30 new cities selected to be made 'smart'; Bengaluru, Patna, Jammu make the cut
[Trivandrum in Kerala topped the chart, which included other prominent capital cities like Amaravati, Patna, Srinagar, Bengaluru, Shimla, Dehradun, Aizawl and Gangtok]
The government has announced the third list of 30 cites to be made smart under its flagship 100 Smart Cities mission, taking the total number of smart cities to 90.
Trivandrum in Kerala topped the chart, which included other prominent capital cities like Amaravati, Patna, Srinagar, Bengaluru, Shimla, Dehradun, Aizawl and Gangtok.
"A total of 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," said Venkaiah Naidu, minister of urban development and housing & urban poverty alleviation.
Another 20 cities will be contesting for the remaining 10 slots under smart city mission, he informed.
The 30 cities announced will involve an investment of Rs 57,393 crore under respective smart city plans. This includes Rs 46,879 crore for ensuring core infrastructure in the areas identified by citizens for area based development and Rs 10,514 crore 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 crore.
"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," Naidu said.
Of the 30 cities announced today, 26 of them have proposed affordable housing projects, 26 cities will be taking up school and hospital projects, 29 will be taking up redesign and redevelopment of roads to enable walking and cycling.
All the 30 cities will put in place Integrated Command and Control Centres that enable coordination among various agencies for better service delivery and effective management of scarce resources like water and power.
The 100 Smart City Mission was launched on June 25, 2015.
List of 30 Smart cites:
The government has announced the third list of 30 cites to be made smart under its flagship 100 Smart Cities mission, taking the total number of smart cities to 90.
Trivandrum in Kerala topped the chart, which included other prominent capital cities like Amaravati, Patna, Srinagar, Bengaluru, Shimla, Dehradun, Aizawl and Gangtok.
"A total of 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," said Venkaiah Naidu, minister of urban development and housing & urban poverty alleviation.
Another 20 cities will be contesting for the remaining 10 slots under smart city mission, he informed.
The 30 cities announced will involve an investment of Rs 57,393 crore under respective smart city plans. This includes Rs 46,879 crore for ensuring core infrastructure in the areas identified by citizens for area based development and Rs 10,514 crore 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 crore.
"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," Naidu said.
Of the 30 cities announced today, 26 of them have proposed affordable housing projects, 26 cities will be taking up school and hospital projects, 29 will be taking up redesign and redevelopment of roads to enable walking and cycling.
All the 30 cities will put in place Integrated Command and Control Centres that enable coordination among various agencies for better service delivery and effective management of scarce resources like water and power.
The 100 Smart City Mission was launched on June 25, 2015.
List of 30 Smart cites:
| S.No | City | State/Union Territory |
| 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 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 14 | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 15 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |
| 16 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand |
| 17 | Tirrupur | Tamil Nadu |
| 18 | Pimpri Chinchwad | Maharashtra |
| 19 | Bilaspur | Chattisgarh |
| 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 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 27 | Aizawl | Mizoram |
| 28 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh |
| 29 | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh |
| 30 | Gangtok | Sikkim |
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