NDA Govt announces 13 winners of Fast track Smart City competition Tuesday May 24,2016

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday  May 24,2016 announced 13 winners of Fast track Smart City competition which was topped by Lucknow.

The 13 winners of Fast track Smart City competition include the following:
1. Lucknow
2.Warangal
3.Dharamsala
4.Chandigarh
5.Raipur
6.New Town Kolkata
7.Bhagalpur
8.Panaji
9.Port Blair
10.Imphal
11.Ranchi
12.Agartala
13.Faridabad


23 cities with the highest ranking from as many states and union terrritories, which failed to get representation in the first round of competition held in January participated in the 'Fast Track Competition'.

Only 12 states and UTs were represented in the first list of 20 mission cities announced in 'Smart City Challenge Competition' on January 28,2016

The 23 cities which competed under Fast Track Competition include Warangal (Telangana); Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh); New Town Kolkata; Panaji (Goa); Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh); Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh); Faridabad (Haryana); and Raipur (Chattisgarh)


Others included Bhagalpur (Bihar); Shillong (Meghalaya); Namchi (Sikkim); Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands); Diu (Daman & Diu); Oulgaret (Puducherry); Silvassa (Dadra & Nagar Haveli); Imphal (Manipur); Ranchi (Jharkhand); Agartala (Tripura); Kohima (Nagaland); Aizawl (Mizoram) Kavaratti (Lakshadweep), Dehradun (Uttarakhand) and Chandigarh