By Avny Lavasa

Cities are engines of India’s future growth, innovation and job creation: an oft-heard narrative. A recent article (‘These 15 cities can supercharge India’s growth. Here’s how we can ensure that they do’, IE, July 5) highlighted various urban problems and the need to solve them. Money required and policy prescriptions are well known, but the question is: Why are solutions still left wanting? Aside from broad policy prescriptions, can policymakers and implementers at the state and local levels envision and execute these?

The cited article mentions air pollution, solid waste management, water and traffic as major problems to be solved. It talks of using density incentives as a tool to promote affordable housing supply. Density control is part of development control regulatio

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