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Smart Cities Conclave at Varanasi

Hikvision Partakes the BW Businessworld and Varanasi Smart City’s National Smart City Conclave in Varanasi on 13th October 2017.


Varanasi Municipal Corporation and Varanasi Smart City Limited, Government of Uttar Pradesh, along with Businessworld Media Group, has organized Smart City Conclave – a national summit on urban infrastructure, IT & transportation on 13th October 2017 in Varanasi. Hikvision participated as the security partner of the event which was a perfect forum to showcase their wide range of products and solutions for smart city surveillance requirements.

Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in India, famous for its ghats, temples and Kala Bhawan, is set to develop as a Smart City, and as a commitment towards the project the government has budgeted a sum of `321 Crores.

Suresh Khanna, Honorable Minister for Urban Development, Uttar Pradesh spoke on the progress of Smart Cities mission in the state of Uttar Pradesh, and specially on how the historical city can be turned into a smart city.

“We discussed Hikvision’s complete smart city solutions including city transportation, security center, public parking, rail transit & stations, temporary surveillance, town square, water guarding and perimeter monitoring at National Smart Cities Conclave and presented them to all the stakeholders. We also  suggested them Hikvision’s technologies such as PanoVu, Darkfighter, 4K Ultra HD for smart city surveillance solutions. Hikvision thermal cameras can be a perfect match for cities like Varanasi for river bank surveillance requirements. We also highlighted Hikvision’s key strength as world’s leading video surveillance solution provider,” said Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India.

Representatives from Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and various other states presented their key innovations for the smart cities mission.

The BW Businessworld National Smart Cities Conclave was very good in terms of footfall and response.


It was worthwhile participating in this show as it gave a wide platform for Hikvision to reach a vast audience of government officials and decision makers in the implementation of Smart City including other service providers.

– Ashish P. Dhakan
MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India


We are working towards developing Varanasi into a smart city keeping in mind its heritage and cultural background. We have rolled out RFPs for development of command and control centre, smart parking, water management, hospitals and waste management in this city and we will be starting the projects shortly, we are trying to create an ecosystem where not only a city develops, but an individual too. The government of Uttar Pradesh is focused on completing the projects, which were stated under Prime Minister’s smart cities agenda.

– Dr. Nitin Bansal
Municipal Commissioner, Varanasi


 

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