Smart city: A case study of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

A Smart city is an urban development vision to integrate multiple information and communication technologies (ICT) solutions in secure fashion to manage a city assets- the cities assets include, but not limited to local departments information systems. In Andhra Pradesh three cities are announced as smart cities these are Vishakhapatnam, Tirupathi and Kakinada. Kakinada is one of the fastest developing cities in Andhra Pradesh with a population of 3 Lakh 13 Thousands in 2011 in urban agglomeration registering a growth of 5% over the past decade. The city as around 83 Thousands houses which generate 260 metric tons of solid waste per day. This paper tries to explain the Kakinada opportunities, Strengths & Weakness of the city.