Transforming Delhi

Delhi, a mega city of 16.75 million and capital of India, has been a model of urban development for many others cities in India. It also faces a chronic shortage of housing, water, electricity, drainage, sanitation, education and health infrastructure. The poor and women are often marginalized.The common citizens struggle for simple needs like admission of their children to nursery schools, affordable electricity, water and healthcare. The National Capital has to be more egalitarian, inclusive and sustainable, which caters to all the citizen, with special attention to poor, women and children. This book charts out a roadmap for transformation of Delhi. It provides a new paradigm of urban planning and transformation where people decide about local issues, policies, plans and investments. This means a shared and decentralized planning and equitable allocation of resources, space and land. "Transforming Delhi ,is an amazing encounter for professional planners and laymen alike. What is most interesting about Transforming Delhi is that it visualizes the city from the "other way around!" A. K. Jain integrates solid waste management, sanitation, sourcing potable water, recycling grey water, harvesting storm water and creating sustainable energy into his vast conceptual landscape of the city of the future". -Christopher Benninger. "Ashok Kumar Jain as Commissioner (Planning) DDA worked on Master Plan for Delhi-2021, National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy, National Urban Transport Policy and various projects. As a member of UN Habitat (HS Net) he contributed to 'Planning Sustainable Cities' (2009),'Cities and Climate Change' (201 1) and 'Plaruring and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility' (2013). He is a visiting faculty at School of Planning and Architecture and other Institutes. He was awarded 2nd Urban Professional Award 2014 at World Urban Forum in Medellin, Colombia in recog