Ludhiana and the New Delhi Municipal Council area the only two cities from the north on the list of 20 smart cities announced by the Central Government on Thursday.
The cities were picked from a list of 98 cities shortlisted for the mission earlier.
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu who released the list said the cities that did not make it to the list would have to work towards improving and should learn from the winners. Bhubaneswar in Odisha scored the highest in the current competition.
The other 17 other cities shortlisted were Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Sholapur, Davangare, Indore, Coimbatore, Kakinada, Belagavi, Udaipur, Guwahati, Chennai and Bhopal spread across 11 States and UT of Delhi. The next two years will see the inclusion of 78 cities — 40 in the first and 38 in the second —completing the 98 shortlisted cities.
The central and the state governments will set up a Special Purpose Vehicle to finance redevelopment of the cities just shortlisred. The government will give Rs 200 crore in the first year, and Rs 100 crore every year thereafter for the next three years subject to conditions.
Cities were judged on the basis of services offered, infrastructure and track record. The union minister likened the competition to the civil services examinations in the country.
The cities will be developed to have basic infrastructure, such as assured water and power supply, urban mobility, public transport, IT connectivity, e-governance, citizens' participation, sanitation and solid waste management.
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