The City of Lakes Udaipur was ranked third in the list of smart cities with as many as 85 per cent of the projects completed. Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the Government of India released a list of 100 smart cities and Bhopal and Indore secured the top two positions respectively.
As per the rankings, Udaipur has jumped up two spots to the third position from fifth in the previous year’s rankings. The other smart cities from Rajastha that made it to the top 10 include Kota at the eighth spot and Ajmer at the ninth. However, the capital city Jaipur has been rated 44th on the list.
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The Udaipur Smart City officials are all set to take the city to the top position by completing 90 per cent of the work in March. As per the fund allocation, the Centre sanctioned Rs 1221 crore for the completion of 93 projects of which 79 projects have been completed at a cost of Rs 550 crore. For the completion of projects, Rs 500 crore has been provided by the Centre while Rs 300 crore was contributed by the state. If Udaipur Smart City could complete 90 per cent of the projects in a month, the Centre will give 15 more points to the city making Udaipur topping the list.
