How 120 Farmers Built a Billion-Dollar Smart City in Pune
Built by 120 farming families instead of large developers, Magarpatta City combines waste-to-energy systems, water recycling, solar heating, and walk-to-work urban planning to create one of India’s most successful models of inclusive, sustainable smart-city development.
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Sector
Urban Development
Solution
Smart Cities
Technology
Solar Energy,
AI
& 1 other
AI
& 1 other
IoT
State of Origin
Maharashtra
Impact Metrics
430-acre
integrated smart city developed without selling farmland to external developers.
20 tons of waste
processed daily into energy for city operations
4 lakh liters of water
recycled every day for landscaping and urban reuse.
3,000+ homes
equipped with solar water heating systems.
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