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Centre announces 9 new smart cities, so the total
now stand at 99:
The fourth and the final round of smart cities was finally announced and nine cities made the cut.
Silvassa from Dadar and Nagar Haveli topped the list, followed by Erode in Tamil Nadu; Diu in
Daman and Diu and Bihar Sharif in Bihar.
Shillong is the tenth city on the list but is yet to submit its proposal.
Other cities who made it to the list include Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh,
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, and Kavaratti in Lakshwadeep.
Uttar Pradesh that had been given 13 smart city slots, of which it won 10. Ghaziabad, Meerut and
Rampur are the three cities that missed out. Ghaziabad applied for the smart cities challenge for
the fourth time. Announcing the list of nine cities, housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep S Puri
said: “The winning cities have improved the quality of their smart city proposals by 19 percent on
an average to become eligible for the selection process. Each city has developed a unique vision
and has selected an area based development (ABD) which will be developed as a lighthouse to be
replicated by the city.”