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Uttar Pradesh: Government Holds Meet With 18 Indian, Foreign Companies To Plan Development Of State Capital Region
Ankit Saxena
Mar 07, 2023, 11:41 AM | Updated 11:38 AM IST
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday (6 March) conducted meetings with multiple consultants interested in devising a plan for development of the State Capital Region (SCR).
A total of 18 participants were present for the meeting held in Gomtinagar.
This included organisations from various parts of the country along with international companies headquartered in Belgium, Singapore, Netherlands, UK, US that have shown interest in preparing the zonal plan, reports TOI.
The meeting provided the participating consultants information about the vision of the state government, the estimated timeline to formulate the regional and zonal plans, and the hurdles that needs to be resolved before taking up the project.
The meeting provided the participating consultants information about the vision of the state government, the estimated timeline to formulate the regional and zonal plans, and the hurdles that needs to be resolved before taking up the project.
Earlier, in 2022, the state government had put forth a proposal to develop the SCR, modelled on the lines of National Capital Region (NCR) around Delhi.
The proposed development stressed on the need to ensure a planned development of some of the cities in the wake of increasing population pressure.
UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath named it Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region (UPSCR). The SCR will cover seven districts including the state capital Lucknow covering a total area of 28,000 sq km.
The regions proposed to be part of the UPSRC includes — Unnao, Sitapur, Rae Bareli, Barabanki, Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat.
Further, during the meeting this week, one consultant suggested, "To make SCR successful, a mass transit system to link Kanpur with Lucknow by Metro rail shall be the first step for the government".
Quoting from the report, a senior official stated, "The private executives who attended the pre-bid meeting said that Lucknow and Hardoi, Sitapur, Barabanki, Raebareli and Unnao are next to each other and could be integrated in a homogeneous manner. As Kanpur has already been an economic magnet for the state, more work and spending will be required to integrate it".
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