New Delhi: The Union Cabinet had approved 100 Smart City Projects. The Smart City vision was announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the first Union Budget of NDA government in July last year.
'Smart City' is an initiative by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the pressure off Indian metros. Ahead of general election last year, Modi had promised 100 smart cities by 2022 to help meet the rush.
A smart city in Gujarat is currently under construction.
India has allocated nearly Rs 6000 crore for development of these smart cities.
Here goes the list of cities that have been proposed by Union Cabinet to be upgraded to smart cities
1. Pune - Maharashtra
2. Mumbai - Maharashtra
3. Nagpur - Maharashtra
4. Nashik - Maharashtra
5. Aurangabad - Maharashtra
6. Bhivandi - Maharashtra
7. Calcutta - West Bengal
8. Durgapur - West Bengal
9. Haldia - West Bengal
10. Habra - West Bengal
11. Jangipur - West Bengal
12. Ahmedabad - Gujarat
13. Surat - Gujarat
14. Vadodara - Gujarat
15. Rajkot - Gujarat
16. Bhavnagar - Gujarat
17. Junagadh - Gujarat
18. Gandhi Nagar - Gujarat
19. Bhopal - Madhya Pradesh
20. Indore - Madhya Pradesh
21. Gwalior - Madhya Pradesh
22. Burhanpur - Madhya Pradesh
23. Jabalpur - Madhya Pradesh
24. Chennai - Tamil Nadu
25. Coimbatore - Tamil Nadu
26. Madurai - Tamil Nadu
27. Tiruchirappalli - Tamil Nadu
28. Salem - Tamil Nadu
29. Tirunelveli - Tamil Nadu
30. Bangalore - Karnataka
31. Gulbarga - Karnataka
32. Bidar - Karnataka
33. Bijapur - Karnataka
34. Badami - Karnataka
35. Pattadakal - Karnataka
36. Mahakuta - Karnataka
37. Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala
38. Kollam - Kerala
39. Kottayam - Kerala
40. Tiruvalla - Kerala
41. Ernakulam - Kerala
42. Cochin - Kerala
43. Thrissur - Kerala
44. Hyderabad - Telangana
45. Warangal - Telangana
46. Karimnagar - Telangana
47. Nizamabad - Telaganana
48. Nalgonda - Telangana
49. Guntur - Andhra Pradesh
50. Vijayawada - Andhra Pradesh
51. Kurnool - Andhra Pradesh
52. Chittoor - Andhra Pradesh
53. Kanpur - Uttar Pradesh
54. Allahabad - Uttar Pradesh
55. Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh
56. Jhansi - Uttar Pradesh
57. Faizabad - Uttar Pradesh
58. Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh
59. Jaipur - Rajasthan
60. Ajmer - Rajasthan
61. Bharatpur - Rajasthan
62. Bikaner - Rajasthan
63. Jodhapur - Rajasthan
64. Kota - Rajasthan
65. Udipur - Rajasthan
66. Ludhiana - Punjab
67. Amritsar - Punjab
68. Jalandhar - Punjab
69. Patiala - Punjab
70. Muzaffarapur - Bihar
71. Patna - Bihar
72. Gaya - Bihar
73. Bhagalpur - Bihar
74. Bihar Sharif - Bihar
75. Faridabad - Haryana
76. Gurgaon - Haryana
77. Panipat - Haryana
78. Ambala - Haryana
79. Guwahati - Assam
80. Tinsukia - Assam
81. Odalguri - Assam
82. Tangla - Assam
83. Goalpara - Assam
84. Bhubaneswar - Odisha
85. Cuttack - Odisha
86. Rourkela - Odisha
87. Sambalpur - Odisha
88. Balasore - Odisha
89. Shimla - Himachal Pradesh
90. Dehradoon - Uttarakhand
91. Haridwar - Uttarakhand
92. Roorkee - Uttarakhand
93. Jamshedpur - Jharkhand
94. Dhanbad - Jharkhand
95. Ranchi - Jharkhand
96. Gangtok - Sikkim
97. Pelling - Sikkim
98. Yuksam - Sikkim
99. Bishnupur - Manipur
100. Chandel - Manipur
