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Civic centre: tallest in Delhi

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...iatimes.com/Cities/Civic_centre_Its_the_tallest_one_/rssarticleshow/2843954.cms

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is touching new highs-literally. The 28-storeyed institutional complex in the civic centre - being constructed at Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Minto Road - now stands 91 metres tall and is the tallest building in the Capital, according to the civic agency.

The tallest building before this was Hansalaya building at Barakhamba Road, which is 88 metres tall, while the height of Qutub Minar is 78 metres.

According to MCD officials, the 91-metre mark was reached on February 28 and building is slated to be 101 metres tall. Said an MCD official: "The civic centre's institutional complex is now the tallest building in the city.

We will soon finish the construction of the 25th floor and all 28 floors should be ready by the end of March."

The total budget for the centre, which is spread over 1.16 lakh square metres, is Rs 550 crore. It is supposed to be completed by December 2008. While the land for this project was allotted in 1983, work began only in 2005.

Once the centre is complete, the face of the surrounding areas is all set to change. Nearly 11,000 people are expected to visit the centre during peak hours every day.

Added the official: "Around 50% of the centre would be put to commercial use and 50% would house MCD offices. Art galleries, museums, a library, a banquet hall and an auditorium would be housed in the centre.

We are trying to work out whether or not we want private participation in construction or in running of these facilities." There are also plans to construct a helipad in case of emergency. Besides this, a public addressable system with a video-conferencing room will be set up.

To ensure smooth traffic flow in the area, around four underpasses and one flyover will be constructed in the surrounding areas.

A management plan for the area has been prepared for the MCD by a private company and work on it is expected to begin soon. Said an MCD official: "The tender documents have been worked out for this purpose and detailed drawings have also been made."
 
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some relevant posts concerning this project -

Mar8:
IU said:
Civic Centre overshoots city's tallest

At 91.5 metres, MCD's under-construction building at Minto Road stands 3.5 metres taller than Hansalaya

The Capital reached new heights on Thursday when the under-construction Civic Centre on Minto Road surpassed the tallest building in the city - Hansalaya. The Civic Centre has reached a height of 91.5 metres, and is growing.

The Centre, which will house the headquarters of the Municipal Corpora- tion of Delhi (MCD), has surpassed Hansalaya on Barakhamba Road by 3.5 metres. Once completed in March, it will overshoot Hansalaya by 13 metres. One of the most ambitious projects of the civic body the Civic Centre will have 28 floors. The building once completed will be 101 metres from the ground level, which is much taller than Qutub Minar, which stands at 72.5 metres. Vikas Minar, which houses the headquarters of the Delhi development Authority (DDA), is among the tallest buildings in the city at a height of 54 metres.

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MCD officials said the Civic Centre would also have a helipad for emergency evacuation. "The helipad will be used for evacuation of occupants in case of any emergency situation," a senior MCD official said.

"We crossed the 91-metre mark on February 28 and the construction company is in such an exhilarated mood that now it is completing a single floor in just 10 days. The construction will be over by March-end," said another senior MCD official. The Civic Centre will have five blocks housing the deliberative, public-dealing, cultural, conference and institutional-cumcommercial wings of the civic body The Centre will also have six entry and exit points. The area's traffic plan is also ready "The complex will have an auditorium with a seating capacity of 1,000 people, parking space for 2,500 vehicles, a banquet hall for 500 persons, art gallery, food courts, conference hall, etc.," added the official.

The Civic Centre will be functional by December 2008 and at least 50 per cent of it will be used for commercial purposes. The rest will be occupied by offices. A Malaysian company has got the contract to construct the multi-storeyed building at a cost of Rs 550 crore. According to the first plan of the project, only 16 floors were to be constructed.
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Civic Centre as seen from Connaught Place. Sorry for poor quality.

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Apr 25:
New Delhi has several projects such as the new Civic Centre, which is currently under construction. Has it topped out yet or do we still have a few floors to go? The project is supposed to be completed in December of this year.
Yet to be topped out I think and Dec is some time away yet.
In one of the articles on the civic centre that was published in March, it said that the building would top out by march end. So most probably it has t/o already.
I don't exactly know the height but it looks pretty tall. I was walking in Connaught Place in the evening and paused to see what that massive huge structure with cranes on top was, Civic Centre. Once it's done, it would look impressive from a distance...
 
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Civic Centre of Delhi

Some figures in respect of heights of the tallest structures of Delhi are not correct. For instance, the height of Vikas Minar is not 54 metres at all. (You can't make a 23-floor high building of 54 metres only!) Similary, the height of Kutub minar is also incorrect. The Vikas Minar should be more than 70 metres tall and the height of Kutub Minar is 78 metres.:lol:
 
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Some figures in respect of heights of the tallest structures of Delhi are not correct. For instance, the height of Vikas Minar is not 54 metres at all. (You can't make a 23-floor high building of 54 metres only!) Similary, the height of Kutub minar is also incorrect. The Vikas Minar should be more than 70 metres tall and the height of Kutub Minar is 78 metres.:lol:
Only the height of Vikas Minar is incorrect and that too horribly. According to emporis it's 82m tall. The height of Qutub Minar according to UNESCO is 72.5m which is stated right in the graphic.
 
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Taken on 17th May.

Construction is in full swing, very noisy and dusty. The gatekeeper said that photography isn't allowed unless one has a permit :( So, though I did manage to get inside the construction site, I couldn't take any pic...all I could do was click from outside.

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#19 ·
Since you're counting suburbs like New Town into the equation, then you should also count Noida and Gurgaon on the Delhi side of the equation. ;) There are tons of 20fl+ towers and many more U/C, four 30fl+ towers U/C with 2 being 45fl tall. Just incase you haven't seen, checkout the Unitech Grande project coming up in Noida. :D
 
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^^

Some statistics for reference

Rank City / Urban area Country Population Land area
(in sqKm)
Density
(people per sqKm)

RankCity Country Population Land SqKm Density per Sqkm
1 Mumbai India 14,350,000 484 29,650
2 Kolkata India 12,700,000 531 23,900
8 Chennai India 5,950,000 414 14,350
13 Delhi India 14,300,000 1,295 11,050
19 Bangalore India 5,400,000 534 10,100
24 Hyderabad India 5,300,000 583 9,100

http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-125.html

How far it is true?!
 
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Even they put a disclaimer:

"Note: Students of population statistics please note that City Mayors collects raw data from numerous sources. While these sources are the most reliable available, they do not always apply the same definitions to cities, metropolitan and urban areas. Our population figures for 2006 and 2020 assume annual growth/decline rates based on past growth/decline and forecasts by international and national statistics organisations."

It all depends on how organizations define it.

As far as Calcutta is concerned, the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority claims an area of 1854 sq kms and population of 15 million+.

The municipal corporation itself has just an area of 187.33 sq km and population of 4,580,544.

As per census India, Kolkata UA had a population of 13.2 million in 2001. This was spread over 99 constituents (Cantonment Board. Census Town, Municipality, Municipal Corporation, Outgrowth).

http://www.prb.org/pdf07/kolkatatable5.pdf

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Since this is a Delhi thread, of late some experts are claiming that Delhi is the largest UA in India. Here is an interesting read.

Is Delhi India's Largest City?

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/delhi.aspx?p=1

India defines its urban agglomerations in a quirky way: They cannot cross state boundaries. This has no effect upon the population size of Kolkata and Greater Mumbai UA, which are located far from their state borders. But it does affect Delhi.

Any visitor to Delhi would immediately realize that excluding its major suburban industrial and residential areas in neighboring states from the UA population leaves the city at a distinct disadvantage compared to other UAs. When driving from Delhi to contiguous Faridabad city in Haryana state, one scarcely notices any change in the surroundings. But even contiguous suburban cities and towns such as Faridabad and Gurgaon in neighboring Haryana, and Ghaziabad in neighboring Uttar Pradesh, cannot be included in the Delhi UA.

To be fair, we have tried to define the Delhi UA population with the same criteria used to define all other UAs in India. The result (see tables 1 and 3) shows the "redefined" Delhi UA population at 16.2 million in 2001, much larger than the Kolkata UA and nearly as large as the Greater Mumbai UA (see PDFs listed below).

Population of Delhi UA, Greater Mumbai UA, and Kolkata UA, 1991 and 2001 Censuses
and 2007 Estimate



Census population (millions) Average annual growth rate (%)
1991-2001
Estimated ** population (millions) 2007
Urban Agglomeration (UA) 1991 2001

Delhi UA official 8.5 12.9 4.2 16.6
Delhi UA "redefined"* 10.1 16.2 4.7 21.5
Greater Mumbai UA 12.6 16.4 2.7 19.3
Kolkata UA 11.0 13.2 1.8 14.7


* Includes areas outside the Delhi NCT in neighboring states added by authors.
** Estimated assuming that the 1991-2001 growth rate has remained constant.
Source: Registrar General of India, 1991 and 2001 censuses and authors' estimates ("redefined" Delhi UA and all 2007 estimates).

That is all well and good for 2001, but what about today? Using our new definition for Delhi UA, its annual 1991-2001 growth rate of 4.7 percent results in a 2007 population of 21.5 million. Using the same method, the Greater Mumbai UA population in 2007 would be 19.3 million. Delhi, in fact, likely passed Mumbai several years ago. Using the same yardstick, Delhi is now India's largest "city."

Delhi, one of the world's oldest cities, became India's capital in 1912 when the British moved the seat of government there from what was then Calcutta. Today, the area has become one of India's most vibrant and fast-growing metros. Cities such as Faridabad and Ghaziabad are now mimicking the well-established corporate and high-tech Gurgaon area in building new high-rise housing. Delhi's new Metro, along with commuter rail lines, are being extended to more distant suburban towns. New special economic zones are being planned in Haryana. There seems to be no end in sight—for Delhi, now India's largest "city."
 
#23 ·
Samrat, In a way Delhi is also at a disadvantage for being landlocked between 2 states. As you might know, it's got no vast tracts of undeveloped (greenfield) land where a new CBD or residential highrise complex can rise. So all the new commercial highrises that will be built, will have to come up in central Delhi due to the height restrictions that apply in other parts or in the burbs. The smaller CBD's of Nehru place and Bhikaji cama place have no free space left that I know of, so we can't expect any more highrises to come up there. Peripheral areas like Dwarka and Rohini are DDA owned areas and those guys are hell bent on building low rise residential buildings. Besides, height restrictions also apply in Dwarka's case due to its proximity to IGI. That leaves the people wishing to live in posh areas to move outside the city into the burbs due to which highrises are coming up there. Delhi's at a disadvantage that all those highrises that have been built and are coming up aren't accredited to the city itself but to another town and that too in another state.

btw I must say that you possess a great deal of knowledge about Delhi and its areas. I hadn't expected anyone on SSC living outside Delhi to know about the things you mentioned. Did you ever live in Delhi?
 
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yes. For many years I am attached with Delhi. I love the city. Thats why I mentioned that Delhi itself should have enough skyscrapers to be in the league of Mumbai and Kolkata. That time I forgot that Delhi has Noida and Gurgaon in its fold. But at the same time, I have a passion about Kolkata also.

On the question which is the largest city, I do fully agree with Suncity. Delhi alongwith suburbs of Ghaziabad, Shahibabad, Noida, Greater Noida(in UP), Faridabad, Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh(in Haryana) is the most populous city of India. It already became No.1 city in respect of size and population. Unlike Mumbai or Kolkata Delhi has been spreading all directions. The authorities have already planned an NCR of about 5600 square kilometre by the year 2021 and a ring road to this effect is being constructed :)
 
#25 ·
I'd hate Delhi to have skycrapers everywhere....only in the suburbs & put them in Gurgoan & Noida.

New Delhi is unique in its architecture eps. Lutyen's Delhi being all rise.

Put them in a cluster like CP and leave them there preserving Delhi's uniqueness.
 
#26 ·
I agree, skyscrapers should not sprout up everywhere in Delhi. The stature of the city is contented in its greenery, wide roads, rich heritage etc. But I do wish that taller buildings are built in skyscraper designated area(s)...
 
#28 ·
Delhi needs decentralisation very badly. More and more people are migrating to Delhi from other states. Every year almost 3 lakh people are added from outside. The number is more than anywhere in India, affecting the city and its people. 25 years back, there were very few manual ricksaws in Delhi(only in Chandni Chowk and old Delhi areas) Nowdays you can not move around in bazars and markets without pushing them, even in new Delhi areas(for instance, Tilak Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri, Janakpuri... and all over). The vehicular populaton has almost touched 50 lakhs! taking the pollution level on extra extra high, extra load of people has decreased average consumption of water, gave birth to frequent load shedding, overloaded buses and metro. Without a proper planning, there is no end of these problems. Do not know what is awaiting ahead for us, dilliwalas! :bash:
 
#29 ·
Every major city in the developing world is facing the same problem Delhi is viz., rising population, poor public transport system, pollution, insufficient water and power supply et al.

The government has chalked out plans to accomodate the city's population in the future. Sometimes, it's best if we repose our faith on our netas as against our intuition which makes us think that they bring no progress. The insufficient water and power supply is a serious issue and can be addressed only with cooperation from the neighbouring states since Delhi receives most of its water and electricity from these states. And I feel Delhi ought to get its share to think that a major chunk of immigrants to the city are from these states. With regard to the pollution, the situation right now is indeed grim. The air will get cleaner only if less vehicles ply on the roads. The solution to this is provided by the Metro and BRT, and they are both in their initial stages. The BRT's opening was a farce, but I believe it will be very successful with proper coordination. I for one am trying to be optimistic about the city's future. Not necessarily a reply to anyone, just my two cents. :)

Anyway, just to keep the thread running, here are some more pics which are as old as the ones I posted before.

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#32 ·
Very interestingly the population gap between Mumbai and Delhi is shown only 50,000 and Bangalore and Hyderabad is only 1 lakh. Don't know when these statistics were compiled although the report was published on 6 January 2007. If the population of Mumbai was only fifty thousand more than that of Delhi then it has long been surpassed by Delhi as one and a half year elapsed since then and Delhi's population is growing by leaps and bounds.
 
#33 ·
I dont think anyone really knows the true popluations of cities round the world esp. India.

You will have to take the figures from the last census and do a yeary estimate of the increases til date to get a rough estimate.

Mumbai's population in the Metro area is estimated at 17 million since the last few yrs but if anything is to go by the population is over 20 million in my opinion making it the 2nd largest city in the world after Tokyo taking into account the metropolitan area (by population).