Agartala, September 4 (TIWN):Union Urban Development Ministry on Thursday sanctioned a sum of Rs 192 cr under Smart City Mission for 96 cities including Agartala in the ambitious project.

Each of the cities has been given Rs 2 cr for preparing Smart City plan.

"Rs 2 cr provided for each city is meant for preparation of city level Smart City Plans with the assistance of technical and hand holding agencies," said KD Choudhury special secretary of UD department . 

The city level plans are to be submitted to the Urban Development Ministry in the next three months for evaluation for selecting the top 20 rankers for extending financial support during the current financial year, informed Choudhury.

The centre has earmarked Rs 48,000 Cr for the Smart City project and an equal amount is expected to be contributed by the respective state governments and urban local bodies to develop 100 Smart Cities across the country.The names of 98 cities including Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh to be developed as Smart Cities was announced by the Centre. 

The state capital would get different kind of services including basic civic amenities like pure drinking water, power, transport, traffic system, solid waste management and others as one of the smart city.