Bhubaneshwar, Pune and Jaipur top the first list of 20 smart cities
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The government today set the ball rolling on its Bhubaneswar in Odisha topped the city challenge competition.
The government has also offered a fast track window for the next rejected 23 cities based on their ranks to upgrade their proposals and submit them by April 15, 2016 for evaluation.
The Smart City Challenge Competition was as rigorous and demanding as the civil services examination conducted by UPSC," said urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu, announcing the 20 names.
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Apart from Bhubaneswar, Pune and Jaipur, the other cities include
A total investment of Rs 50,802 crore has been proposed in these 20 cities and towns during a five year period, of which, Rs 38,693 crore will be spent on area development and Rs 12,109 crore on a total of 56 pan-city solutions.
"It is heartening to note that New Delhi's smart city proposal has been shortlisted in the first 20 list of cities to be funded. We are confident that this announcement will further accelerate the transformation of cities into smart cities and will witness very significant investments coming in," said Jaijit Bhattacharya, partner, cities and innovation at KPMG.
Anshuman Magazine, chairman and managing director of property consultancy CBRE South Asia said, "While this initiative will involve large-scale retrofitting as well as redevelopment, these cities could become showcases of urban infrastructure development, encouraging others to follow suit. Going forward the success will rest on the effective implementation of the development of these smart cities."
A total area of 26,735 acres will be taken up for improvements in these 20 cities including redevelopment of 425 acres in Bhopal (350 acres) and Ahmedabad (75 acres).
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Prakash Chandraker, vice-president and managing director-energy business at Schneider Electric India said, "Not only will these cities have enhanced basic infrastructure but they will also offer opportunities in efficient urban mobility, waste management , IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation. We are extremely positive about this development and excited about the huge change it will bring in its wake."
These 20 cities account for 3.54 crore people with city-wise population ranging from 2.58 lakh (New Delhi Municipal Council) to 55.78 lakh (Ahmedabad).Five cities have a population of below 5 lakh each, 4 in the range of 5-10 lakh, 6 in the range of 10-25 lakh, 4 in between 25 and 50 lakh and only one city (Ahmedabad) with more than 50 lakh.
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