Re: PUBLIC: new cities

[prabhu.guptara@ny.ubs.com]

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     I am sorry I missed that posting, Arvind.

     We are proposing lots of "impractical" things on IPI: the question is
     not whether we perceive these ideas as "practical" but whether we
     believe them to be the best means of revitalising the country.

     No city is "natural": Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Bangalore, Chandigarh,
     and New Delhi (for example) were none of them "natural", they were the
     result of a deliberate effort to start a new city.  We may think that
     some of these (or none of these) were not particularly good examples
     of cities but, if so, we should learn from them in order to build
     better cities this time round.

     I think your idea, Arvind, is worth reviving, particularly if we start
     getting some new states where some new thinking about these sorts of
     things might be welcome.

     Yes, many cities will be needed, but then much effort is needed to
     give flesh to most if not all of our IPI policies....


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Subject: Re: PUBLIC:  new cities
Author:  arvind.kumar (arvind.kumar@rocketmail.com) at nyuxuu
Date:    31.12.98 22:28



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---prabhu.guptara@ny.ubs.com wrote:
>      I have long believed that one way round this
is to create some new
>      cities with modern infrastructure (including
IT and rapid mass
>      transport system), international airport, etc.
At one time I thought so too and even posted it on IP
but I gave up this idea as it is impractical for the
simple reason that the number of cities required is
too huge and can come about only through natural means.

-Arvind

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