Shillong selected as 100th Smart City

June 21, 2018: Shillong has been selected as 100th Smart City after evaluating the proposal in this regard. Till now, 99 smart cities have been selected in four rounds of competition and with this announcement, selection of 100 cities has been completed under the Smart Cities Mission.

Previously, 20 cities were selected in January 2016, 13 cities in May 2016, 27 cities in September 2016, 30 cities in June 2017 and nine cities in January this year. With the selection of Shillong, the total proposed investment in the finally selected 100 cities under the Smart Cities Mission will be over two lakh crore rupees. (AIR News)