As the time has come for the elections and census of India-2011 to be released soon, people are finding themselves in a more globalized economy of India-now a global power with a population of over 1.6 billion people. the number of million plus cities are ever increasing with nearly 35 cities as per latest data, and Mumbai-the second largest urban agglomeration in the world after Tokyo, followed by Delhi and Kolkatta having population more than 1 crore (10 million). Not far behind are the metros of Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad having 8,9 and 8.5 million people respectively.
the more peculiar aspect is the emergence of tier-II cities as growth engines of the economy whose populations are ranging from 2 million and above. they are the new brand of Indian urbanscape where hip and classy middle class is spread upon. Cities like Coimbatore, Dhanbad, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Gwalior, Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Mysore, Mangalore, Vizag, Vadodara,Vijayawada, Thiruvananthapuram, Thane, Aurangabad, Rajkot, Surat, Indore etc are the new urban centers having their urban populations of 2 million or more. they are showing high industrial progress in IT, ITeS, Auto, Manufacturing, Logistics, Pharma, Textiles and Research hubs...
Another brand of tier-I cities, that are would be metros of the future are- Pune, Ahmadabad, Nagpur, Lucknow, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Patna with populations ranging from 4.5 million onwards. these are also the aspiring Global cities of the future.....
However, the growth of alternate technologies that address the green issues of these cities is not there.
will be continued.....
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