Smart Cities awards: Madhya Pradesh is the best state, Indore retains the top spot
The central government declared 66 winners of the fourth edition of the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC) on Friday, which was launched in April 2022 at the Smart Cities-Smart Urbanisation event in Surat.
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Indore retained its top position, securing the National Smart City Award.
Madhya Pradesh emerged as the top performing state under the fourth edition of the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC), organised under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Smart Cities Mission to upgrade the country’s cities. Indore retained its top position, bagging the National Smart City Award. The Central government declared the 66 winners of the fourth edition of the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC) on Friday, which was launched in April 2022 at the Smart Cities-Smart Urbanisation event in Surat.
Among states, Tamil Nadu was at the second position, and Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh shared the third spot jointly. Among cities, Surat and Agra followed Indore at the second and third positions respectively.
Chandigarh won the Union Territory award.
In the previous edition of the contest, held in 2020, Uttar Pradesh was declared the best state whereas Surat and Indore were joint winners in the city category.
President Droupadi Murmu will felicitate the winners of ISAC 2022 awards on September 27, 2023, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, according to an official statement.
There were five categories of awards:
| Category | No. of winners |
| Project Award | 35 |
| Innovation Award | 6 |
| National/Zonal City Award | 13 |
| State/UT Award | 5 |
| Partner Award | 7 |
Here’s the complete list of 66 winners:
| Award name | Winner |
| Built Environment | 1. Coimbatore: Model Roads, Restoration and Rejuvenation of Lakes |
| Built Environment | 2. Indore: Riverfront Development (Stretch 1 from Rambagh bridge to Krishnapura Chhatri) |
| Built Environment | 3. New Town Kolkata: Landscape Redevelopment of Neem Banani Park and other Green Open Spaces |
| Built Environment | 3. Kanpur: Modernisation and Development of Palika Sports Stadium |
| Culture | 1. Ahmedabad: Revamping and up keep of heritage structure and development of the heritage tourism using technology |
| Culture | 2. Bhopal: Restoration of heritage buildings near Sadar Manzil precinct under Heritage Walk Project |
| Culture | 3. Thanjavur: Conservation of Ponds – Ayyankulam |
| Economy | 1. Jabalpur: Incubation Centre |
| Economy | 2. Indore: Value Capture Financing (VCF) |
| Economy | 3. Lucknow: Rojgar Training Centre |
| Governance | 1. Chandigarh: E Governance Services for Chandigarh Smart City |
| Governance | 2. Pimpri Chinchwad: Smart Sarathi app |
| Governance | 3. Jabalpur: Implementation of 311 App |
| Governance | 3. Udaipur: Smart City Application |
| ICCC Business Model | 1. Ahmedabad: Traffic Management through ICCC |
| ICCC Business Model | 2. Surat: Revenue Generation from different sources through ICCC |
| ICCC Business Model | 3. Agra: Revenue generation through ICCC and Carbon emission reduction |
| ICCC Business Model | 3. Gwalior: Intelligent traffic management system |
| Mobility | 1. Chandigarh: Public Bike Sharing (PPP) along with cycle tracks |
| Mobility | 2. New Town Kolkata: Promoting Non-Motorized Transport |
| Mobility | 3. Sagar: Intelligent Traffic Management System improving road safety |
| Sanitation | 1. Indore: Gobardhan Bio-CNG Plant |
| Sanitation | 2. Kakinada: Solid Waste Management System |
| Sanitation | 3. Ahmedabad: Door-to-door waste collection monitoring |
| Sanitation | 3. Chandigarh: Provision of SCADA for Solid Waste Management |
| Social Aspects | 1. Vadodara: Implementation of Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) |
| Social Aspects | 2. Agra: Smart Health Centers (PPP) and Upgradation of municipal schools |
| Social Aspects | 3. Raipur: B.P Pujari School - Upgradation of Hindi Medium Schools to School of Excellence in English Medium |
| Social Aspects | 3. Thoothukudi: Smart Classroom and E-Monitoring |
| Urban Environment | 1. Indore: Air quality improvement and Ahilya Van along with Vertical Garden |
| Urban Environment | 2. Shivamogga: Development of Conservancies in Package-2 |
| Urban Environment | 3. Jammu: E-auto for old city |
| Water | 1. Indore: Saraswati and Kahn Lifeline Project (SANKALP), Rainwater Harvesting – “WATER PLUS TO WATER SURPLUS” and Rejuvenation of Lakes, Wells and Stepwells |
| Water | 2. Agra: Proving 24/7 water supply to ABD area along with smart water meters and SCADA systems |
| Water | 3. Rajkot: Rejuvenation of Atal Sarovar |
| Innovative Idea Award | 1. Hubbali Dharwad: Open Space Upgradation 2 - Nalla Renovation and Green Corridor |
| Innovative Idea Award | 2. Surat: Self Sustaining of Public gardening Canal Pathway (Corridor) |
| Innovative Idea Award | 3. Raipur: Nalanda Parisar (Oxy Reading Zone Library) |
| Covid Innovation Award | 1. Surat: Covid 19 Response Category - Multiple Initiatives |
| Covid Innovation Award | 2. Indore: Covid 19 Response Category - Multiple Initiatives |
| Covid Innovation Award | 3. Agra: Covid 19 Response Category - Multiple Initiatives |
| Partner Award: Industry (Infrastructure) | 1. L&T |
| Partner Award: Industry (Infrastructure) | 2. Enviro Control Private |
| Partner Award: Industry (Infrastructure) | 3. LC Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. |
| Partner Award: Industry (MSI) | 1. L&T Construction- Smart World Division |
| Partner Award: Industry (MSI) | 2. NEC |
| Partner Award: Industry (MSI) | 3. Honeywell Automation India Limited |
| Partner Recognition: PMC | PwC India |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Eastern Zone) | Ranchi |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Eastern Zone) | Bhubaneswar |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Northeast Zone) | Kohima |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Northeast Zone) | Namchi |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Northern Zone) | Varanasi |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Northern Zone) | Udaipur |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Southern Zone) | Coimbatore |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Southern Zone) | Belagavi |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Western Zone) | Ahmedabad |
| Zonal Smart City Award (Western Zone) | Solapur |
| National Smart City Award | 1. Indore |
| National Smart City Award | 2. Surat |
| National Smart City Award | 3. Agra |
| UT Award | 1. Chandigarh |
| State Award | 1. Madhya Pradesh |
| State Award | 2. Tamil Nadu |
| State Award | 3. Rajasthan |
| State Award | 3. Uttar Pradesh |
What is PM Narendra Modi’s Smart Cities Mission?
Launched in June 2015, the Smart Cities Mission is aimed at providing core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment and a decent quality of life to their citizens through the application of smart solutions.
It is a transformational mission aimed to bring about a paradigm shift in the practice of urban development in the country.
Of the total proposed projects under the Smart Cities Mission, 6,041 (76 per cent) projects worth Rs 1,10,635 crore have been completed and the remaining 1,894 projects worth Rs 60,095 crore will be completed by June 30, 2024, according to an official statement.
The India Smart Cities Award Contest recognises and rewards the cities, projects and innovative ideas that are promoting sustainable development across the 100 smart cities, which have taken up projects across a host of sectors related to areas such as mobility, energy, water, sanitation, solid waste management, vibrant public spaces, social infrastructure, smart governance.
The selection process of Smart City awards
The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs had received 845 nominations for the ISAC 2022 from 80 qualifying smart cities, evaluated in five stages:
- A pre-screening of the 845 proposals took place in this stage; 423 proposals moved to the next stage
- Top 12 proposals were identified for each award category
- Each proposal proponent made a presentation to a panel of subject experts; a total of six proposals were moved to the next stage for each category
- The six proposals made an elaborate presentation to a jury
- Top 3 proposals were identified for each award category
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Reported By: Ambarish Pandey
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Updated: Fri, Aug 25, 2023
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