Without a right blend of nature and buildings, Delhi will be a disaster: Environmentalist

With cities growing at a rapid pace, a renowned environmentalist has said it would be a "disaster" if balance is not maintained between nature and construction activities as the builders were "selling" a high standard of life instead of quality.

"What the government's smart city initiative is, and what other builders and architects are actually practising in Gurgaon or Delhi, is that they are not selling you quality of life. They are selling you standard of living.

"Standard of living means more consumption, more luxury, that's all it means. Forget about the rest, forget about nature, about the city, forget about the people living at the bottom," Vikram Soni, an environmentalist-physicist said.

Speaking at a panel discussion titled "100 years of re-imagining Delhi", organised