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> We can't seem to build anything good. No good roads, no planned cities, no safe drinking water, frequent power cuts... the list just goes endless And who to

> We can't seem to build anything good. No good roads, no planned cities, no safe drinking water, frequent power cuts... the list just goes endless And who to blame for this? Human greed which led to corruption and crony capitalism? There are always funds for everything in India like roads/bridges/housing for poor, but the roads built don't last for a year and the poor doesn't enjoy the housing, rather it's the middle men(dalal). >But a city like Bangalore was a heaven to live in during the times of Nehruvian economics. Today you reach home from office with a lot of dust in the mouth. Come on, I mean what was the population in Bangalore in Nehruvian times and now? The growth comes with lots of challenges, it's just that there was no plan by any politician to scale the city needs as per the growth. 7 years back when i visited Bangalore, it was the pleasant city with lots of trees, and now half of them are gone to accommodate metro and other things.

kamaal 10y ago
>>And who to blame for this? Human greed which led to corruption and crony capitalism? There are always funds for everything in India like roads/bridges/housing for poor, but the roads built don't last for a year and the poor doesn't enjoy the housing, rather it's the middle men(dalal). That's at the first level. If you think of it a little deeply, its actually scarcity. Either reduce the population or increase abundance. >>Come on, I mean what was the population in Bangalore in Nehruvian times and now? The growth comes with lots of challenges, it's just that there was no plan by any politician to scale the city needs as per the growth. 7 years back when i visited Bangalore, it was the pleasant city with lots of trees, and now half of them are gone to accommodate metro and other things. My friend its not really outsiders. But something called as regulation and adherence to planning. All these regulations that we hate here in India we love it in the west when they say they want parks and broad roads while planning layouts. Its not like Bangalore saw growth only after IT. We were there long before. And it was attractive destination for jobs decades before IT happened. Bangalore was home to every single industry back then. BAL's, HAL's, ITIs of the world. But its just that after 90's people wanted everything in a instance order be damned. Like I said why think, plan and make. When you can just copy, rush through and import.
- vthallam 10y ago
  > ts not like Bangalore saw growth only after IT. We were there long before. And it was attractive destination for jobs decades before IT happened. Bangalore was home to every single industry back then. BAL's, HAL's, ITIs of the world. Yeah, Bangalore was a big city and sure there were industries, but the thing is the rate of growth from 90's to today is way more than the city anticipated. >Like I said why think, plan and make. When you can just copy, rush through and import. I agree with you that there's no plan and that's the major reason of the dismal structure of the cities in general in India, but this has nothing to do with Nehru policies, just human greed and stupidity.

kamaal 10y ago

>>And who to blame for this? Human greed which led to corruption and crony capitalism? There are always funds for everything in India like roads/bridges/housing for poor, but the roads built don't last for a year and the poor doesn't enjoy the housing, rather it's the middle men(dalal). That's at the first level. If you think of it a little deeply, its actually scarcity. Either reduce the population or increase abundance. >>Come on, I mean what was the population in Bangalore in Nehruvian times and now? The growth comes with lots of challenges, it's just that there was no plan by any politician to scale the city needs as per the growth. 7 years back when i visited Bangalore, it was the pleasant city with lots of trees, and now half of them are gone to accommodate metro and other things. My friend its not really outsiders. But something called as regulation and adherence to planning. All these regulations that we hate here in India we love it in the west when they say they want parks and broad roads while planning layouts. Its not like Bangalore saw growth only after IT. We were there long before. And it was attractive destination for jobs decades before IT happened. Bangalore was home to every single industry back then. BAL's, HAL's, ITIs of the world. But its just that after 90's people wanted everything in a instance order be damned. Like I said why think, plan and make. When you can just copy, rush through and import.

vthallam 10y ago
> ts not like Bangalore saw growth only after IT. We were there long before. And it was attractive destination for jobs decades before IT happened. Bangalore was home to every single industry back then. BAL's, HAL's, ITIs of the world. Yeah, Bangalore was a big city and sure there were industries, but the thing is the rate of growth from 90's to today is way more than the city anticipated. >Like I said why think, plan and make. When you can just copy, rush through and import. I agree with you that there's no plan and that's the major reason of the dismal structure of the cities in general in India, but this has nothing to do with Nehru policies, just human greed and stupidity.