List of First 20 Smart Cities of India Announced, Bhubaneswar Leads Smart City Race!

Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu announced the names of the first 20 cities which will be developed into smart cities in 2016. Our State's State Capital Bhubaneswar tops Number 1 Position in the list. The following is the complete list.


1. Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
2. Pune (Maharashtra)
3. Jaipur (Rajasthan)
4. Surat (Gujarat)
5. Kochi (Kerala)
6. Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
7. Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
8. Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
9. Solapur (Maharashtra)
10. Davanagere (Karnataka)
11. Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
12. New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC)
13. Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
14. Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh)
15. Belagavi (Karnataka)
16. Udaipur (Rajasthan)
17. Guwahati (Assam)
18. Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
19. Ludhiana (Punjab)
20. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).