ABSTRACT
The more pragmatic typologies of small-scale streets with houses and markets, which had for centuries defined the aesthetic of Indian cities, were to be replaced by a model which relied on a network of roads and motorways. The slow pace of bureaucracy and a disconnect and lack of co-ordination at the local civic administration level to prepare Local Area Plans also rendered the master plan implementation dysfunctional. In accordance, Dupont argues that “the displayed slogan “Clean Delhi-Green Delhi” and “Swachh Bharat” is a reminder of the precedence of the “green agenda” over the “brown agenda” in the capital, since “cleaning” the city also involves “slum clearance” and thus “cleaning up” the city from its slums and from slum-dwellers”. The vision is that cities should provide rich and varied experiences for anyone and everyone who comes in contact with it, open to new ideas, open to people, open to interpretation and open to change.
