Services & Industry
Services: Smart Cities Solution
Industry: Government Sanctioned Project
Aurangabad Smart City Project
Challenge
Carry out the comprehensive IT Infrastructure Management services of their entire existing and upcoming IT infrastructure under Aurangabad Smart City Project.
Scope
- Enable real-time monitoring of the various facets of the management of Aurangabad.
- Provide the capability to respond in a unified manner to situations on the ground (both day-to-day and emergencies) by creating a common operational picture for the relevant stakeholder
- Provide and manage touchpoints from all concerned stakeholders during the lifecycle of various incidents
- Define and manage the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for various operational aspects of the City Management
- Provide the capability to analyze the continuous improvement of city operations
- Make Aurangabad a better place to live by increasing safety, liveability of the people in the city, and effectively providing the delivery of a few urban services.
- Improve the situational awareness of the city administrators and residents.
- Provide administrators, citizens, tourists, and businesses real-time and actionable information to aid their day-to-day decision making.
Highlights
- Command Control Center
- Operations Command Center
- 519 Utility Poles
- Digital Outdoor Display and Kiosks
- E-Office
- 700 CCTV Cameras
- 17 Viewing Center
- 5 years of Operations and Maintenance
- Data Center
- Cyber Security
Constraints
- The entire project was implemented following COVID-19 restrictions; this brought up some unique challenges like restricted material & manpower movement, unavailability of labour, added safety mechanisms like frequent temperature checks and masks to be worn by team members.
- Local Interference from anti-social elements disrupting deployment, civil works and permissions for selected locations.
- Multiple rounds of surveys due to unavailability of key stakeholders.
- Connectivity Provisioning work slowdown due to permission challenges and service provider issues.
- Rework due to unavailability of finalized equipment due to slowdown in manufacturing operations because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Benefits
- Surveillance with Video Enabled Analytics provides effective monitoring of the city with limited operators and ensures the safety of the citizens.
- Attendance tracking of corporation employees due to the modernization of workplace.
- Viewing Centers enabling collaborative monitoring with local police stations in Aurangabad.
- Future-ready and Scalable IT Infrastructure.