Centre releases full list of Smart Cities Awards 2020 winners

The Central government has declared Smart City awards 2020 in which Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Surat (Gujarat) won the award jointly for their overall development. Whereas Uttar Pradesh emerged on the top among all states, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu under the Smart City award, 2020. The Smart City awards were given across the themes of Social Aspects, Governance, Culture, Urban Environment, Sanitation, Economy, Built Environment, Water, Urban Mobility.

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According to the Centre, of the total, proposed projects under the Smart Cities Mission, 5,924 projects (115% by number) worth ₹1,78,500 crore have been tendered so far. Whereas work orders have been issued for 5,236 projects (101% by number) worth ₹1,46,125 crore.

List of winning Smart Cities under the different categories:

1. Social Aspects

Tirupati: Health Benchmark for Municipal Schools
Bhubaneshwar: Socially Smart Bhubaneswar
Tumakuru: Digital Library Solution

2. Governance

Vadodara: GIS
Thane: Digi Thane
Bhubaneswar: ME app

3. Culture

Indore: Conservation of Heritage
Chandigarh: Capitol Complex, Heritage Project
Gwalior: Digital Museum

4. Urban Environment

Bhopal: Clean energy
Chennai: Restoration of water bodies
Tirupati: Renewable Energy Generation

5. Sanitation

Tirupati: Bioremediation & Bio-Mining
Indore: Municipal Waste Management System
Surat: Conservation through Treated Wastewater

6. Economy

Indore: Carbon Credit Financing Mechanism
Tirupati: Boost Local Identity & Economy through Design Studio
Agra: Micro Skill Development Centre

7. Built Environment

Indore: Chappan Dukan
Surat: Canal Corridor

8. Water

Dehradun: Smart Water Metering Water ATM
Varanasi: Eco-Restoration of Assi River
Surat: Integrated and Sustainable Water Supply System

9. Urban Mobility

Aurangabad: Majhi Smart Buses
Surat: Dynamic Scheduling Buses
Ahmedabad: Man-less parking system and automatic ticket dispensing machines AMDA Park

10. Innovative Idea Award

Indore: Carbon Credit Financing Mechanism
Chandigarh: For Union Territories

11. Covid Innovation Award

Kalyan-Dombivali and Varanasi

Other Awards in different categories:

Surat, Indore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Vijayawada, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Vadodara were awarded 4-star rating under Climate-Smart Cities Assessment Framework.
According to the ministry, Ahmedabad bagged the ‘Smart Cities Leadership Award’, followed by Varanasi and Ranchi in the second and third spots respectively.

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