Chandigarh Capital Region

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, Zirakpur, New Chandigarh (in Punjab) and Panchkula (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.[1]

A map of Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula and Zirakpur together.

The economy of the region is interdependent as the area is continuously inhabited, though falling under different states. There is 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.

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 co-ordinate local administrations. Responsibilities of the RPB would include disaster management, health planning, biomedical waste and traffic management.[2][3]

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".[4] However the final plan confined itself to the UT boundary, and did not mention the proposed "Chandigarh Capital Region".[5] 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".[6]

As of May 2019 the Chandigarh capital region along the lines of the National Capital Region remains an un-implemented concept.[7]

Definition

The cities, towns and areas that would be part of Chandigarh Capital region have a total population of 1,537,330 and their city wise population are:

Rank City Union territory / State Population (2011)[8]
1 Chandigarh Chandigarh 1,055,450
2 Panchkula Haryana 210,175
3 Mohali Punjab 176,152
4 Zirakpur Punjab 95,553
5 New Chandigarh Punjab

Overall Chandigarh ( UT ), Mohali District (Punjab) and Panchkula District ( Haryana ) are part of CCR

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

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

Industry

Chandigarh IT Park is a technology park located within Chandigarh, with presence of companies like IDS Infotech, 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 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.

Punwire,Puncom, Mahindra-Swaraj Tractors, Verka, Sun Pharma and Godrej 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 Limited or B.E.L has a factory in Panchkula.

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

SML-ISUZU has Bus & Truck Plant near Ropar 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.

Educational Institutes

Sports

Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium

Mohali International Hockey Stadium

GMADA Sports Complex, Sec-78, Mohali

Mullanpur International Cricket Stadium

Sector 16 Stadium

Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium,Sector 3 Panchkula

Sports Complex, Sec-7, Chandigarh

Hockey Stadium and Sports Complex, Sector-42, Chandigarh

Panchkula Golf Course, Sector 3 Panchkula

Transport
  • Road transport

ISBT, SEC-17, Chandigarh

ISBT, SEC-43, Chandigarh

ISBT, SEC-57, Mohali

  • Rail transport

Chandigarh Railway Station

Mohali Railway Station

  • Air transport

Chandigarh International Airport is located near Aerocity in Mohali. It has both domestic and international flights.

References
  1. "Beware! Change in city's status will ruin its uniqueness". The Tribune. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Decks cleared for Chandigarh Capital Region". The Times of India.
  3. "Chandigarh Capital Region gets nod". Daily Post India. Chandigarh. 24 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013.
  4. "Chandigarh Capital Region included in Master Plan '31". The Times of India.
  5. "Chandigarh Master Plan 2031, Preamble" (PDF). Chandigarh Administration. p. 9.
  6. "Chandigarh Master Plan 2031, Regional Context" (PDF). Chandigarh Administration. p. 23.
  7. Yadav, Deepak (5 May 2015). "First steps to make Tricity one". The Times of India.
  8. "India: Major Agglomerations". .citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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