India is a reluctant urbaniser. The Indian city is chaotic, unclean and unsafe. Lothal, Pataliputra and Ujjain were once cosmopolitan centres, planned around commerce and geography. Bad planning and governance scarred our cities, with the middle class driven away by rigid ideology, massive migration and industrial tension. Urban planning remains a farce. We face a magnified situation today. In 20 years, 590 million of us will live in 5,000 cities and about 400 urban agglomerations, with little institutional and administrative machinery. According to the UN, 309 million internal migrants will swamp these centres working in temporary professions, while facing a denial of basic public services. We lack 19 million urban houses, offering an average water supply of just three hours, with urban sanitation provided to just 37%. articles.timesofindia.indiatimes/2013-10-29/edit-page/43463232_1_urban-governance-cities-water-supply
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 06:45:54 +0000
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