Tirupati, Varanasi, Madurai, Agra, Thanjavur in Smart Cities List of Central Government -2016

More temple towns find the place in the third list of Smart Cities announced by the Government of India. Sacred places like Tirupati, Varanasi, Nashik, Madurai, Ujjain, Amritsar, Agra, Thanjavur, Ajmer, Aurangabad etc have secured place in the smart cities list. These cities will be developed with special grants and funds from the Central Government. Following is the list of 27 smart cities selected in the third phase.

1) Amritsar – Punjab
2) Kalyan-Dombivili – Maharashtra
3) Ujjain – Madhya Pradesh
4) Tirupati – Andhra Pradesh
5) Nagpur – Maharashtra
6) Managaluru – Karnataka
7) Vellore – Tamil Nadu
8) Thane – Maharashtra
9) Gwalior – Madhya Pradesh
10) Agra – Uttar Pradesh
11) Nashik – Maharashtra
12) Rourkela – Odisha
13) Kanpur – Uttar Pradesh
14) Madurai – Tamil Nadu
15) Tumakuru – Karnataka
16) Kota – Rajasthan
17) Thanjavur – Tamil Nadu
18) Namchi – Sikkim
19) Jalandhar – Punjab
20) Shivamogga – Karnataka
21) Salem – Tamil Nadu
22) Ajmer – Rajasthan
23) Varanasi – Uttar Pradesh
24) Kohima – Nagaland
25) Hubbali-Dharwad – Karnataka
26) Aurangabad – Maharashtra
27) Vadodara – Gujarat

There is no place for any city from Telangana state. Karimnagar, instead of Hyderabad is expected to find the place in next list of smart cities. With these 27, a total of 60 cities were selected under the Smart Cities Mission by Government of India.