Tag: Smart city

Special Purpose Vehicles to Steer the Mission on smart cities

The Mission on Smart Cities requires the actual programme for each such City to be driven by the Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) that would be created in the months to come. There are anxieties as well as hopes about this model of urban development, which is quite unique in many ways, at least for India

Smartening coastal cities for sustainability

Coastal or port cities are the centres of business and trade. To improve the basic infrastructure and promote sustainable development in these cities, the Ministry of Shipping has proposed to build 12 smart port cities. In an interview with Urban Update, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, and Shipping talks about his action plan for improving civic services and operational efficiency of port cities