Naya Raipur with the pace of time has emerged as the world’s first integrated smart Greenfield city. With a visualisation of making this smart in every dimension, NRDA implied several smart projects which took the capital to the zenith of advancement.

Here is an insight regarding the capital’s smart city project in India one at a time!

• Sustainable urban transport project for a smart way of living

India’s surging population growth followed by consequent urbanisation over the past few years has created an inevitable rise in its use and ownership of more and more vehicles.

In fact, there is a growth of registered vehicles at an annual rate of 10.5% in the last 5 years. Several hazardous troubles come in to play owing to this incessant increase in motor vehicles. For instance, traffic congestion consumes a lot of time, accidents and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission lead to pollution.

The Government and NRDA understanding the importance of facilitating transport system without distressing the environment came up with STUP in Naya Raipur as a part of smart city project in India.

The new capital came under the Demonstration City category inducing a major modification to conduct a proper urban transport system. Naya Raipur became the choice for this project owing to its favourable topographical location and unique geography.

So, here’s how urban transport project in Naya Raipur offers a surplus of benefits to the citizens:

1. People living in the capital city are likely to experience a healthier lifestyle. This is because of the fact most of the vehicles will use biogas emitting way less CHG.  Therefore, citizens will have a lesser chance of having diseases like lung infection, bronchitis and asthma to name a few.
2. STUP also promotes accessible bus routes for the people to commute easily across different cities.
3. NRDA also invested on the Raipur Railway Station with an acute assessment of smart pick-up-point to cater a heavy passenger load every day.

The pick-up-point with an objective which provides a quick, easy and safer mode of transfer.

1. Additionally, this STUP also includes an intelligent transport system comprising:

Passenger information system, GPS based automatized vehicle location, and GPRS for tracking and monitoring bus movement. Moreover, this project also provides a 24x7 customer service for any traffic-related news.

1. Lastly, the urban transport mission also strives to provide numerous bicycle routes and walkways for am eco-friendlier environment accessing people to inhale more breathable air.

• Emerging IT industry in India

Naya Raipur is on the way becoming a major IT hub as a part of another smart city project in India. Owing to its geographical location, many estimable IT companies are planning to home the land.

Already an area of 197.29 hectares has been proposed for the software park including room for ITeS/BPO sectors. Even tech giants like Cisco, HP and SEZ companies are going to set up their robust offices employing the youth.

This is how Naya Raipur is getting on the fast track. With multiple smart projects in its bag, the capital thus holds the flag of world’s first integrated Greenfield city.