Modern cities have come to produce tremendous quantities of data. Understanding this data will give India a new level of understanding of the urban ecology.
A large number of Smart City projects are still under implementation, while full complement of approvals and mobilisation of resources are yet to happen.
After all, towns and cities in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand have directly elected mayors with fixed terms, but few would argue that they are better administered.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
Missing the wood for the tree. Growing urbanisation is due to availability of jobs in cities. If there are no jobs in cities available for the incoming new population, then the concept of Smart cities goes for a six. Why are we missing this big picture? Whatever technology we have and let it be the best of AI, if we are not creating enough jobs in smart cities, then this AI technology is not going to give us the correct data. Incorrect data or fudged data is going to create havoc in the system. And that is what is happening to the Indian Smart cities.
Missing the wood for the tree. Growing urbanisation is due to availability of jobs in cities. If there are no jobs in cities available for the incoming new population, then the concept of Smart cities goes for a six. Why are we missing this big picture? Whatever technology we have and let it be the best of AI, if we are not creating enough jobs in smart cities, then this AI technology is not going to give us the correct data. Incorrect data or fudged data is going to create havoc in the system. And that is what is happening to the Indian Smart cities.