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NEW DELHI: Indore, which has been the cleanest city for the past six years in a row, got another feather on its cap to bag the best “National Smart City Award” of 2022, for exemplary performance among the 100 smart cities. Surat and Agra have emerged as the second and third winners among the cities in the fourth edition of India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC).New Town bagged two awards – second prize in mobility and third in built environment.As per the results of last year, which were announced on Friday, MP and Tamil Nadu emerged as the first and second best performers respectively among the states while Rajasthan and UP have jointly bagged the third slot. Among the Union Territories, Chandigarh has got the highest score.In an official release, the housing and urban affairs ministry said President Droupadi Murmu would felicitate the winners on September 27 in Indore. Though officials said Indore has been the top performer in all the missions of the urban affairs ministry, the results come at a time when Madhya Pradesh is heading for the assembly polls and may be a shot in the arm of Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to showcase these achievements to counter anti-incumbency.Interestingly, the NDMC area in Delhi, which falls under the central government and is one of the municipal areas selected for Smart City, has not bagged any award under 12 different categories. Sources said NDMC did not participate in the contest.In the last contest in 2020, Surat and Indore were announced as the joint winners of the best smart cities. The results for ISAC were not announced for 2021.Among the cities, Indore bagged six awards; followed by four by Agra; three each by Surat, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh, and two each by Jabalpur, New Town Kolkata and Raipur. Out of the total proposed 7,938 projects under the scheme, 76% worth Rs 1.11 lakh crore have been completed and the remaining 1,894 projects will be completed by next June.
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