The Shillong Smart City project is focused on developing the city as a liveable, clean, green, inclusive, modern, safe, citizen-friendly, and well-governed area. Shillong is in a highly seismic zone (Zone V) and is prone to frequent earthquakes and subsequent hazards. Also, frequent rainfall makes urban living highly vulnerable to natural disasters such as floods and landslides. The rivers here are known to get flooded frequently during heavy monsoons.
In addition, poor management of solid and liquid waste, traffic congestion, vehicular pollution, clearance of green areas due to indiscriminate construction, and fossil-fuel energy consumption in city infrastructure contribute to climate change through an increase in GHG emissions and reduction in carbon sinks in urban areas. Various features of urban agglomerations in the state interact with the climate and enhance the vulnerability of the city population.
We have been engaged to provide consultancy services to support the client in planning, designing, implementing, and monitoring Shillong Smart City Project under the Smart City Mission of India. Area Based Development (ABD) in Shillong focuses on the retrofitting of the city centre, to improve market precincts, transit corridors, public spaces, development of multi-level car parking, and an Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS).
Key Activities
- Provide technical and administrative support to plan, design, develop, and monitor smart city projects in Area Based Development projects and Pan City Projects
- Support the overall implementation of the Smart City Mission in line with Smart City Proposal
