The metamorphosis of Delhi, known as the city of seven cities, continues. With Delhi witnessing drastic changes in the 1,100 years since Yudhishtra's 900 BC kingdom, what it will be like another 25 years later is anybody's guess. Nobody could predict that land rates would plummet in Delhi, while Noida and Gurgaon will come up majestically. Even now, the Janakpuri district centre is lying unsold while commercial properties in Gurgaon have taken off very well,'' says Bhatnagar. And even if the NCR concept takes off, the population will remain such.
Migration is a phenomenon which all metros in the country are facing.
Risbud says garbage disposal, sewage, water, power and transport will be the major challenges. For water we will have to create pondages, harvest water, recycle and find multi-uses for water. Dutta says, a lot depends upon how the NCR concept is implemented. Dutta says the taxation structure has improved considerably in the last one year. Even telecommunications has shown uniformity as the STD codes of surrounding cities are the same.