Here's list of 27 cities shortlisted under PM Modi-led Smart City project

Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday released the third list of 27 smart cities that will be taken up for development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Smart City Mission project. 

According to PIB Twitter handle, around 63 cities have so far participated in three rounds of competition of smart cities.

"Willingness and enthusiasm among cities to participate in more than one round of competition evidence of urban renaissance," PIB tweeted quoting Naidu as saying.

Competition based selection has made the cities rediscover themselves, Naidu said while releasing the list of smart cities at the event. 

For the smart city project, the minister has shortlisted four cities from Maharashtra, four cities from Karnataka, four cities from Tamil Nadu, two cities from Madhya Pradesh and one city from Gujarat.

With the latest announcement, a total investment of Rs 1,44,742 crore has been proposed by 60 cities under smart city plans.

Here's a list of 27 smart cities that have made it to the smart city project: 

1. Agra, Uttar Pradesh

2. Ajmer, Rajasthan

3. Amritsar, Punjab

4. Aurangabad, Maharashtra

5. Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

6. Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka

7. Jalandhar, Punjab

8. Kalyan-Dombivili, Maharashtra

9. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

10. Kohima, Nagaland 

11. Kota, Rajasthan

12. Madurai,Tamil Nadu

13. Mangaluru, Karnataka

14. Nagpur, Maharashtra

15. Namchi, Sikkim

16. Nashik, Maharashtra

17. Rourkela, Odisha

18. Salem,Tamil Nadu

19. Shivamogga, Karnataka

20. Thane, Maharashtra

21. Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 

22. Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

23. Tumakuru, Karnataka

24. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

25. Vadodara, Gujarat

26. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

27. Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Meanwhile, Press Information Bureau of India (PIB) has tweeted the photo of the list of these 27 smart cities:

LIVE: Here is the new batch of 27 #SmartCities, announced by Minister @MVenkaiahNaidu today (in alphabetical order) https://t.co/iCsQSCkkJA pic.twitter.com/2NhIvLGG57

— PIB India (@PIB_India) September 20, 2016