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The Transformer
M Venkaiah Naidu´s up level three as he announces the third list of 27 cities that qualify under the Smart Cities Challenge (See list on page 86). With this, the total number of smart cities chosen has now increased to 60. The change is evident: The competition-based selection has made the cities rediscover themselves as they are undertaking a thorough assessment of gaps in the present levels of infrastructure and service delivery and come out with comprehensive, credible and actionable plans for area-based development and technology-based pan-city solutions. With the third batch of cities, the smart city implementation is now spread to 27 states and Union Territories. Seeing the speed at which Naidu is working towards transforming India, come January 2017 and India will boast of its comprehensive list of 100 smart cities.