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 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.
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 |
Rajkot |
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 |
Tirupur |
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 |
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).
