Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL), the world’s leading mail and logistics company, recently announced the launch of DHL SmarTrucking, to provide an innovative trucking solution across an extensive linehaul express road network in India. DHL SmarTrucking is the company’s first official move to accelerate the development of technologyenabled logistics solutions around the world, under its newly formed board department, Corporate ...

The 3rd UITP ( International Association of Public Transport) India Bus Seminar on E-mobility and Technology Innovation was recently held in the month of May in New Delhi. Hosted by Delhi Integrated Multi- Modal Transit System (DIMTS), the event saw industry experts sharing their perspectives on how the electric bus landscape will evolve going forward globally as well as in ...

Delta, one of the leading provider of video wall solutions, in collaboration with their channel partner – Alpha Digital, has set up stateof- the-art Video Walls at the Control and Command Centre of GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec- City). With this addition, operators would be able to monitor real-time data and improve the availability, safety and efficiency of services ...

The Madhya Pradesh government has launched the country’s first Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for seven smart cities in Bhopal. The cities under Smart City Mission are Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna, and Sagar. The ICCC would enable the authorities to monitor the status of various smart civic amenities in real-time through the sensors connected to it. The ...

The cities of the future will need an efficient system for disbursing information related to parking lot capacity and spot availability, quickly redirecting motorists to available spaces, writes Rasik Pansare, CO- Founder & CMO, Get My Parking In recent years, there has been an increased global thrust on building ‘cities of the future’ or Smart Cities. These are smart in ...

In India, heritage is perceived as a valuable resource and hence the approach to urban redevelopment in old city areas has been based singularly on this premise. It is inherited but cannot be ‘consumed’ and therefore must be handed over preferably with enrichment, to future generations. Taj Ganj is a four centuries old district. Once an integral part of the ...

Beyond doubt, the prime problems of the day for all the cities are-pollution and traffic congestion. Cities are getting mired in traffic snarls. Dhaka based Abu Sayeed says that the concept of moving roads can give respite from traffic jams. The main source of air pollution is fossil fuel used by automobiles. Added to that traffic jam has reached such ...

The three-day forum, themed “Scaling up: Meeting the challenges of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through peoplefirst Public-Private Partnerships,” brought together almost 300 delegates from the government, international organizations, PPP developers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), law firms as well as academic and financial institutions from 70 countries and regions. During the first forum conducted in 2016, the Thiruvananthapuram ...

Public transportation without safety measures like vehicle tracking devices and emergency response system in public transport are creating nightmare for women passengers to travel. A further delay in implementing such measures will only aggravate the current situation of public transport in India. On 28th November 2016, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Govt. of India, had mandated fitment of ...

  Morphogenesis presents the hidden opportunity that lies within Delhi by establishing a green and sustainable network as an alternative and democratic source of engagement within the city of Delhi. In some sense, this exercise has the potential to turn the whole city inside out The emergence of the nullahs (watercourse) initiative stemmed from the realization that the city has ...