NEW DELHI: The Urban Development Ministry announced the names of cities being selected for the NDA government's flagship Smart City project. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier launched the criteria and guidelines for 100 Smart Cities to be selected through city challenge competition on June 25.
Here are all the details about the mission and the number of cities included from respective states:
Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ranchi and Bhubaneswar are among the cities who have found place in the coveted Smart Cities project list with Uttar Pradesh bagging maximum 13 nominations.
Centre has earmarked Rs 48,000 crore for development of 100 smart cities. All Union Territories, including Delhi, have found place in the list.
"13 cities from UP,12 from Tamil Nadu,10 from Maharashtra,7 from MP,3 each from Bihar& Andhra Pradesh have been included in smart cities. 9 capital cities that are not nominated as smart cities include Itanagar, Patna, Shimla, Bengaluru and Kolkata, " said Venkaiah Naidu, while announcing the lsit of Smart cities.
"Smart Cities need Smart People, we need people's co-operation to move forward in our mission," Venkaiah Naidu further said.
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