Do we really need Smart Cities?

Good afternoon everybody, our GD topic is Do we really need Smart Cities?

Now Smart Cities these words evoke an imagination of a city in our mind which has high rises, glass buildings with great architecture, intelligent public utilities, less congestion and pollution etc. But before moving to that bright imagination we first need to keep in mind that cities are built for people. Every product or good, ex: a public bus, when its made it remains cleans it looks sharp, all nice. But after a few months the same thing when stained with pan-parag or gutkha. It does not look very smart. So before venturing out to build a smart city, the govt should concentrate on making the people smart by enforcing proper education from a very beginner level and also it should educate the public via mass awareness. Only then we can protect our cities our culture and thus we can live smartly.

The concept of the smart city should rise from within the people who will be using it. Without it, a smart city will also look pale and lame full of half wits.

In my opinion, I think we don't need smart cities. Instead of investing heavily on the development of smart cities, the government can use that money to address problems like malnutrition, illiteracy, unemployment. Moreover, the majority of our population live in rural areas where the common people are still far away from basic needs like electricity, proper roads, sanitation facilities. So developing rural areas will stop the problems of migration and it develops our country as villages are back of our country.

First of all, we need a smart person in the society after that smart city' and for that we need a literate person. It will be possible only when our government focus on education standard rather than providing facilities for education. After that, we can think of the smart city. For a smart city, standard of people must be smart.

Hello, one and all!

In my point of view, India requires smart cities but not as much as the majority crowd requires shelter food and clothing. If we talk about facts and figures, about 70 % of the total Indian population do not have their own houses, 40% of the total population do not make enough for food and about 50% of the total population cannot afford to have the kind of clothing one requires for comfortable living (average quality clothing). Food, clothing, and shelter are the three basic human needs.

I think catering with these problems firs should be the priority of Indian government. Once these necessities are fulfilled, then the Government should definitely look forward to infrastructural developments like smart cities.

By seeing all your views, I would like to add few points. Smart city means not only to make the city looks smart. The smart cities are need for developing our country. The city should be smart like that which leads to the development of our country so that they should focus on rural areas by reducing poverty, providing employment, making people to aware about different technologies mainly for farmers.

Thank you.

Hi everyone,

Yes we need smart cities which provides us good infrastructure, employment, education system, . Leads to.

Economical growth of country, safety&security,

But we shouldn't forget rural areas, villages.

As Mahatma Gandhi said, India's future is depends on development of villages. Because he travelled entire nation &he knows well wt is the part of villages in development of our Nation. In otherhand.

Prime minister Narendra Modi saying India's future depends on the smart cities, Because he travelling many countries which are developing by adopting smart cities.

If we convert whole country into smart cities by occupying farmers land by replacing with industries, .

It may happens that our generation ate only bread, jamoon, cake, fastood!

So Govt should provide Basic infrastructure and good education to all villages Along with this converting cities into smart cities will improve our country in better way,

Thank you guys.

Yes, we need smart cities but instead of making our city smart first government should focus on the basic needs of the people like our literacy, food, water, home etc. If these requirements will be fulfilled then our people will be very smart to handle the result which will come after making our city smart. First makes the people smart then automatically city will be smart.

Hello everyone, according to me, Yes, we need smart cities but first we need smart villages. Because for a developed nation both city is also as important as a village. We know that villages needs basic facilities like technologies, school, colleges, hospitals and better transportation system. So at first make the smart villages because without farmers we citizen are nothing.

Hello, guys.

Firstly, I would like to take your attention towards the fact that India is a developing country, where its a very big population live in the villages or rural areas. And most of them do farming as their occupation. We are also very known by the fact that the condition of farmers is not good in our country. They are mostly on debt. Their economical condition is not good. Their lives are so burst that they are commiting suicide. So here a question arises to us that Is it fair to go for the smart city projects where it requires a lot of big investments ?

I think it is not fair. Although "the smart city project " can grow up our country status, it can take our country towards the Developed status but it also creates a big gap between urban and rural.

I think the government should invest on the "the smart village project" rather than "the smart city project". It should provide the latest technologies, good academic facilities, etc.

By such type of initiative so that a big population get benefited to it. And also these initiatives can also take our country to the list of the "developed countries".

"THANK YOU".

First of all, we need smart people rather than smart cities, who follow all the rules and regulations made by government and behave as a responsible citizens. Because as per international survey 80% people do not follow the general rules which is made for their safety. So if we make the smart cities without smart people then smart cities became dull cities in nearly future.