Bhubaneswar: Rourkela is among the 15 cities of the world to win the 2021-2022 World Mayors Problem carried out by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
This makes the city eligible for a grant of USD 1 Million from Bloomberg Philanthropies and technical assistance to carry out the innovation over the next 3 years.
The prestigious worldwide innovation competition recognised cities for designing the boldest and most ambitious urban innovations to emerge from the global Covid-19 pandemic.
As part of the project, Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) has developed a cold storage facility at the local Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Market in partnership with a NIT Rourkela based startup and managed by Women self help group members.
As many as 631 cities from 99 nations had participated within the competitors.
Rourkela’s idea was to set up a digitized cluster based on solar cold storage and use electric vehicles to distribute perishable commodities to various categories of consumers.
Under Global Mayors Challenge, Rourkela has developed a sustainable model which augments the income of women and small time traders of the city while promoting the use of technology. As part of the project, Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) has developed a cold storage facility at the local Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Market in partnership with a NIT Rourkela based startup and managed by Women self help group members.
Ms Kalinga