Six smart cities to come up in Karnataka
Bengaluru, 24 Jun 2015: Karanataka is all set to get six smart cities and to develop 21 cities under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut).
The government has assigned number of cities each State/Union Territory can nominate under the 100 Smart Cities project as well as those to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme.
Uttar Pradesh has been given the opportunity to nominate 13 cities to be developed as smart cities, while 64 cities in the State have been identified under AMRUT scheme, according to a senior Urban Development Ministry official.
Tamil Nadu comes second with the allocation of 12 smart cities and 33 AMRUT cities.
While Maharashtra has been allotted 10 cities, Gujarat and Karnataka are eligible to develop six cities each.
Under AMRUT scheme, 37, 31 and 21 cities have been identified in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka, respectively.
Comments on this Article | |
Baptist Sequeira, Moodubelle | Thu, June-25-2015, 8:38 |
May be Lingsur, Badami, Heroyoor, Koppa, Gadaga, Hadminai... But they will not elect UDUPI, Kundapur etc... |