Sep 01
Smart & Safe
Smart & Safe
TECHNOLOGY is changing the pace and face of Indian cities. L&T’s Smart World & Communication (SWC) vertical has once again proved its leadership position in Smart Cities sector with the roles it has played in three more cities. 
 
PRAYAGRAJ
 
Faced with an astronomical rise in COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh with the advent of the second wave, the administration tasked SWC to help handle the emergency. SWC was asked to design and implement a GIS-based solution to create containment zones and undertake heat map analysis to effectively control the spread of the pandemic.
 
Considering the exigency, SWC repurposed the priority works that were being carried out by the Integrated Command & Control Centre (ICCC), prepared several new SOPs and implemented those to help city administrators in efficient decision-making for COVID relief measures.
 
GIS was utilised to create containment zones, CCTVs for surveillance of isolation centres and containment zones as well as detection of violation of masking and social distancing. All the city municipal wards were segregated as per sanitary wards for effective monitoring and comparisons. Next, for each sanitary ward, a cluster containment strategy based on heat map generation was employed.
 
On the basis of the GIS-based implementation, the datasets were analysed for containment zone-wise positive cases, trend mapping of positive case for each containment zone, clusters with high caseloads, sanitary ward-wise weekly comparison of heat maps and identification of stubborn infection areas for better enforcement.
 
All this helped Prayagraj, which was one of the most affected districts, to become the fastest to curb the spread of COVID-19, reducing the number of cases drastically within a mere 4.5 weeks. In appreciation, Mr Ravi Ranjan, the CEO Prayagraj Smart City Ltd, awarded SWC an appreciation certificate on 16 June and Mr Kavindra Pratap Singh, IG Police – Prayagraj Range, awarded an appreciation certificate on 14 July.
 
It may be recalled that SWC has been implementing the Smart City Mission in Prayagraj since 2018, along with an operation and maintenance scope for six years.
 
JHANSI
 
The Jhansi Smart City project in Uttar Pradesh comprised design, supply, installation, testing & commissioning of an ICCC with smart elements such as video surveillance, solid waste management, environmental sensors, adaptive traffic control system, city wi-fi, Enterprise GIS, public address & emergency call box system, variable message sign and central web portal. The scope also includes five-year comprehensive operation and maintenance.  
 
The project commenced on 3 July 2020 and was completed exactly nine months later, i.e. on 3 April 2021. As part of L&T’s CSR drive, the project team also renovated the government schools in the nearby villages and developed smart classrooms.
 
Pleased with this, Jhansi Smart City Limited (JSCL) awarded two appreciation certificates to SWC. The certificate for the smart class lab development was given by Mr Avinash Kumar Rai (CEO – JSCL) and the certificate for school infrastructure development was handed over by Mr Raj Kumar Viswakarma (City Education Officer – Jhansi).
 
PUNE
 
The scope of the Pune Smart City Project was to set up a network of smart elements along with city wi-fi, emergency call box, public address system, environmental sensors, variable messaging display and Smart City Operations Centre (SCOC). The project began on in January 2017 and was completed on 31 January 2021.
 
The project team has been appreciated for their efforts to continue the operation and maintenance of the project despite the hurdles, challenges and difficulties posed by pandemic- induced lockdowns through regular follow-up and by exhibiting high-level managerial skills in project maintenance.
 
In appreciation, on 6 July, the SWC project team was awarded a certificate by the CEO of Pune Smart City Development Corporation Ltd.