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Master plan for Delhi dreams big but may bypass poor
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Last Updated: Jul 02, 2021, 11:11 AM IST
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Delhi s Master Plan 2041, its fourth since the first effort covering 1961-81, introduces policies for a strategic and enabling framework that can nurture the future growth of the city, said Delhi Development Authority, the planning agency.
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Planners in the Indian capital of Delhi have set out a vision for a sustainable, liveable and vibrant future city in a master plan that experts say ignores its informal workers and bypasses its many poor. The draft Delhi Master Plan 2041, open for public feedback until July 24, aims to cater for a population of about 29 million - up from 19 million now - with better public transport and mobility, wider housing options and more green space.
By Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar
There is structural violence that is inherent in our society on account of infrastructure projects worldwide. IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute as part of its series #CityConversations organized a lecture with Dr. Deljana Lossifova titled Infrastructuring the City: Trajectories of Violence. Dr Deljana Lossifova is a Senior Lecturer, Urban Studies and Director, Confucius Institute, University of Manchester United Kingdom. She is also the Chair of the Urban Studies Foundation.
Prof. Darshini Mahadevia, Associate Dean, Arts, and Professor, Social Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad set the tone for the conversation. It is important to take a critical lens to the urbanization of cities in the global south. There is a rapid expansion of infrastructure and economic growth, which has been emulated from China. This rapid expansion is not equitable. Research has indicated infrastructural violence that is exp