Salem, the fifth largest city in Tamil Nadu is also known as ‘Steel City’. Salem city has been selected as one of the smart cities under the ministry of Urban development, Government of India’s Smart Cities mission.Salem is now required to formulate its own unique vision, mission and plan under the Smart cities Challenge. This has to be done in consultation with the city residents and stakeholders. Salem city Municipal Corporation requests all its citizens of Salem city to share their views, opinions and area improvement suggestions to make the city Salem as a smart city. Your valuable views and suggestions are important to transform the city as a smart city to improve the quality of life for each one of their citizens in Salem City.
Kindly, post your views by 30th October, 2015.
Smart Mobility, Smart Governance, Smart Economy make a city smarter. Smart city should have smart Energy management, Water management, Transport management, Waste management, Assisted Living. Intelligent Mobility plays a vital role in all of it. Broadband, Wifi, Open/Big data, connected vehicles, Internet of Things(IOT), Public safety, Green Buildings, Citizen services, Education, healthcare, Infrastructure are key words.
EVERY STREET LIGHT SHOULD BE POWERED BY SOLAR.
The followings may be few suggestive measures for a smart and clean city: 1. Street washing before sweeping; 2. Use Bio-disposers to dispose kitchen / bio-degradable waste directly to sewer network. 3. Areas without sewer network may be provided with Bio-digesters for tackling bio-degradable waste. 4. Manage all type of Solid Waste separately without co-mingling for efficient reuse / recycling. & 5. Prefer to provide decentralised sanitation facilities, community managed & self sustainable.