Smart City list has 3 cities from poll bound Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi, Sep 20 (KNN) The next set of 27 cities for financing under the Smart City Mission includes Varanasi, Kanpur, Agra, Ajmer and more.

Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced the next set of 27 cities for financing under the Smart City Mission today.

Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has three cities in the list. The 27 cities will require investment of Rs 66,883 crore.

So far, the urban development ministry has selected 60 cities in three rounds and has covered 27 states and Union Territories. Only nine more states and UTs are still to get on board including Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir.

In January, the government had announced a list of 20 cities for partial funding to be developed as smart cities, which would have facilities such as assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management systems, efficient urban mobility and public transportation, IT connectivity and e-governance, among others.