Union Government has declared the names of 98 cities for its ambitious Smart Cities Project.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Smart Cities Mission, focusing on developing 98 Smart cities by focusing on optimising efficiencies in urban services and infrastructure management, with proactive use of technology and people participation. These 20 smart cities will get the funds first to start their development process. With a per city allocation of Rs 100 crore for each of the five years of the mission period, the central assistance to the mission is around Rs 50,000 crore.The parameters for selection of a city as a smart city was taken are feasibility, result orientation, citizen participation, smartness of proposals etc.
Some of the features of smart cities according to the government website (smartcities.gov.in) are: –
Ranks | Smart Cities | State |
1 | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
2 | Pune | Maharashtra |
3 | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
4 | Surat | Gujarat |
5 | Kochi | Kerala |
6 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
7 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh |
8 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh |
9 | Solapur | Maharashtra |
10 | Davangere | Karnataka |
11 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
12 | New Delhi Municipal Corporation | New Delhi |
13 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu |
14 | Kakinada | Andhra Pradesh |
15 | Belagavi | Karnataka |
16 | Udaipur | Rajasthan |
17 | Guwahati | Assam |
18 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
19 | Ludhiana | Punjab |
20 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
Here are few facts on Smart Cities:
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