New Smart cities: From UP's Bareilly to TN's Erode, here's the full list

Under the scheme, each city will get Rs 500 crore from the Centre for implementing various projects

Two-and-a-half years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of Smart Cities Mission, the Centre on Friday added nine more cities from seven states to the list, taking the number of cities in the mission to 99. Three cities of Uttar Pradesh are among nine chosen in the latest round of the Centre's flagship Smart Cities Mission, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.

 

In a major setback to the district, Ghaziabad failed to make the cut for Smart City