Schneider Electric India today announced that it has signed a contract with Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) for the development of the first green field integrated smart city of Naya Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. The integrated project will be executed by Schneider Electric along with consortium partner, IL&FS Technologies Limited. The contract was signed between Schneider Electric India, IL&FS Technologies Limited and Naya Raipur Development Authority in the presence of all three parties.
Schneider Electric will be responsible for executing the entire gamut of integrated Command & Control Center and its overall integration covering transportation, surveillance, citizen applications, end-to-end Smart Grid solutions, end-to-end Water Management system and integrated Building Management System. Also read: Samsung Confirms Fix for 'Red Tint' Display Issue in S8
This transformation shall be supported by connected products of more than 100,000 IO points, edge control, applications, advanced analytics, and services. This architecture by Schneider Electric is open, scalable and interoperable. IL&FS Technologies limited has offered the citizen-centric services component (E-Governance) and transportation as part of the smart city project.
NRDA is aiming for Naya Raipur to be the first integrated city and aims to develop four pillars of Smart city across, institutional (including Governance/Legal Framework), physical, social and economic infrastructure.
Through this, it aims to deliver critical services like 24 x 7 supply of quality water, metering of water connections, complete automatic generation of utility bills by application system, enhanced city security & safety, citizen-based mobile apps & city portals including increased situational awareness to achieve operational readiness and efficiency of operators and management.Also read: Ola Launches Ola Partners League - Virtual Cricket Game For Driver Partners
It is also planned to set up a centralised Command and Control Center (CCC) which will be the central hub for city management. The CCC will help in managing the city operations and emergency response. Citizen services will give digital platform to citizens to interact with Administration, knowledge management for NRDA Staff, improving overall efficiency of NRDA operations.
Smart cities are about a city’s subsystems working together as an integrated value chain under different conditions. Smart city solutions help to create a smart ecosystem in the city to improve the quality of life of citizens and attract more investments for economic activities.Also read: Ricoh India Launches Pentax KP DSLR Camera at Rs 88,584
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