Four Indian cities selected for G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance

New Delhi, Nov 19 : Four Indian cities have been selected by the World Economic Forum to pioneer road map to smart cities. The four Indian cities specially selected are Bengaluru, Faridabad, Indore and Hyderabad.

 

The World Economic Forum has selected 36 cities from 22 countries in order to pioneer a policy road map for smart cities. These smart cities are being developed under the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance. The Indian cities of Bengaluru, Faridabad, Indore and Hyderabad among these 36 cities have been selected for the task. Toronto, London, Moscow, Brasilia, Dubai, Melbourne are other important cities selected for the programme.

 

The selected 36 cities will collaborate with global experts and enhance their city policies in areas ranging from cyber security to services to be provided to physically challenged people. These 36 cities will adopt five policies of better broadband coverage, privacy protection, accountability for cyber security, better accessibility to digital city services for physically disabled and increased openness of city data. With these inputs they will frame a road map to become a smart city which will then be used by other cities in the world in the following phases of the initiative.

 

The COVID-19 has led to increased adoption of new technologies in cities. This is happening since the Governments are trying to manage COVID-19 pandemic with limited resources. The inputs from the upcoming smart cities will initiate the Governments fast track their adoption of new technologies.