The Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry, has issued a work order to RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, a Mini Ratna Public Sector Unit (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways, for design, development, supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operations and maintenance (O & M) for five years of the Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC), as well as other related activities for Puducherry Smart City.
The estimated total value of the work order is Rs 170.11cr (including GST) which will be completed in 10 months’ time.
As per the official statement, RailTel has been selected through competitive bidding and it is the first smart city project awarded by Puducherry Government.
It further said that besides ICCC, the project includes Data Center Disaster Recovery (DC-DR), On Street Parking Management, Intelligent Traffic Management System, Creation of online/mobile based platform to facilitate tourists and visitors, City level application and Smart Dashboard, Smart Kiosks, Smart Poles with CCTV, Wi-Fi, Air Quality Monitoring, Digital Billboard etc.
