India’s first special purpose vehicle (SPV) on smart city – Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited – commenced operations on 1 April 2016. The SPV was set up as per the Smart City Mission Guidelines to enable faster execution of projects by…
BMC Decides Ekamra Haat to be the Venue for upcoming Night Market
BMC Bhubaneswar decides Ekamra Haat to start the concept of night market in the city. Currently its under IDCO and will be brought under BMC to implement this. It will have all kinds of food available for people to…
SPV for Smart City Bhubaneswar project to have Rs 250 Cr for paid up capital
DNAIndia writes The Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the smart city project in Bhubaneswar would have paid up capital of Rs 250 crore and authorised capital of Rs 500 crore. A government release said the equity of the SPV company…
Guwahati Municipal Corporation in Bhubaneswar to learn Smart City lessons
A four-member team of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) are interacting with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) here to understand the BMC’s plan on the smart city project and development work in the city. As Guwahati featured among the top 20…
Germany to help develop Bhubaneswar as Smart City
Germany announces that it will help India develop Kochi, Coimbatore and Bhubaneswar as smart cities. “Germany wants to support the ambitious Smart Cities programme of India,” State Secretary in the German ministry of environment, nature conservation, building and nuclear safety,…
Will Night Bazaars be a success in bhubaneswar as BMC planning for it soon
After Raahgiri initiative, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now planning to set up night bazaars in the city. It floated the question to citizens in both Facebook and twitter and received some enthusiastic responses. BMC commissioner, Krishan Kumar, said they…
Odisha Investors Meet at Make in India : ITC to invest 800 crore, Japan to help build Smart city
Diversified group ITC is looking to invest Rs. 800 crore in Odisha over the next few years to set up a hotel property and a food processing park in the state, a top official said today. “We are planning to invest…
After Smart Cities selection, Bhubaneswar now wins one of the cleanest cities in India
Union urban development ministry has adjudged bhubaneswar as one of the cleanest cities in the country.The honour,to be made official by Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu at an event in New Delhi on Monday, comes after Bhubaneswar topping the list in…
Awesome to see Bhubaneswar top the list of Smart Cities released by Center
Union Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced the names of 20 smart cities on Thursday in New Delhi. Bhubaneswar, Pune, Jaipur, Surat and Kochi are the top 5 smart cities in India with 78.83%, 77.42%, 73.83%, 68.16% and 66.98% scores…
A Video on the Smart city submission by Bhubaneswar Municipal corporation
The deadline is up and 85 out of 98 cities have submitted their proposals to the centre. Out of that list is Bhubaneswar in the state of Orissa. What is Bhubaneswar doing to get smart? How does the city…