NEW DELHI: Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu released a list of 98 cities on Thursday which are selected to be developed as smart cities in phases, setting no timeline for their completion. However, the Minister hinted it might take up to ten years — 2025.
List of Smart Cities and States:
Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh — Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati, Kakinada
Arunachal Pradesh — Pasighat
Assam — Guwahati
Bihar — Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Biharsharif
Chandigarh — Chandigarh
Chhatisgarh — Raipur, Bilaspur
Daman & Diu — Diu
Dadra & Nagar Haveli — Silvassa
Delhi — New Delhi
Goa — Panaji
Gujarat — Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Dahod
Haryana — Karnal, Faridabad
Himachal Pradesh — Dharamshala
Jharkhand — Ranchi
Karnataka — Mangaluru, Belagavi, Shivamogga, Hubballi-Dharwad, Tumakuru, Davanegere
Kerala — Kochi
Lakshadweep — Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh — Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
Maharashtra — Navi Mumbai, Nashik, Thane, Greater Mumbai, Amravati, Solapur, Nagpur, Kalyan-Dombivali, Aurangabad, Pune
Manipur — Imphal
Meghalaya — Shillong
Mizoram — Aizawl
Nagaland — Kohima
Odisha — Bhubaneshwar, Raurkela
Puducherry — Oulgaret
Punjab — Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar
Rajasthan — Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota, Ajmer
Sikkim — Namchi
Tamil Nadu — Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Tiruppur, Salem, Vellore, Coimbatore, Madurai, Erode, Thoothukudi, Chennai
Telangana — Greater Hyderabad, Greater Warangal
Tripura — Agartala
Uttar Pradesh — Moradabad, Aligarh, Saharanpur. Bareilly, Jhansi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Agra, Rampur
Uttarakhand — Dehradun
West Bengal — New Town Kolkata, Bidhannagar, Durgapur, Haldia
— Jammu & Kashmir has asked for more time to decide on the potential Smart City.
— 12 Cities have been shortlisted from Uttar Pradesh against 13 cities allocated to that State since both Meeruth and Rae Bareli score the same mark. Which city will be nominated will be decided later.
