List of The Smart Cities Released By The Government

Published on: Aug 31, 2015 @ 18:04

The government on Thursday released a list of the names of 98 Indian cities chosen for its Smart Cities project after a nationwide competition between states. Uttar Pradesh gets the most number of Smart Cities- 13, followed by Tamil Nadu’s 12, while Maharashtra will get 10 such cities. Madhya Pradesh will have seven Smart Cities and Gujarat and Karnataka will have six each. Andhra Pradesh and Bihar get three each. All Union Territories, including Delhi, have found place in the list.

The J & K government had declared two cities – Jammu and Srinagar – instead of one, so the 100th city is yet to be selected. It has asked for more time to decide between Jammu and Srinagar as its nominee for the Smart City project.

Uttar Pradesh has nominated 14 names for its 13 slots and has not formally declared its preference between Meerut and Rae Bareli. It has been asked to decide between Rae Bareli and Meerut as the 99th Smart City.
Of those chosen for the project, 24 are capital cities, 24 are business hubs and 18 are cultural centres. Cities like Patna, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram and Shimla have failed to make the cut in round one.

“Our prime motive is to enhance urban life. The mission is very practical and realistic, ” Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said as he made the announcement. Here is the list of smart cities released by the government :

1.Port Blair	2.Vishakhapatnam	3.Tirupati	4.Kakinada	5.Pashighat
6.Guwahati	7.Muzaffarpur	8.Bhagalpur	9.Biharsharif	10.Chandigarh
11.Raipur	12.Bilaspur	13.Diu	14.Silvassa	15.NDMC
16.Panaji	17.Gandhinagar	18.Ahmedabad	19.Surat	20.Vadodara
21.Rajkot	22.Dahod	23.Karnal	24.Faridabad	25.Dharamsala
26.Ranchi	27.Mangaluru	28.Belagavi	29.Shivamogga	30.Hubballi-Dharwad
31.Tumakuru	32.Devanegere	33.Kochi	34.Kavaratti	35.Bhopal
36.Indore	37.Jabalpur	38.Gwalior	39.Sagar	40.Satna
41.Ujjain	42.Navi Mumbai	43.Nasik	44.Thane	45.Greater Mumbai
46.Amravati	47.Solapur	48.Nagpur	49.Aurangabad	50. Kalyan-Dombivalli
51.Pune	52.Imphal	53.Shillong	54.Aizwal	55.Kohima
56.Bhubaneswar	57.Rourkela	58.Oulgaret	59.Ludhiana	60.Jalandhar
61.Amritsar	62.Jaipur	63.Udaipur	64.Kota	65.Ajmer
66.Namchi	67.Tiruchirapalli	68.Tirunelveli	69.Dindigul	70.Thanjavur
71.Tiruppur	72.Salem	73.Vellore	74.Coimbatore	75.Madurai
76.Erode	77.Thoothukudi	78.Chennai	79.Agartala	80.Greater Hyderabad
81.Moradabad	82.Aligarh	83.Shaharanpur	84.Bareilly	85.Greater Warangal
86.Jhansi	87.Kanpur	88.Allahabad	89.Lucknow	90.Varanasi
91.Ghaziabad	92.Agra	93.Rampur	94.Dehradun	95.New Town Kolkata
96.Bidhannagar	97.Durgapur	98.Haldia

The India Smart Cities Challenge, is being run by the government and the New York-based Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Centre has earmarked Rs 48,000 crore funding for development of 100 smart cities. In the first phase, Centre will finance top 20 cities and in the next two years 40 cities each will be selected for receiving Central funding of Rs 500 crore spread over the next five years. Each smart city will get a Central assistance of Rs. 100 crore per year for five years.

The Smart Cities mission focus on the needs and on the greatest opportunities to improve quality of life for residents. It is the government’s big push for urban renewal in almost 100 Indian cities and towns. The announcement of the first list of Smart City, can be only the beginning of what will be an interesting experiment in urban development policy.

Ajay Verma

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