Smart City Ranchi has once again won the India Smart City Contest Award. Smart City Ranchi, which has established itself as the best performer in the implementation of the Smart City Mission under the efficient leadership of the State Government and the guidance of Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, has been awarded the Best Performer City Award among the Smart Cities of the Eastern Zone.

This award was given by President of India, Draupadi Murmu at the India Smart City Conclave 2023 organized at the Brilliant Convention Center in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. On behalf of the State Government, Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department, Vinay Kumar Choubey and Chairman cum Managing Director of Ranchi Smart City Corporation, Amit Kumar, CEO of Ranchi Smart City Corporation and Director of State Urban Development Agency and General Manager of Smart City Ranchi. Rakesh Kumar Nandkeolyar received this honour by the hands of the President. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister of the Government of India, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Kaushal Kishore and Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary, Manoj Joshi, present on the stage, congratulated the Jharkhand Government and Ranchi Smart City for this honour. On this occasion, many dignitaries including Governor, Madhya Pradesh, Mangubhai Patel and Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan were present on the stage.

This award is prepared on the basis of India Smart City Contest Award 2022. Before the decision of this award, proposals are sent from all the 100 cities of the Country through power point presentations and videos about the special efforts being made in different fields in their cities. After that, the team of the Ministry goes to every city. She also goes and verifies it. This time, Ranchi had sent a proposal on the subjects like city security, traffic management, urban mobility, social aspect and land monetization and others.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister, Hemant Soren has congratulated the employees of Urban Development and Housing Department and Ranchi Smart City Corporation on the success of Ranchi Smart City and expressed hope that in the coming times, Ranchi's performance will leave an indelible mark at the National level. Choubey congratulated the entire team of Ranchi Smart City and expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister.

Amit Kumar expressed his gratitude to the Departmental Secretary and said that under his efficient guidance and the guidelines of the Chief Minister, we will try to do better further. He congratulated Team Ranchi Smart City for their better performance and best efforts