No Dig India Show 2023
13th International Conference & Exhibition on Trenchless Technology
Solutions for Water, Wastewater, Oil & Gas, Electricity & Telecommunication Utility Industry
08th & 09th December 2023
Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Why dig Trenches when there are better solutions
Last Mile Connectivity (LMC) Workshop.
19th December 2022, No Dig India Show, Aerocity, New Delhi .
The term 'last mile' has long been used to describe the final hurdle of delivering services to end-users. There are multiple challenges of delivering connectivity from the core network to the final destination and so is an entire set of solutions aimed at doing exactly that.
The underlying context of the topic is the underground infrastructure. Underground infrastructure constitutes a major component of any city's infrastructure, with underground metro corridors, parking, utilities (water, gas, sewer, telecoms, electricity etc.). Underground infrastructure also remains one of the most neglected, unplanned, least regulated; and rarely maintained components. Hidden under layers of smooth roads, swanky buildings, lush green parks and the city's exterior, it fails to get attention, unless some accident (pipe ruptures, sunk roads, damage due to uncontrolled construction activities etc.) brings it back into focus albeit for a short time.
For the last two decades, the Government of India is investing substantially in India's infrastructure to enhance the standards of living and minimize the degradation of the ecosystem. Subsurface Construction is the backbone of these works as projects like smart cities, city gas distribution networks; development and maintenance of urban utilities; and similar other works are some of the chartered initiatives. The success of these monumental works, however, depends on how efficiently and quickly we can connect the beneficiaries to these infrastructures i.e., the Last Mile Connectivity (LMC).
Last Mile Connectivity (LMC) Workshop aims at initiating a dialogue between the Project Owners or Employers, Contracting Agencies engaged in rendering the connectivity services, and Technology Providers/ Developers/ Regulatory Stakeholders to identify pertinent issues, define severity of matters, and finally propose Good Practice Guidelines.
Core participants from the Employer’s side would include representatives from Oil & Gas Sector, Power Sector, Telecom Sector, and Water and Sewer Sector.
The next set of participants would include execution agencies starting from Major Infrastructure Contracting Agencies having presence in major infrastructure projects. These would be followed by individual trenchless technology services providers practicing in specific domains of subsurface construction.
The last set of participants would include technology developers providing LMC solutions for different types of subsurface construction works. This set would be followed by regulatory stakeholders to cover the regulatory aspects of LMC completing the picture.
Outcome of the workshop would be a set of Good Practices Guidelines to assist the complete set of Subsurface Construction Stakeholder Matrix.
Participation in this Workshop would expose the participants to the LMC Challenges, Issues in Prospective Projects, and finally Solutions for LMC Challenges.
Last Mile Connectivity Brochure
For more details you may contact:
Dr. Niranjan Swarup,
Director General,
Indian Society for Trenchless Technology,
908, Hemkunt Chambers,
89, Nehru Place, New Delhi 110 019
Email: niranjanswarup@indstt.org