Union Minister declares 13 winners of Fast track Smart City competition
Author yuvamind
NEW DELHI: UM Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 has declared 13 winners of Fast track Smart City competition which was best by Lucknow.
The name of 13 winners of Fast track Smart City competition has been given below:
1. Lucknow
2.Warangal
3.Dharamsala
4.Chandigarh
5.Raipur
6.New Town Kolkata
7.Bhagalpur
8.Panaji
9.Port Blair
10.Imphal
11.Ranchi
12.Agartala
13.Faridabad
About 23 cities with the highest ranking from various states and union regions which washed up to get representation in the first round of competition held in January participated in the ' Fast Track Competition ' .
While only 12 states along with UTs were represented in the first list of 20 mission cities announced in
' Smart City Challenge Competition ' on January 28.
The 23 cities which took part in competition 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.
Assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management systems, efficient cities mobility and public transportation, IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation are some of the highlights of the smart city project.
Under the Smart City Mission, 100 cities across the country will be developed as smart cities by 2019-20 with the Union government offering financial support to the extent of Rs 48,000 crore over five years.
While around 20 smart cities were selected during 2015-16 as per the scheme guidelines, another 40 would be selected during 2016-17 and the remaining 40 during the next financial year.
Every city selected in various rounds of competition will be given central participation of Rs 200 crore in the first year and Rs 100 crore each during the subsequent three financial years.