'Jammu, Srinagar may come under Smart City project soon'

Jammu and Kashmir's capital Srinagar, and Jammu city may soon be taken up under the Smart City project.

An official statement here said Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu gave this assurance to Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh at Guwahati today.

The Deputy Chief Minister, while making the case for taking up the two cities under the Smart City project, said it has been a long-pending demand of the state and has been taken up at various fora already.