The Narendra Modi government has announced the second list of cities that would be developed as 'Smart Cities' under its ambitious plan to develop the country's infrastructure. According to the list announced by the Urban Development Ministry on Tuesday, Lucknow, Faridabad, Dharmashala, Chandigarh, Raipur, New Town Kolkata, Panaji, Ranchi, Bhagalpur, Warangal, Port Blair, Imphal, and Agartala will be developed as smart cities.

Earlier, in January the government had announced the names of 20 cities and had started the "fast track competition" for 23 cities from an equal number of states since none of the cities nominated by them figured in the first list of top 10 smart cities.

While announcing the new names, Union Urban Development minister, M Venkaiah Naidu, stated that these cities have proposed investments of Rs 30,299 crore. The earlier 20 cities had proposed an investment of Rs 50,560 crore