The National Capital Region (NCR) in India is an informal name for the conurbation or metropolitan area which encompasses the entire National Capital Territory of Delhi as well as the neighbouring satellite towns of Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana, and Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
[edit] Population
The population of the urban NCR (Delhi,Faridabad,Gurgaon and Noida) is 14,606,950 as per the 2001 Census
* Delhi being 12,877,470
* Faridabad city being 1,055,938
* Noida being 500000
* Gurgaon being 173542.
Evolution of the Concept of National Capital Region
The genesis of the National Capital Region lies in the recommendations of the first Master Plan for Delhi (MPD) notified in 1962 wherein, a broad area consisting of the Union Territory of Delhi and a few ring towns around it was conceived for being developed as a metropolitan region to reduce the population pressure on Delhi.
The unprecedented growth of population especially during the post independence years and the consequent haphazard developments had been putting severe pressures on the infrastructure of Delhi. Therefore, it was suggested through various planning exercises beginning from 1956, that serious consideration should be given for a planned decentralization to outer areas and even outside the Delhi Region. The Draft Master Plan for Delhi (1960) had reiterated this idea and the final Master Plan for Delhi (MPD-1962) for the perspective year 1981 recognized the need for planning Delhi in its regional context. The Master Plan had not only defined the composition of the National Capital Region but had also recommended the setting up of a Statutory National Capital Region Planning Board and development of the region in accordance with a Regional Plan.
Thus, time and again, the need was felt to plan Delhi in the regional context under a suitable legislation which would control and regulate the development in the areas falling in the Region. Finally, the Parliament enacted the Planning Board Act in 1985 (copy of the Act enclosed at Annexure-1) with the concurrence of the constituent States of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh (Delhi being only a Union Territory at that time). The Schedule to the Act has defined the region consisting of NCT Delhi and parts of the adjoining States. The State-wise area covered under National Capital Region is as under:
NCT Delhi 1,483 sq km
Haryana 13,413 sq km
Rajasthan 4,493 sq km
Uttar Pradesh 10,853 sq km.
Total 30,242 sq km.
Coverage
The National Capital Region comprises an area of 33,578 square kilometers (includes the remaining five tehsils of Alwar), covering the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
The area of the NCR is as follows:
NCT Delhi
1,482 square kilometers
Haryana
Sev en districts - Gurgaon, Rewari, Faridabad, Sonepat, Rohtak, Panipat and Jhajjhar, comprising 13,413 square kilometers
Uttar Pradesh
Four districts - Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Meerut and Baghpat, comprising 10,853 square kilometers
Rajasthan
A lwar district, 7,829 square kilometers
Within these districts, the Board has identified several priority towns all over the region for its growth and balanced development. In addition, in order to arrest the migratory population to the region, counter-magnet areas have also been identified for accelerated growth.
Towns in the National Capital Region (as proposed in Regional Plan 2001)
State Delhi Metropolitan Area Priority town Sub-regional growth
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Haryana Gurgaon, Faridabad, Kundli, Bahadurgarh Panipat, Rewari, Palwal, Dharuhera, Rohtak Sonepat, Bawal, Manesar
Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad Hapur, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Khurja Greater NOIDA,Modinagar, Ganaur
Rajasthan --- Alwar, Bhi
Answered by Nitesh Raghu
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6:08 PM on March 09, 2009
