Urban Development Ministry today said there will be no extension of time for submission of Smart City Plans by respective urban local bodies and states. The deadline for the submission of plans is 15th of this month. This was made clear by the Ministry at a meeting with Principal Secretaries of Urban Development and Municipal Commissioners of some cities included in the Smart City Mission. The states represented at the meeting were Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Nagaland.<br/><br/>An official release said, the meeting was convened to discuss with officials of states and mission cities the actions being undertaken for preparation of smart city plans. 98 cities from all the states and Union Territories have so far been included in the Smart City Mission, which was launched by Prime Minister in June this year. The Ministry had earlier released two crore rupees each to mission cities for preparation of Smart City Plans.