Centre today announced the third list of smart cities. These include five cities from Maharashtra, four each from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, Nagaland and Sikkim. Announcing this in New Delhi, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said, over 1 lakh 44 thousand crore rupees have been proposed for 60 cities under smart city plans. He said, 27 of 63 participating cities have qualified. <br/><br/>Mr Naidu said, the willingness and enthusiasm among cities to participate in more than one round of competition is a clear evidence of the urban renaissance set in motion. He said, competition based selection has made the cities rediscover themselves as they are undertaking a thorough assessment of gaps in the present levels of infrastructure and service delivery and coming out with comprehensive, credible and actionable plans for area based development and technology based Pan-city solutions.<br/><br/>From Maharashtra Thane, Nashik, Nagpur, Kalyan Dombivali and Aurangabad have made it to the list. Gwalior and Ujjain from Madhya Pradesh qualified for the third list. From Rajasthan, Kota and Ajmer and from Gujarat Vadodara have made the cut. Amritsar and Jalandhar from Punjab and Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur and Vellore from Tamil Nadu were included in the Smart City Mission. Kohima, Capital city of Nagaland and Namchi in Sikkim are two cities from North-East incorporated in the list. Spiritual city Tirupati from Andhra and industrial city Rourkela of Odisha are also part of the Mission.<br/><br/> The list also includes Hubli-Dharwad, Mangaluru, Tumakuru and Shivamogga from Karnataka and Varanasi, Agra and Kanpur from Uttar Pradesh. The cities were put through three rounds of tough competition where they were evaluated on a variety of factors. The first list of the smart cities was announced earlier this year. The city will have facilities such as assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management systems, efficient urban mobility and public transportation, IT connectivity and e-governance, among others.<br/><br/>Each city will receive Central assistance of 200 crore rupees in the first year and 100 crore rupees over the three subsequent financial years. State governments and respective urban local bodies will also match the Centre's contribution. The Government aims to transform about 100 cities by 2019-20.

Centre today announced the third list of smart cities. These include five cities from Maharashtra, four each from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, Nagaland and Sikkim. Announcing this in New Delhi, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said, over 1 lakh 44 thousand crore rupees have been proposed for 60 cities under smart city plans. He said 27 of 63 participating cities have qualified. <br/><br/>Thane, Nashik, Nagpur, Kalyan Dombivali and Aurangabad have made it to the list from Maharashtra. From Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior and Ujjain qualified for the third list. From Rajasthan, Kota and Ajmer and from Gujarat Vadodara have made the cut. Amritsar and Jalandhar from Punjab and Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur and Vellore from Tamil Nadu were included in the Smart City Mission.<br/><br/>Kohima, Capital city of Nagaland and Namchi in Sikkim are two cities from North-East incorporated in the list. Spiritual city Tirupati from Andhra and Industrial city Rourkela of Odisha are also part of the Smart City Mission. The list also includes Hubli-Dharwad, Mangaluru, Tumakuru and Shivamogga from Karnataka and Varanasi, Agra and Kanpur from Uttar Pradesh. The cities were put through three rounds of tough competition where they were evaluated on a variety of factors. <br/><br/>The first list of the smart cities was announced earlier this year.The city will have facilities such as assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management systems, efficient urban mobility and public transportation, IT connectivity and e-governance, among others.<br/><br/>Each city will receive Central assistance of 200 crore rupees in the first year and 100 crore rupees over the three subsequent financial years. State governments and respective urban local bodies will also match the Centre's contribution. The Government aims to transform about 100 cities by 2019-20.

Centre today announced third list of smart cities. These include five cities from Maharashtra, four each from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, Nagaland and Sikkim. <br/><br/>Announcing the list in New Delhi, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said, over 1 lakh 44 thousand crore rupees have been proposed for 60 cities under smart city plans.