Global Educational, Health, Entertainment in Capital City - country's 1st
Delhi is supposed to be the country's first Global City. They talk about making Delhi a truly global city with all amenities and facilities and compare it with global cities like London or San Francisco (ha ha). They also talk about Disneyland and Universal Studios. Barcelona in Spain has promised technological support. The government's focus is to build global educational and health institutes and entertainment facilities. DDA has an outline. The Smart City, zoned out of Dwarka, Rohini and Narela, will have world-class infrastructure, 24-hour power supply, complete wi-fi connectivity, will employ green technology, latest water conservation techniques like rain-harvesting and waste management techniques, and other facilities.----------------
".. Delhi will be developed into a “global city” and the country’s first ‘smart city’ will be set up here to decongest the national capital and facilitate it with all modern amenities, .."
".. government has planned to set up 100 ‘smart cities’ and .. first such city will come up in the national capital. .."
".. “We also want to liberalise the industrial estate policy.
An industrial space may not necessarily contain factories, but showrooms also. A committee will be formed to look into this issue as well,” .."
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This is from Jan. 2015.
AND says 'Global Entertainment like in Disneyland? - now that's entertainment talk.' It is not that they can't achieve nearness to that but .. . But, in a nutshell, AND feels that priorities should be set right. Sensible City or Sensible Living seems more appropriate as we get down to think about it. Everything else falls in place around that. Quality of individual comes to mind foremost. Well, what can the government do about that? There, they have an alibi. "Go your way then, do it your way, give this antic the name or prefix Global, the expressway is open for your recklessness", says AND.
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Also see http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/will-transform-delhi-into-smart-city-bjp-manifesto/article18073360.ece from 2017 April.
".. its Sankalp Patra (Commitment Paper) .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/delhi-s-vip-zone-on-list-of-20-for-smart-city-project/story-rL2gdvqeHrv3NOwdRyAeVO.html from 2016 January.
".. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area, which houses bungalows of ministers, politicians and bureaucrats, made it to the first list of 20 urban centres to .. The leafy VIP zone designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens in the early 20th century .."
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Also see http://www.indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/ndmc-in-centres-smart-city-list-others-miss-deadline from 2015 August.
".. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has qualified as Delhi's smart city, according to the list of 98 Smart Cities released by the Centre .. the national capital was allotted one 'Smart City.' .."
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Also see http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/delhi-civic-bodys-smart-city-projects-to-be-completed-by-2020-1725450 from 2017 July.
".. 1,800 crore Smart City Plan of the civic body, work on a range of major projects will begin in phases .. for which tendering is in progress .. will be completed before the 2020 deadline .."
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Also see http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-smart-city-projects-ndmc-budget/1/425724.html from 2015 March.
".. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is going all out to make the area in its jurisdiction a smart city. While announcing the council's annual budget on Wednesday, .."
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Also see http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/smart-city-plan-for-dwarka-narela-rohini/article19327914.ece from 2017 July.
".. futuristic needs of the government and providing facilities that the private sector tends to ignore and catalysing a change in Delhi at par with neighbouring cities through signature development, the DDA has proposed to develop integrated cities with smart features on available vacant lands at Dwarka .."
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Also see http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in/story/smart-city-complex-east-delhi-dda-karkardooma-lake-city-complex-mayur-vihar-balvinder-kumar/1/411154.html from 2015 January.
".. Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has taken the first leap towards making Delhi a 'Smart City'. Two integrated residential-cum-commercial complexes have been proposed by the housing authority. .. first of its kind transit hub at Karkardooma, .. develop the Lake City complex at Sanjay .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhis-ghitorni-to-get-smart-city-project-worth-rs-15000-crore/articleshow/59241212.cms from 2017 June.
".. develop 240 acres of land at Ghitorni district in south Delhi with smart city features worth over Rs 15,000 crore. .."
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Also see http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/smart-city-remains-top-agenda-in-ndmcs-rs-3600-crore-budget/articleshow/56520768.cms from 2017 January.
".. "NDMC has established a wholly owned Public Limited Company namely, New Delhi Municipal Council Smart City Limited (SPV). The SPV has received a grant of Rs 194 crore from Urban Development Ministry, and Rs 56 crore from NDMC, thereby bringing the seed capital to Rs 250 crore. .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/forget-smart-cities-we-must-make-citizens-smart-kejriwal/articleshow/60077385.cms from 2017 August.
".. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that for the first time, minimum wages in the city were raised 37%, but people were not getting paid by contractors. .."
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Also see http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-smart-city-dda-3-years-deadline/1/422307.html from 2015 March.
".. With the iconic 100-storey tower being the key attraction, the East Delhi Hub at Karkardooma, the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) flagship project, will also comprise residential units, green cover and recreational facilities. .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Spain-proposes-to-develop-Delhi-as-smart-city/articleshow/47071701.cms from 2015 April.
".. Spain .. proposed to cooperate with India in developing smart and sustainable cities in the country and presented a draft of a memorandum of understanding .."
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Also see http://www.realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/new-delhi-smart-city-to-take-shape-by-2018/55216736 from 2016 November.
".. entire NDMC area should be provided with Wi-Fi connection." NDMC .. projects costing Rs 650 crore have been taken up. .. smart city project is based on four important pillars of smart water management, smart energy grid, smart education and smart healthcare. .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/smart-city-mission-implementation-begins-only-in-49-out-of-731-projects/story-nqepXPb6YaQFNYas8ma59N.html from 2017 March.
".. New Delhi Municipal Council, which was chosen to be developed as a model smart city, has started implementation in six of 40 projects. It has completed four projects so far. .."
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Also see http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/making-delhi-a-smart-city/article7316605.ece from 2015 June.
".. Delhi is the ideal city to flag off the Smart City project. Out of the five zones, at least two — Zone L and N — have the required physical and economic characteristics to evolve as self-sufficient smart sub-cities. 'Zone J' is the smallest with just one village (Neb Sarai) while 'Zone L', .."
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Also see http://www.forbesindia.com/aperture/slideshow/new-delhi-among-worlds-top-25-global-cities-for-women-entrepreneurs/43605/1 from 2016 June.
".. Delhi stands at No 22, among the 25 cities ranked on the latest Women Entrepreneur Cities Index. On June 23, 2016, Dell announced its findings of the 2016 Women Entrepreneur Cities Index (WE Cities), revealing the top 25 global cities fostering high potential women entrepreneurs (HPWE). .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/New-Delhi-features-in-top-10-global-cities-on-the-rise/articleshow/50134115.cms from 2015 December.
".. Delhi is gaining interest among global travellers and has been ranked 7 in the top 10 global cities with over 28 per cent annual growth in booking interest, a survey .."
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Also see http://www.businessinsider.in/Delhi-has-some-lessons-to-learn-Heres-how-7-global-cities-tackled-foul-air-quality-and-smog/articleshow/55291631.cms from 2016 November.
".. Delhi is already among the world's most polluted cities and the toxic air hanging in the air, due to smoke from firecrackers and crops burnt in nearby states ... Here are few cities that tackle smog and take preventive measures even before toxic air hangs in air. .."
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Also see http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/bengaluru-delhi-mumbai-top-prime-office-yields/article9878071.ece from 2017 September.
".. Three Indian cities – Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai – are top prime office yields earners in the world. Among the 34 leading international markets across the globe .. according to a Knight Frank Global Cities - The 2018 Report. .."
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Also see http://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news-bengaluru-beats-silicon-valley-top-global-city-confidence-to-go-digital-mumbai-delhi-top-4-410982 from 2017 November.
".. The report further notes that Mumbai and New Delhi are only slightly less bullish. Seven of the 10 highest confidence levels in the survey are recorded in emerging Asian cities, with San Francisco being the only exception in the top 5 from the developed world. .."
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Also see http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/dear-delhi-by-arvind-kejriwal-736101 from 2015 January.
".. We are the people of Delhi, we understand how to solve its problems, and we understand that the people of this city want to feel like their government works for them. .."
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Also see http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/kolkata-mumbai-bangalore-in-fastest-growing-global-cities-list/articleshow/47358152.cms from 2015 May.
".. India's three metropolitan cities, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore, have emerged as the top three fastest growing cities in A T Kearney's Global Cities Index, which is topped by New York and London. ... For the GCO, cities in India and China are the ones to watch, especially Ahmedabad, New Delhi and Beijing. .."
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Also see http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Delhi-among-top-50-global-destinations/article14995314.ece from 2016 September.
".. Apart from Delhi, four other Indian cities are part of top 100 global destinations for 2016. Topmost in ranking is Mumbai at 27, with Chennai following it at 30. The other three Indian cities are Kolkata, ranked at 62, Pune, ranked 91 and Bengaluru ranked 97. .."
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Also see http://www.livemint.com/Companies/SLFMIMXYU4Rq23CyS5tuNO/Mumbai-ranked-24th-in-global-luxury-home-price-growth-index.html from 2017 May.
".. Mumbai is ranked 24th among 41 global cities in terms of price rise for luxury homes said the latest Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index .. Prices of luxury properties in two Indian cities—Delhi and Bengaluru —on the global list .."
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Also see http://www.trak.in/tags/business/2017/01/19/bangalore-most-dynamic-city-hyderabad-pune-chennai-delhi-mumbai from 2017 January.
".. A city is lot more than a geographical statistics within a map; it's an entity with it's own pulse, and own heart beat. It grows, it shrinks, it expands and it destroys. In order to understand the importance, and dynamism of a city, the way it adapts to development and the way it absorbs the growing population, .."
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Also see http://www.scoopwhoop.com/mumbai-delhi-7-other-indian-cities-make-it-to-top-300-global-cities-list from 2017 June.
Mumbai, Delhi and seven other Indian cities have featured in the list of 300 global cities for being in the focus of commercial activity and interest, according to property consultant JLL. The consultant has released the latest edition of 'Global 300' cities - the annual ranking exercise that represents 300 major cities .."
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