Naya Raipur has been awarded with “Best Smart City Initiative” Award at the 4th Smart Cities India Expo at New Delhi, officials informed.

Organised jointly by India Trade Promotion Organisation, NASSCOM’s Center of Excellence for the Internet of Things (CoE-IoT) and Exhibition India Group, the 4th Smart Cities India 2018 Expo received over 300 exhibitors from India and abroad.

Innovative products and services for smart cities were displayed in the Expo. The three-day Expo at Pragati Maidan was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, CR Chaudhary and Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey.

Naya Raipur was awarded with the ‘Best Smart City Initiative’ award for its innovative Smart City project. The integrated Greenfield Smart City was appreciated especially for its control and command center.

The innovative smart city initiative includes components like highly efficient land and urban planning, green buildings & walkways, water body conservation, inclusive city development, transit oriented development, GIS mapping of all utilities, implementation of SCADA system, Smart Governance, City Surveillance, Integrated Transport Management System and Integrated Command and Control Centre (CCC).

The city will be monitored through integrated Command and control in major aspects of surveillance, ITMS, water & electrical SCADA, Street lighting etc.

A delegation from NRDA comprising of Executive Engineers  Yashevant Shiledar and Anil Srivastava received the award on behalf of Naya Raipur Development Authority.