The Times of India 27.08.2014
SMC to launch smart Surat pilot project in December
SURAT:
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to start a pilot project
by December 2014 for real time integration of basic infrastructural
sectors like water supply, sewerage, transportation and solid waste
management. This is a first step towards making Surat a smart city.
A workshop was held in the city on Tuesday in this regard. It was
attended by experts from technical institutes, agencies and SMC
officials.
“We have got many suggestions from experts on how to
integrate and incorporate data into our core services so that they
become more efficient and effective,” said Jatin Shah, city engineer,
SMC.
The SMC has already given work for preparing a GIS-based application to Antriksh.
Vikram Patel, principal, SVBIT Engineering College, Gandhinagar, who is
an expert in structural engineering; Dr Hitesh Chinkanlwala, an expert
in data mining; Dr Ashish Jani, an expert in cell phone application;
Haren Shah, an expert in ICT and e?governance; Parth Shah, an expert in
ICT and embedded systems and Dr Priti Garg, professor and head of
department of public administration of Veer Narmad South Gujarat
University (VNSGU), were among those who attended the workshop.