Most Indian cities today are reeling under problems of infrastructure collapse because of increasing population, lack of planning and poor management. The underlying cause very clearly is absence of a robust governance structure and its accountability to public.
India has the 2nd largest urban system in the world. 310 million live in 5161 cities and towns. That's like cramming the entire population of America into the third of the space.
And by 2030, India's urban population is estimated to reach a staggering 575 million. It's about time somebody asked the question: in the years to come, where will India live? And more importantly, How will India live
Lavasa, in association with The Times of India presents Lavasa Future Cities, an initiative borne of a vision to build new cities that are sensitive to the environment and intelligently planned for a fast-evolving future. It is an unchangeable fact that the India of tomorrow will find expression in its cities. What we can question and hence change is how that future will be lived.
It’s time we started a new conversation.
Lavasa Future Cities; it starts now.
In 2007 the mineral depletion rate to gross national income ratio of India was 0.7% which was on the higher side as compared to the global average of 0.4% but in other developing countries the ratio was much higher than of India like in China and Russia it was 1.3% and in Brazil 1.6%.
World Bank Report
the rule enforcers are reluctant to enforce the rule as if the common man knows the rule totally than either he will completely abide the rule or if punished once with heavy penalty than he will not repeat it.But the rules should be made public without loop holes people will happily follow the rules.
sheikhriyaz | mumbai | 18-01-2010
According to me, the biggest problem is the population which is growing at a tremendous rate and that too exponentially. The scenario is serious in rural areas which adversely affects the metros which get filled to brim as youngmen from rural area goes to big cities in search of jobs. Environment factor arises for the educated person but major part of the Indian population is poor and uneducated. The meaning of environment word is itself not clear to poor. He does not even know where he/she will get the next time meal from, and we expect him to think about our environment. Development in terms of new cities with proper planning and futuristic approach is an excellent idea. Hats off to the person who started the process and brought this magic lamp forward to millions of Indians. We all indians specially the more fortunate ones, need to lift the quality of living for ourselves as well for the other side of the society because when we will excel, believe me, INDIA will excel at exponential rate. Thank You! Sahil Goel (student) B.Tech I.T-MBA Lovely Professional University Phagwara(Punjab) contact No:+91-946-370-8952
Sahil Goel | Hoshiarpur(Punjab) | 18-01-2010