Raipur : Naya Raipur has been awarded ‘Best Smart City Initiative’ Award for its innovative Smart City Project at the 4th Smart Cities India 2018 Expo, New Delhi. Organised jointly by India Trade Promotion Organisation, NASSCOM’s Center of Excellence for the Internet of Things (CoE-IoT), andExhibition India Group, the 4th Smart Cities India 2018 expo received over 300 exhibitors from India and outside India. Innovative products and services for smart cities were displayed in the expo. The three day expo at Pragati Maidan was inaugurated by CR Chaudhary Union minister of state for commerce & industry and consumer affairs, food & public distribution, and Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union minister of state for health and family welfare.
The integrated Greenfield Smart City was appreciated especially for its control and command center. The innovative smart city initiative includes components like highly efficient land and urban planning, green buildings & walkways, water body conservation, inclusive city development, transit oriented development, GIS mapping of all utilities, implementation of SCADA system, Smart Governance, City Surveillance, Integrated Transport Management System and Integrated Command and Control Centre (CCC).
