SECURITY TODAY, FEBRUARY 2021, APPLIED PROTECTIONThe Smart Cities Mission is an innovative initiative by the Government of India to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people. It aims to achieve this by enabling local development and harnessing technology as a means to create smart outcomes for citizens. A hundred cities across the country were shortlisted by the government, which were to be promoted as ?Smart Cities?.Based on an all-India competition, Bhopal was selected in