Begin typing your search above and press return to search.

Smart Cities: AP gets 3, Telangana gets 2

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   24 Jun 2015 5:58 AM GMT
Smart Cities: AP gets 3, Telangana gets 2
X
Both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana bagged the chance to be in NDA government's Smart City project.NDA government has assigned number of cities each state/union territory can nominate under the 100 Smart Cities project as well as those to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation scheme.

Under Smart city scheme, AP bagged 3 cities and Telangana 2. In Amrut Scheme, 31 cities have been identified in AP and 15 cities in Telangana.Uttar Pradesh will get to nominate maximum number of cities to be developed as 'Smart Cities', followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

UP has been given the opportunity to nominate 13 cities to be developed as smart cities, while 54 cities in the state have been identified under AMRUT scheme,.After UP Tamil Nadu comes second with the allocation of 12 smart cities and 33 AMRUT cities.

Maharashtra has been alloted 10 cities to nominate under the smart city project, Gujarat and Karnataka are eligible to develop six cities each.Under AMRUT scheme, 37, 31 and 21 cities have been identified in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka respectively.Delhi has got one city each for Smart City and AMRUT.Geographical equity has been taken into consideration to ensure that each State/UT gets to develop at least one smart city.