Odisha initiates plans for a Capital Area Development Region
Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Bhubaneswar-Berhampur, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack- Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar-Dhenkanal- Anugul, Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh, Bhubaneswar-Paradip, Bhubaneswar-Pipli- Astaranga, Bhubaneswar-Pipli- Konark, Bhubaneswar-Puri, Choudwar-Kendrapara - Dhamara, Cuttack, Cuttack, Cuttack-Paradip, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jajpur Rd- Vyasanagar- Duburi- Kalinganagar, Kalinganagar - Panikoili - Jajpur - Kendrapara, Kalinganagar- Chandikhol- Paradip, Kendrapada, Khordha, Odisha govt. action, Paradip - Jatadhari - Kujanga, Puri, Puri, Puri - Konark, URBAN DEV. & RENEWAL November 18th. 2011, 6:55amThe above is a good idea.
- A plan over a larger area will avoid congestion and slums that are typical of densly packed areas.
- Another big benefit will be that the term "Capital Area" will make it easier for institutions, companies and other entities to come to the gretaer area rather than coming to "Bhubaneswar". For example, many institutions that are looking for land in Bhubaneswar are hesitant to locate in Kendrapada or Jagatsinghpur; even though the political leadership is very welcoming. But once the term "Capital Area" encompasses Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur, these institutions will be less hesitant to come there.
So while the current Bhubaneswar and Cuttack planned areas will sever as the core urban area, the larger Capital Area development region will morph to a sub-urban area which down the road will touch the metropolitan areas around Angul in the west and Berhampur in the south.
We wrote about this in http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/archives/3637.
A similar term needs to be coined for the greater Sambalpur-Jharsuguda-Rourkela area. See http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/archives/3660 , http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/archives/3672 and http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/archives/3668.
Perhaps it can be called the "Western Odisha Development Region".
November 18th, 2011 at 7:10 am
Along the lines of the National Capital Region, if the afore-sted plan for a State Capital Region could come up, it will be a fabuluos idea. Urban transport infrastructure like monorails, MRTS, bus corridors and related physical infrastructure can be planned weaving all the areas together. Satellite townships and clusters can aid the economy of BBS-CTC core urban area, in a similar way as Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Ghaziabad benefit Delhi.