Central Government Announces 98 Smart Cities
The central government has released the list of 98 cities that will be developed as smart cities. The list includes the capitals of 24 states. The following table gives the list of smart cities announced by the government.
Table: Announced smart cities
| Sl No. | State/Union Territory (UT) | Cities |
|
1 |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati, Kakinada, Vishakhapatnam |
|
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh | Pasighat |
|
4 |
Assam | Guwahati |
|
5 |
Bihar | Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Biharsharif |
|
6 |
Chandigarh | – |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh | Raipur, Bilaspur |
|
8 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa |
|
9 |
Daman and Diu | Diu |
|
10 |
Delhi (NDMC) | – |
|
11 |
Goa | Panaji |
|
12 |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Dahod, Rajkot |
|
13 |
Haryana | Faridabad, Karnal |
|
14 |
Himachal Pradesh | Dharamshala |
|
15 |
Jharkhand | Ranchi |
|
16 |
Karnataka | Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Belagavi, Tumakuru, Davanegere, Hubballi-Dharwad |
|
17 |
Kerala | Kochi |
|
18 |
Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
|
19 |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Gwalior |
|
20 |
Maharashtra | Greater Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Solapur, Nagpur, Amravati, Pune, Aurangabad, Kalyan-Dombivli |
|
21 |
Manipur | Imphal |
|
22 |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
|
23 |
Mizoram | Aizwal |
|
24 |
Nagaland | Kohima |
|
25 |
Odisha | Raurkela, Bhubaneshwar |
|
26 |
Punjab | Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar |
|
27 |
Puducherry | Oulgaret |
|
28 |
Rajasthan | Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Kota |
|
29 |
Sikkim | Namchi |
|
30 |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur, Salem, Vellore, Thanjavur, Erode, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Thoothukudi |
|
31 |
Telangana | Greater Warangal, Greater Hyderabad |
|
32 |
Tripura | Agartala |
|
33 |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
|
34 |
Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh, Moradabad, Bareily, Saharanpur, Kanpur, Jhansi, Lucknow, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Agra, Rampur |
|
35 |
West Bengal | New Town Kolkata, Durgapur, Haldia, Bidhannagar |
Two more cities are yet to be announced. Jammu and Kashmir is yet to send its nomination. Also, one more city from Uttar Pradesh is yet to be announced.
Smart city scheme
The central government had launched the smart city mission on 25th June this year. According to the program, each state was allowed to nominate a certain number of smart cities. Uttar Pradesh had the highest number of nominations with 13 cities, followed by Tamil Nadu with 12 and Maharashtra with 10 cities. The cities are selected via a ‘city challenge competition’ where they would be graded against certain criteria. Out of the 100 smart cities, 20 will be developed this year and 40 each will be developed in subsequent years.
