Allahabad is considered as a hallowed place on the grounds that the consecrated waterways; in particular, Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati join here. Being one of the most seasoned urban areas in the nation, it houses numerous chronicled Hindu sanctuaries. ‘Maha Kumbh Mela’ is the greatest religious occasion sorted out in Allahabad after like clockwork in which Hindus assemble to bathe in a consecrated stream as it is trusted that when Lord Vishnu, epitomized as Mohini, was taking off with Amrita (the nectar of everlasting status), he spilled four drops of it at four spots: Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain. Therefore, this mass Hindu journey of confidence began. It is figured as the biggest tranquil assembling on the planet. The occasion is the principle fascination of the city and draws various pioneers and voyagers. Aside from that, Allahabad Fort, Thornhill Mayne Memorial, Khusro Bagh and Jawahar Planetarium are a portion of the vacation destinations in the city.
Allahabad, otherwise called Prayag, is one of the 13 Smart Cities distinguished in UP out of 100 in India. It is the regulating central station of the Allahabad District. It is one of the biggest business focuses in Uttar Pradesh, having the second-most noteworthy per capita salary and the third-most prominent GDP in the state.
According to 2011 enumeration, Allahabad has a populace of 1.17 million (counting OG), spread over a zone of around 70sqkm. According to the City Development Plan (2015), it is evaluated that the city’s populace will cross 2 million by the year 2031.Allahabad is one of the real explorer/traveler’s goals of the nation, bringing about a substantial skimming populace (more than 100 million pioneers – MahaKumbhMela 2013).
Allahabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) gets ready for the entire recovery of the framework in the city and make the M and E administration access to normal open to guarantee great administration. As a piece of this activity, AMC expects to have association of open as recommendations to make the city keen and enhance the expectations for everyday comforts.
Allahabad needs to figure its own one of a kind PAN City Smart Solution (A Smart Solution that could be connected City wide) and set up the Smart City Plan in counsel with the nationals and different partners.
The Corporation of Allahabad is asking for to the subjects of Aurangabad to post their perspectives and proposal as per the city’s essential foundation, for example,
· Water supply
· Electricity
· Sanitation
· Waste administration
· Transport
· Parking
· Energy
· Housing
· IT arrangements
· Safety
· Security
Allahabad is additionally called the ‘City of Prime Ministers’ the same number of Indian executives have a place in the city. They were either conceived there or had learned at Allahabad University or were chosen from the Allahabad body electorate. Some of those head administrators were Jawaharlal Nehru, Gulzarilal Nanda, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Chandra Shekhar. Allahabad is a well known city in Uttar Pradesh for its religious place Sangam of three blessed streams and Mahakumbh Mela. At long last, Allahabad has additionally been shortlisted by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) in the rundown of 98 keen urban areas to create as a brilliant city under 100 Smart Cities Mission. The Allahabad City has effectively finished the principal period of keen city test and make its position in the rundown of 98 brilliant urban areas. The Municipal Corporation of Allahabad is setting up the shrewd city proposition to take an interest in the second period of the savvy city challenge and our city needs to contend with others to make it to the main 20 to be taken up for the first round of financing, in the year 2016-17.