Planned And Sustainable Urbanization Rarely Happens

Winner: T. Aswini Patro

At a time when the idea of a ‘smart city’ dominates policy discourse, India is faced with a very real urbanization challenge. Cities play a great role in nation’s development and according to a report they contribute more than 65% to our national GDP.

With the increase in population the planning of a sustainable urbanization rarely happens. One of the reasons is that, initially the cities or the towns start developing from a smaller area and with the subsequent increase of people and with modernization the city grows bigger and ....

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