Governance
Bhubaneswar is awarded as the Best Smart City
During a three-day international conference, 'Smart City Expo India 2018' which was conducted at Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre (JECC) in Sitapura, Bhubaneswar was declared as the Best Smart City. The city has received this award for its community mobilization and community development, which forms a part of the Social Smart programme. The programme is a joint collaboration of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited and United Nations Population Fund which has got a vision of Bhubaneswar as a smart city where the main focus will be on the needs of young people, security of girls and women, especially in slum areas. Also to mention here, the Smart City Proposal of Bhubaneswar has got an unique agenda of making the city child-friendly.
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