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energy. This news offered a glimpse of how smart technology is
bringing about a quiet revolution and is reimagining India, one Editor: Shrirang Krishnan
city at a time. It’s said that a city is not defined by its length and editor@constructionopportunities.in
width, but by the hopes, dreams and voice of its inhabitants.
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and debates, cities like Dholera, Naya Raipur, Pune, Diu, and Special Correspondent: Prerna Sharma
Ahmedabad are quietly scripting their own definition of smart.
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`5,550 crore in 2014 to `8,100 crore at the end of 2017, the road responsibility for any unlikely errors that might
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construction.
The information on products and projects on
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With competition and customer demand now ramping up readers. However, readers are cautioned to
the technology quotient of the construction segment, project make inquiries and take decisions on purchase
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