Gandhinagar, Jhansi in third list of smart cities

Gandhinagar, the capital of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, Karnal in Haryana, Allahabad, Aligarh and Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar’s capital Patna are among the 30 urban centres that were chosen on Friday to be developed as smart cities.

Friday’s list takes the total number of cities selected so far under the National Democratic Alliance government’s flagship urban modernisation programme to 90. The remaining 10 cities are likely to selected by early next year.

Modi launched his government’s ambitious plan to develop 100 smart cities in June 2015. Meant to change the way urban India lives, smart cities will enjoy uninterrupted power and water supplies, internet connectivity, e-governance along with quality

14 of the 30 cities selected are in the states ruled by the BJP

Four cities from Congress-ruled states made the cut

Friday’s list takes the total number of cities selected for the programme to 90

infrastructure.

In the third list, 14 of the 30 cities selected are in the states ruled by the BJP.

Three cities from Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, two from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, one each from Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh made it to the list.

Patna and Muzaffarpur, Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru, Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla and Mizoram’s capital Aizawl and Puducherry are the four cities from Congress-ruled states that made the cut.

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