Lessons from Gurgaon
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Vijay Patil
Oct 1, 2015, 4:30:16 AM10/1/15
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Hello
Very informative study for those interested in urbanization in India.
https://mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/Lessons%20from%20Gurgaon.pdf
"Transport infrastructure as well as transport delivery in Gurgaon is abysmal. Gurgaon has no unified agency for building and maintaining roads.
Gurgaon has a poorly maintained road network; it had, until recently, no provision for public transport, whether mass transit or bus service, which made road congestion worse; and not all of Gurgaon’s parts connect to the Delhi Metro’s mass transit system. In private developments, each household has at least one car (often one car per member of the household) and the city adds 60,000 cars to its roads every month. Poor commuters rely on auto-rickshaws, cycle rickshaws, and overflowing private buses. Congestion is an enormous problem."
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Vijay Patil
Jul 30, 2016, 4:21:27 AM7/30/16
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Re-opening thread about Gurgaon.
British ruled us but at least they knew how to create a city with proper drainage system for monsoon weather.
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Vijay Patil
Aug 2, 2016, 2:23:49 AM8/2/16
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Secondly, the devolution of urban governance envisaged by the 74th constitutional amendment never really took place. Urban local bodies (ULBs) lack both accountability and authority. The lack of an effective mayoral system is particularly keenly felt in metropolitan regions. Devolution of urban financing is another aspect of this. Central schemes like the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission are ad hoc measures and run contrary to the principle of sustainable devolution. There are several other avenues innovative planning could explore—from monetizing state land assets to user charges for urban infrastructure such as road networks in prime areas.
More news, more opinions. How is this relevant for Pune? Why are we trying to merge villages into PMC and PCMC when clear they are not able to properly manage rapidly growing Pune region? Is creating more ULBs (that have real autonomy) a solution? Lot of food for thought and opportunity for leadership.
On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 1:51:27 PM UTC+5:30, Vijay Patil wrote:
Re-opening thread about Gurgaon.British ruled us but at least they knew how to create a city with proper drainage system for monsoon weather.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Vijay Patil <vijay...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello
Very informative study for those interested in urbanization in India.
https://mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/Lessons%20from%20Gurgaon.pdf
"Transport infrastructure as well as transport delivery in Gurgaon is abysmal. Gurgaon has no unified agency for building and maintaining roads.
Gurgaon has a poorly maintained road network; it had, until recently, no provision for public transport, whether mass transit or bus service, which made road congestion worse; and not all of Gurgaon’s parts connect to the Delhi Metro’s mass transit system. In private developments, each household has at least one car (often one car per member of the household) and the city adds 60,000 cars to its roads every month. Poor commuters rely on auto-rickshaws, cycle rickshaws, and overflowing private buses. Congestion is an enormous problem."
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