New Delhi, January 19: The names of nine more cities that will be funded under government's flagship Smart City Mission have been announced. Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday informed that in Round 4, Silvassa from Dadar & Nagar Haveli has topped the list of winner cities.  The list also includes eight other cities--Erode in Tamil Nadu, Diu in Daman and Diu, Biharsharif in Bihar, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, Kavaratti in Lakshwadeep, Bareilly, Moradabad and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

With today’s announcement 99 cities Smart Cities have been selected. Previously, 20 cities were selected in January 2016, 13 cities in May 2016, 27 cities in September 2016 and 30 cities in June 2017. With the selection of these nine cities, the total proposed investment in the 99 Smart City Mission would Rs 2,03,979 crores.

The Minister said that it is heartening to note that the winning cities have improved the quality of their Smart City Proposals by 19% (average) to become eligible for selection. Each city has developed a unique vision and has selected an area (ABD) which will be developed as a lighthouse, to be replicated by the city.

The 9 cities selected have proposed an investment of Rs 12,824 crores of which Rs 10,639 crores would be in Area-Based Development (ABD) and Rs 2,185 crores in Pan City initiatives which would be impacting 35.3 lakh persons living in these areas. These 9 Cities have approximately 409 projects. The funding sources for these projects is proposed to be with; SCM – with contribution from State and Centre 61.25%, Convergence 24.19%, PPP 12.90%, Own sources 1.57%, and Other sources 0.09%.

  • Erode, Tamil Nadu

  • Diu, Daman & Diu

  • Biharsharif, Bihar

  • Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

  • Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

  • Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh

  • Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh and

  • Kavaratti, Lakshwadeep

Providing details of the progress made in Smart Cities, the Minister informed that so far 85 out of 90 cities already selected have incorporated their SPVs and 61 Cities have procured PMCs; another 8 cities are in various stages of hiring their PMCs.   As on 17 January 2018 there are 2,948 projects worth Rs. 1,38,730 crore are in various stages of implementation. 189 projects worth Rs. 2,237 crore have been completed, and implementation is underway for 495 projects with a cost of Rs. 18,616 crore; furthers tenders have been floated for 277 projects with a cost of Rs.15,885 crore; while 1,987 projects worth Rs.1,01,992 crore are at DPR stage.

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