Often, when framing urban policies we in India adopt a view where we try to create policies where all the lobbies are satisfied, .Most times this may not necessarily translate to a great vision. When you analyze a city like Bangalore, there is an inner older city and the outer city which is mostly new developments. The old Bangalore with tree-lined roads and little gardens has always had great appeal. This character of Bangalore, largely shaped by these tree-lined streets, is slowly vanishing, given the shortsighted way the city seems to be cutting off its trees.
The new development plan is going to further destroy this invaluable quality of Bangalore as the garden city. The widening of the roads, the cutting down of the trees, the new high density plans will wipe out the Bangalore that we all love and remember. I am all for urban redevelopment and change. But we can focus on high density development and new infrastructure while conserving the valuable features and heritage of our cities. I think the idea of creating a single law for the old and new segments of the city is not an intelligent solution.
I believe the inner city with its charming character should have been preserved as it is. It should have been the nucleus and they should have kept the FSI or density constant in these areas. The major metro lines, infrastructure projects and higher density development should have been focused on the outer city circle. I call it the “Medhu wada” concept- The old charming Bangalore should be preserved, almost as it, in the inner circle and higher density outer city with new infrastructure should be created as a ring around the existing city. In that way, you could have kept the intervention in the exiting parts of Bangalore to a minimal. Of course you would need a few crisscross expressways and an underground metro system. This way we could have retained the older charm of the city and the outer city could have been designed like the state of the art mega city of the future.
This is the unfortunate story of all our cities.Who is to blame?.It squarely lies with the body of professionals that joined the band wagon of glorified constructions, inappropriate to our sociocultural ethos.
The best ever possible opportunity to revive Mumbai when large chunks of land got freed from sick Textile mills was lost and it became worse than a status quo.Who is to be blamed?.Had professionals stood up and fought,Bangalore would have learnt a lesson…
I got relocated to Bangalore recently and was amazed to see the development work that has happened in the city but unfortunately the level of Infratsructure has not kept pace with the rapid Urbanization.
Even basic facilities like drainage have been ignored to an extent that age old surface drainage systems are not able to cope up with the rapid infratsructure development.
All stakeholders are to blame for the mess Bangalore is in but i am sure with proper regulation, a lot of detailed planning, use of new technology and systems and above all the will to make things happen can result in saving the lush green Bangalore that one boasted of the being the best city to live in….
Raman kapur
Managing Director
M/s ACO systems & solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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