Ghaziabad is 'India's hottest city'!
The city along the Delhi-UP border has found place in Newsweek's list of 10 most dynamic cities in the world.
By Neelam Raaj, TNN |
NEW DELHI: Believe it or not — and many inhabitants who have to battle pathetic infrastructure, chaotic traffic and soaring crime probably won’t — Ghaziabad is in Newsweek’s list of 10 most dynamic cities in the world. For good measure, it has also been billed ‘‘India’s hottest city’’.
| Top 10 dynamic cities 1. Las Vegas, US 2. Fukuoka, Japan 3. Toulouse, France 4. Nanchang, China 5. Moscow, Russia 6. Ghaziabad, India 7. Goyang, S Korea 8. Florianspolis, Brazil 9. Munich, Germany 10. London, UK |
Based on an advance copy of the latest UN forecasts for cities with populations greater than 750,000, Newsweek’s list encompasses the fastest-growing cities in each of the world’s 10 most important economies. Only two major capitals — Moscow and London, which continue to outpace smaller rivals for unique national reasons — figure on it while the rest are aspiring middleweights like Toulouse, Munich and Las Vegas, or unknowns like Florianspolis (Brazil), Goyang (South Korea) and Fukuoka (Japan).
Sanjay Verma, joint managing director of Cushman & Wakefield, attributes the rapid growth to Ghaziabad’s excellent connectivity with Delhi, which creates more new jobs per year than Bangalore and Hyderabad, as well as an established IT destination like Noida. ‘‘It’s very strategically located on the old Grand Trunk Road. Not only does it attract a sizeable IT/ITES workforce from Noida, it is affordable for those who can’t afford Delhi prices,’’ he says.
R C Mishra, Ghaziabad Development Authority secretary, doesn’t deny that the rapid industrial development in Ghaziabad is the result of a spillover from Noida and Greater Noida. ‘‘Sahibabad was conceived as an industrial estate but Ghaziabad’s growth has been quite recent,’’ he says. Today, the city has more than 14,000 small-scale industrial units and larger plants run by giants like Coca-Cola and ITC.
Sanjay Verma, joint managing director of Cushman & Wakefield, attributes the rapid growth to Ghaziabad’s excellent connectivity with Delhi, which creates more new jobs per year than Bangalore and Hyderabad, as well as an established IT destination like Noida. ‘‘It’s very strategically located on the old Grand Trunk Road. Not only does it attract a sizeable IT/ITES workforce from Noida, it is affordable for those who can’t afford Delhi prices,’’ he says.
R C Mishra, Ghaziabad Development Authority secretary, doesn’t deny that the rapid industrial development in Ghaziabad is the result of a spillover from Noida and Greater Noida. ‘‘Sahibabad was conceived as an industrial estate but Ghaziabad’s growth has been quite recent,’’ he says. Today, the city has more than 14,000 small-scale industrial units and larger plants run by giants like Coca-Cola and ITC.
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