A new Chandigarh is being developed around Chandigarh, the only planned city of the country. Already the satellite townships like Mohalli, Zirakpur and Panchkula are killing Chandigarh. You can witness long traffic jams in Chandigarh that were not a part of Chandigarh culture about a decade ago. This new Chandigarh being developed by Punjab government would prove as a last nail in coffin.
The new Chandigarh is being developed on fertile agriculture land around the City beautiful. The costs of plots being offered is beyond the reach of common man.
Why cant the government look for some barren lands in hinterlands of the state and develop some more cities like Chandigarh away from the old Chandigarh. This would generate employment of people, create new business centers, decrease the cost of urbanized land and create more planned cities that can have planned industrial areas.
Interestingly after independence the besides, Chandigarh no new city has been developed in the entire country. The entire exercise of urbanization has been happening in the form of colonies of satellite towns around existing cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkatta or Ludhiana. The flawed urbanization has killed the said cities and reduced them to the most badly managed urban centers in the entire world.
It is high time the state or union government think of creating some new cities like Chandigarh in the country.
The new Chandigarh is being developed on fertile agriculture land around the City beautiful. The costs of plots being offered is beyond the reach of common man.
Why cant the government look for some barren lands in hinterlands of the state and develop some more cities like Chandigarh away from the old Chandigarh. This would generate employment of people, create new business centers, decrease the cost of urbanized land and create more planned cities that can have planned industrial areas.
Interestingly after independence the besides, Chandigarh no new city has been developed in the entire country. The entire exercise of urbanization has been happening in the form of colonies of satellite towns around existing cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkatta or Ludhiana. The flawed urbanization has killed the said cities and reduced them to the most badly managed urban centers in the entire world.
It is high time the state or union government think of creating some new cities like Chandigarh in the country.
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