Question: How many cities of UP have been included in the latest list of 30 smart cities announced by Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu recently?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Ans :(b)
Related facts:-
- Central government today announced another list of 30 cities for development as smart cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015.
- 30 cities announced today proposed a total investment of Rs.57,393 cr under respective smart city plans. This includes Rs.46,879 cr for ensuring core infrastructure in the areas identified by citizens for area based development and Rs.10,514 cr for technology based solutions for improving governance , service delivery and utilization of infrastructure.
- With this the total investment approved under the smart city plans of 90 cities has gone up to Rs.1,91,155 cr.
- The latest list of 30 new smart cities include Allahabad, Jhansi and Aligarh cities of Uttar Pradesh.
- Other prominent cities in the list are Gangtok, Dehradun, Shimla, Bengaluru, Satna, Patna, Naya Raipur and Trivendrum.
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