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Chennai - A Global Smart City in Making

Start Date :

Sep 16, 2015

Last Date :

Nov 16, 2015

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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Corporation of Chennai is preparing a proposal towards Smart City Challenge which would include city wide smart urban solutions as well as identification of areas within the city ...

Corporation of Chennai is preparing a proposal towards Smart City Challenge which would include city wide smart urban solutions as well as identification of areas within the city for its implementation.

The proposal would be defined primarily based on voice of Chennai residents. An extensive citizen engagement programme is established by Corporation of Chennai to document the views and concernsfor the same.

Residents may post their opinion and ideas on civic services such as transport, parking, water supply, sanitation, energy, housing, IT solutions,health, education, safety and security. Your views, opinion and solutions on urban issues faced by Chennai would not only support a better tomorrow for Chennaites, it will also make Chennai a strong contender for getting shortlisted as one of the first 20 cities in India to implement Smart City Solutions in Phase 1.

Chennai citizen and community is its biggest strength. Let’s participate to make this proposal inclusive and meaningful for every common man, every citizen.

The last date to submit your comments is 15th November, 2015.

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Rajesh Mahadevan 10 years 8 months ago

Proper mechanism has to be designed to remove sands acuumulating at the ends of the roads, due to this the road are getting congested and poses a bad picture. Also there are no footpaths in most of the roads, even if there are some, they are occupied by street hawkers and people have to walk on the streets.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

Many cities combine historic traffic data with information about population growth and business expansion to know when and where to add or subtract bus and train routes.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

Smart devices are logically located throughout the city to measure and monitor conditions. For instance, smart meters can measure electricity, gas and water usage with great accuracy.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

Smart grid technology ultimately comes down to saving money, for the municipal utility but also cost containment for its customers. keeping costs low for customers, which leads to strong customer support.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

Citizens increasingly expect instant, anywhere, anytime personalized access to information with a goal to give businesses “one-stop shopping” for virtually all of their needs – permits, licensing, taxes, etc. In many cities taking care of business needs requires dealing individually with numerous different city departments.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

Basically all of the computing resources that cities use rely on energy in some way, shape or form, so it makes sense for cities to constantly monitor for efficiencies and economies as they use, deploy and procure computing resources.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

Target to connect all devices to a citywide communications system. In rare cases, cities use a single communications network for all device connectivity. In most cases, cities use a variety of communications channels, including cellular, fiber, WiFi, powerline and RF mesh.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

The goal of any City is to put everything a high-tech company needs to succeed in one place, including state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure along with a host of IT, media and production services.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

Buildings that use smart devices to monitor conditions like energy use, water use, air quality and heat can capture data that building managers can use to make better decisions about managing resources.

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Tyagu 10 years 8 months ago

Consider cloud computing. Barcelona has utilized the power of the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud –based platform to help businesses be more productive and to draw more visitors to the city.

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