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Last Updated : Jan 31 2015 | 12:21 AM IST
Ministry of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu has plainly asked the states if they were ready to make their cities and towns smart under the centre's initiative of building 100 smart cities. He posed this straight question during his inaugural address here today at the 'Consultation Workshop with States and Stakeholders' being organized his ministry, to take states on board before launching smart cities initiative.

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First Published: Jan 30 2015 | 12:21 AM IST

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