Chandigarh Capital Region (CCR) or Chandigarh Metropolitan Region (CMR)  is an area, which includes the union territory city of Chandigarh, and its neighboring cities of Mohali, Kharar, Zirakpur, New Chandigarh (in Punjab) and Panchkula, Pinjore, Kalka, Barwala (in Haryana). Chandigarh Administration, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) are different authorities responsible for development of this region. Baddi, an industrial town in nearby Himachal Pradesh, is also adjacent.

The economy of the region is interdependent as the area is continuously inhabited, though falling under different states. There is a lot of movement of people and goods daily to and from suburbs, like most of the people working in Chandigarh live in a suburb like Zirakpur. The local industry is on the outskirts like Derabassi, Lalru and Baddi. The vast majority of skilled workers in the private sector come from neighboring states like Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana.

History
The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs asked the Chandigarh Administration in October 2011 to "coordinate with the Punjab and Haryana governments for working out the modalities" of a Regional Planning Board (RPB) for the Chandigarh Capital Region (CCR). The intention was to harmonize and improve facilities across the region and coordinate local administrations. Responsibilities of the RPB would include disaster management, health planning, biomedical waste and traffic management.

The 'Master Plan 2031' submitted to the UT administrator in January 2013 included a proposal for a "inter-state regional plan for the Chandigarh Capital Region". However the final plan confined itself to the UT boundary, and did not mention the proposed "Chandigarh Capital Region". Instead, the plan expected responsibilities for the region to be coordinated between Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh UT, and that the Chandigarh plan "with the GMADA Plan 2056 and the Haryana Development Plan should together arrive at a metropolitan plan".

 the Chandigarh capital region along the lines of the National Capital Region remains an un-implemented concept.

Definition
The cities, towns and areas that would be part of the Chandigarh Capital region have a total population of  3,358,653 and their city-wise populations are:

Mohali District (Punjab) and Panchkula District ( Haryana ) are part of the CCR

Derabassi, Lalru, Banur and Kurali in Mohali district. Kalka, Pinjore, Barwala and Raipur Rani in the Panchkula district can be considered another town in Chandigarh Capital Region

In future, it can be expanded up to BBN ( Baddi-Brotiwala-Nalagarh) Area in Himachal Pradesh and Rupnagar City in Punjab.

Industry 

Chandigarh IT Park is a technology park located within Chandigarh, with presence of companies like  Airtel, Tech Mahindra and Infosys.

Mohali IT City is the infrastructure to facilitate information technology in the city. It spreads over 1700 acres developed by GMADA situated near Chandigarh International Airport. Infosys is given 50 Acres of land to develop state of art campus.

Quark has 40 Acres campus in Mohali for Quark software Inc. and other IT Companies like Emerson and Infosys.

Verka and Sun Pharma also have Plants in Mohali

Dera Bassi - Lalru is another belt with mostly medium industry, this place has many spinning mills including the Nahar group. Bhushan Steel also has a presence here.

Panchkula IT Park is the state of art infrastructure to facilitate information technology in the city. It spreads over 74 acres developed by HSIIDC situated in sector 22. 
Bharat Electronics has a factory in Panchkula.

Hindustan Machine Tools has a tractor factory in Pinjore, while Associated Cement Companies has a cement factory in Pinjore.

The metropolitan areas of Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula collectively form a tri-city. 

This region is the zonal headquarters for a large number of banks, their offices are mainly in the "Bank Square" in sector 17 Chandigarh. This area also houses the regional office (usually covering Punjab, Northern Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir) for a lot of FMCG companies.

Healthcare Infrastructure

The prominent hospitals in the region are
 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences, Sector 56, Mohali
 Fortis Hospital, Sector 62, Mohali
 Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research PGIMER, Sector 12, Chandigarh
 
 Alchemist Hospital, Sector 21, Panchkula
 Command Hospital, Chandigarh, Chandimandir Cantonment
 General Hospital, Chandigarh, Sector 6, Panchkula
 Govt Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh
 Govt Medical Superspeciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, Chandigarh
 Max Hospital, Sector 56, Mohali
 Ojas Hospital, Sector 26, Panchkula
 Paras Hospital, HSIIDC Park, Sector 22, Panchkula

Educational Institutes

Schools 

 Carmel Convent School
 Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16, Chandigarh
 St. John's High School, Chandigarh
 
 Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh
 Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh
 St Soldier’s School, Panchkula
 Strawberry Fields School
 Vivek High School, Chandigarh
 Yadavindra Public School, Mohali

Colleges and Universities 

 Chandigarh
 Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO)
 Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA)
 Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET)
 Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh (GMCH)
 Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH)
 National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIEIT) Chandigarh campus
 Panjab University, government university
 Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)
 Punjab Engineering College (PEC)
 Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (|TBRL-DRDO Chandigarh)

 Mohali
 Army Institute of Law
 C-DAC Mohali campus
 Chandigarh University, private university
 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER Mohali)
 Indian School of Business (ISB) Mohali campus
 Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST)
 National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
 Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT Mohali)
 Plaksha University, private university

 New Chandigarh
 Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (Tata Memorial Center) New Chandigarh campur

 Panchkula
 AIIMS AYUSH Panchkula campus
 National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Panchkula campus

 Ropar
 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT, Ropar Indian)
 National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIEIT) Ropar campus

Sports 

Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh
Mohali International Hockey Stadium Mohali
Chandigarh Hockey Stadium  Sec42 Chandigarh
Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Sector 3 Panchkula

Transport

 Air transport
 Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, near Aerocity in Mohali, has both domestic and international flights.
 Pinjore Aerodrome, no scheduled commercial flights as of July 2023.

 Rail transport - suburban rapid metro:
 Chandigarh Metro

 Rail transport - long-distance trains:
 Chandigarh Railway Station
 Chandi Mandir railway station, in Punchkula city
 Kalka railway station, starting point of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway & northern terminus of Delhi–Kalka line.
 Mohali Railway Station

 Road transport: There are following Inter-Statre Bus Terminals (ISBT) for the long distance buses:
 ISBT, SEC-17, Chandigarh
 ISBT, SEC-43, Chandigarh
 ISBT, SEC-57, Mohali
 ISBT, SEC-5, Panchkula

References

External links 
 Chandigarh Master Plan 2031

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