The huge unmet demand for fresh water for potable purposes has made it essential for the industrial sector to adopt water efficient practices. To this end, various players in water-intensive sectors such as power generation, […]
Railway infrastructure is witnessing rapid development with various upcoming and ongoing mega projects in the pipeline. Construction work on these projects has been progressing in full swing after overcoming the impediments caused by the Covid-19 […]
Smart cities are knowledge-based cities that conserve energy and other natural resources, provide a greener environment along with a vibrant urban economy to its citizens. To emerge as self-sustained communities and develop a smart city, […]
The metamorphosis of a city into a smart city needs dedicated communications infrastructure to integrate the facilities and services offered by a city into a cohesive and efficient system that improves the standard of living […]
As cities are being developed into smart cities, it has become imperative for governments to incorporate world-class communications infrastructure to ensure free flow of information, increase public participation and thereby increase public welfare. A number […]
The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) is based on the idea of using information and communication technology (ICT) tools as the bedrock to modernise cities in order to make them more sustainable, liveable, resilient and inclusive. […]
In view of the increasing environmental concerns associated with fuel-based mobility, the government has been promoting e-mobility, which has zero tail pipe emissions. In this regard, a policy framework has been developed and a plethora […]
With the increasing urban population, smart mobility has become a one-stop solution for the provisioning of efficient integrated public transportation systems in the country. The solutions being adopted by cities under the Smart Cities Mission […]
Spread across 474.18 square km, Surat is the fourth fastest growing city globally. The city’s population increased from 2.8 million in 2001 to 4.4 million in 2011. The 62 per cent increase in population resulted […]
One of the key infrastructure elements of the upcoming smart cities is the deployment of smart mobility solutions to provide low-cost, environment-friendly and convenient options. The special purpose vehicles, formed to implement the Smart Cities […]
Smart urban mobility and public transport is one of the core infrastructure elements of the Smart Cities Mission (SCM). With countries across the globe encouraging work-from-home due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the first casualty has […]
Though water and sanitation are state subjects, over the years the central government has been attempting to nudge state and city governments to invest in water and waste infrastructure through various programmes. Centrally sponsored programmes […]
Greater Mumbai has one of the oldest water supply networks in the country, dating back to 1860. At present, its water supply requirements stand at about 3,800 million litres per day (mld). The per capita […]
One of the key indicators of efficient water management is accurate measurement of consumption. Urban local bodies (ULBs) currently face issues such as obsolete pipeline networks, pipeline damage from corrosion or third-party activities, worn-out pressure […]
The private sector has a key role to play in the water sector due to the limited resources available with urban local bodies (ULBs). Besides, with growing urbanisation and a greater need for investment in […]
Water supply is only an intermittent service in most parts of the country. To improve this situation, a decision to provide continuous water service – for 24 hours a day and 365 days a year […]
Innovative Solutions Advanced technologies deployed by KWA for leak detection Managing the level of non-revenue water (NRW) has become a prime concern of water authorities. In urban India, a significant quantum of water provided […]
Non-revenue water (NRW) is one of the biggest challenges faced by urban local bodies (ULBs). The factors that contribute to this are tampered or damaged meters, worn-out pipes, water theft, unmetered water connections, etc. This […]
Dredging has emerged as a distinct industry in the past few years with huge demand from ports and inland waterways. However, there is a lag between dredging capacity and the emerging demand in the country. […]
Urban local bodies (ULBs) in India have been facing problems in water network management due to high levels of non-revenue water (NRW), insufficient details of the network location in cities, ageing networks, high cost of […]
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