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Abstract
e growing concept of intelligent cities is rapidly captivating and
capturing the minds and hearts of people who are charged with
effective city administration. e general public as well is exert-
ing much pressure on city managers and elected representatives to
bring in a stream of reformations in city governance besides a cor-
nucopia of versatile technologies to automate various manual and
mundane city tasks. It is no secret that an effective use of mission-
critical technologies also ensures the much-needed transparency in
city functioning and third-party auditability for nipping any mis-
chievous acts in the bud. Technologies promote insightful thinking
and decision making for city officials a