In 2018, The Government of India, AFD and the European Union launched the City Investments To Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) program, a challenge process that called on cities around India to submit their proposals of how they would become the country’s next smart cities. Here is a look at the 12 winning projects.

AGARTALA GETS A REFRESHED RIVERFRONT

AMRITSAR TAKES A STEP TOWARDS SMARTER TRAVEL

BHUBANESHWAR REIMAGINES PUBLIC PLACES

HUBBALI-DHARWAD LAUNCHED GOES GREEN

UJJAIN HAS MORE ROOM TO BREATHE

DEHRADUN GETS MORE COMMUTER- AND ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY

SURAT, FROM WASTELANDS TO BIODIVERSITY HUBS

AMARAVATI REBUILDS THE BASICS

KOCHI ENGAGED IN A DIGITAL HEALTHCARE REVOLUTION

CHENNAI’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS EQUIPPED WITH SMARTER CLASSROOMS

PONDICHERRY WANTS TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY

IN VISHAKHAPATNAM, A MODERNIZATION DRIVE FOR MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

selected cities in the CITIIS program would receive a grant of €100 million from AFD as well as €6 million of additional funding from the European Union to mobilise the expertise they required.

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