Telangana to develop national repository of smart technologies

Hyderabad, June 15: With the central government set to launch its ambitious 100 smart cities project later this month, Telangana plans to develop a national repository of smart technologies to help all states in the country, an official here said. The repository will have the best smart technologies being implemented around the world to enable the states to identify those which best suit their requirements, a senior Telangana government official said on Monday. "We are aspiring to become a national repository. We want to take the lead and promote smart technologies in the country. This will be of use not just to us but to all stakeholders," said Jayesh Ranjan, secretary of information technology, government of Telangana. The IT department has constituted a 12-member team to evaluate various smart technologies and their costs. Based on their recommendations, the government will identify the best technologies for implementation in five cities. Hyderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Khammam are the five cities in Telangana identified under the 100 smart cities programme. As a first step towards developing a national repository, a national conclave on smart technologies will be held in Hyderabad in the last week of July. IT minister K. Tarakarama Rao stressed the need for Indian cities to have their own solutions to the local challenges. "What works in Los Angeles, Barcelona or Dubai will not work here," he said.