Rashtrapati Bhavan to turn into smart town
New Delhi: Rashtrapati Bhavan has tied up with technology major IBM to develop the President’s Estate into a smart township. President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday inaugrated an Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) and launched a mobile app ‘Monitor’ which will use technology for effective use of water management systems, power, waste disposal and horticulture.
Speaking on the occasion Mukherjee said, “The smart township can be a replicable model which can be adopted in other parts of the country through citizens’ engagement, public and private sector participation and deployment of intensive technologies.” He said that Rashtrapati Bhavan was in the process of replicating its experience by applying and transferring knowledge and expertise to five villages in an adjoining state. “We will try to convert these villages into model smart villages by following a convergence model.
“We will facilitate the establishment of linkages between expert bodies, administrative agencies and relevant state/ district level organizations. This will lead to the leveraging of different stakeholder expertise in finding unique solutions to the varied problems at the village level,” he said.On the occasion, secretary to the President Omita Paul announced institution of awards to keep the Smart President’s Estate a dynamic and inclusive platform.
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