GURGAON MILLENIUM CITY

I AM GURGAON
IAMGURGAON IS AN INITIATIVE AIMED AT AWAKENING A RESPONSIBLE, AWARE AND VIGILANT POPULACE IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR CITY, GURGAON, A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN. IT HAS BEEN ENVISAGED TO BE A PLATFORM TO ENCOURAGE, EMPOWER AND ENABLE RESIDENTS OF GURGAON AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THEIR CITY. IAMGURGAON AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER VARIED INTEREST GROUPS INCLUDING RESIDENTS, THE ADMINISTRATION, CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, RWAS, NGOS AND DEVELOPERS, AMONGST OTHERS, IN A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP TO EFFECT CHANGE AND MAKE A TRUE MILLENNIUM CITY.

OBSERVATIONS
THERE IS A LOT OF ADJOINING LABOR SLUMS, COMPRISING OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS. GEN-SETS ARE THE ONLY AND CONSISTENT SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION AND POWER. L A R G E A R E A S O F N O N LANDSCAPED LAND .

LOGO OF I AM GURGAON DEPICTI- THE NATURE OF THEIR WORK.

MAJOR OFFICE COMPLEX

CITY PROFILE OF GURGAON

INTRODUCTION, LOCATION, HISTORY & CLIMATE COUNTRY STATE DISTRICT ALTITUDE POPULATION (2011 TOTAL) PLANNING AGENCY CIVIC AGENCY INDIA HARYANA GURGAON 220 M (720FT) 1,514,285 HUDA MCG

DLF CITY PHASE 2

DWARKA EXPRESSWAY

GURGAON, THE ORIGIN OF THE CITY'S NAME REFLECTS TRADITIONS OF THE HINDU SCRIPTURES, IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE INDIAN STATE OF HARYANA. AND IS A PART OF THE NCR. GURGAON DISTRICT COMPRISES FIVE BLOCKS AND IS SITUATED AT THE NORTHERN EDGE OF ARAVALI MOUNTAIN RANGE. LENGTH OF THE DISTRICT IS A B O U T 2 1 K M A N D T H E B R E A D T H I S 27 KM. MINIMUM TEMPERATE REACHES TO 0.7 DEGREE CELSIUS IN GURGAON. ECONOMY -AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING, GARMENT MANUFACTURING, WORLD-CLASS REAL ESTATE AND SHOPPING MALLS ARE THE OTHER MAIN INDUSTRIES. INFRASTRUCTURE - CONSISTS NEARBY DELHI AIRPORT. HIGH COSTS, FREQUENT CUTS AND LOW VOLTAGE OFFICIAL COMPLEXES AND SOCIETIES ARE RUNNING ON DIESEL GEN-SETS. SUMMER MONTHS ARE WORST IN GURGAON WITH NO PROPER WATER AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES. REAL ESTATE HUB- PRIVATE REAL ESTATE COMPANIES SUCH AS DLF UNIVERSAL, TATA HOUSING, UNITECH GROUP, ABW GROUP, SIDHARTHA GROUP, PURI CONSTRUCTIONS, SOBHA DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS. INDUSTRIES - DELHI MUMBAI INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR PROJECT AND RELIANCE 25,000 ACRES (100 KM2) SEZ ARE TWO MAJOR UPCOMING INDUSTRIES. URBANISM - DLF GROUP, BOUGHT FARMS OWNED BY LOCAL PEOPLE AND STARTED DEVELOPING HOUSING SOCIETIES, CONVERTING IT INTO A METROPOLITAN AND AN URBAN TOWN. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IS METRO AND ROADS.

GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMY, SOCIAL CULTURE, DEMOGRAPHY

CLEANLINESS, TRAFFIC, INFRASTRUCTURE, CIVIC SENSE, WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND GREENERY ARE THE TOP 5 CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE OF GURGAON. A VIDEO-DOCUMENTRY, I AM GURGAON-THE NEW URBAN INDIA, BY MARIJE MEERMAN, DEPICTS THE STATE AND CONDITION OF GURGAON WHICH IS SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS : GURGAON - A SINGAPORE FOR INDIA WELL, THATS WHAT MOST PEOPLE CALL IT. HERE PEOPLE NEEDED/PREFERRED OR THE BASIC REQUIREMENT WAS SPACE. LACK OF SPACE IN DELHI MADE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL OUTSKIRTS IN THE SEARCH OF A GATED COMMUNITY WHICH MAY PROVIDE SAFETY, SECURITY, OPENNESS AND SPACE AND GURGAON IS WHERE THEIR ALL ENDS MET. WHATEVER THEY HAD DREAMT OF, THEY FOUND IT IN GURGAON. IT IS AN URBAN CITY FULL OF INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE MALLS, CLUBS, ETC. FULFILLING ALL THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING THE WORKING CLASS, WHO WORK DAY AND NIGHT IN THE MNCS. IT IS PHYSICALLY CREATED BY DEVELOPERS & BUILDERS AS A RESULT OF GLOBAL GROWTH. THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE BIG TOWERING COMMUNITIES ARE CONTENTED BY EVERY ASPECT OF A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY BUT OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMUNITY THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE IN SURROUNDINGS AS ALL WE CAN SEE IS WASTE LANDS, DUMP YARDS, ETC., WHICH IS THE TOTAL OPPOSITE OF INSIDE AS INSIDE IS WELL MAINTAINED SELF SUFFICIENT CAMPUS. DUE TO EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION, PRIVATIZATION WAS INTRODUCED BECAUSE OF WHAT ONES EVERY MOVEMENT IS CONTROLLED. THIS IS LITTLE UNREAL FOR THE FOREIGNERS BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WITH SUCJH A PACE WHOLE CITY HAS COME UP. THE BUBBLE, MADE BY THE DEVELOPERS & BUILDERS IN SUCH HASTE, BURST AFTER GLOBAL ECONOMY BREAKDOWN. THIS TOTALLY CHANGED THE SCENARIO OF GURGAON. CONSTRUCTION OF MANY COMMUNITIES GOT DELAYED. THE INVITATIONS WHICH WERE GIVEN FOR PARTICIPATION FOR INVESTMENT, WERE NOT DELIVERED AS PROMISED. THIS RESULTED IN A TOTAL CRISIS. QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR WATER STPS, ELECTRICITY LINES, NO PUBLIC AMENITY CENTERS LIKE DRINKING WATER POINTS, PUBLIC TOILETS, BUS STANDS, ETC. THE PLACE IS LEFT AS AN EXAMPLE OF LUXURY IN DISGUISE. BUILDERS HAVE BUILT THE PLACES AND THE GURGAON-ITES LIVING HERE ARE FILLING THE LOOP- ENDS. IN NUTSHELL, PLANNING IN GURGAON WENT/ OR HAS GONE MUCH CHAOTIC AND WRONG. BUT STILL PEOPLE ARE COPING UP AND COMING UP TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE AND MAKING/BUILDING GURGAON THE PLACE IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE.

HALF BUILT COMMUNITIES B R I N G A H A L T T O T H E URBANIZATION. WIDE ROADS WITH NO BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE BUS STANDS, DRINKING WATER POINTS.

INFERENCES
A SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT HAS TO BE GENERATED FOR THE WORKERS IN TIME OF ECONOMIC BREAKDOWN. A PERENNIAL SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY WITH ALL SERVICES SHOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THE GURGAON CITY BY THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES. ALL THE VACANT LANDS SHOULD BE VISUALLY APPRECIATED BY PROVIDING LANDSCAPE FEATURES TO IT. ALL THE PENDING WORKS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND ALL NECESSARY MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROVIDE THE BUILT COMMUNITIES AS PROMISED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CLIENTS. BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE BUS STANDS, DRINKING WATER POINTS ETC. SHOULD BE P R O V I D E D , C O M E S U N D E R B A S I C INFRASTRUCTURE.

MGF METROPOLITAN MALL ARAVALI BIODIVERSITY PARK DELHI GURGAON EXPRESSWAY

SARUS CRANE

HUDA CITY CENTRE METRO STATION

DEISGN STDUDIO FILM APPRECIATION ANIRUDH DEV SHARMA, 11300227, SEM I, M.ARCH. 2013-14.

MUMBAI MILLENIUM CITY

MUMBAI A MEGA CITY
MUMBAI CITY SKYLINE OF THE CITY

OBSERVATIONS
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL O F M E T R O R A I L MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ROLE OF METRO TRAIN/LOCAL TRAIN MAINTAINING PACE OF THE CITY. INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E D F O R MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL HOW THE DABBA WALA & METRO RAIL INTEGRATE EACH OTHER. DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN MUMBAI FOR INTRACITY TRANSPORT.

CITY PROFILE OF GURGAON

COUNTRY STATE DISTRICT ALTITUDE POPULATION (2011 TOTAL) INDIA MAHARASHTRA MUMBAI 14 M (46 FT) METROPOLITAN CITY RANK DENSITY METRO METROPOLITAN MMRDA MCGM

THE OLD LIBRARY

THE BOMBAY HIGH COURT

13,830,884 FIRST 22,937/km2 18,414,288 20,748,395

PLANNING AGENCY CIVIC AGENCY

MUMBAI, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOMBAY, IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE INDIAN STATE OF MAHARASHTRA. IT IS THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN INDIA, AND THE FOURTH MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THE WORLD. ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORING URBAN AREAS, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NAVI MUMBAI AND THANE, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULOUS URBAN REGIONS IN THE WORLD. IN 2009 IT IS NAMED AN ALPHA WORLD CITY. MUMBAI LIES ON THE WEST COAST OF INDIA AND HAS A DEEP NATURAL HARBOUR. MUMBAI IS BUILT ON WHAT WAS ONCE AN ARCHIPELAGO OF SEVEN ISLANDS: BOMBAY ISLAND, PAREL, MAZAGAON, MAHIM, COLABA, WORLI, AND OLD WOMAN'S ISLAND. AFTER INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE IN 1947, THE CITY BECAME THE CAPITAL OF BOMBAY STATE. IN AUGUST 1979, A SISTER TOWNSHIP OF NAVI MUMBAI WAS FOUNDED TO HELP THE DISPERSAL AND CONTROL OF BOMBAY'S POPULATION. MUMBAI CONSISTS OF TWO DISTINCT REGIONS: MUMBAI CITY DISTRICT (SOUTH MUMBAI) AND MUMBAI SUBURBAN DISTRICT, WHICH FORM TWO SEPARATE REVENUE DISTRICTS OF MAHARASHTRA. THE TOTAL AREA OF MUMBAI IS 603.4 SQ. KM. OF THIS, THE ISLAND CITY SPANS 67.79 SQ. KM, WHILE THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT SPANS 370 SQ. KM, TOGETHER ACCOUNTING FOR 437.71 SQ. KM UNDER THE BMC.

GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMY, SOCIAL CULTURE, DEMOGRAPHY

MUMBAIS CLIMATE IS WARM AND HUMID YEAR-ROUND AND TEMPERATURES ARE STABLE THANKS TO THE MODERATING INFLUENCES OF THE SEA. THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT SEASONS: SUMMER: HIGH TEMPERATURES & HUMIDITY. TEMP. -27 AND 37 DEGREES F. MONSOON: SLIGHT DROP IN TEMPERATURE & APPROX 2000MM OF RAINFALL. TEMP. - 25 30 DEGREES. WINTER: AVERAGE DROP IN TEMPERATURE OF 2-5 DEGREES, CLEAR BLUE SKIES, AND LOWER HUMIDITY. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 21 30 DEGREES . MUMBAI IS INDIA'S LARGEST CITY (BY POPULATION) AND IS THE FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY AS IT GENERATES 6.16% OF THE TOTAL GDP. IT SERVES AS AN ECONOMIC HUB OF INDIA. MUMBAI'S CULTURE IS A BLEND OF TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS, FOOD, MUSIC AND THEATRES. THE CITY OFFERS A COSMOPOLITAN AND DIVERSE LIFESTYLE WITH A VARIETY OF FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT AND NIGHT LIFE, AVAILABLE IN A FORM AND ABUNDANCE COMPARABLE TO THAT IN OTHER WORLD CAPITALS. MUMBAI'S HISTORY AS A MAJOR TRADING CENTER HAS LED TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF CULTURES, RELIGIONS AND CUISINES COEXISTING IN THE CITY. THIS UNIQUE BLEND OF CULTURES IS DUE TO THE MIGRATION OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER INDIA SINCE THE BRITISH PERIOD. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IS RAIL, SEA, AIR, BUS AND ROADS.

IN THE CITY OF POPULATION MORE THAN 18 MILLION, 6 M I L L I O N P E O P L E H A V E A M A J O R M O D E O F TRANSPORTATION AS METRO TRAIN. IT IS CONVENIENT BUT DANGEROUS TOO. IN MUMBAI, OVER 200 TRAINS RUN DAILY TO COPE UP WITH THE TIMING OF THE PEOPLE WITH A HALT OF 20 SECOND PER STATION. PEOPLE RUSH TO CATCH THEIR TRAIN AND MOSTLY THEY CROSS RAILWAY TRACKS TO CHANGE PLATFORMS IN ORDER TO SAVE TIME WHICH SOMETIMES CAUSE ACCIDENTS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO BARRAGE ON THE PLATFORMS. DURING MONSOON MUMBAI FACES A MAJOR PROBLEM OF HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2000MM APPROX. ALL MODES OF TRANSPORT ARE BLOCKED WHICH CAUSES HIGH DAMAGE TO THE RAILWAY TRACKS. THESE NEED MAINTENANCE OF CHECKING AND REPAIRING OF WIRES, POLES, RAILINGS, BALLASTS AND SLEEPER, SO AFTER MONSOON 200 WORKERS OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WORK ALONG ON SINGLE TRACK PER DAY. THESE TRAINS CROSS MANY SLUM AREAS SITUATED NEXT TO THE TRACKS. MANY OF THE ACCIDENTS TOOK PLACE DUE TO POOR PLANNING OF TRACKS. NOW INTRODUCTION OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM CHANGED THE RATE OF ACCIDENTS. ANTI-COLLISION DEVICES (ACD) ARE INSTALLED IN THE TRAINS TO AVOID ACCIDENTS OF TRAINS IN WHICH TRAIN APPLY BRAKE AUTOMATICALLY AND STOP THE TRAIN 100M APART IF ANOTHER TRAIN IS ON THE SAME TRACK. AS MUMBAI IS THE FINANCIAL HEAD OF THE COUNTRY AND BOTH WORKSPACE AND LIVING SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE WHICH HAS TO BE RUN 24 HOURS, SO PEOPLE ALSO HAVE TO BE WORKING 24 HOURS. HERE IT IS DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON TO TAKE THEIR LUNCH AND TRAVEL, SO THERE ARE DABBAWALLAS TO GET RID OF THIS PROBLEM. IT IS GENERALLY AN ASSOCIATION THAT MAKES LUNCH PICK UP AND DROP JOB FROM FAMILIES TO WORKSPACES. DABBAWALLAS GENERALLY MARKS THE BOXES WITH SPECIFIC NUMBERS AND SIGNS TO ELIMINATE THE ERROR OF IDENTIFYING. THESE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING THIS BUSINESS FROM MANY YEARS, THEY USE TRAINS TO TRANSPORT THE BOXES TO DIFFERENT STATIONS WHICH IS MORE CONVENIENT AND FASTER THAN ROAD TRANSPORT. SOME OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORT ARE ALSO BUSSES, TAXI, AUTO-RICKSHAW AND PRIVATE VEHICLE BUT IT IS VERY TIME TAKING IN A PLACE LIKE MUMBAI WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC. AMONG THIS TRAFFIC THERE IS ANOTHER WAY OF TRANSPORTATION, SKY BUS WHICH IS YET TO BE IMPLEMENTED. THIS SKY BUS CAN HOLD UP TO 150 PERSONS PER CAR AND CAN RUN UNDER THE FLYOVERS. NAVI MUMBAI IS MADE TO PROTECT THE OLD MUMBAI AS POPULATION HAS INCREASED TO ITS PEAK. NEW PROJECTS OF A BRIDGE CONNECTING NORTH TO SOUTH AND WEST TO EAST IN THE CITY ANOTHER CONNECTING TWO CITIES THROUGH WATER. IT IS 8 KM LONG WITH A DISTANCE OF 15M BETWEEN PIERS WITH 70 SEGMENTS FROM SPAN TO SPAN.

INTRODUCTION, LOCATION, HISTORY & CLIMATE

INFERENCES
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF METRO RAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SHOULD BE DONE FOR THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF RAILWAY STATION. AUTHORITIES SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF METRO TRAIN/LOCAL TRAIN, WHICH PLAYS A PRIME ROLE IN MAINTAINING PACE OF THE CITY. I N T E L L I G E N T M A N A G E M E N T S Y S T E M REQUIRED FOR MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL AS THIS PLACE IS HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AND IS A COMMON MEANS OF TRANSPORT IN MUMBAI. DABBAWALAAS SHOULD COME UP WITH A PROPER RESOLUTION IN IMPROVING THE PRESENT CONDITIONS AND A SOLUTION AT AN URBAN LEVEL SHOULD BE DRAWN OUT. THERE SHOULD BE INTRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN MUMBAI FOR INTRACITY TRANSPORT. SO AS TO LESSEN THE BURDEN ON THE LOCAL RAILWAYS.

DEISGN STDUDIO FILM APPRECIATION ANIRUDH DEV SHARMA, 11300227, SEM I, M.ARCH. 2013-14.