5 from Odisha make it to 100 Smart City Project
While the centre has approved Narendra Modi’s much ambitious ‘100 Smart City Project’, five cities from Odisha made it to the list. People from Berhampur were left disappointed because of the omission. No city from South Odisha got the nod, but Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur and Balasore have been added to the elite list.
The Smart Cities proect would cost the government Rs 48,000 crore. These cities will be developed by 2022. A smart city in Gujarat is currently under construction. It will be shown as the Model Smart City.
The Smart Cities have been distributed among the states as per their population, infrastructure development as well as commercial and historical importance. Maharashtra (6), West Bengal (5), Gujarat (7), Madhya Pradesh (5), Tamil Nadu (6), Karnataka (7), Kerala (7), Telangana (5), Andhra Pradesh (4), Uttar Pradesh (6), Rajasthan (7), Punjab (4), Bihar (5), Haryana (4), Assam (5), Odisha (5), Uttarakhand (3), Jharkhand (3), Himachal Pradesh (1), Sikkim (3), Manipur (2).
Complete List of 100 Smart Cities:
1. Pune – Maharashtra
2. Mumbai – Maharashtra
3. Nagpur – Maharashtra
4. Nashik – Maharashtra
5. Aurangabad – Maharashtra
6. Bhivandi – Maharashtra
7. Calcutta – West Bengal
8. Durgapur – West Bengal
9. Haldia – West Bengal
10. Habra – West Bengal
11. Jangipur – West Bengal
12. Ahmedabad – Gujarat
13. Surat – Gujarat
14. Vadodara – Gujarat
15. Rajkot – Gujarat
16. Bhavnagar – Gujarat
17. Junagadh – Gujarat
18. Gandhi Nagar – Gujarat
19. Bhopal – Madhya Pradesh
20. Indore – Madhya Pradesh
21. Gwalior – Madhya Pradesh
22. Burhanpur – Madhya Pradesh
23. Jabalpur – Madhya Pradesh
24. Chennai – Tamil Nadu
25. Coimbatore – Tamil Nadu
26. Madurai – Tamil Nadu
27. Tiruchirappalli – Tamil Nadu
28. Salem – Tamil Nadu
29. Tirunelveli – Tamil Nadu
30. Bangalore – Karnataka
31. Gulbarga – Karnataka
32. Bidar – Karnataka
33. Bijapur – Karnataka
34. Badami – Karnataka
35. Pattadakal – Karnataka
36. Mahakuta – Karnataka
37. Thiruvananthapuram – Kerala
38. Kollam – Kerala
39. Kottayam – Kerala
40. Tiruvalla – Kerala
41. Ernakulam – Kerala
42. Cochin – Kerala
43. Thrissur – Kerala
44. Hyderabad – Telangana
45. Warangal – Telangana
46. Karimnagar – Telangana
47. Nizamabad – Telaganana
48. Nalgonda – Telangana
49. Guntur – Andhra Pradesh
50. Vijayawada – Andhra Pradesh
51. Kurnool – Andhra Pradesh
52. Chittoor – Andhra Pradesh
53. Kanpur – Uttar Pradesh
54. Allahabad – Uttar Pradesh
55. Lucknow – Uttar Pradesh
56. Jhansi – Uttar Pradesh
57. Faizabad – Uttar Pradesh
58. Varanasi – Uttar Pradesh
59. Jaipur – Rajasthan
60. Ajmer – Rajasthan
61. Bharatpur – Rajasthan
62. Bikaner – Rajasthan
63. Jodhapur – Rajasthan
64. Kota – Rajasthan
65. Udipur – Rajasthan
66. Ludhiana – Punjab
67. Amritsar – Punjab
68. Jalandhar – Punjab
69. Patiala – Punjab
70. Muzaffarapur – Bihar
71. Patna – Bihar
72. Gaya – Bihar
73. Bhagalpur – Bihar
74. Bihar Sharif – Bihar
75. Faridabad – Haryana
76. Gurgaon – Haryana
77. Panipat – Haryana
78. Ambala – Haryana
79. Guwahati – Assam
80. Tinsukia – Assam
81. Odalguri – Assam
82. Tangla – Assam
83. Goalpara – Assam
84. Bhubaneswar – Odisha
85. Cuttack – Odisha
86. Rourkela – Odisha
87. Sambalpur – Odisha
88. Balasore – Odisha
89. Shimla – Himachal Pradesh
90. Dehradoon – Uttarakhand
91. Haridwar – Uttarakhand
92. Roorkee – Uttarakhand
93. Jamshedpur – Jharkhand
94. Dhanbad – Jharkhand
95. Ranchi – Jharkhand
96. Gangtok – Sikkim
97. Pelling – Sikkim
98. Yuksam – Sikkim
99. Bishnupur – Manipur
100. Chandel – Manipur.