Report on Urban Infrastructure: An Empirical Study of North Delhi

The modern world is witnessing the mushrooming of the urban centers in about past one century. With the movement of workforce from primary to tertiary sector is catalyzing this process. With urbanization comes a responsibility upon the state for city planning. The Union is coming up with the concept of “Smart cities”. Being the national capital, it is expected that the flow of urban infra policies in Delhi should be of prime standards and a model to replicate. But does the city stands up to the expectations?

Niti Manthan conducted an empirical study in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation area of New Delhi to analyze the implementation of a newly enacted policy for the street vendors. For urban space, the vendors and especially street vendors play a peculiar role; an illustration of the fastest highway connecting the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. With a large population engaged in vending and hogging activities it is necessary to regulate these activities in order to achieve balance between urban space planning, traffic planning, sewage planning and other aspects of city planning while ensuring that there is no prejudice to the livelihood vendors.

The report can be accessed at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HwJxj6clycnVL03nwZD39N33cyNH5pJm/view?usp=sharing