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The Modi government released a list of 98 cities and towns across the country that will compete to be developed as smart cities.
Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu dominate the list with 13 and 12 nominees respectively, while state capitals such as Bengaluru and Kolkata were left out.
While there were supposed to be 100 nominations, Jammu and Kashmir is yet to announce its nomine, whereas there was a tie between Meerut and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. Thus, the two nominations will be added later.
Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu released the list on Thursday, stating that the 98 cities comprise 35 per cent of India's urban population.
Here is a complete list of cities that will compete in the next round to be chosen among the Smart Cities.
- Agartala [Tripura]
- Agra [Uttar Pradesh]
- Ahmedabad [Gujarat]
- Aizwal [Mizoram]
- Ajmer [Ragasthan]
- Aligarh [Uttar Pradesh]
- Allahabad [Uttar Pradesh]
- Amravati [Maharashtra]
- Amritsar [Punjab]
- Aurangabad [Maharashtra]
- Bareilly [Uttar Pradesh]
- Belgaum (Belagavi) [Karnataka]
- Bhagalpur [Bihar]
- Bhubaneswar [Odisha]
- Bhopal [Madhya Pradesh]
- Bidhannagar [West Bengal]
- Bihar Sharif [Bihar]
- Bilaspur [Chhattisgarh]
- Chandigarh [Chandigarh]
- Chennai [Tamil Nadu]
- Coimbatore [Tamil Nadu]
- Dahod [Gujarat]
- Davangere [Karnataka]
- Dehradun [Uttarakhand]
- Dharamsala [Himachal Pradesh]
- Dindigul [Tamil Nadu]
- Diu [Daman and Diu]
- Durgapur [West Bengal]
- Erode [Tamil Nadu]
- Faridabad [Haryana]
- Gandhinagar [Gujarat]
- Ghaziabad [Uttar Pradesh]
- Greater Hyderabad [Telangana]
- Greater Mumbai [Maharashtra]
- Greater Warangal [Telangana]
- Guwahati [Assam]
- Gwalior [Madhya Pradesh]
- Haldia [West Bengal]
- Hubbali-Dharwad [Karnataka]
- Imphal [Manipur]
- Indore [Madhya Pradesh]
- Jabalpur [Madhya Pradesh]
- Jaipur [Rajasthan]
- Jalandhar [Punjab]
- Jhansi [Uttar Pradesh]
- Kakinada [Andhra Pradesh]
- Kalyan-Dombivali [Maharashtra]
- Kanpur [Uttar Pradesh]
- Karnal [Haryana]
- Kavaratti [Lakshadweep]
- Kohima [Nagaland]
- Kochi [Kerala]
- Kota [Rajasthan]
- Lucknow [Uttar Pradesh]
- Ludhiana [Punjab]
- Madurai [Tamil Nadu]
- Mangalore (Mangaluru) [Karnataka]
- Moradabad [Uttar Pradesh]
- Muzaffarpur [Bihar]
- Nagpur [Maharashtra]
- Namchi [Sikkim]
- Nasik [Maharashtra]
- Navi Mumbai [Maharashtra]
- New Delhi Municipal Council [Delhi]
- New Town Kolkata [West Bengal]
- Oulgaret [Puducherry]
- Panaji [Goa]
- Pasighat [Arunachal Pradesh]
- Pune [Maharashtra]
- Port Blair [Andaman & Nicobar]
- Raipur [Chhattisgarh]
- Rajkot [Gujarat]
- Rampur [Uttar Pradesh]
- Ranchi [Jharkhand]
- Rourkela [Odisha]
- Sagar [Madhya Pradesh]
- Saharanpur [Uttar Pradesh]
- Satana [Madhya Pradesh]
- Shillong [Meghalaya]
- Shimoga (Shivamogga) [Karnataka]
- Silvassa [Dadra & Nagar Haveli]
- Solapur [Maharashtra]
- Surat [Gujarat]
- Salem [Tamil Nadu]
- Thane [Maharashtra]
- Thanjavur [Tamil Nadu]
- Thutookudi [Tamil Nadu]
- Tiruchirapalli [Tamil Nadu]
- Tirunelveli [Tamil Nadu]
- Tirupati [Andhra Pradesh]
- Tiruppur [Tamil Nadu]
- Tumkur (Tumakuru) [Karnataka]
- Udaipur [Rajasthan]
- Ujjain [Madhya Pradesh]
- Vadodara [Gujarat]
- Varanasi [Uttar Pradesh]
- Vellore [Tamil Nadu]
- Visakhapatnam [Andhra Pradesh]
This list of nomination marks the first stage in the selection process of smart cities, in which the state governments nominated potential cities and the Centre shortlisted 100.
In the second stage, the government will provide Rs 2 crore each to the nominated cities with which they can prepare their "smart city proposals".
