Indore has been adjudged the best Smart City while Madhya Pradesh has been chosen as the top State for exemplary performance in the Smart Cities Mission. Surat and Agra are the second and third-place winners among cities, while Tamil Nadu is the second in the State category followed by Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC), 2022.
Smart Cities Mission launched on June 25, 2015, aims to provide core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment and a decent quality of life to their citizens through the application of “smart solutions”.
Of the total proposed projects under SCM, 6,041 (76%) of the projects worth ?1,10,635 crore have been completed and the remaining 1,894 projects worth ?60,095 crore will be completed by June 30, 2024, an official statement said.
The 100 Smart Cities have taken up projects across diverse sectors related to mobility, energy, water, sanitation, solid waste management, vibrant public spaces, social infrastructure, smart governance, etc.
