NCR undergoes another expansion

After 33rd Board Meeting of National Capital Region Planning Board on 1st July 2013, three more districts are added in NCR. This expansion includes three districts namely Mahendragarh in Haryana, Bhiwani in Haryan and Bharatpur in Rajasthan. NCRPB is planning to bring Jind and Karnal districts as well in the NCR.

According to CREDAI t
he main object behind adding more districts in NCR is adding the space in NCR.


The NCR till now included nine Haryana districts, Alwar in Rajasthan, five districts of Uttar Pradesh and the National Capital Territory (NCT).

The inclusion of these three districts in NCR has increased its area by 34%, which makes it a total of 45,887sq km.  This move is taken especially to reduce the burden on Capital-Delhi.

Kamal Nath, Urban Development Minister said that the NCRPB had also approved the Rajasthan government's request for identification of Jaipur as Counter-Magnet Area.

Counter-magnet towns are those towns that can be developed as alternative centers of growth and attract migrants to them rather than Delhi. Promoting growth of counter magnet towns are the principal components of the strategy to reduce both migration and population explosion in the Delhi metropolitan area.
Kamal Nath agreed with Sheila Dixit and said that to reduce Delhi's burden states should create infrastructure related to health, sewage treatment and night shelters.

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