The Capitals of the North Eastern States are to be Developed as Smart Cities

Good news for the people living in the Northeastern states as the cabinet has declared lately that it will develop 100 cities of the country into smart cities and surprisingly and much to everybody’s contentment, the eight capital cities of the eight Northeastern states are too incorporated in the list of these cities to be developed. So, this means, Agartala, Dispur (Guwahati), Shillong, Aizawl, Imphal, Kohima, Itanagar and Gangtok etc,. all eight cities are soon to be seen in the form of smart cities and the standard of living in these cities are to be enhanced.

In fact, not only the capital cities of the bigger states, but the capitals of smaller states which have less than one million people too are being proposed to be developed.

As per the criteria set for the cities to be eligible to be converted in to smart cities, prepared by the Urban Development Ministry (UD), the Northeastern states have been able to qualify. An UD official states, “Almost all capitals also happen to be the largest cities in their respective states.” Some other cities eligible to be developed under the scheme are Delhi, Srinagar, Goa, Shimla, Dehradun, Puducherry, Ranchi, Kavaratti, Chandigarh, Silvassa and Port Blair and so on.

However, the final list of the cities is yet to be declared and the decision will be made on the basis of the performance of the cities in the ‘city challenge competition.’ The qualifying cities will only be incorporated in the final list.

Necessary improvements in the proposals too are required by the respective states. A source said, “The Centre will provide the necessary hand holding so that their proposals make the cut.”

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