Patna, Muzaffarpur figure in new list of 30 Smart cities

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Central government today announced another list of 30 cites including Patna and Muzaffarpur, both in Bihar, for development as smart cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015.

Announcing the new batch of smart cities at a National Workshop on Urban Transformation here on June 23, 2017, Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu said that 45 cities contested for 40 available smart city slots but only 30 were selected to ensure feasible and workable plans that match the aspirations of the citizens as directed by PM Narendra Modi while launching the mission, according to a PIB release.