Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government released the first list of 98 cities on Thursday, which are to be developed as smart cities. Of those chosen for the project, 24 are state capitals, 24 business hubs and 18 cultural centres.
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous and politically significant state, with 13 cities leads the pack in terms of number of cities selected, followed by Tamil Nadu (12) and Maharashtra (10). Seven of Madhya Pradesh cities found place in the coveted list, while Gujarat and Karnataka saw six cities each making it to the list.
For now, only 12 cities from Uttar Pradesh feature in the list, as one remains to be named for the purpose.
As for Jammu & Kashmir, it has asked for more time to decide on its cities.
The Government will spend Rs. 3 lakh crore in the next five years to develop these cities/towns with world-class infrastructure, sustainable environment and ‘smart’ solutions.
Given below is the list of states and cities picked up by the government to make them ‘smart’:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1) Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh
1) Vishakhapatnam
2) Tirupati
3) Kakinada
Arunachal Pradesh
1) Pasighat
Assam
1) Guwahati
Bihar
1)Muzaffarpur
2)Bhagalpur
3)Biharsharif
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
1) Raipur
2) Bilaspur
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
1)Silvassa
Daman and Diu
1) Diu
Delhi (NDMC)
Goa
1) Panaji
Gujarat
1) Gandhinagar
2) Ahmedabad
3) Surat
4) Vadodara
5) Rajkot
6) Dahod
Haryana
1) Karnal
2) Faridabad
Himachal Pradesh
1) Dharamshala
Jharkhand
1) Ranchi
Karnataka
1) Mangaluru
2) Belagavi
3) Shivamogga
4) Hubballi-Dharwad
5)Tumakuru
6)Davanegere
Kerala
1) Kochi
Lakshadweep
1) Kavarrati
Madhya Pradesh
1) Bhopal
2) Indore
3) Jabalpur
4) Gwalior
5) Sagar
6) Satna
7) Ujjain
Maharashtra
1) Navi Mumbai
2) Nashik
3) Thane
4) Greater Mumbai
5) Amravati
6) Solapur
7) Nagpur
8) Kalyan-Dombivali
9) Aurangabad
10) Pune
Manipur
1) Imphal
Meghalaya
1) Shillong
Mizoram
1) Aizawl
Nagaland
1) Kohima
Odisha
1) Bhubaneshwar
2) Raurkela
Puducherry
1) Oulgaret
Punjab
1) Ludhiana
2)Jalandhar
3)Amritsar
Rajasthan
1) Jaipur
2) Udaipur
3) Kota
4)Ajmer
Sikkim
1) Namchi
Tamil Nadu
1)Tiruchirapalli
2)Chennai
3)Tiruppur
4)Coimbatore
5)Vellore
6)Salem
7)Erode
8)Thanjavur
9)Tirunelveli
10)Dindigul
11)Madurai
12)Thoothukudi
Telangana
1)Greater Hyderabad
2) Greater Warangal
Tripura
1) Agartala
Uttar Pradesh
1)Moradabad
2)Aligarh
3)Saharanpur
4)Bareilly
5)Jhansi
6)Kanpur
7)Allahabad
8)Lucknow
9)Varanasi
10)Ghaziabad
11)Agra
12)Rampur
Uttarakhand
1) Dehradun
West Bengal
1) New Town Kolkata
2) Bidhannagar
3) Durgapur
4) Haldia
