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more-inMADURAIMadurai city is ranked 67 in a list of 87 Smart Cities. The city is ranked higher than others Tirunelveli, and Thoothukudi, which are ranked 78 and 80, in south Tamil Nadu. Madurai, which joined the list of Smart Cities in 2016, is set to inaugurate its first smart project — the Mattuthavani Smart Fruit Market -- in a month’s time, according to Corporation Commissioner S.
Aneesh Sekhar. Under the Smart Cities Mission, the Madurai Corporation also aims to construct a heritage pathway in the area-based development zone connecting Tirumalai Nayak Palace and the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple at a cost of about ?50 crore. According to a report from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Madurai falls far behind the other cities in Tamil Nadu with an overall score of 4.91..