India Smart Cities Award Contest was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on 25th August, 2020 to evaluate cities on their performances and achievement of project proposals and innovations. The Competition aims to reward cities, projects and ideas promoting the spirit of the Smart Cities Mission under the theme “Building Cities for People”.

A mandatory task set by the MoHUA for all the 100 Smart Cities, Kohima is amongst the only two North East cities along with Agartala to have qualified in the Top 66 Cities selected for the second stage of the contest.

            CEO, Kohima Smart City Development Limited, Kovi Meyase expressed hope that with this feat Kohima will continue to move towards achieving further Sustainable Development Goals and towards making Kohima a more liveable city.

                                                                                                (DIPR)