BHOPAL: The Smart Cities Mission would also focus on women empowerment, safety and security, said Union minister for state (independent charge) urban administration and housing development, Hardeep S Puri here on Tuesday. The move comes in the backdrop of recent spate of crime against women across the country.
Addressing the first apex conference of smart city CEOs in Bhopal on Tuesday, Puri announced setting up of nine advisory committees to cater to issues of entrepreneurship and start-ups, women empowerment, smart education, disabled friendly, sewerage and septic management, public art, climate change, urban mobility and security.
“Advisory committees would provide a framework to be adopted in smart cities development,” said Puri. The two-day conference is being attended by representatives of 77 of the 100 smart cities.
Puri along with MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, inaugurated three Bhopal smart city projects – integrated control and command centre (ICCC), incubation centre and integrated transport management system (ITMS).
Chouhan said Madhya Pradesh will play a special role in building a new India. He highlighted the remarkable achievements in the state that was once tagged a ‘Bimaru’ state.
ICCC is a first cloud-based system that would unify data sharing between seven smart cities. These include Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Indore, Ujjain, Satna, and Sagar. It is expected to improve multitude of citizen services. The unified system would cost about Rs 300 crore over five years. Other cities are expected to go live in the next few months.
Article Source: Times of India