Smart city projects to be put on fast track

Chennai | Wednesday | 20th June, 2018

Summary:

Velumani set a deadline of March 31 for commencement of all smart city projects, many projects are yet to take off. The Integrated Command and Control Centre will incorporate a disaster management system, a city surveillance system, an ICT-based solid waste management system, a variable messaging system (digital display boards), integration with a parking management system, smart street light monitoring, smart poles, environmental sensors, data centre, mobile command and control centre and a smart city governance portal. This will be spent from the Chennai Smart City Fund,” said an official. Senior officials convened a detailed review meeting to revise the estimates for the Command and Control Centre. more-inAfter completing just three projects under the Smart Cities Mission in the past few years, the Chennai Corporation is set to kickstart at least 33 projects over the year..