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We are now heading towards 100 smart cities in next 5 years throughout India strengthened by commitment of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi.
This modernization effort is likely to improve quality of life with sustainability & public accountability, avenue for new jobs and investment, partnerships coming from global industry and government. For its Success trying to analyses present scenario and listing below few critical concerns to be addressed Smart Vision : Define strategic goal It’s imperative that each Indian smart city bring a consolidated vision & action document towards basic infrastructure with clear projections of expected citizens (quality & quantity) in next 10-20-50-100 years, their livelihood, life style needs i.e. a strategic plan for growth with clear technological deployments to deliver on those goals towards :
Smart Governance : One stop authority So far global best practices around smart cities are in developed cities having enough resources and expertise to balance public interest & business partners while the developing countries like India has challenges for smart cities need to focus first on the basics:
Delegation of power from federal government to the states and then to the cities and local municipalities is appreciable but this is critical for the success of the smart cities initiative which demands urgent significant unified political reforms similar to success of Delhi Metro. It’s preferred that an independent central nodal setup is created (SPV's) is empowered enough to take all required decisions. Smart innovation : Customized Smart cites in India are mostly retrofitting i.e. these are improvements within an existing setups which demands great level of coordination, brainstorming with proper team of experts within government & planners before implementation. Environment, Culture, Sources of income, infrastructure and city basics are very different in each city. Size of economy and population doesn’t match the ratio. For example Smart city of Rajasthan, Ajmer’s local economy is based on Agriculture industry while Smart city of UP, Allahabad is small-scale manufacturing and smart city of Orisaa, Vizag has trade and transport as largest component. If economy of Allahabad is twice of Ajmer or Vizag is twice of Allahabad population may not be in same ratio. It’s important to recognize the socio-economic differences between each city and then customize technology solutions which are viable, affordable, necessary & best suited. Smart Intelligence : balancing Public interest with Technology & Solution providers For global smart city services providers this Indian initiative brings new investment opportunity in a rapidly growing market. The global smart cities market is estimated to touch $1.5 trillion by 2020, having enormous potential for experts, analysts, public and private firms to rush to India bringing smart intelligence with their solutions, technologies or ideas on digital infrastructure and efficient management of Data, information, energy, water, Waste, Buildings, Mobility & transport etc. If local governments is not geared up to properly define & defend public interest then the “smart” city is just the deployment of technologies pushed by influential provider entities because the interest of any technology provider firms in a smart city is to push sales of their product or services. It’s very important to have bottom-up approach to deliver the true promise of smart cities i.e. to localize and innovate with deep understanding of local realities and not just copying technology to smart city which may fail to deliver on expectations. The government entities has appointed external consultants, large firms with global know how to suggest planning but within their teams they also need to induct internal experts who can vouch and audits these recommendations. Authorities either need to create pool of talent from within or invite from outside experts dedicated to the work. The Indian revolution in telecom, Metro, AADHAR etc. is the example where talent pool of experts been inducted in public system to bridge the gap in expertise. Success will be there by holistic view & customized innovations, addressing unique challenges within Indian cities and learning lessons from worldwide efforts in this direction balancing industry’s ambitions for effective uptake and public desires for local impact. Feedback is welcomed: Smart Consulting-Smart City & renewables, Antriksh Photonergy, New Delhi, [email protected]
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7/28/2022 12:53:12 am
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AuthorMr YK Jain is Energy optimist and well known for contribution to Renewable Industry in last 20 years. CategoriesArchives
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