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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Looking for Voulenteers - Infrastructure Services Assessment
Green Eminent Research Centre, a private research centre in vadodara is looking for the professionals and citizens who can provide their opinion on the infrastructure services available, deficiency and demand in their respective cities or regions. We welcome participants to provide your assessment of the quantity, quality and nature of services issues in your areas. Please register your name and contact details by writing to us on gercbrd@gmail.com or write in comment box. You can also upload your comments please write in to us we would place on our blog..
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Future Cities - Planning for More
As the economic growth of our cities has gained momentum the investments would have started coming into the infrastructure sector. When we call the public or private bodies to invest in the city infrastructure the vision of cities needs to be grand and inclusive to all the components of the growth requirements. Its not just growth matters to only large cities but even the medium and smaller cities needs efficient systems of infrastructure. Even though technologies has become attractive prepositions for the development its the nature of available infrastructure and manpower managing it has become important in giving right outlook to the cities.
Cities needs to think beyond the political lineages for the benefits of the masses, either today or tomorrow the growth pranks of the cities would catch up. Whether we live in metro or not does not matter, we require quality infrastructure support. This would not be without its citizens agreeing to part with the revenues required for such development. Its pity that our Indian planners think that the citizens are not ready to pay for quality infrastructure. Rather the administrators does not want to be responsible enough to provide quality services to citizens.
Socio-Economic nature and characterstics of cities should be taken care by not only the planning agencies but also by its political masters while approving the plans (so called CDPs) for the cities. The vision if lack inclusiveness will harm the socio-cultural and socio-phsycological needs of people. Its enforced character of the planning process which is driving the people nuts on the questions of "who benefits?". They often quip to rejoin its not us. These are for investors, who would be welcomed in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Chennai to showcase the fabric, else the truth in under the carpet. Promises of the housing to those who cannot afford are not met. This may be true for all citizens falls below purchasing capacity of housing above Rs. 6-10 Lacs. Where are the houses gone for the masses? Who knows in the vision of the cities they stand nowwhere..at least the BUSP/IHSDP provides housing to poor..may be proxy for the middle income households.
A promise of keep future intact in cities...we leave the majority on its edges.
Cities needs to think beyond the political lineages for the benefits of the masses, either today or tomorrow the growth pranks of the cities would catch up. Whether we live in metro or not does not matter, we require quality infrastructure support. This would not be without its citizens agreeing to part with the revenues required for such development. Its pity that our Indian planners think that the citizens are not ready to pay for quality infrastructure. Rather the administrators does not want to be responsible enough to provide quality services to citizens.
Socio-Economic nature and characterstics of cities should be taken care by not only the planning agencies but also by its political masters while approving the plans (so called CDPs) for the cities. The vision if lack inclusiveness will harm the socio-cultural and socio-phsycological needs of people. Its enforced character of the planning process which is driving the people nuts on the questions of "who benefits?". They often quip to rejoin its not us. These are for investors, who would be welcomed in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Chennai to showcase the fabric, else the truth in under the carpet. Promises of the housing to those who cannot afford are not met. This may be true for all citizens falls below purchasing capacity of housing above Rs. 6-10 Lacs. Where are the houses gone for the masses? Who knows in the vision of the cities they stand nowwhere..at least the BUSP/IHSDP provides housing to poor..may be proxy for the middle income households.
A promise of keep future intact in cities...we leave the majority on its edges.
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