Ludhiana, not Chd in first list of 20 cities to be made smart cities

Ludhiana was named one of the cities to be developed as smart city by Urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday as he announced the list of the first 20 cities.

Ludhiana was named one of the cities to be developed as smart city by Urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday as he announced the list of the first 20 cities.

Interestingly, Chandigarh couldn’t make it to the first list that had Bhubaneswar, Pune , Jaipur apart from others.

These cities will be developed to have basic infrastructure through assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation.