International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 12, Number 24 (2017) pp. 15378-15383 © Research India Publications. http://www.ripublication.com 15378 Mapping of the Assets and Utilities: A vision for the development of Smart Cities in India Arshad Ahamad Sujauddin Momin Postgraduate scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Gram: Lavale, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Orcid Id: 0000-0001-7507-8345 Sagar Kolekar Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Gram: Lavale, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Orcid Id: 0000-0002-5006-9722 Abstract Union cabinet has announced to develop 100 smart cities in India. Also, the government of India has introduced new schemes such as “Amrut” for improving the overall efficiency of existing cities. As any city or townships grow over a time it becomes essential to have frontlines of data management with an effective reporting system. Looking for the vision to develop smart cities it is important that our nation should look for a modern approach and implement the same for efficient management and maintain their assets and utility infrastructure. This paper provides a detailed literature review and a framework that can be used for the mapping of the existing utilities. It is proposed to develop comprehensive Asset and Utility management system with a set of exhaustive tools meeting the accurate digital asset mapping, monitoring, and evaluation and planning requirements of the Municipal Corporations. In order to develop such system, it is necessary to carry out an extensive field survey of all the assets and utilities present in the area of interest using different surveying techniques and equipment. The survey shall also require the use of geophysical tools such as cable and pipe locators and Ground Penetrating Radars for mapping the underground infrastructure facilities. Keywords: Utility Mapping, Geophysical Survey, Smart City, Utility Detection INTRODUCTION The Government of India has announced to develop 100 smart cities all over the country. The population in urban cities is increasing day by day and it is been predicted by the experts that urban population would be doubled by 2050. Development of the smart cities that will use advanced technology for improving the overall performance and reduce costs and resource consumption is the need of the hour. Cities in all across the world are already working towards the smartening their infrastructure. Apart from developing new smart cities government of India has also initiated new scheme in the name of “Amrut” for the improvement of the existing cities. Every municipal corporation or any organization that deals with the Utilities have the responsibility to provide rear line engineering support to the civilian while maintaining their assets in a cost-effective manner. On the other side, these organizations face a significant challenge in tracking the location, quantity, condition, maintenance, and status of their fixed Assets and Utilities.[1] To do this effectively, it is important to understand where assets such as offices, warehouses, pipelines, electrical cables are located. In the past, multiple software tools were required for viewing parcels, streets, addresses, sewers, streetlights and other elements of a work site. Nowadays, with the development of computers, network software, hardware and GIS allows users to efficiently capture, store, view, manipulate and retrieve any geographically referenced information and it is possible to develop a system that can efficiently manage all the assets and utility-related data at one central location.[2] GIS-Based asset and utility management system which will enable the user to know precisely where assets and Utilities (including Underground Utilities) are located in the need of the hour. Using GIS-based Asset and Utility Management System for this will give the user a more accurate reflection of real-world circumstances and will allow such organizations to make better business decisions. This will also equip the user with an effective tool for physical planning (e.g. Infrastructure planning, Excavation planning, Maintenance plans and Breakdowns).[3] Through this paper, an effort has been made to collect different surveying techniques and decide a suitable methodology for GIS-based mapping of all the assets and utilities including underground utilities that will provide the organizations such as Municipal corporations, town planning authorities an effective tool for the management and decision making.