Building A Smart And Sustainable Andhra Pradesh

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Building a smart and sustainable Andhra Pradesh

Today, I delivered the Key Note on 'Building Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure' at the Suminfra Summit on my vision of a smart and sustainable Andhra Pradesh. I realize that the concept of sustainability is often misunderstood.

Here's the quote from United Nation’s Brudtland Commission which reflect my thoughts on sustainability.

“Sustainable Development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising on the needs of the future.”

Sustainable infrastructure includes planning and building infrastructure that uses minimal resource for construction and subsequent utilization. But, smart infrastructure means adoption of technology to reduce the costs of transferring information and use IT to produce the smart component.

Our government's Urban Development Mission focuses on creating smart city infrastructure. Similarly, our five grids - Gas, Water, Road, Power and Fiber – the grid approach - enable us to provide basic amenities at low cost.

The Fiber Grid is a classic example of sustainable as well as smart infrastructure. I want to provide a broadband connect with a minimum of 15-20 Mbps speed to every household. This grid significantly reduces the costs at which people can access information, thereby making it sustainable. And, smarter by way of driving the utilization of technologies for enhancing outcomes.

While technologies are major levers for sustainable city development, we should not forget that “spaces are for people and not for goods or vehicular movement.”

Keeping this in view, we have zeroed in on the Capital as Vijayawada and want to make it one of the best cities in the world – smart and sustainable. The reason why we chose this location is because it enjoys scale economies due to the existing infrastructure in this region.

Land planning is being carried out in such a way people don’t travel to work to far-off places. This is being reduced through mix land use.

The concept of smart cities is not about using technologies only but about smart outcomes and smart processes.

I’m fortunate that I have the opportunity and the responsibility of developing a state that will be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. Join me in this endeavour of making our Sunrise State of Andhra Pradesh shine.

 

[Maximus]