Chandigarh Capital Region

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

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 (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]

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.

History[edit]

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[edit]

The cities, towns and areas that would be part of the Chandigarh Capital region have a total population of 1,758,653 and their city-wise populations are:

Rank City Union territory / State Population (2011)[8]
1 Chandigarh Chandigarh 1,055,450
2 Mohali Punjab 176,152
3 Panchkula Haryana 210,175
4 Kharar Punjab 221,323
5 New Chandigarh Punjab
6 Zirakpur Punjab 95,553

Overall Chandigarh ( UT ), 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 Roopnagar City in Punjab.

Industry[edit]

Chandigarh IT Park is a technology park located within Chandigarh, with presence of companies like IDS Infotech, 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.

Punwire,Puncom, Mahindra-Swaraj Tractors, Verka, Sun Pharma and Godrej 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 Limited or B.E.L has a factory in Panchkula.

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

SML-ISUZU has Bus & Truck Plant near Ropar 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. Semiconductor laboratory sector 72 Mohali.

Healthcare Infrastructure[edit]

The prominent hospitals in the region are

Educational Institutes[edit]

Schools[edit]

Colleges and Universities[edit]

Sports[edit]

Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh

International Hockey Stadium, Mohali

GMADA Sports Complex, Sec-78, Mohali

Sports Complex, Sector 7, Chandigarh

Chandigarh Lawn tennis Association, CLTA Stadium, Sector 10, Chandigarh

Cricket Stadium Sector 16, Chandigarh

Hockey Stadium and Sports Complex, Sector-42, Chandigarh

Golf Course, Sector 6, Chandigarh

Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Sector 3 Panchkula

Golf Course, Sector 3 Panchkula

Sports Authority of India stadium, Dayalpura, Zirakpur

Transport[edit]

  • Road transport

ISBT, SEC-17, Chandigarh

ISBT, SEC-43, Chandigarh

ISBT, SEC-57, Mohali

  • Rail transport

Chandigarh Railway Station

Mohali Railway Station

  • Air transport

Chandigarh International Airport is located near Aerocity in Mohali. It has both domestic and international flights.

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

Coordinates: 30°38′52″N 76°27′14″E / 30.6476695°N 76.4539836°E / 30.6476695; 76.4539836

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