Do we really need Smart Cities?

Hi, All I am Rajesh GD,

I would like to add few more points to your list.

Does India Need more smart cities or More smart peoples? We need to think about it.

No Country has been ever developed by smart cities scheme like our Indian concept.

If The smart peoples exist in the country then surely it will have not only smart cities villages as well.

For that, what action needs to be taken from Govt of India.

Instead of investing much more money in creating smart cities, should invest in free education, Free Medical facilities, Free water and flawless electricity across the Country.

Once the Govt has taken care of these things for underprivileged regions then people will have the smart cities in his own mind itself then they turn all villages and cities into Smart cities.

And also I request in educated peoples in India, Only Govt cannot do all these things we have to joins our hands towards country progress with it.

Change the mind between major dispute, fight for natural resources and has to create the awareness as we are united and one family to live peacefully across the nation.

Yes, I agree with all that smart cities needed in India to show our rich culture to giving the message to the whole world that we are chasing all country to become number one.

Our GDP now it is 2.7 Trillion and the current growth rating is 6.7% soon we will turn from developing county to developed country.

I Hope our beloved and Honorable PM Narendra Modi doing the Best job to create this awareness all over the planet we always thank him and his team.

What I think is that everyone requires a smart city to live in. But we should follow certain standards and we should inculcate certain habits so that everyone lives happily together without affecting life of others.

Now, coming to the point a smart city is one which has all facilities from basic housing to school to transportation to shopping malls at the same place electronically connected with each other. Who will not be willing to live in such place where we don't need to go here and there for different things. But first, we should focus on making ourself develop. So it is necessary that we let our economy grow and we should contribute to it whole heartedly. We should try to reduce all those things which are making our environment polluted i.e. we should use more and more bicycles as it not only helps in keeping our surrounding clean it keeps us fit also. Secondly, proper sanitation facility should be available for everyone and all should start using toilets instead of using forest area or grassland for the same.

The most important is we should keep our surrounding clean and minimize use of plastic bags as from a recent research by scientists it was found that the non-biodegradable polythenes are the major cause of global warming. All the environment protection Act which have been issued should be strictly followed and those who are found disregarding it, rigorous action should be taken against them.

Once we follow all the above, living in a Smart City would be the best alternative.

We need to understand the essence of Smart and the logic can be derived from the same if we need the smart city or not. Smart city means an alert city on various social, economical and developmental of the overall area. To make our surrounding clean free from pollution various measures can be taken to make the city smart like developing green, similarly a society free from malpractices like theft and other social problem there could be a machinery which can control such activities by creating smooth law enforcement like camera installation at various location, this not only create check on unsocial activity but also helps the law machinery to work smartly by reducing the unnecessary efforts. The similar effort of developing public transport for smooth transportation and easy access and planned move, when you know you can reach your destination in 30 min and that you need to plan to make your move 2-3 hrs before thus utilising time for other work and when we say smart city means all the planning related to smoothing this as well, A proper schools, hospitals these are again one of the necessary parts of the smart city. So when we look broadly the intrinsic features of Smart city we can for sure will say yes to Smart city, then the question of its implementation becomes then important which of course need a proper social education, timely training camp, and awareness programmes so that all can contribute to the same.

Good morning everyone.

Talking about smart cities what do you mean by smart cities? Cities having good infrastructure, roads, wifi, cinemas etc do we really need this? There is a need for sustainable cities rather than smart cities. Problems like employment, corruption, basic educational needs, food etc still lacking behind, if the government really want to do anything for us then first solve these problems. Smart cities are just one step forward for our ends, with increasing pollution and decreasing of water level day by day this is what happening in smart cities. Cities like Mumbai and Delhi we called them smart cities but do we really happy to live there. People migrate from rural to urban just to have a good job and to fulfil basic needs. If the government provide employment opportunity in the rural areas itself and fulfil basic needs than there is no need of smart cities. Expenditure increases with an increase in demand, our country consists of poor people more than the rich person and they can't afford to live in smart cities with no job. Ok, we need smart city than for that we have to cut down the trees and have to occupy the farmland for infrastructure but after that, we will not have farming land and trees so from where we will fulfil our basic needs of food and fresh air.

So, there is no need for smart cities we just need sustainable cities with smart minds.

Hello, Everyone!

Bring the second most populous country on earth and an aspiring super power, India needs its cities to be Smart more than ever before. Not only Smart cities but India needs to focus on the concept of Smart villages as well as what I will call as 'Smart Districts'. Because it's important to reduce the migration from villages to cities to allow cities to grow without burdening their infrastructure and at the same time, preserving the village culture of India.

A Smart city, or I would say a Smart District should be a district with best education system focusing on moral as well as regular academics, a proper Healthcare system, round the clock easily accessible transport system, water harvesting mechanism, proper drainage system, sufficient civic area dedicated to recreational activities to name a few of the must have facilities. At the same time, proper roads and separate grievance redressal mechanisms in city and villages falling under jurisdiction should be there. There should be knowledge exchange via seminars, cultural fairs etc between people of city and villages. Cities and villages both are drivers of Indian economy and neglecting any one of them would derail the economy. Hence it's the need of the hour to focus on Smart cities, Smart villages and Smart districts with aim of promoting sustainable development and better livelihood to the people.

Hi,

As I read all the opinions of my friends all has covered different points and they are really good to describe this topic I appreciate to all of you as per your given remarks. And speak about this topic so fatly we have to control our population by which we can make the smart cities for everywhere that is beneficial for all. Our population is going to top on daily basis which is not good for our development country and if we have created smart cities that no one takes the benefits of smart cities so do not focus on this focus on population if have controlled population everything we can do our develop the entire country in smart cities by which all can take the benefits of smart cities.

The second thing the old villages there till the time no any growth so our govt has to focus on these to facilities all the thing which they required and provide them of better jobs and education for his better future if they have a good education with good money absolutely villages will be changed into smart cities. As my own experience, I like villages more than cities because the fresh environment is there to good health. Do not go to villages change into smart cities just provide them to all requirements as they need then you will see no one can see that our country need smart cities. That is I want to say.

Thanks everyone.

Hi friends.

I do have a different opinion on smart cities. India has been developing in fields like sports, science, space and technology. But the major problems have been poverty and unemployment. There are lots of villages in India which lack basic resources like transport, hospitals, proper house and an hygienic environment. Action should be taken against such issues first rather than building up smart cities. Looking into future is good but neglecting the present situation will lead to more havoc in the country. Let villages get developed by providing proper roads and the government should spend a good amount in educating people who are unaware of schemes put forward to them. Missions like swatch Barat and building toilets have boosted they hygienic rates of the country. First, we should develop the village to be smart and parallelly should look upon smart cities. Cities have their basic needs while villages whose main source of employment is agriculture which has always been the backbone of India should be looked upon as it has seen a great decline in production in years passed by.

Living smart and thinking smart will help conserve Indian culture rather than showing to the world that India has smart cities regretting the fact that India also has numerous poor and unsophisticated villages.

Thank You.

Smart city concept in India is invalid. Instead, we should focus on basic amenities, infrastructures, and fair transparent government services.

Although all the criteria's mentioned above are taken consideration by gov. Smart city mission. Look smart city is the vision of government. In India, all policies and vision struck in the implementation policies. So whatever govt has said about smart cities, let's accept that, because at least from gov. Side cities are getting importance.

If the mission name could be in the Indian language, the debate over a smart city would be very less. Then it would be seen as a separate concept. Our prime concern is to improve the quality of city life. But we are struck by the concept of the smart city. The name does not matter. What are the features matter.

The general image of the smart city in India is now somewhat exclusionary. What about the job of ews and lig section, where will be they accommodated, after five years will gov continue the 100 crore fund each year.

The good part of the story is technology is going to be used for quicker and fair solutions, the hardest part of Indian administrative system. Even the birth certificate can be downloaded from your home, you don't need to wait for the clerk in dilapidated gov. offices.

A smart city is a city with proper drainage system, roadways, railways, public transports, luggage transport, schools, colleges for all courses, water reservoir, shopping malls, enough plantation of trees to keep pollution free city, waste management scheme. A city with almost all facilities is titled as smart city. A city must have all the above-mentioned facilities to be smart and it is essential for public as with proper drainage system, mismanagement of waste material and lack of plantation in city may cause diseases and lead citizens suffering from various diseases. Secondly, a city with improper roadways, railways, public and loading transport it is very inconvenient for public to move from one place to another. Thirdly, no schools or colleges in city will need students to go to other metropolitan cities to grab education, leaving their native place. Fourthly, proper resources are must, place for living, water to drink and washing purpose, LPG to cook food, air to breathe, food to eat. Fifth, shops to shop green groceries, groceries, cosmetics, stationery, clothes, footwear, electronic gadgets, automobiles and many more. So, all these requirements are basic for one. So, we can conclude that we are really in need of a smart city.

Good morning everyone,

Thanks for allowing me to express my thoughts regarding this topic. The given topic is a very important and interesting topic. Let's start with defining the smart city. There is no universal definition for a smart city. The picture of the smart city contains a wishlist of infrastructure and services which describe his or her level of aspiration. Smart city started by respected pm Narendra Modi in 2015. It is an essential step to be taken in order for the country to be digitalized and in turn effected demonetization. A smart city reduces global warming which is very necessary nowadays. A smart city helps us to minimize the electric bill and various others and improves the availability of the internet around the country. While going through the process there will be a lot of employment opportunities. A lot of rural areas do not have minimum facilities and they are not introduced to the smart cities. Awareness must be created among all the people and they must know the advantages of being or making a smart city. It's not government responsibility alone it is a collective responsibility of people to be smart and encourage making smart cities. " one who does not through the dice will never get a six".