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SM@RT CITIES COUNCIL
Lucknow
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Area: 369.01 sq km
Population:
2,817,105
(2011 census)
State: Uttar Pradesh
Uday Raj Singh
Municipal Commissioner
Contact: Lucknow Nagar Nigam.
Tel: 0522-230 7770/82/83.
E-mail: nnlko@nic.in
Website: www.lmc.up.nic.in
Highlights: A historical city, Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. The growing population has
impelled the municipal corporation to provide a host of facilities such as sewage line, water supply
and roads. The ‘Golden City of the East’ is on the train route and well connected with all cities
within the state, creating ample opportunities for investors.
Industry: Handicrafts like Chikankari, Zardozi and Kamdani, agriculture.
Education institutes: University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Dr Ram
Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Amity
University and Integral University, medical institutes like Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of
Medical Sciences and management institutes like IIM-Lucknow.
Projects: Solid waste project; with sewer line in half its areas, proposal for the second phase
awaiting government nod; Lucknow Metro Rail; Agra to Lucknow Access Controlled Expressway
(greenfield) project; Jhansi-Kanpur-Lucknow-Gorakhpur-Kushinagar and Lucknow-Barabanki-
Nanpara Link Expressway; four-laning of Lucknow-Sultanpur section of NH-56; meat processing
plant; proposal submitted to provide LED lights to two zones; tendering for construction of
government degree college Targawa, Jaithra; Vascon Engineers building multi-storied flats;
Uttar Pradesh Avas Evem Vikas Parishad to construct multi-storied (stilt+8) residential houses;
IT city-Chak Ganjaria City project on Lucknow-Sultanpur highway; L&T to augment power
supply networks and its transportation infrastructure business to construct six-lane access controlled
expressways from Unnao district (village Neval) to Lucknow.
Existing infrastructure: Amausi International Airport serves as the city's main airport; Charbagh
station, with 15 platforms, is the country's busiest station; IT park spreads accross 25 acre on
Kanpur road; Aishbagh Tower housing scheme; Ring Road along Indira Canal.
Vadodara
Area:
159.95 sq km (approx)
Population:
1,666,703 (2011 census)
State: Gujarat
Manish Bhardwaj
Municipal Commissioner
Contact: Vadodara Mahanagar
Seva Sadan. Tel: 0265-243 3344.
E-mail: vmccomm@gmail.com
Website: www.vmc.gov.in
Highlights: Also known as Baroda, Vadodara is the third largest and most populated city in Gujarat,
after Ahmedabad and Surat. The city, popularly known as Knowledge Centre, is Gujarat's third
largest city and cultural capital. Located on the Western Railway’s Mumbai-Delhi and Mumbai-
Ahmedabad lines, Vadodara is 100 km from Ahmedabad and its narrow gauge line operates from
Pratapnagar Railway Station and Vishwamitri Railway Station. What’s more, it is connected by road
on NH-8 with all the major cities of India.
Industry: Giant industrial complexes and public undertakings like Gujarat Refinery, Indian
Petrochemicals, Gujarat State Fertilisers, Heavy Water Project, Oil & Natural Gas Commission, etc.
Educational institutes: Medical college, homeopathic college, dental college, technology college
and pharmacy college.
Projects: Vadodara-Ankleshwar Industrial area features as a general manufacturing area in the Delhi
Mumbai Dedicated Freight Corridor; six-laning of Vadodara-Surat highway; four-lane Vadodara-
Mumbai Expressway; provision of new Ring Road; development of Statue of Unity; development
of convention centre in Surat and Vadodara; IT Zone, Technology and Biotech Park, Health Node,
Knowledge Township and Recreation Zone; a cargo tech wire basket for kitchen modular furniture
by German major Hettich India: company is expanding with an investment of Rs 500 crore over
the next five years; MoU with Finnish Waste Management Consortium represented for Animal
Rendering, STP, TTP, MSW, landfill, lake or river or restoration worth Rs 1,200 crore.
Existing infrastructure: Narmada canal’s 10-MW solar power project, Sardar Sarovar Dam,
National Expressway 1 connecting Ahmedabad and Vadodara, NH-8 connecting Delhi and Jaipur.
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