Indore, Kohima, Warangal win global ‘play city’ awards

30 Nov 2022 CW Team

Indore keeps winning accolades for its solid waste management. Now, Indore Smart City Development Ltd has excelled in ‘Real Play City Challenge, 2022’, in which 41 countries participated.

Three cities of India were announced as winners in different categories: Indore, Kohima and Warangal. The three winning cities developed their projects as part of the national Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge (NNC) launched in 2019.

‘Real Play City Challenge, 2022’, received a total of 94 entries from 41 countries out of which Indore, the lone city from Madhya Pradesh, won under the category of ‘Places where play supports climate action’. Kohima, in Nagaland, won in the ‘Places where play heals people’ category and Warangal, in Telangana, won in the ‘Places where play unites us all’ category.

It was the first time that all three categories selected Indian cities as winners.

Smart City officials said, “The work done by Indore and other cities is highly commendable and the fact that a global platform such as the ‘Real Play City Challenge’ is recognising our efforts is extremely encouraging.”

The ‘Real Play City Challenge’ is led by the Real Play Coalition under UNICEF, National Geographic, Arup, IKEA and the LEGO Foundation. The Challenge aims at creating a movement to narrow the play gap for 100 million children by 2030 by making play accessible and inclusive. The focus of this challenge is to sensitively plan neighbourhoods to make them young children (age 0-5 years) and caregiver-friendly.

Infrastructure Urban

09 Feb 2026

Taural India Commissions Second Aluminium Casting Plant in Maharashtra

Taural India recently commissioned its second aluminium sand casting manufacturing facility in India at Supa, Maharashtra, marking a major expansion after its first plant in Pune. The 30-acre facility was inaugurated by the Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, and represents a significant addition to the state’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem.Designed to meet global engineering and sustainability benchmarks, the Supa plant integrates automation, digital process controls and advanced quality systems. It will manufacture complex, high-tolerance aluminium componen..

Mumbai Sees 14-Year High January Stamp Duty Collection

Mumbai city, under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) jurisdiction, recorded 11,219 property registrations in January 2026, generating over Rs 10.12 billion in stamp duty revenue for the Maharashtra government. This marked the highest January revenue collection in the past 14 years, despite an eight per cent year-on-year decline in registration volumes compared to January 2025.Stamp duty collections rose two per cent year-on-year, indicating a growing share of higher-value transactions in the city’s housing market. Residential properties continued to dominate activity, accounting f..

Reliance MET City Launches Mixed-Use ‘Metropolis’ in Haryana

Reliance MET City, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, has recently announced the launch of Metropolis by MET City, a large-scale integrated mixed-use development at Daryapur in Jhajjar district, Haryana.The project is part of a 140-acre master-planned development comprising residential plots, industrial plots and a future group housing component. In the current phase, around 100 acres are being launched.Envisioned as a multi-dimensional ecosystem, Metropolis brings together residential living and industrial activity within a single, well-planned township. The residential..