Delhi sealing: How a world-class city was turned into an urban mess

The city has lost its way and answers can come only through a cooperative decision making system, not a competing one

Among the many hazards of making a living in the vast capital territory of Delhi, none perhaps is more hazardous than doing business from a Delhi address. No one, including the municipal authorities can certify that the trade is being conducted from premises that are building bye-laws’ compliant. The city’s urban planning, such as it has been and such as it is, proceeded on the principle of segregating residential and shopping areas and a demarcated industrial area, usually on the outskirts of the city limits. Most urban planners followed this norm, and as migration into the cities was limited, the