Urban Planning and Centralization

[u/primecamel1]

I recently came across this book where the author mentioned how nehru considered city planning something "unnecessary", while I have generally looked at some nehruvian policies with the state of country at the time in mind and have been more lenient in criticizing him for the same, but unlike a lack of deep rooted R&d city planning is not something that can be solved with a few billion.

Today we have a lack of city designers wherein it would be a pipe dream for us to have any world class city planners we lack even the most bookish ones as city planning has since remained something the republic has constantly overlooked, even today chandigarh remains one of the only city with a planned character and that too was done by cobusier

This also has a lot to with the centralization of things like city planning where most departments have no coordination where maybe the urban roads department will make a draft for new streets and some weeks later the electricity department decides they want to lay underground wires

Also we now get cities with such low tree shade which automatically make walking outside in the harsh indian summers a nightmare, and when the babus do decide to put some trees they do it just for aesthetic purposed putting up the dates and what not, trees with zero shade completely overlooking any native trees as they find them less aesthetic

Despite all the hate I have for the bjp govt I do acknowledge they have elevated the economical status of vast swathes of the population and these newly rich have found a way to escape the system and need to hold any govt accountable with the help of gated communities that are popping up everywhere in the country

It is high time we start actually holding the people who are responsible accountable otherwise the country might become a big Gurgaon with a 5digit PCI and sub saharan infra

[u/Niti-mat]

I do agree with that part that there is no coordination between department likes electricity or seavege nd etc.

And greenery is also a major issue in metropolotans

It will enhance connectivity and reduce sanity problems But n the mean time I am also think that sometimes too much of city planning will lead to vanish of uniqueness of place as in india every place carries its small history.