the first list of 20 cities to be developed as ‘Smart Cities’ as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project have been announced today by union minister Sri. Venkaiah Naidu. The list has two cities from AP- Vizag and Kakinada. Ciites in the list are – Bhuvaneswar, Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Jabalput, Visakhapatnam, Solapur, Dhavangiri, Indore, the New Delhi area, Coimbatore, Kakinada, Belgaum, Udaipur, Guwahati, Chennai, Ludhiana and Bhopal.The cities will be developed to have basic infrastructure through assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation.