Development in Smart cities can be viewed as using technology for either improvising the functioning of existing infrastructure and services, or for the development of new infrastructure, with technology and efficiency incorporated into the design aspects possible in today's world.

Citizen engagement in dehradun is to be promoted through virtual interaction, dailogue and discussion and is therefore centre to the urban development.

This can be done by reporting on the cleanliness of roads, parks and public toilets, encouraging the public to use more public transport and to use apps to report incidents of corruption and malpractice. Encouraging general public to act as citizen police, taking on the responsibility of making the city safer, is a way towards a more aware doon.