A tale of two cities

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A tale of two cities [1]

Growth is happening faster than we ever imagined. Construction is booming and expansion is gobbling agricultural land

I travelled to two different cities in two different states last fortnight — Indore and Guwahati. I came back with images identified by common distinctions: piles of garbage and glitzy new shopping malls. Is this our vision of urban development? There is no question that cities are imploding; growth is happening faster than we ever imagined. Construction is booming and expansion is gobbling agricultural land.

Publication Date:

22/10/2012

Author(s): Sunita Narain [2]

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]

Tags:

Indore (T) [4], Guwahati [5], Garbage [6], Agriculture [7], Land [8], Air Pollution [9], Water Resources [10], Water Harvesting [11], Groundwater Recharge [12], Water Distribution [13], Maheshwar Dam [14], Displacement [15], Compensation [16], River Pollution [17], Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) [18], Sunita Narain [19], CSE [20], Environment [21]

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