Bhubaneswar and Rourkela made it to the coveted list of Smart City Project. Is this just a vanity tag? What does this actually mean for the two cities? Let’s find out:
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One Smart Card to Pay for Utility Services!
The ATM-like smart card, which is named Odyssey City Card, aims to boost the digital payment and help people migrate to a hassle-free cashless society.
Bhubaneswar: The Ancient Temple City Ready to Reinvent Itself
Odisha’s capital is counting on the smart city project to fix its creaking infrastructure.
Can Smart Cities Mission Survive These Challenges?
A critical analysis of the project raises many questions that are rather hard to answer. In other words, it will be difficult to say, at this point, whether the Smart Cities Mission can see through the challenges inherent to projects of such gigantic proportions.
Bhubaneswar Blues: a Stunning Video on the City
The video, which captures the transition of the capital city from a pilgrimage center to smart city, has received 2,700 views and about 300 subscriptions since its publication October 24.
BMC Officials Unfamiliar with Their Own Smartphone App?
Even 8 months after the launch of an Android app and web-based online grievance system by the BMC, the corporation is still struggling to address complaints lodged by the denizens, thanks to technologically-challenged BMC and BDA officials.
City Police Launches ‘Mo Saathi’ for Women Safety in Twin Cities
The Twin City Police Commisionerate has launched an Android App for women safety in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Named ‘Mo Saathi’, the mobile app is designed to help women in distress contact the city cops using their smartphones and call for help.
Better City Designs: What City Planners in Bhubaneswar Can Learn from Other Cities around the World
City planners in Bhubaneswar must find a way to rethink their strategy in order to solve these basic infrastructural challenges and help Bhubaneswar transform into a model city.
Is Mo Cycle a Sustainable Urban Transport?
The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) started its bus services called ‘Mo Bus’ in Bhubaneswar last month. CRUT is an organization created by the Govt. of Odisha to provide Public Transport Services in master plan areas of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Puri. CRUT has planned to provide three kinds of transit services including the Mo Bus […]
Now, Pedestrians Can Also Signal to Stop Traffic
The system allows pedestrians to press a button, activate the red signal and cross the road easily.
What Makes Odisha Poor and How It Can Change its Fortunes
Odisha can lead a second Green Revolution in the east if it taps the hidden potentials like a boss.
Some Little Known Facts about Bhubaneswar
The temples in Bhubaneswar are regarded as having been built from the 8th to 12th centuries under Shaiva influence.
How to Start an SEO Company in Bhubaneswar
Building an SEO company in Bhubaneswar has its own challenges and stumbling blocks but you must learn how to overcome them if you want to emerge successful.
Popular Personalities from Odisha You Should Know About
The following is a list of such personalities who are successful in their respective field of specializations and more importantly, celebrate their roots.
How Places in Bhubaneswar Got Their Names
Bhubaneswar, the city named after Lord Tribhubaneswar dates back to 2000 years. Evolving through centuries, from a mere collection of villages to becoming the state capital, the city has innumerable pages inked on its history.
The Top 8 English Medium Schools in Bhubaneswar
The panorama of schools in Bhubaneswar is huge. Enumerated with a number of vernacular medium schools since its establishment, the state capital started with 3 English Medium Schools- DM Public School, St. Joseph’s Convent and Central School in the early 1950s and has emerged as the educational hub of Eastern India.