New Smart City list released: 30 cities including Trivandrum, Naya Raipur, Rajkot selected
Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh and Rajkot in Gujarat figure in the new list of 30 cities announced on Thursday for development as smart cities under the Centre’ Smart City Mission.
The latest announcement takes to 90, the number of cities selected for part financing by the Centre under the scheme.
Announcing the new list of smart cities at an event here, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that 45 cities contested for the 40 available smart city slots, but only 30 were selected to ensure their feasibility and workable plans.
Announcing the next batch of 30 new #SmartCities, selected under 3rd round of #SmartCity Mission, taking total number of Smart cities to 90. pic.twitter.com/PSFhUcFiw0
— M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) June 23, 2017
An investment of Rs 57,393 crore has been proposed under smart city plans.
Other cities that made to the third round of the competition included Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Karimnagar (Telangana) and Muzaffarpur (Bihar).
- Bihar
- Andhra Pradesh
- Chhattisgarh
- Gujarat
- Kerala
- Muzaffarpur
- Naya Raipur
- PATNA
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Venkaiah Naidu
- Smart City Mission
- Karimnagar
- Urban Development Minister
- Smart Cities
