Smart cities names announced by centeral government....

[Sai Jai]

New Delhi: The government today
announced the names of 98 towns and
cities chosen for its Smart Cities project
after a nationwide "competition"
between states.
The winners include Lucknow and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
constituency Varanasi in Uttar
Pradesh, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar
and Baroda in Gujarat, Greater
Mumbai, Chennai, Coimbatore and
Madurai in Tamil Nadu, and Bhagalpur
and Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
Of those chosen for the project, 24 are
capital cities, 24 are business hubs and
18 are cultural centres. Cities like
Patna, Bengaluru, Kolkata,
Thiruvananthapuram and Shimla have
failed to make the cut in round one.
Each state will get at least one Smart
City, which, in PM Modi's words,
translates to "very high quality of life
comparable with any developed
European city".
To earn a Smart City tag, the city has
to check all the boxes that include
service levels,

 

[Sai Jai]

existing infrastructure
and track record. Proposals from states
were also judged on how realistic is its
execution.
The top 20 cities will be financed this
year.
The rest of the cities will be asked to
get their act together, focus on
deficiencies and prepare for Round 2 of
the competition.
During the selection process, each
state was assigned a specific number
of Smart City slots based on urban
population among other factors.
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous and
politically vital state, will get the most
number of Smart Cities - 13. The state
government has also recommended
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's
constituency Rae Bareli.
Tamil Nadu will have 12 and
Maharashtra will get 10 such cities.
Madhya Pradesh will have seven
Smart Cities and Gujarat and
Karnataka will have six each.
Sources say Jammu and Kashmir
wanted time to decide between Jammu
and Srinagar as its nominee for the
project.
In the next five years, Rs 3 lakh crore
will be spent in developing the towns
to provide world class infrastructure,
sustainable environment and smart
solutions.
The Smart City mission is viewed as the
government's big push for urban
renewal in almost 100 Indian cities and
towns. While launching it in June this
year, PM Modi had said "Urban
planning should begin at the bottom."

 

[Bishnu15]

Good update bro ! Please add the source of your article bro.

 

[Sai Jai]

congrats tamilnadu and all the states of india :clap:clapohyatup source: http://www.ndtv.com

 

[Sai Jai]

Good update bro ! Please add the source of your article bro.

Added in post #04 bro :tup

 

[shawl_who]

thats really gud news...

abt 48000 crores will be poured in. :sp

India will be d greatest country of d world hya

 

[amarnathkvk]

My city Vellore also in the list hyahya:luv:luv

சென்னை, மதுரை, கோவை .... 12 தமிழக நகரங்கள் உட்பட 98 நகரங்கள் "?..

 

[Harry.S]

Govt focuses only on their holding states mainly..

 

[Sai Jai]

Govt focuses only on their holding states mainly..

Tamilnadu holding state huh

 

[Sai Jai]

My city Vellore also in the list hyahya:luv:luv

சென்னை, மதுரை, கோவை .... 12 தமிழக நகரங்கள் உட்பட 98 நகரங்கள் "?..

my city chennai also bro hya:luv:luvtup