEKES TO FUND FINNISH EFFECTIVE SEWAGE INNOVATION IN INDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MUST A Finnish firm is exploring ways to support compatriot firms to participate in the Indi- FOR ‘SMART’ CITY: CSE an market by funding their innovative ini- tiatives.Tekes is in discussions for funding Finnish companies innovative approaches No city can be termed truly ‘smart’ without an for the Indian market in collaboration with effective sewage management system, a green Global Innovation and Technology Alliance body today said as it underlined the need for (GITA) of Indias Science and Technology framing a proper sanitation plan for towns Ministry. intended to become “smart” under the govern- ment’s smart cities mission.

“Tekes is also in discussions nsuring a clean India goes way beyond just wielding with Finnish companies, GITA broomsticks and sweeping visible garbage off the and authorities to collaborate streets of our cities. It is imperative to also address the with Indian universities on mar- issue of the sewage and sludge that is invisible and that ket research on new business flows beneath the ground we walk upon, in our drains opportunities,” The Tekes-GITA and into our water bodies. collaboration is for joint projects “This is also important in the context of the gov- for developing products and solu- ernment’s Smart Cities Mission. No city can be termed tions and will be launched in the truly ‘smart’ without an effective sewage management coming months. These initiatives E system,” CSE said in a statement. are to develop products, solutions Stating only a third of city dwellers in urban India Kari Hiltunen, and even support our companies Director, adapting to the Indian market,” are connected to piped-sewage system, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said that implement- TEKES he said, adding that “adapting to a new market condition is also ing agencies “lack knowledge and capacity” to take considered as an innovation”.Te- informed decisions. kes will finance up to 70 per cent The body also brought together some of the coun- of Finnish companies? funding try’s key decision makers, managers and regulators at cost for commissioning market its ‘Regional conclave and workshop on preparing city studies, and, or to acquire market sanitation plans and effective septage and faecal sludge research work from the Indian management. universities. “Capacity building of public institutions on robust operating models and in some cases with new approaches to sanitation planning will help cities to focus attention, investments and efforts towards holistic hese market insights will help the Finnish com- city-wide sanitation planning. panies establish in India.Likewise, GITA is also expected to finance cost of Indian companies in the collaboration.Hiltunen also sees an increas- ing role for his country?s small but efficient “Septage management companies in corporate India.”Our companies and decentralised waste- are advanced technology providers and are in water treatment options a position to provide solutions covering health- that can be undertaken care, well-being, environment, and help man- by institutions and indi- T age corporate social responsibility issues for viduals for sustainable major Indian companies. water management is the pragmatic way forward to “We can bring into India hi-tech solu- tackle this issue.” tion providers and open data compa- nies as we view India as our strategic -Sunita narain, DG CSE market,” said Hiltunen, pointing out that Finland has 140 years of innovation Noting that there is “alarming” mismanagement of water and waste history.Tekes also has plans for Indi- across urban centres of India, CSE said that there is an urgent need as Smart Cities initiative. “There are to build knowledge and achieve sustainable sanitation. opportunities for Finnish companies to offer platforms for launching e-health, This includes knowledge enhancement and capacity building on e-learning, e-traffic solutions, clean-tech sanitation diagnostics, city sanitation planning and decision making solutions and managing environment as and analysis of cost effective and sustainable wastewater treatment well as pollution controls in the Smart technologies for mainstreaming faecal sludge or septage manage- ment, it said. Cities initiative,? said Hiltunen who was Source: PTI

in Singapore recently. Source: PTI

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SIEMENS AND 100 RESILIENT ENGIE JOINS FORCES WITH CITIES ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP IBM TO DEPLOY SMARTER CITIES SOLUTIONS AND ioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC), are cooperating in their efforts to make cities more resilient. IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF Siemens has joined the 100RC Platform of Partners – working with other private companies and public organizations in helping cities, their people, communities LIFE FOR CITIZENS and institutions prepare for, withstand, and emerge from the stresses and sometimes acute shocks caused by rapid urbanization, globalization, and climate change. P City leaders around the globe are recognizing that these issues, alongside advances in digitalization, are changing how they manage, build, and operate their city infrastructures. 100RC and its Platform Partners are creating a guided path for cities that want to increase their resilience by bringing international know-how directly to city managers.

“Technology is the key to building resilience, in a globalized world, only the most resilient and adaptable cities will remain economically competitive and attractive for business growth. Resilient infrastructure is not an option. It is a must!” Roland Busch, member of the managing board of Siemens AG NGIE, a global leader in energy transition, recently announced “Cities need to make informed a new initiative with IBM. This nonexclusive, technological and decisions about their continued growth commercial alliance is designed and subsequent infrastructure needs. to improve the management of By leveraging Siemens’ infrastructure cities by looking at patterns, event knowledge and expertise, we will correlation, anomaly detection and be able to help cities in the 100RC Ereal-time data across all parts of Network innovate and implement cities. solutions to the challenges facing Whether it’s a traffic jam, a cities in the 21st Michael Berkowitz, building fire, or a large sporting Century,” President of 100 event, city officials need a reliable Resilient Cities solution to adapt to constant changes and challenges. IBM and ENGIE will be combining some IBM solutions (Watson IoT, IBM Bluemix) Siemens will be offering its in-depth knowledge together with ENGIE’s expertise on in the energy, transport and buildings sectors, cities’ needs to help them to collect, and a set of critical resilience building tools analyze and manage data from IoT, to 100RC’s member cities, as they are social media, and other systems to designing and implementing their resilience prevent risks, alert authorities, and strategies. Cities are interested in learning organize rescues. about intelligent and resilient infrastructure Experts from both IBM and because it has the potential to reduce costs, ENGIE are already working on increase capacity, lower energy consumption, several projects in Europe and and improve overall quality of life.Other 100RC the Middle-East. Isabelle Kocher, platform partners include Microsoft, Swiss ENGIE CEO met Ginni Rometty, Re, the World Bank, Cisco and Sandia National IBM Chairman and CEO on July Laboratories. 25th to review the alliance.

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INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT DUBAI SOUTH-HUAWEI INK BANK ISSUES GUIDE TO BUILD- SMART CITY SYSTEMS DEAL ING A SMART CITY In a practical guide for smart city development and man- agement, published last week, the bank highlighted the im- portance of removing silos within government and engaging citizens in the process of developing a sustainable city, managed through new technologies, from start to finish.

n particular, digitisation should be used to increase transparency and enable citizens to monitor city finances, which should be raised from a variety of sources and have the support of different players, it said. Financial sustainability is one of the biggest barriers to smart city development, it continued, and the use of public funds needs to be better planned and targeted while natural resources need to be explored “consciously and responsibly”. I Using new technologies to collect data from around the city, manage assets and encourage participation from citizens can make this happen, as well as help each city overcome its own unique challenges and identify opportunities. Engaging citizens in the planning, management and continuous Chinese equipment giant Huawei has inked development of service delivery and the urban space is a memorandum of understanding (MOU) among the main objectives of pursuing smart city policies. with Dubai South for the provision of smart “Breaking the silos that usually divide government city services to its Business Park free zone. departments is essential to avoid the so-called ‘islands’ Huawei said comprises 11 buildings and offers of automation and management, thus saving time and commercial space to support diverse sectors money in the deployment of communication systems including aviation, logistics, general trading, and infrastructure, and avoiding duplication and finance, business consultancies, training insti- overlapping of efforts.” - The IDB, tutions, retail, fitness, and food and beverages. The smart city roadmap sets out by the IDB includes a diagnosis of challenge, assessment of government’s ccording to ITP.net, Colin Hu, managing capacity to deliver and an implementation plan based on director of Huawei Enterprise (UAE), small, incremental steps. Partnerships with the private said the company will “provide strategic sector, academic, NGOs and other levels of government counsel to support the development are also important. of a blueprint for Dubai South’s smart The IDB’s guide was developed for cities in Latin America initiatives”.The company will supply and the Caribbean, where unplanned city growth has led to a systems such as end-to-end network number of challenges and governments are under substantial planning and technology, mobile fiscal strain. However its recommendations can be taken on A and fixed broadband infrastructure, board by cities everywhere. Across the globe, populations an Internet of Things (IoT) platform are urbanising and the United Nations estimates that 70% of to deploy smart city solutions and the world’s people (over six billion) will live in cities by 2050. services, and other technologies from an open partner eco-system, the report “Planning, managing and governing cities in a stated. sustainable way, by maximising economic opportunities and minimising environmental damage, are major “The MOU between Dubai South and Huawei will challenges that virtually all countries will be facing in see the deployment of Huawei’s Smart City and this new century,” Safe City Solutions to provide enhanced services The Report, to residents and businesses in the Park, Huawei will also share its global expertise through training “By promoting an integrated and sustainable sessions, expert workshops and guided visits to development, cities will transform into innovative, other key customer sites where Huawei Smart City competitive and attractive places.” solutions have been implemented.” Mauricio Bouskela, The Idb’s - Huawei Housing And Urban Development Senior Specialist Source:Publicfinanceinternational Source:Constructionweekonline www.UrbanaWorld.com URBANA WORLD May-June 2016 67 SMART SMART CiTY NEWS

WORLD BANK PRESIDENT PROMISES TO SUPPORT INDIA IN ITS SMART CITY MISSION India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership has been fantastic, says World Bank President Jim Yong Kim calling himself a “big fan” of Modi who like great leaders sets ambitious targets and deadlines.Kim, who on the last day of his two-day visit called on Modi and pledged full support to government’s programmes particularly in areas of nutrition and renewable energy, said India is not just the fastest growing major economy in the world but has also proved extremely resilient in face of UK exiting European Union.

im said one can always find things that are not going as quickly as even Modi would like to.”These accom- plishments are real. India under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi has been fantastic but that challenges us to be better,” he said.During his meeting with Modi to- day, Kim promised proactive and full support of World Bank for his agenda including smart cities, Ganga reju- venation, skill development, Swachh Bharat and power for all.”I met Prime Minister Modi seven months after he took over as Prime KMinister. I think he understands the World Bank almost better than we do our- selves because he began making very specific demands on priority areas like Swachh Bharat, 24/7 power for all,” he told reporters here. “I am a big fan of Prime Minister Modi and the reason I’m such a big fan is because he does These twin initiatives, for which Modi had sought World Bank support, have something that all great leaders should do, that moved very quickly, he said.”India is the fastest growing economy in the world. is set ambitious targets, set deadlines for those Brexit happened and India proved to be extremely resilient.The inflation rate targets and then hold your staff accountable for has been down. Growth has been extremely strong, balance of payment in better those targets. That is tried and proved method shape. Overall, you have to say that economically he has done well,” he said. of getting results,” he told reporters here.Results Calling the cleanliness drive Swachh Bharat “amazing”, he said there already of Modi’s endeavours have started to show, as are open defecation-free areas.Open defecation is a critical problem, he said, evident from the World Bank’s ease of doing busi- adding Modi talks about women’s dignity by addressing the problem through ness report, he said.”We just released an Index of building toilets.”As a medical doctor, I can tell you that it has everything to do Logistics on how easy is logistics in any country with levels of malnutrition, everything to do with community engagement… and found from 2014 to 2016 India’s rank went these were really important changes that took a long time,” he said. from 54th place to 35th place. Logistics in India is better than Portugal.”

INDIA PITCHES FOR US INVESTMENT IN URBAN SECTOR

India has strongly pitched for US investments in its urban sector missions, highlighting various initiatives of the government for recasting the countrys urban landscape.Addressing the US policy makers, officials and corporate leaders here yesterday, Urban De- velopment Minister M Venkaiah Naidu listed out various schemes of government under urban sector such as Smart City Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, Swachh Bharat Mission and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).

aidu has strongly pitched for US investments in urban sector cil. Bloomberg, whose organisation is associated with hold- in India explaining the opportunities under new initiatives of ing Smart City Challenge competition in India, acknowl- the government to a host of US policy makers, officials and edged the “new vigour” for recasting the Indian urban corporate,” Urban Development Ministry said in a statement landscape and said that it is a “win-win situation” for all, today.Naidu held “extensive” discussions with US Assistant the statement said. Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets Arun Kumar, The US companies told Naidu that they are working on former New York Mayor and founder of Bloomberg Philan- various proposals to take advantage of investment opportu- thropies Michael Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor of New York nities under Smart City Mission and other initiatives, it said. Alicia Glen and officials of US Trade Development Agency. United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) has al- N He also held talks with chief executives and senior of- ready inked MoUs with the governments of Uttar Pradesh, ficials of several leading companies like KPMG, IBM and Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh for assisting in developing Master Card, besides addressing US-India Business Coun- Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam as smart cities.

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SMART CITY PROVIDES IMMENSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REALTY SECTOR

Smart Cities programme will provide great opportunities for the realty sector with 89 per cent of the proposed Rs 48,000 crore investment in the first 20 such cities would be towards urban development, housing, transportation, water and energy, says a report.

ccording to a white paper released by RICS, “Smart “We are working with Cities Mission will provide immense opportunities central and state for high volume real estate development consider- government bodies on ing the highest chunk of the proposed capital invest- various aspects and ment in smart cities -about 89 per cent has been al- providing technical located for built environment, transportation, water, advice and interna- wastewater management and energy”. tional best practices; RICS said that 7 per cent of investment is allocat- helping structure ed for technology infrastructure, while 4 per cent of projects that will go A investment is allocated for public services.RICS in into making smart cit- partnership with RICS School of Built Environment ies and helping them tap into sources of (SBE), Amity University today released a white finance from land and paper titled, “Urban Makeover: Evolution or Revo- real estate assets on a lution” at the RICS Cities Conference 2016.”Being sustained basis.” a global professional body for built environment, RICS has taken up issues pertaining to urbanisation - Sachin Sandhir, and vision for cities the world over. Global Managing Director -Emerging Business, RICS

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