Hyderabad: The clamour for the Centre’s Smart City tag is growing. After the inclusion of Warangal, the Telangana state government on Wednesday sought the inclusion of Karimnagar in the Smart Cities list, in place of Hyderabad for which the government had given up the claim earlier.

Karimnagar TRS MP B. Vinod Kumar accompanied by Special  Representative Dr S Venugopala Chary met Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and sought the inclusion of  Karimnagar as a Smart City. He also submitted a memorandum listing the facilities  available in Karimnagar.

He gave a copy of the letter written by commissioner and director  of municipal administration regarding the withdrawal of the nomination of Hyderabad as a Smart City and proposed the name of Karimnagar. Mr Naidu promised to consider the plea.

The main objective of the Smart City concept is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its  citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of  ‘smart’ solutions.

The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development and the idea is  to look at compact areas, create a replicable model which will act  like a light house to other aspiring cities.