Smart City work in Tirunelveli bags third place

Based on assessment of progress of various projects getting executed under the Central government funded scheme

The Tirunelveli Smart City Limited has bagged the third place in the entire country among the smart cities selected in the third round of the prestigious project being implemented by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. While Dehradun, capital of Uttarakhand, and Sagar of Madhya Pradesh have bagged the first and second places respectively, Tirunelveli has won the third place among the cities selected for the project. Apart from Tirunelveli, Erode is the only other city from Tamil Nadu in the entire list of winners, which was selected in the fourth round. Interestingly, Tirupur and Vellore that won all-India rankings in the past have not figured in the rankings released on Friday in Mumbai by Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri. Indore and Surat have become the overall winners by bagging the first and second places in the overall category comprising the cities selected in all four rounds.