The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday was awarded with the Smart Project Award by Smart City Council of India in 3rd Smart City Summit held at Hotel Taj President at Mumbai. Recently, the NDMC has been selected as one of the 20 smart cities by the Ministry of Urban Development under Smart City Mission and had submitted proposal of the Smart City Projects to the Ministry.
The selected proposal of Smart NDMC is divided into two broad categories — Area Based projects and Pan-City projects. The Area-Based proposal will identify an area to transform into a “smart area” whereas the Pan-City proposal will provide smart solutions which will benefit the entire city through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) application ensuing in the improvement in local governance and delivery of public services.