Home to some 2 million residents and renowned for its extensive industry, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) aims to become India’s most livable city by 2030 and serve as a lighthouse for the Indian Government’s ‘100 Smart Cities’ mission. Using AVEVA Unified Operations Center to centralize and improve the efficiency of the city’s IT and infrastructure applications and communications, PCMC has reduced pollution, traffic congestion, and water losses, and expects to reduce energy use by up to 22%.
“The smart city vision for PCMC was to create a data-driven approach to service delivery for our city, because citizens are the center point of our city. The integrated ICCC platform provides my team with unique advantages, because we can collaborate better using shared data and benefit from a real-time overview of civic performance, with the ability to predict and prescript activities to greatly improve our efficiencies and our residents’ safety and wellbeing.”
- Mr. Shekhar Singh, CEO, Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City Ltd & Commissioner PCMC
Goals
- To become India’s most livable city by 2030, while serving as a lighthouse for the Indian Government’s ‘100 Smart Cities’ mission
- To centralize and improve the efficiency of the city’s IT and infrastructure applications and communications
- To improve civic services and efficiently manage a diverse range of infrastructure systems in a growing city
Challenges
- Varying levels of insight into over 4,600 individual municipal systems and applications – such as water, waste management, and traffic – hindered effective management of services
- Lack of real-time, consolidated IT and OT data hampered decision-making and response time, while contributing to costly system downtime and maintenance
Solution
Results
- Smart metering energy management application has reduced energy usage and emissions by 15-20%
- Smart water solution helps PCMC cut water losses by 15-18.
- Smart city system enables town planners to sync lights and cut traffic congestion by 20-25%, reducing pollution and accelerating traffic circulation.
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