IBM partners Lodha Group to build smart city infrastructure

IBM today announced a partnership with Lodha Group to build and manage smart city infrastructure for Palava, which will set the benchmark for 21st century urban living in India. 

Envisioned as a city of opportunity and spanning over 4,000 acres, Palava located at the junction of Navi Mumbai and Dombivali will incorporate IBM’s smarter cities technology using advanced, data driven systems to integrate information from all city operations into a single system to improve efficiency and deliver an enhanced quality of life for residents.

 “Palava was born out of a vision to create a city of opportunity, one that would not just offer an unparalleled quality of life to its citizens but also become an ecosystem – nurturing business, creating jobs and delivering growth. To achieve this, we are planning decades ahead, and embedding smart elements in the city’s design and infrastructure.” said Shaishav Dharia, Development Director – Palava, Lodha Group.  

 IBM Intelligent Operations serves as the backbone of city infrastructure and centralizes key city functions through real time monitoring and advanced analytics. Providing a 360 degree view of the key functions for managing the city, will enable city officials to better allocate resources, adopt preventative maintenance measures and proactively manage issues that could affect quality of life.

“Recent projections show India’s urban population soaring from 340 million in 2008 to 590 million in 2030, which may lead to tremendous strain on urban resources in India. This makes the proliferation of practical and proven smart city interventions into existing and future cities essential. It is our endeavor to make Palava a city that sets the benchmark for future Indian and global cities to emulate.” said Dhamodaran Ramakrishnan, Director, Smarter Planet Solutions, IBM India/South Asia

As a part of this strategic engagement, IBM Global Business Services developed the vision and detailed roadmap for Palava’s smarter city imperatives. IBM is also creating the business architecture and operating procedures, implementing the technology platform and solutions, and will eventually manage the technology. The project through this partnership also focuses on participative governance, intelligent operations and public safety.

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