Smart City proposals submitted for 15 cities

Smart City plans for 15 cities spread across six states and the Union Territory of Puducherry in News Delhi on Monday submitted to the Urban Development Ministry. Rajasthan, which became the first state to submit Smart City plans, has proposed total investment of Rs 6,457 crore over the next five years for developing Ajmer, Jaipur, Kota and Udaipur as Smart Cities. The other states which submitted their Smart City plans today were West Bengal, Kerala, Punjab, Jharkhand and Karnataka. While Punjab submitted a Smart City plan for Jalandhar, Jharkhand did so for Ranchi while Kerala handed in the proposal for Kochi.