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Lavasa Corporation Ltd, a part of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC)
Group, which has floated a firm MyCity Technology in partnership with IT
major Wipro, has signed agreements with networking leader Cisco to provide
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services in the Lavasa city.
MyCity Technology, the strategic collaboration between Lavasa, Wipro and
Cisco, will invest around Rs 450 crore over the next 10 years to provide ICT
and architecture solutions such as water and fuel management, security,
better transport and communication and to make the Lavasa city energy
efficient.
As part of the collaboration, Cisco will be the preferred technology partner
for ICT products and architecture and use its Smart+Connected Communities
initiative and Service Delivery Platform to help make Lavasa City a smart
and sustainable city of the future. Wipro will provide its expertise in
areas like city management services, e-governance, ICT infrastructure and
value added services, including proposing and implementing intelligent home
solutions and digital lifestyles. Wipro will also design the detailed
infrastructure for telecom services for governance for the residents of
Lavasa City
Spread across 20,000 acres amidst the Sahyadri hills, Lavasa is developed by
construction major HCC near Pune. The construction started in 2006 and will
take another 10 years to be fully operational. The city, to be developed
with a total investment of about Rs 1,50,000 crore, will have 5-6 towns. The
first town is expected to be complete by this year-end.
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