Govt releases list of first 20 Smart Cities
Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday released the list of first 20 cities to be developed as Smart Cities. The announced list includes Bhubaneswar, Pune, New Delhi Municipal Council among others. Notably, the list has two cities from Gujarat (Surat and Ahmedabad), one from the Northeast (Guwahati) and no city from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.