SMART
CITIES
Minister of Urban
Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu announced a list of 98 cities and towns
selected for development as smart cities. These cities and towns were nominated
by respective States and Union Territories at the end of first stage of ‘City Challenge’
competition in which all the urban local bodies in each State and UT were
evaluated based on their financial and institutional capacities and past track
record. He gave details of profiles of all the selected cities and towns in
terms of population and characters of each city/town.
ä 24
cities are capital cities;
ä 24
are business and industrial centres;
ä 18
are of cultural and tourism importance;
ä 5
are port cities and three are educational and healthcare hubs.
In terms of population:
ä 8
have population up to one lakh. These being: Panaji, Diu,Silvassa, Kavaratti,
Dharmashala, New Town Kolkata, Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh and Namchi(Sikkim)
ä 35
have population between one and five lakhs;
ä 21
cities are in the population range of five to ten lakhs;
ä 25
have population of above 10 lakhs and below 25 lakhs;
ä 5
in the range of 25 to 50 lakhs and
ä Four
viz., Chennai, Greater Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Greater Mumbai have population
above 50 lakh.
Uttar Pradesh, the
most populous and politically vital state, will get the most number of Smart
Cities - 13. The state government has also recommended Congress president Sonia
Gandhi's constituency Rae Bareli. Tamil Nadu will have 12 and Maharashtra will
get 10 such cities. Madhya Pradesh will have seven Smart Cities and Gujarat and
Karnataka will have six each.
In
the next five years, Rs. 3 lakh crore will be spent in developing the towns to
provide world class infrastructure, sustainable environment and smart
solutions. The Smart City mission is viewed as the government's big push for
urban renewal in almost 100 Indian cities and towns.
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State
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Smart Cities
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Cities
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1
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Uttar Pradesh
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13**
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Moradabad
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Aligarh
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Saharanpur
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Bareilly
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Jhansi
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Kanpur
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Allahabad
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Lucknow
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Varanasi
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Agra
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Ghaziabad
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Rampur
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2
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Tamil Nadu
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12
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Chennai
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Madurai
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Trichy
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Salem
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Tirunelveli
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Dindigul
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Vellore
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Tiruppur
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Coimbatore
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Thoothukudi
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Erode
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Thanjavur
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3
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Maharashtra
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10
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Navi Mumbai
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Nashik
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Thane
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Pune
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Aurangabad
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Kalyan-Dombivali
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Nagpur
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Solapur
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Amravati
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Greater Mumbai
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4
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Madhya Pradesh
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7
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Bhopal
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Ujjain
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Satna
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Sagar
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Gwalior
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Jabalpur
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Indore
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5
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Gujarat
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6
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Gandhinagar
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Vadodara
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Surat
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Rajkot
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Ahmedabad
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Dahod
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6
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Karnataka
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6
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Mangaluru
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Belagavi
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Shivamogga
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Hubballi-Dharwad
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Tumakuru
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Davanegere
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7
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Rajasthan
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4
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Jaipur
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Ajmer
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Udaipur
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Kota
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8
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West Bengal
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4
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New Town Kolkata
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Bidhannagar
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Durgapur
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Haldia
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9
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Andhra Pradesh
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3
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Visakhapatnam
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Tirupati
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Kakinada
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10
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Punjab
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3
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Amritsar
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Jalandhar
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Ludhiana
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11
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Bihar
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3
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Muzaffarpur
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Bhagalpur
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Biharsharif
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12
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Chhattisgarh
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2
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Raipur
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Bilaspur
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13
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Haryana
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2
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Karnal
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Faridabad
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14
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Odisha
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2
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Bhubaneswar
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Rourkela
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15
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Telangana
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2
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Greater Hyderabad
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Greater Warangal
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16
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Andaman &
Nicobar Is
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1
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Port Blair
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17
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Arunachal Pradesh
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1
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Pasighat
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18
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Asom
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1
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Guwahati
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19
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Chandigarh
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1
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Chandigarh
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20
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Daman & Diu
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1
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Diu
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21
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Dadra & Nagar
Haveli
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1
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Silvassa
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22
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Delhi
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1
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New Delhi
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23
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Goa
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1
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Panaji
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24
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Himachal Pradesh
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1
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Dharamshala
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25
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Jharkhand
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1
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Ranchi
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26
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Kerala
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1
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Kochi
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27
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Lakshadweep
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1
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Kavaratti
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28
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Manipur
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1
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Imphal
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29
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Meghalaya
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1
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Shillong
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30
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Mizoram
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1
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Aizawl
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31
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Nagaland
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1
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Kohima
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32
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Puducherry
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1
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Oulgaret
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33
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Sikkim
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1
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Namchi
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34
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Tripura
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1
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Agartala
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35
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Uttarakhand
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1
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Dehradun
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36
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Jammu & Kashmir
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1^^
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**12
Cities have been shortlisted from Uttar Pradesh
against 13 cities allocated to that State.
^^
Jammu & Kashmir has asked for more time to decide on the potential Smart
City.
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