Bhubaneswar: Smart City Rourkela has won the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge from among the 600 participating global cities. Odisha’s Steel City has made it to the list of 15 winning cities across the world and is the only from India to enter the club.
The Winning Cities Receiving USD 1 Million and Multi-Year Technical Support are:
Amman, Jordan; Bogotá, Colombia; Butuan, Philippines; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Hermosillo, Mexico; Istanbul, Turkey; Kigali, Rwanda; Kumasi, Ghana; Paterson, New Jersey, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Rourkela, India; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Wellington, New Zealand.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated the city and its authorities for the feat. In a tweet, Naveen stated:
Congratulate @smartcityrkl on winning @BloombergDotOrg’s #MayorsChallenge from among the 600 participating global cities & the only city from India to win it. #Rourkela won the challenge by offering women entrepreneurs access to cold-storage to reduce food waste. #OdishaLeads
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the 15 winning cities of the 2021-2022 Global Mayors Challenge, the fifth edition of the worldwide innovation competition that supports and spreads cities’ most promising ideas.
These 15 winners are being recognized for designing the boldest and most ambitious urban innovations to emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic. The winning ideas address one or more of four current issue areas in cities including economic recovery and inclusive growth; health and wellbeing; climate and environment; and gender and equality.
