By V V Balakrishna
Published: 30th January 2016 05:46 AM
Last Updated: 30th January 2016 05:46 AM
HYDERABAD: A day after announcing the first list of 20 smart cities, the Centre on Friday assured the Telangana government that Warangal city would be included in the next list of 23 cities.
The central government decided to develop 100 cities as smart cities in the country and released the first list of 20 cities on Thursday.
“The Centre has released the first list of 20 cities. Warangal, which was ranked 21st in the list, missed the first list by a whisker,” a senior official in the CMO told Express on Friday.
Union cabinet secretary PK Sinha, who held a video conference with state chief secretaries and municipal administration and urban development secretaries on smart cities from Delhi on Friday, assured the Telangana government that Warangal had just missed the bus and would be included in the next list of smart cities which was likely to be announced in April.
“You still have time. If you want to make any modifications to the already submitted proposals, send the revised proposal,” the Union cabinet secretary told the state administration. According to sources, the cabinet secretary informed the states that national and international experts gave rankings to the proposals and released the first list of smart cities. The central government had no role in identifying the smart cities, he said. Sources said 23 states and Union Territories, which missed the chance in the first list, would figure in the second list of 23 cities. The remaining 57 cities would be named sometime after June.
The state government had already requested the Centre to replace Hyderabad with Karimnagar in the list of smart cities. “We will send modified proposals for Warangal immediately. We will direct the Karimnagar municipal commissioner to prepare the necessary proposals at the earliest,” sources said.
As per the state government’s proposal, development of Warangal as a smart city would entail an expenditure of Rs 2,620 crore.
Warangal Ranked 21st
- Warangal, ranked 21st, has missed the first list of 20 cities.
- It will be included in the second list of 23 cities.
- State preparing proposals worth `2,620 cr for Warangal.
- TS govt wants Karimnagar to be included in the third list of 57
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