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Sunday, Jun 04, 2006
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Infrastructure When quality of life becomes the victim
Growth of an elite slum. Thus reads the caption of a box item in `Rajasthan Development Report' of the Planning Commission, from Academic Foundation (www.academicfoundation.com) . It speaks of "a glaring example of lack of civic infrastructure," as seen in Jawahar Nagar Colony of Rajasthan Housing Board, Jaipur. It seems owners of houses there have started to use them for various non-residential purposes. "Schools rub shoulders with buffalo dairies and small shops. Drain water keeps flooding the roads, and cars are parked all over without any regard for the proper flow of traffic." Sounds too familiar? There's more: "Temples have cropped up in the small parks causing shrinking of open space and the government remains a mute spectator." The report bemoans the fact that in the wake of urbanisation, quality of life has been lost. "It is feared that such residential colonies will soon turn to elite slums. This trend can be witnessed in other big cities of Rajasthan, too." In other States, too?
D. Murali
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