A Megecity with a mega Green cover.......

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.....

Sarpa kaavu....ecosystem of it's own...

 

 

Some wildlife.....

City and its society...........a small case

We can suffice ourselves by comparing with other cities. But, even if we don't have uncontrolled urbanization, we don't have a completely controlled urbanization either. We are lucky that constructions of the likes in Vijayawada (a house of 3-4 floors in 2 cents land!!) that have a population of nearly 1.8-2 million in 2010, are not sprouting up here. As the cities spread horizontally, they need new facilities like parks, green lungs, well maintained water bodies, control of ground water usage, compensative afforestation, etc.....As a point of view, Trivandrum was 140 sq.km. in 2007. Now it is 200sq.km. in area. the population also showed an increase from 7 lakhs to 11lakhs. So, the corresponding implementation of urban infra. was not there....

Anyhow, another point is that with the IT boom occurring in state, many people are finding employment....a good thing to happen....but it should not be IT alone that provides employment in a large scale. All round balancing of society is needed by providing avenues for development in agriculture, electronics, renewable energy, research and development relevant to current societal issues, future technologies, dairy farming, handicraft development, textiles and development, coir based industry, and others that makes up a healthy society.

Unlike other metro cities in India, our cities have a natural gift of conservative development combined with tradition, and linking of past with the future. Unique capability of having villages survive without rapid urbanization is very very important. That's what we have.....So, it is highly necessary to maintain this status forever as the max. population that for example, Trivandrum can hold without stressing on nature is 2.5 million people...... (by 2050) and after wards, it declines and decreases....

Posted in SSC forum -Where will the green cities go?????

[QUOTE=Tri Man;75518481]With massive urbanisation,the Green cities like Trivandrum,Chandigarh,Nagpur,Mysore,Mangalore... will be in great places to live.This will inturn reflect a healthier living with fresh water and air.
Bangalore,once used to be a Green City.But due to uncontrolled urbanization the city has turned into concrete jungle.[/QUOTE]

But, we need controlled urbanization here. It seems that Kowdiar and Vellayambalam, and even Vazhuthacaud and Sastamangalam are saturated now (means that are aptly utilized) in development. Explosive development like in Bangalore will destroy Trivandrum forever.......its signs have already started now......

Once upon a time, Hyderabad was also greener in par with Bangalore, with gardens, water bodies, lakes, The Moosi river etc......today, everything is eaten by the land sharks (bigwigs in real estate) ......so it is now a city of bleeding hearts people (rather than working class people) from a pensioners paradise.


So, we, the people should decide on the fate of our city.....Do we want to maintain the quote 'Ever green city of India' or Go for a concrete jungle with depleted ground water and temperatures of 40-45 degrees in summer???????????????

Strict lobbying from residents and agencies in core areas of the city should be there to ban new constructions in CBD residential areas after certain threshold..........(the same lobbying we do for attaining VISL or T3. Why not for our wellbeing???)

Even if I'm correct, I may sound foolish.....one may ask who is interested in greenery if he can mint money out of hot land property.......here the govt. turns deaf and dumb (even goes to become the law and order of the town by being blind to such things.........)


So, where will TDF and the likes go or do at this point ???