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Smart Cities Awards 2020

  • 26 Jun 2021

The Central government on 15th June 2021 declared Smart City awards 2020 on completion of six years of Smart Cities Mission.

  • Best Cities: Among 100 Smart Cities, Surat (Gujarat) and Indore (Madhya Pradesh) bagged the Best Cities award jointly for their overall performance.
  • Best States: Uttar Pradesh won the Best State award followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
  • Best UT: Chandigarh won the Best UT award.
  • Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework:Surat, Indore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Vijayawada, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Vadodara were awarded 4 star rating under Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework.
  • Smart Cities Leadership Award: Ahmedabad bagged the 'Smart Cities Leadership Award', followed by Varanasi and Ranchi.

Winning Smart Cities under Different Categories/Themes

Social Aspects
  1. Tirupati: Health Benchmark for Municipal Schools
  2. Bhubaneshwar: Socially Smart Bhubaneswar
  3. Tumakuru: Digital Library Solution

Governance
  1. Vadodara: GIS
  2. Thane: Digi Thane
  3. Bhubaneswar: ME app

Culture

Joint winners: Indore and Chandigarh
  • Indore: Conservation of Heritage
  • Chandigarh: Capitol Complex, Heritage Project
  • Gwalior: Digital Museum

Urban Environment

Joint Winners: Bhopal and Chennai

* Bhopal: Clean energy

* Chennai: Restoration of water bodies

* Tirupati: Renewable energy generation

Sanitation

Joint winners: Tirupati and Indore

* Tirupati: Bioremediation & Bio-Mining

* Indore: Municipal Waste Management System

* Surat: Conservation through Treated Wastewater

Economy

1. Indore: Carbon Credit Financing Mechanism

2. Tirupati and Agra (joint)

  • Tirupati: Boost Local Identity & economy through design studio
  • Agra: Micro Skill Development Centre

Built Environment
  1. Indore: Chappan Dukan
  2. Surat: Canal Corridor
  3. Erode: Micro-compost Centre

Water

Joint winners: Dehradun and Varanasi

Dehradun: Smart Water Metering Water ATM

Varanasi: Eco-Restoration of Assi River

Surat: Integrated and Sustainable Water Supply System

Sustainable Business Model of ICCC

Agartala ICCC

Urban Mobility
  1. Aurangabad: Majhi Smart Bus
  2. Surat: Dynamic Scheduling Buses
  3. Ahmedabad: Man-less parking system and automatic ticket dispensing machines AMDA Park

Innovation Award

Innovative Idea Award

Indore: Carbon Credit Financing Mechanism

Covid Innovation Award

Joint winners: Kalyan-Dombivali & Varanasi