Bhubaneswar, Oct. 25: A number of information technology (IT) tools and their possible use in a smart city will be on display at a prominent venue in the city on October 29.

The event will take place at a time the city is getting ready to submit its smart city proposal to the Centre.

Prominent IT companies such as Siemens, Cisco Systems, Honeywell, Oracle, Schneider Electric Infrastructure, Wipro, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, KPMG and SAP are likely to be present at the fair to showcase their products that are used across the globe for smart living.

The event will be organised in collaboration with the state government's IT department.

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation commissioner Krishan Kumar said: "We are now taking the smart idea to every sphere of the city administration and management. We have to implement the smart concept in public transport, water, power supply, connectivity, governance, open space, heritage, tourism and culture. As these companies are market leaders and have solutions related to smart living concepts in urban settlements, the exhibition is very important to us."

A senior civic body official said: "After we see the products on display, we will make a list of products and could suggest their use and specific references in the final smart city proposal, which the state government will submit to the Centre."

The corporation is also going to organise an event before the smart technology expo on employability among the youth of the city through a special session with the Confederation of the Indian Industries (CII).

Use of IT and technology has to play a major role in a smart city with public information, grievance redress, electronic service delivery, citizen engagement, video crime monitoring, CCTV surveillance, smart monitoring of water and air quality, renewable energy, energy-efficient green buildings, tele-medicine and tele-education, incubation and trace facilitation and skill development centres.

"An inclusive smart city planning with technology and IT components, green and open spaces would put us in the first 20 smart cities to be declared by the Centre," hoped mayor Ananta Narayan Jena.

Bhubaneswar is already doing well on the grievance redress front with its My City My Pride website and the mobile application, which has been awarded at the national level. Cities such as Jamshedpur are planning to adopt the method.

"I hope my city gets a place in the first 20 cities," said local resident Subhakanta Swain.

"The city should also give stress on housing. At present, the administration is only concentrating on the low-income segment. It should also think about the middle class because they are the driving force of a city," Swain, a structural engineer, said.