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The government on Thursday released a list of 98 cities, including 24 state capitals, which are to be developed as smart cities.

In the first year, the government would select 24 cities that would be developed into smart cities. The list of smart cities was unveiled by Union minister Venkaiah Naidu. Speaking on the occasion, Venkaiah Naidu said that the “prime motive behind the smart city project is to enhance urban life.” 

“The smart city mission is very practical and realistic. We need public’s participation,” Naidu said. “Smart cities need smart people, we need people’s co-operation to move forward in our mission,” Venkaiah Naidu added. 

Patna, Kolkata and Bengaluru are missing

UP, with 13 cities, leads the states in number of smart cities. However, Patna, Kolkata and Bengaluru are missing from the government’s smart city list.

Here is the list of states and number of cities that have been nominated by the government: 

Himachal Pradesh 

1) Port Blair 

Andhra Pradesh 

1) Vishakhapatnam 

2) Tirupati 

3) Kakinada 

Arunachal Pradesh 

1) Pasighat 

Assam 

1) Guwahati 

Bihar 

1)Muzaffarpur 

2)Bhagalpur 

3)Biharsharif 

Chhattisgarh 

1) Raipur 

2) Bilaspur 

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 

1)Silvassa 

Daman and Diu 

1) Diu 

Goa 

1) Panaji 

Gujarat 

1) Gandhinagar 

2) Ahmedabad 

3) Surat 

4) Vadodara 

5) Rajkot 

6) Dahod 

Haryana 

1) Karnal 

2) Faridabad 

Jharkhand 

1) Ranchi 

Karnataka 

1) Mangaluru

2) Belagavi

3) Shivamogga

4) Hubballi-Dharwad

5)Tumakuru

6)Davanegere 

Kerala 

1) Kochi 

Lakshadweep 

1) Kavarrati 

Madhya Pradesh 

1) Bhopal
2) Indore
3) Jabalpur
4) Gwalior
5) Sagar
6) Satna
7) Ujjain 

Maharashtra 

1) Navi Mumbai
2) Nashik
3) Thane
4) Greater Mumbai
5) Amravati
6) Solapur
7) Nagpur
8) Kalyan-Dombivali
9) Aurangabad
10) Pune 

Manipur 

1) Imphal 

Meghalaya 

1) Shillong 

Mizoram 

1) Aizawl 

Nagaland 

1) Kohima 

Odisha 

1) Bhubaneshwar
2) Raurkela 

Puducherry 

1) Oulgaret 

Punjab 

1) Ludhiana
2)Jalandhar
3)Amritsar 

Sikkim 

1) Namchi 

Tamil Nadu 

1) Tiruchirapalli
2)Chennai
3)Tiruppur
4)Coimbatore
5)Vellore
6)Salem
7)Erode
8)Thanjavur
9)Tirunelveli
10)Dindigul
11)Madurai
12)Thoothukudi 

Telangana 

1)Greater Hyderabad
2) Greater Warangal 

Tripura 

1) Agartala 

Uttar Pradesh 

1)Moradabad

2)Aligarh

3)Saharanpur

4)Bareilly

5)Jhansi

6)Kanpur

7)Allahabad

8)Lucknow

9)Varanasi

10)Ghaziabad

11)Agra

12)Rampur 

Uttarakhand 

1) Dehradun 

West Bengal 

1) New Town Kolkata

2) Bidhannagar

3) Durgapur

4) Haldia 

* Jammu & Kashmir has asked for more time to decide on the potential cities 

* 12 cities have been shortlisted from Uttar Pradesh against 13 cities nominated for Smart City project 

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