New Delhi: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday announced the third list of Smart Cities. According to the third list, 27 cities have been selected under the project.
Varanasi, Kanpur, Agra, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Thane, Nashik, Nagpur, Kalyan Dombivali, Aurangabad, Gwalior, Ujjain, Kota, Ajmer, Vadodara, Hubbali-Dharwad, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Tumkaru, Rourkela, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Vellore, Tirupati, Namchi and Kohima have been selected under the third list.
Of the 27 cities, ten cities are from states where the BJP is in power while four cities have been selected from Karnataka where the Congress is in power.
The Centre is expected to spend about Rs 66,883 crore for developing these 27 cities. The Centre will give Rs 48,000 crore for five years for the programme and each city will be given Rs 100 crore per year. A matching fund of Rs 48,000 crore will have to be contributed by states from their internal resources/market borrowing and through private sector.
India plans on having 100 Smart Cities by 2022. So far 60 have been chosen while the remaining will be chosen by 2018.
(Agencies)
