Chandigarh Capital Region

Chandigarh Capital Region (CCR) or Chandigarh Metropolitan Region (CMR) is an area, which includes the union territory city of Chandigarh, and its neighboring cities of Mohali, Kharar, Zirakpur, New Chandigarh (in Punjab) and Panchkula, Pinjore, Kalka, Barwala (in Haryana). Chandigarh Administration, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) are different authorities responsible for development of this region.[1] Baddi, an industrial town in nearby Himachal Pradesh, is also adjacent.

A map of Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula and Zirakpur together.

The economy of the region is interdependent as the area is continuously inhabited, though falling under different states. There is a lot of movement of people and goods daily to and from suburbs, like most of the people working in Chandigarh live in a suburb like Zirakpur. The local industry is on the outskirts like Derabassi, Lalru and Baddi. The vast majority of skilled workers in the private sector come from neighboring states like Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana.

History

The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs asked the Chandigarh Administration in October 2011 to "coordinate with the Punjab and Haryana governments for working out the modalities" of a Regional Planning Board (RPB) for the Chandigarh Capital Region (CCR). The intention was to harmonize and improve facilities across the region and coordinate local administrations. Responsibilities of the RPB would include disaster management, health planning, biomedical waste and traffic management.[2][3]

The 'Master Plan 2031' submitted to the UT administrator in January 2013 included a proposal for a "inter-state regional plan for the Chandigarh Capital Region".[4] However the final plan confined itself to the UT boundary, and did not mention the proposed "Chandigarh Capital Region".[5] Instead, the plan expected responsibilities for the region to be coordinated between Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh UT, and that the Chandigarh plan "with the GMADA Plan 2056 and the Haryana Development Plan should together arrive at a metropolitan plan".[6]

As of May 2019 the Chandigarh capital region along the lines of the National Capital Region remains an un-implemented concept.[7]

Definition

The cities, towns and areas that would be part of the Chandigarh Capital region have a total population of 3,358,653 and their city-wise populations are:

Rank City Union territory / State Population (2011)[8]
1 Chandigarh Chandigarh 1,055,450
2 Mohali Punjab 976,152
3 Panchkula Haryana 210,175
4 Kharar Punjab 221,323
5 New Chandigarh Punjab
6 Zirakpur Punjab 110,553

Mohali District (Punjab) and Panchkula District ( Haryana ) are part of the CCR

Derabassi, Lalru, Banur and Kurali in Mohali district. Kalka, Pinjore, Barwala and Raipur Rani in the Panchkula district can be considered another town in Chandigarh Capital Region

In future, it can be expanded up to BBN ( Baddi-Brotiwala-Nalagarh) Area in Himachal Pradesh and Rupnagar City in Punjab.

Industry

Chandigarh IT Park is a technology park located within Chandigarh, with presence of companies like Airtel, Tech Mahindra and Infosys.

Mohali IT City is the infrastructure to facilitate information technology in the city. It spreads over 1700 acres developed by GMADA situated near Chandigarh International Airport. Infosys is given 50 Acres of land to develop state of art campus.

Quark has 40 Acres campus in Mohali for Quark software Inc. and other IT Companies like Emerson and Infosys.

Verka and Sun Pharma also have Plants in Mohali

Dera Bassi - Lalru is another belt with mostly medium industry, this place has many spinning mills including the Nahar group. Bhushan Steel also has a presence here.

Panchkula IT Park is the state of art infrastructure to facilitate information technology in the city. It spreads over 74 acres developed by HSIIDC situated in sector 22. Bharat Electronics has a factory in Panchkula.

Hindustan Machine Tools has a tractor factory in Pinjore, while Associated Cement Companies has a cement factory in Pinjore.

The metropolitan areas of Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula collectively form a tri-city.

This region is the zonal headquarters for a large number of banks, their offices are mainly in the "Bank Square" in sector 17 Chandigarh. This area also houses the regional office (usually covering Punjab, Northern Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir) for a lot of FMCG companies.

Healthcare Infrastructure

The prominent hospitals in the region are

  • Alchemist Hospital, Sector 21, Panchkula
  • Command Hospital, Chandigarh, Chandimandir Cantonment
  • General Hospital, Chandigarh, Sector 6, Panchkula
  • Govt Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh
  • Govt Medical Superspeciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, Chandigarh
  • Max Hospital, Sector 56, Mohali
  • Ojas Hospital, Sector 26, Panchkula
  • Paras Hospital, HSIIDC Park, Sector 22, Panchkula

Educational Institutes

Schools
  • Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh
  • Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh
  • St Soldier’s School, Panchkula
  • Strawberry Fields School
  • Vivek High School, Chandigarh
  • Yadavindra Public School, Mohali


Colleges and Universities

Sports

Transport
  • Road transport: There are following Inter-Statre Bus Terminals (ISBT) for the long distance buses:
    • ISBT, SEC-17, Chandigarh
    • ISBT, SEC-43, Chandigarh
    • ISBT, SEC-57, Mohali
    • ISBT, SEC-5, Panchkula

References
  1. "Beware! Change in city's status will ruin its uniqueness". The Tribune. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Decks cleared for Chandigarh Capital Region". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
  3. "Chandigarh Capital Region gets nod". Daily Post India. Chandigarh. 24 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013.
  4. "Chandigarh Capital Region included in Master Plan '31". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.
  5. "Chandigarh Master Plan 2031, Preamble" (PDF). Chandigarh Administration. p. 9.
  6. "Chandigarh Master Plan 2031, Regional Context" (PDF). Chandigarh Administration. p. 23.
  7. Yadav, Deepak (5 May 2015). "First steps to make Tricity one". The Times of India.
  8. "India: Major Agglomerations". .citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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