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The Ministry of Urban Development has set up city-wise task forces to draw up concrete action plans for development of Ajmer, Allahabad and Visakhapatnam as smart cities, an official statement said on Wednesday.
The task forces have representatives of the Ministries of Urban Development and External Affairs, respective state governments and cities and the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA), it added.
During the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US and the strategic and commercial dialogue with President Barack Obama, the US had offered assistance in the development of these smart cities.
USTDA and the State governments of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh had signed MoUs on January 25 for developing the three cities.
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