A number of cities in the Indian state of Telangana have been designated for infrastructure improvement under the Indian Government's Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) programmes.

Note: The statistical data represented in this article is based on "smartcitiesprojects", urban renewal projects launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 to improve urban infrastructure.

Smart Cities Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with a mission to develop 100 cities (the target has been revised to 109 cities) all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable. The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. The government has a vision of developing 100 smart cities as satellite towns of larger cities by modernising the existing mid-sized cities.

Currently Telangana state includes three Smart Cities.

AMRUT Cities

AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) is a scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 aiming at adequate robust sewerage networks and water supply for urban transformation. Rajasthan was the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under AMRUT.

The Telangana state government has submitted a plan to enhance water supply in 12 AMRUT cities in the state during the fiscal year 2015–16.AMRUT: Telangana lines up Rs 405-crore plan for water supply in 11 cities

Smart and AMRUT cities of Telangana

RankCityDistrictTypePopulation (2011)Status 1 HyderabadHyderabad Greater M.Corp 6,809,970 Smart City 2 Warangal Warangal (Urban) Greater M.Corp 811,844 Smart City 3 KarimnagarKarimnagar M.Corp397,447 Smart City 7 NizamabadNizamabad M.Corp310,467 AMRUT 5 RamagundamPeddapalli M.Corp229,632 AMRUT 6 KhammamKhammam M.Corp 184,252 AMRUT 7 MahabubnagarMahabubnagar M.Corp 157,902 AMRUT 4 Nalgonda Nalgonda M.Corp599,163 Smartcity 9 AdilabadAdilabad M 117,388 AMRUT 10 MiryalagudaNalgonda M 109,891 AMRUT 11 Suryapet Suryapet M105,250 AMRUT 12 SiddipetSiddipet M 101,358 AMRUT

See also

List of cities in India by area List of cities in Telangana by area List of cities in Telangana by population

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References

External links Official Website Smart Cities Challenges Ministry of Urban Development Smart Cities: Mission Statement & Guidelines