In view of huge consumption of electricity in the Smart City Bhubaneswar, the State Government has decided to make rooftop solar panels mandatory for new building plan approval. The move came at the first Executive Council meeting of the Odisha…
Annual Research on Cities Summit – Xavier Center for Urban Management and Governance
Xavier Centre for Urban Management and Governance (XUMG), Xavier University Bhubaneswar (XUB) conducted its third Annual Research on Cities Summit with Knowledge Partner ‘UN Habitat’ at the Xavier City campus, on January 24th and 25th, 2019. Attended by the enthusiastic…
After Wifi, Work on full swing to get Bicycle sharing project in Bhubaneswar ahead of Hockey Worldcup
The Public Bicycle Sharing project will be launched in the city before the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 which begins from November 28. A total of 2,000 bicycles ordered for the project have started arriving in the city. Bhubaneswar Smart…
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation new building to cost 67 crores, tender process started
Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) came out with a tender notification for a new Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) building including an Intelligent City Operations and Management Centre (ICOMC) at Unit-IX. The much-awaited iconic city-based project would cost Rs 67 crore.…
Bhubaneswar Operations Center and six reincarnated Parks inaugurated in the city by CM
In order to streamline the traffic system of the capital city, the state has installed adaptive traffic signal control system or intelligent traffic system at 50 intersections of the city. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated it at AG…
How smart the ‘Smart City’ Bhubaneswar – the truth behind. An article by Biswa Pratap Singh
After topping the list of Indian Smart Cities in 2016, Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar, the only Indian city has now found its place in the list of world’s Top 20 Smart City List-2017. Juniper Research of America conducted a study of…
Pune tops, while Bhubaneswar ranks 4th in India in terms of urban governance among 23 Indian cities
Pune came on top in the fifth edition of the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS), edging out Thiruvananthapuram which had topped the previous two editions of the survey. Bengaluru was ranked at the bottom. Thiruvananthapuram dropped two ranks to…
Singapore tops in world, Bhubaneswar makes it to top 20 global smart city ranking by Juniper Research
By beating London and New York, Singapore has emerged top in a global smart city performance ranking in 2017, according to a study by market researcher Juniper Research. The Global Smart City Performance Index – sponsored by global technology player…
Lake Zone III project of the smart city bhubaneswar to have promenades, leisure zones, artificial lake etc
Planning a hangout or picnic in a natural environment in the heart of the city is set to get easier with the smart city authorities finalising plans to develop an artificial lake on Janpath. The Lake Zone III project of…
Singapore based Infrastructure Consultancy Surbana Jurong will design Bhubaneswar Town Centre
Internationally famed, Singapore-based Surbana Jurong today won the prestigious bid to design the ambitious Bhubaneswar Town Centre (BTC) project, which is going to be the first such transit-oriented development (TOD) project in the country. The innovative design for the iconic…