New Delhi: Tuesday, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu declared 13 winners of Fast track Smart City competition. In which Lucknow topped. Here are the 13 winners of Fast track Smart City competition:
1. Lucknow
2.Warangal
4.Chandigarh
5.Raipur
6.New Town Kolkata
7.Bhagalpur
8.Panaji
9.Port Blair
10.Imphal
11.Ranchi
12.Agartala
13.Faridabad
23 cities with the highest ranking from as many states and union terrritories, which failed to get representation in the first round of competition held in January participated in the 'Fast Track Competition'.
The 23 cities which competed under Fast Track Competition include Warangal (Telangana); Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh); New Town Kolkata; Panaji (Goa); Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh); Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh); Faridabad (Haryana); and Raipur (Chattisgarh).
Others included Bhagalpur (Bihar); Shillong (Meghalaya); Namchi (Sikkim); Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands); Diu (Daman & Diu); Oulgaret (Puducherry); Silvassa (Dadra & Nagar Haveli); Imphal (Manipur); Ranchi (Jharkhand); Agartala (Tripura); Kohima (Nagaland); Aizawl (Mizoram) Kavaratti (Lakshadweep), Dehradun (Uttarakhand) and Chandigarh.
Under the Smart City Mission, 100 cities across the country will be developed as smart cities by 2019-20 with the Union government providing financial support to the extent of Rs 48,000 crore over five years.
State governments and respective urban local bodies will provide matching funds to the same amount.