Do we really need Smart Cities?

I think that we need smart villages instead of the smart city. For the equal development if the whole country. In this era, India has many villages which are not connected to cities or people of villages are unable to get that facility. Another fact is that fund for the smart city is less according to the city so the development of the smart city is not easy and people do not get its advantage.

Yes, we do need smart cities because for being a developed nation, first n foremost education should beat every defaulter, if rural people will see and observe things going on their side, they will also feel to grow n compete with city people, & so they will realise to get educated and work in a decent way. And so even middle-class men will also work hard to accomplish rich people's standard and so on, and in this way definitely by having smart cities our nation can compete other nations in tech, education, knowledge, wealth etc.

No, I don't think so. The reason being today there are smart cities in India but then also there are areas in those`cities which are still backwards. So sometimes I really feel that by giving the tag of the smart city to any city is that city really progressing? Are the people really keeping up with the progressive mentality? So unless and until we try to reach to all the people and change their thinking or do something that will affect the populations mindset, giving the tag of smart city isnt going to help because I have seen smart cities affected heavily with floods, poverty etc.

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 All,

We need smart cities because of it gives a lot of employment, the daily wage earners are not going to metropolitan areas to earning purposes.

Because of these smart cities, people are aware of the internet, what is the need of education, how to elect?

The Good politician without attracting money, all social activities they are seen.

But in My point view, Really smart cities are not required because of now our country faces a lot problems like food, poverty, farmers suicides, shelters, illiteracy like that.

Yes, we need smart cities because we can't be at that level where we are now we need to improve because improvement is must for human development we already have metro cities which are well developed so the next step I believe should be smart cities but this is not true for small cities and villages where still we don't have basic facilities there we need to develope more before thinking about smart cities.

Hello.

I believe that cities are made by people, the infrastructures and other non-living things are just the creation of human beings. To make a smart city we first need to make people smart, these discussions are just a part of what we think or believe but the major work that needs to be done is to implement those ideas and thinking. Smart cities are related to smart people.

People must get ready for the smart cities like taking an example of Tejas train, the condition of the train wasn't too good, people travelling stole the headphones from the train and the mirrors of the train were cracked, the tv screens were damaged, so if people can't handle the new ideas then how could you expect them to be living in smart cities.

Thus smart cities must be made after making people smart.

According to me, smart cities are only effective if people get equal benefits from it. Corruption being the most important obstacle can be damaged by creating smart cities as there will be less man work in the middle and most of the things will be directly handled by the companies themselves. The smart cities mean getting proper educational institutions, health institutions, hospitals, etc. Monitoring the cities digitally will also reduce the security threats and the fear of getting cheated by a person.

I would like to conclude by saying that smart cities are required for the growth and betterment of people in the country.

Yes, We need smart cities. Smart cities are in fact a sign of development. There are many advantages of building smart cities, it provides employment, good educational facilities, health care and improves the quality of life. As per estimates around 25-30 people are migrating to cities in search of better life style. So, we need more cities to reduce the problems like overpopulation in already existing cities.

Smart cities also attract foreign companies to invest in India which again creates employment to Indians and the government also gets benefited by the taxes paid by the companies.

Currently, the world is in a digital era and with the current pace the world technology is growing, we Indians can't be left behind in terms of growth and technology.

Hello friends, according to me there is an absolute necessity for smart cities to be developed for India to gain an accountable growth in GDP in terms of increase in revenue due to increase in firms and thus jobs as well as fostering foreign investments. Enhanced forex reserves mean a lot to developing Indian economy. But on the other hand, we need to first take care of the large sector of the unreserved and unserved population of our country in terms of basic eminities such as healthy food, water, shelter and basic education. Only when these concerns are addressed, a smarter India build-up is much more feasible and commendable.