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Among the 1'st mass public cities in the world from scratch, only Navi Mumbai (Bombay Extention1), Islamabad (Greater Rawalpindi?), comes to mind somewhat with mass rapid rail system or good roads but then India/Pak. were still a poor so Arab Gulf countries leapfrogged and retro-fitted fast growing cities like Dubai with effective middle class infrastructure like public infra. like parks, open public areas like marinas, roads, buses and metro systems and much more.
Amravati
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/dynamic/02754/amara_2480222f_2754022f.jpg
China also developed and retrofitted it's mega-cities and amplified older towns to mega cities. Same with the New World S. America like Brazil, Canada, OZ. US etc. and of course EU area.
Is Amravati a Smart City? I look forward to India's 100 Smart City project and it's nice that Singapore, a near Smart City already, is involved. Amravati's gonna rock more then the other new age city of India - Chandigarh.
Only that competition from rapidly developing Chennai, Banglore, Hyderabad, Pune and other towns in the South re: stabilising populations. In the poor past, any small improvement in public infra. was promptly swamped and swallowed by the ever growing population.
India's 'on-line/real-time' internet exposed infra. push is changing the very idea of India.
Note: Every time I see national, patriotic, capital; for all I know this is a good real-estate deal. Singapore's participation kind of nails it down.
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