Cities across the globe are in risk of creating enormous problems with their waste due to lack of sync within sustainable practice. Which icludes waste segregation and recycling by avoiding issues such as groundwater pollution, uncontrolled dumps, dioxin emissions and…
A nice video on Bhubaneswar Smart City Plan – The Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Excellence Award 2017
Bhubaneswar is the only and first Indian city selected to receive Pierre L’enfant International Planning Excellence Award instituted by American Planning Association. APA honors comprehensive planning efforts and inspiring individuals to recognize outstanding community plans, planning programs and initiatives, public education…
Started first in 2015, Bhubaneswar now boasts of 15 parks having open air Gyms
Bhubaneswar is trying to encourage people to get healthy with exercise with the addition of five open air gyms in different parks around the city. At present, there are 10 open-air gyms in the city. The new parks which will offer…
Consulting Giant PWC evaluates top 20 cities of India as part of concept of smart cities, Bhubaneswar one of them
The Indian Government has truly stepped on the accelerator with respect to smart cities by announcing an initiative to convert 100 cities to smart cities by 2018. This is imperative because cities are already bursting at the seams, and…
Bhubaneswar becomes 1st indian city to win presitigious American Planning Association award for Smart city plan
Bhubaneswar is the only and first Indian city selected to receive Pierre L’enfant International Planning Excellence Award instituted by American Planning Association. APA honors comprehensive planning efforts and inspiring individuals to recognize outstanding community plans, planning programs and initiatives, public education efforts,…
BSCL floats plans to make 3 parks in Saheed Nagar Bhubaneswar Smart : Wifi, Play area, Basketball court,open gym, toilets etc
As per this report in telegraph, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and the Bhubaneswar Development Authority are planning to develop three parks in Saheed Nagar in the first phase. The parks will be universally inclusive and promoted as learning and recreational centres with…
Bhubaneswar gets closer to launch bicycle sharing program, around 1200 cycles in 120 spots
Bhubaneswar inches closer to have a public bicycle sharing program. As per the plan, 1,200 cycles will be kept at 120 cycle docking stations across the city. Minimum distance between two docking stations has been kept as 500 metres. There…
Young at Seventy Bhubaneswar Needs Good Parenting writes Dr Piyush Rout an Urban Planner based in BBSR
Sixty Nine year ago on April 13th Maha Bisuba Sankranti day foundation for independent India’s first planned city was laid in Bhubaneswar as the Capital of Modern Odisha by nations first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Where as once the city…
Bhubaneswar Smart City plan does not dream of Metro anymore, to focus on BRTS and Intelligent Traffic System
According to a report in Business World, Bhubaneswar Smart city plan has decided to do away with the Metro, it is opting for Intelligent Traffic System(ITS), revamping its public bus transport system and creating infrastructure for cycle sharing to make its mobility…
Upcoming Smart Parking Management System to have options to prebook spots via mobile app
With upcoming Smart parking management system in smart city bhubaneswar, you will be able to book a parking space even before starting from home. The Bhubaneswar One web portal, which is sort of an e-platform and information bank, will furnish…