Haryana left out of Venkaiah Naidu's third Smart City list

Not a single Haryana district has been included in the third Smart City list announced by Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu on Monday.

Two cities, Faridabad and Karnal, were selected for Smart City programme. Faridabad was included in the second list of cities, however Karnal was not placed on the third list.

Union Minister of Urban Development 

Two cities of the neighbouring state Punjab have found a place on the third list, namely Jalandhar and Amritsar.

So far, a total of 60 cities have been selected for Centre's Smart City programme, for which a sum of Rs 1,44,742 crore has been allocated.
Third list of Smart Cities
Agra (UP)
Ajmer (Rajasthan)
Amritsar (Punjab)
Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
Gwalior (MP)
Hubli–Dharwad (West Bengal)
Jalandhar (Punjab)
Kalyan-Dombivali (Maharashtra)
Kanpur (UP)
Kohima (Nagaland)
Kota (Rajasthan)
Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
Mangalore (Karnataka)
Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Namchi (Sikkim)
Nashik (Maharashtra)
Raurkela (Odisha)
Shivamoga (Karnataka)
Thane (Maharashtra)
Tanjavur (Tamil Nadu)
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
Tumkur (Karnataka)
Ujjain (MP)
Vadodara (Gujarat)
Varanasi (UP)
Vellore (Tamil Nadu)
Salem (Tamil Nadu)
Source:English Pradesh

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