ASSIGNMENT

ON
URBAN DESIGN-08
PROBLEMS IN URBAN DESIGN CONTEXT.
CITY :- GURUGRAM

SUBMITTED BY :
SUBMITTED TO :-
KAPIL KAUSHIK
AR.RUBY KAJAL
13025006011
 INTRODUCTION TO GURUGRAM

GURUGRAM URBAN AREA.

• Fast growing and sprawling
• Employment growing even higher than population
• Contiguous to Delhi
• Traffic between Delhi and Gurugram growing very fast
• Intra-Gurugram traffic also growing rapidly
• High income profile
• Transport infrastructure not matching in relation to
growth in traffic demand

FIVE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN GURUGRAM.

• WATER LOGGING OR DRAINAGE.
• TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC
• POLLUTION
• LANDUSE
• GROUNDWATER
 WATER LOGGING OR DRAINAGE

The incessant rains drowned the Millennium City of

Gurugram causing long traffic snarls, some even
extending more than 10 kilometres. Several areas in the
city were flooded, pointing to the critical lack of
infrastructure and a planned drainage system. The
situation worsened in July 2016 when commuters,
travelling in motorcycles and four-wheelers were stuck
in traffic jams for hours.
MAJOR PROBLEM :- DISPUTE BETWEEN HARYANA GOVT. AND
DELHI GOVT.

Solution:-Haryana Urban Development Authority

(HUDA) is going to construct an additional discharge
drain of Badshahpur drainage under service road of NH-
8. The project is aimed at avoiding water logging during
monsoon.

Gurugram in July,2016
 TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC

KEY ISSUES FOR GURUGRAM

 Millennium city - image of the city important

 Adequate good quality transport system (Road System and Mass Transit)
 Unaesthetic components of transport system to be avoided
 Institutional inadequacies

JUNCTION IMPROVEMENT

• Junctions are the major causes of congestion

• Potential exists for their improvement
• - geometric improvements
• - traffic circulation
• - traffic signals
• Area-wide/corridor improvement plans
• 25-30 problem junctions

CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT
• Encroachments on carriageways, footpath and road margins
• - reduce road capacity
• - create side friction
• Improve major corridors of movement
• - remove encroachments and rehabilitate affected people
• - organise parking
• - provide road signages/markings
• - revise traffic circulation
• 120 km of major corridors, 50 km having severe traffic problems
• Start with one corridor as pilot project
 POLLUTION
Air quality index in Gurugram touched the 356-mark ,
surpassing 28 other cities in terms of pollution again.

According to national standards, the air quality index

(AQI) above 300 is considered 'very poor' and can
cause respiratory illness on prolonged exposure. The
major pollutant remained PM2.5. The 24-hour
concentration of PM2.5 was recorded at 230 g/m³.
Both HSPCB and environmental activists blamed the
construction work being carried out on the national
highway for increasing pollution levels.

Year Population of UA %age Growth

(lakh)
1981 1.01  
1991 1.36 35
2001 2.29 68
2011 9.02 294
2031 42.5* 371
*As projected in Master Plan for GMUC -
2031

MAJOR PROBLEM :- AUTO RICKSHAWS

CONSTRUCTION.

SOLUTION:-BANNED DIESEL’S VEHICLE

UNAUTORISED CONSTRUCTION.
ODD EVEN DAYS FOR VEHICLES.
 LANDUSE PROFILE OF GURGAON

The rapid and hazardous growth of urban area and increasing

population pressure is resulting into the deterioration of
infrastructure facilities, loss of productive agricultural land and
green areas, potential, loss of surface water bodies, besides
causing air pollution, contamination of water, health hazards
and micro-climate changes. By the study of the above area, we
can say that the Major agricultural land is converted into
industrial, residential and the other land uses Wasteland, hill,
and forest area are also affected from city expansion. The Major
land use- Residential is converted to commercial in the core
city.
GROUND WATER STATUS

The water supply to the Gurgaon district is mainly based on

groundwater through tube wells .100 % of the urban population
is covered under drinking water supply scheme. The water
supply to the villages is meet out with the installation of hand
pumps by the villager as spot and convenient source of water .
The shallow tube wells for irrigation purpose in the district
range from 45 to 70m. deep, tapping the aquifer from 31m to
50 m. with a discharge of 400 to 1000 lpm. Most of the shallow
tube wells are either run by diesel engines or electric motors.
The major part of the district is being irrigated through ground
water. . A recent estimate, calculated by the Centre for Science
and Environment, holds that Gurgaon's water table is declining
at an average rate of 1.12 metre every year. And officials of The
Hydrologist say that unless every drop of rainwater is harvested
and efficiently utilized, there can be no way to reverse this
damage.
CONCLUSION
W can conclude that groundwater harvesting is essential for the
region. Rain water Harvesting should be made mandatory for
new constructions. The old house owner ready to go for
harvesting measures shall be given incentives in the form of
conferring public honour and sustainable concession in
municipal taxes. The surface run off on the roads and open
grounds during the monsoon period be diverted to pits
(Recharge shafts) judiciously constructed in the colony, parks or