It’s been almost six months since the Novel Coronavirus started penetrating its roots across the world. The speed and scale made it a predicament that is unparalleled in recent history.While the most part of the country has been struggling in its response; smart cities have exhibited better competence in fighting & handling the virus. Integrated Command & Control Center (ICCC) played a critical role in handling the right data, to provide information to the public and; for the government to serve the people with needs and urgencies at the right time and place.
It continues to support the stakeholders and citizen. Most smart cities already had physical ICT infrastructure for flow of information, monitoring & surveillance, resource mobilisation, disaster management etc. With improvised ideas and innovation, the smart cities’ administrations were able to quickly commit these resources to the battle against the pandemic.
+ info: Business World
