Central
government today announced another list of 30 cities for development as smart
cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission
launched on June 25, 2015.
Announcing
the new batch of smart cities at a National Workshop on Urban Transformation
here today, Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty
Alleviation Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu said that 45 cities contested for 40
available smart city slots but only 30 were selected to ensure feasible and
workable plans that match the aspirations of the citizens as directed by Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi while launching the mission.
The
30 cities announced today in the order of marks scored are:
|
S.No
|
City
|
State/UT
|
|
1
|
Trivendrum
|
Kerala
|
|
2
|
Naya Raipur
|
Chattisgarh
|
|
3
|
Rajkit
|
Gujarat
|
|
4
|
Amaravati
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
5
|
Patna
|
Bihar
|
|
6
|
Karimnagar
|
Telangana
|
|
7
|
Muzaffarpur
|
Bihar
|
|
8
|
Puducherry
|
Puducherry
|
|
9
|
Gandhinagar
|
Gujarat
|
|
10
|
Srinagar
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
|
11
|
Sagar
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
12
|
Karnal
|
Haryana
|
|
13
|
Satna
|
MP
|
|
14
|
Bengaluru
|
Karnataka
|
|
15
|
Shimla
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
|
16
|
Dehradun
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
17
|
Tiruppur
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
18
|
Pimpri
chinchwad
|
Maharashtra
|
|
19
|
Bilaspur
|
Chattisgah
|
|
20
|
Pasighat
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
|
21
|
Jammu
|
Jammu &
Kashmir
|
|
22
|
Dahod
|
Gujarat
|
|
23
|
Tirunelveli
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
24
|
Thootukkudi
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
25
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
26
|
Jhansi
|
UP
|
|
27
|
Aizawl
|
Mizoram
|
|
28
|
Allahabad
|
UP
|
|
29
|
Aligarh
|
UP
|
|
30
|
Gangtok
|
Sikkim
|
Shri
Naidu informed that the 30 cities announced today proposed a total investment
of Rs.57,393 cr under respective smart city plans. This includes Rs.46,879 cr
for ensuring core infrastructure in the areas identified by citizens for area
based development and Rs.10,514 cr for technology based solutions for improving
governance , service delivery and utilization of infrastructure. With this the
total investment approved under the smart city plans of 90 cities has gone up
to Rs.1,91,155 cr.
The
Minister said that 20 cities will be contesting for the remaining 10 slots
under smart city mission. These are; Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Biharsharif
(Bihar), Diu (Daman & Diu), Silvassa (Dadra and Nager Haveli), Kavaratti
(Lakshadweep), Navimumbai, Greater Mumbai and Amaravati (Maharashtra), Imphal (Manipur),
Shillong (Meghalaya), Dindigul and Erode(Tamil Nadu), Bidhannagar, Durgapur and
Haldia (West Bengal), Meerut,Rai Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Sharanpur and Rampur
(UP).
Shri
Naidu said selection of cities for smart city development is running ahead of
schedule and the remaining cities would submit revised smart city plans for
filling up the vacant slots.
AAR/KM