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Schneider Electric to Make India’s First Integrated Green Field Smart City Project in Naya Raipur a Reality

Apr 24, 2017   16:00 IST 
New Delhi, Delhi, India

 

Schneider Electric India – the global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced that it has signed a contract with Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) for the development of the first green field integrated smart city of Naya Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. The integrated project will be executed by Schneider Electric along with consortium partner, IL&FS Technologies Limited. The contract was signed between Schneider Electric India, IL&FS Technologies Limited and Naya Raipur Development Authority in the presence of all three parties.

 

 

NRDA Chief Engineer, Mr. Salil Shrivastava (left), CEO Mr. Rajat Kumar (2nd from Left) and Schneider Electric India VP and MD Energy Business Prakash Chandraker (3rd from left), Mr. Durga Prasad, CEO, IL&FS Technologies (Extreme Right) at the contract signing in Raipur

 

Expressing his satisfaction at the commencement of the project, Mr. Rajat Kumar, IAS, Chief Executive Officer, Naya Raipur Development Authority said, “It is a happy moment for us today as the Naya Raipur Smart City project takes off with the consortium and our partners. This is a unique project, one whose organic growth we shall pursue aggressively. The project shall be spread across verticals and integrate these diversified segments and I look to our dynamic team to make this real in a short span of time.”

 

Schneider Electric will be responsible for executing the entire gamut of integrated Command & Control Center and its overall integration covering transportation, surveillance, citizen applications, end-to-end Smart Grid solutions, end-to-end Water Management system and integrated Building Management System. This transformation shall be supported by connected products of more than 100,000 IO points, edge control, applications, advance analytics, and services. This state of art architecture by Schneider Electric is open, scalable and interoperable. IL&FS Technologies limited has offered the citizen-centric services component (E-Governance) and transportation as part of the smart city project.

 

NRDA is aiming for Naya Raipur to be the first integrated city and aims to develop four pillars of Smart city across, institutional (including Governance/Legal Framework) physical, social and economic infrastructure. Thorough this it aims to deliver critical services like24 x 7 supply of quality water, metering of water connections, complete automatic generation of utility bills by application system, enhanced city security& safety, citizen based mobile apps & city portals including increased situational awareness to achieve a high level of operational readiness and substantial increase in the efficiency of operators and management.

 

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Prakash Chandraker, Managing Director and Vice President, Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limited, said, “We are delighted to be a key partner in delivering a world class integrated city with a focus on the safety, reliability, efficiency, sustainability and connectivity of citizens. We shall leverage advancements in IoT, mobility, sensing, analytics and cybersecurity technologies to make Naya Raipur a true smart city.”

 

It is also planned to set up a centralised Command and Control Center (CCC) which will be the central hub for city management. The CCC will help in managing the city operations and emergency response. Citizen services will give digital platform to citizens to interact with Administration, knowledge management for NRDA Staff, improving overall efficiency of NRDA operations. Smart cities are about a city’s subsystems working together as an integrated value chain under different conditions. Smart city solutions help to create a smart ecosystem in the city to improve the quality of life of citizens and attract more investments for economic activities.

 

About Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. With revenues of ~€25 billion in FY2016, our 144,000 employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected technologies reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.

 

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NRDA Chief Engineer, Mr. Salil Shrivastava (left), CEO Mr. Rajat Kumar (2nd from Left) and Schneider Electric India VP and MD Energy Business Prakash Chandraker (3rd from left), Mr. Durga Prasad, CEO, IL&FS Technologies (Extreme Right) at the contract signing in Raipur
NRDA Chief Engineer, Mr. Salil Shrivastava (left), CEO Mr. Rajat Kumar (2nd from Left) and Schneider Electric India VP and MD Energy Business Prakash Chandraker (3rd from left), Mr. Durga Prasad, CEO, IL&FS Technologies (Extreme Right) at the contract signing in Raipur
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