UP wins Smart Cities award for state, Indore, Surat share urban category award
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New Delhi: On the sixth anniversary of Smart Cities Mission (SCM), AMRUT and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban on Friday, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs announced the results of the India Smart Cities Competition (ISAC) 2020. In the online program, Indore and Surat got the award jointly in the urban category, while Uttar Pradesh won the state award.
The three urban missions were announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 25, 2015.
As per the results, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu stood second and third respectively in the state category, while Chandigarh bagged the UT award.
Ahmedabad got first, Varanasi second and Ranchi third in Smart Cities Leadership Award. Nine cities including Surat, Indore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Vijayawada, Rajkot, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam, Pimri-Chinchwad got a 4-star rating in Climate-Smart Cities Assessment Framework.
The awards were announced by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and ministry Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra.