Power, water shortage in prime cities in India

Q: What measures have to be taken to avoid issues related to water, power, traffic, etc in cities? How about road development?

Vidya, Bangalore

16th April 2013

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Another main issue is better roads and traffic management.. Though Delhi has the most extensive road network in India, it is not sufficient to manage the city’s traffic. The increased roadway capacity will be consumed by added traffic in just five years.. so the govt has to keep long-term planning and then lay roads.

Bhaumik, Ghaziabad

25th April 2013

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Though NCR region do not face problems such as lack of space, they are facing different kinds of problems. Gurgaon city, which houses the highest number of high-rises after Mumbai and Bangalore, depends mostly on ground water. Central Groundwater Authority has warned that as the city is extracting three times of what is naturally replenished, it may go dry by 2017. Besides this, there is power crisis across many cities and townships in NCR. Many gated communities face routine sewerage issues because solid waste management systems are either insufficient or non-existent.

Lohit Raj, Delhi-NCR

25th April 2013

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You are right Ananya.. The consumption rate is pretty high than the rate of supply in the city. Delhi’s demand for power is increasing by 10 percent every year. The city is witnessing a shortage of 718 million litres of water every day while it needs 3,874 million litres per day.

Puneet Laskar,

18th April 2013

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This is what happens when population keeps growing and supply starts decreasing. People from several villages and remote places all come to cities like Delhi and settle down as a result of urbanisation. And this is the major drawback of it.

Ananya,

18th April 2013

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