Amritsar has topped the list of 27 new Smart Cities announced by the Minister of Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu. Eight other cities of pilgrim and tourism importance that made it to the third list of Smart Cities are: Ujjain, Tirupati, Agra, Nashik, Madurai, Thanjavur, Ajmer and Varanasi.
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Tag: Amritsar
13 airports to become CAT-III compliant
Thirteen more airports in the country, including Amritsar, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Patna and Lucknow, will soon become CAT-III compliant, a step which will ensure seamless flight operations even during fog.
Study on Delhi-Amritsar high-speed route
Railways has undertaken a study to run trains at a high speed of 300 kmph on Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar route to reduce travel time to just about two-and-half hour from the existing six hour.
Transportation of treated water and wastewater is a major issue: Experts
The reuse and recycle of wastewater is becoming important policy agenda in India with growing water scarcity in the urban areas. However, lack of proper infrastructure for transporting wastewater to the treatment plant and treated water is a major issue.
Litigation stalls work on NH-1 in Punjab: Govt
The stretch of National Highways (NH-1) between Shambhu and Amritsar falls in the jurisdiction of two projects namely Panipat to Jalandhar and Jalandhar to Amritsar, said Sarvey Sathyanarayana, Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha on December 9.
Supporting growth
India has launched the worldÂ’s largest programme of public-private partnerships in road construction. The goal is to build as many as 7,000 km of new trunk roads per year. One of these projects was implemented on National Highway 1. NH-1 is one of the oldest and longest highways in India, running from New Delhi in a north-westerly direÂction, passing through Amritsar and continuing into neighÂbouring Pakistan. Soma Enterprise has been commiÂssioned by the National Highways Authority of India to
Green light for high-speed rail
Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee has finally given a green signal to introduce high-speed passenger trains and the railway ministry will undertake a pre-feasibility study on six different routes across the country.

