Municipality Minister inaugurates first phase of Smart Cities Solutions Project
Project includes a smart waste management system, a vehicle management system, and a central operations command platform.
Published: 24 June 2024
NT Bureau
Doha
Minister of Municipality H E Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah on Sunday launched the first phase of the smart cities solutions project, which primarily includes the implementation of a smart waste management system, a vehicle management and task distribution system, and a central operations command platform.
These initiatives are aligned with the ministry’s strategy for 2024-2030, focusing on optimizing quality of life, prosperity, urban modernization, service excellence, and digital transformation.
The launch of the new systems is part of achieving the digital transformation of the ministry’s services, leveraging modern technologies including smart solutions and artificial intelligence (AI).
The goal, the minister said, is to achieve the highest levels of performance, quality, and productivity in services provided to the public, while also reducing operational costs and progressing towards smarter, greener, and sustainable cities.
The Minister emphasized that this system aims to monitor the movement and compliance of vehicles and drivers within specified routes or geographical areas by maintaining a comprehensive record of each vehicle’s movement, performance, and technical data during operation. Moreover, the system manages and tracks regular and emergency maintenance schedules for vehicles, integrating with the mechanical assets management warehouse.
His Excellency pointed out that the system features the capability to monitor vehicle drivers and evaluate their performance, as well as re-evaluate vehicle movement routes and geographically redistribute them to ensure the shortest routes and minimize time, consumption, and costs.
Assistant Undersecretary for Shared Services Affairs at the Ministry of Municipality Hamad Khalifa Al Khalifa said the implementation of the first phase of smart waste management, vehicle tracking, and task distribution has commenced in Al Wakrah Municipality.
It will be expanded to all municipalities in subsequent phases. This project, he highlighted, is noted as the largest of its kind being implemented at a city level in the Middle East region.
He noted that the project will play a critical role in significantly improving public health conditions by efficiently managing waste through automatically generated schedules and routes for waste container collection, emphasizing that the initiative primarily aims to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as lower carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles. Also, it seeks to substantially decrease waste collection costs by fully monitoring waste management operations through an advanced wireless tracking system.
