BMC's Centre of Excellence will help Mumbai from drowning

  • | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

The COE compromises expert GIS team, data centre, training centre solution wall and department-wise innovation lab. In order to handle monsoon and flood like situation more professionally, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to set up a research centre "Centre of Excellence" (COE). The research centre will integrate various department of BMC and bring them on one platform. The research centre will house multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, analysts, software developers, and engineers, who are experts in their respective domains. COE TO STUDY DATAThe Centre of Excellence will study data of rainfalls for past several years to understand its behaviour, like which part of the city is maximum affected in a particular environmental condition

In order to handle monsoon and flood like situation more professionally, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to set up a research centre "Centre of Excellence" (COE). The research centre will house multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, analysts, software developers, and engineers, who are experts in their respective domains. The research centre will integrate various department of BMC and bring them on one platform. "The COE will study data of rainfalls for past several years to understand its behaviour like which part of the city is maximum affected in a particular environmental condition," said the official, closely working on it. He added that the COE will provide solution of urban planning problems and integrate city operations, utilities, disaster management, roads and transport, environment, and health. In Mumbai, it becomes difficult to move from one place to other during heavy rainfall. "The centre will work in a way so that it can predict that how much rain and intensity can drown a house," said the official. He added that we can immediately move agencies as we have prior information about problem area. The COE will collaborate information from all its departments to study and analyse its projects. The information of the study will be made available to citizens through apps or website. The COE compromises expert GIS team, data centre, training centre solution wall and department-wise innovation lab. The training center will train BMC officers as well as other officers from other states and central government departments. "The COE will bring well-known faculty in urban planning and management and conduct a session on how GIS and location-based analytic can be used in different departments of the Municipal Corporation. There will be specialized training on special projects of BMC. However, the official said that the plan is at a very nascent stage and it will change as per the need of the city. COE TO STUDY DATA The Centre of Excellence will study data of rainfalls for past several years to understand its behaviour, like which part of the city is maximum affected in a particular environmental condition

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