Paving the way for Doddabommasandra in north Bengaluru to turn into a ‘smart locality’, BBMP will soon provide details of 250 locations in the ward where it plans to install smart streetlights, apart from other relevant details, to Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), which is implementing the civic body’s Smart Ward Project.
The smart streetlights will be one of the major pivots on which the defence PSU’s homeland security and smart city business unit hinges the execution of solutions and technologies in the ward, which is better known as Vidyaranyapura.
The project is meant to improve the quality of public amenities and services such as lighting, traffic and waste management.
With a project design prepared, BEL is now ready to put in place integrated solutions and technologies, said Ravikumar D, the company’s senior deputy general manager. He had on June 11 written to BBMP’s Yelahanka zone electrical engineer, requesting the locations for the smart streetlights and related information and seeking approval to draw power from electricity lines for CCTV cameras and other elements it has designed for the ward, he added.
Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad told TOI that BBMP had granted BEL’s requests. The Smart Ward Project would be extended to other wards based on its success in Doddabommasandra, he said.
The Smart Ward Project envisages urban rejuvenation initiatives based the specific needs of a locality — a departure from the broad-based approaches to address the needs of the entire city.
“The project addresses the needs by understanding gaps that need to be [plugged] to improve quality of life of citizens…” the project report reads. “BEL has combined its strengths and developed a strategy to deploy and integrate multiple technologies using smart elements that can deliver valuable insights to aid in the development of living standards of society.”
BEL proposes to demonstrate the advanced technologies it uses and corresponding analytics intelligence gathered for two years after it executes the project. It will incorporate the data on a 3D platform that allows users to view information on the area in a visually accurate and representative manner. The company will bear the cost of implementing this proof of concept.
