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To Meet Rising Aspirations...
Naya Raipur: A Modern Dream
Capital for a Fast-Growing State
A most modern and ambitious Capital city, called Naya
Raipur will be coming up in the near future, close to the
old city of Raipur, the present headquarters of the
Government of Chhattisgarh.
The country's centrally located city will offer connectivity
to every Indian city across the country and is conducive to
commerce in products from steel-based industries to
food-processing and agri-business. The city will also be
ideal for pollution-free knowledge-based industries and
others such as gems and jewellery, which the State
Government proposes to boost by offering attractive
incentives.
Need for New Capital
A new-born State is akin to a new-born baby that needs
to be nurtured and fostered with utmost care. This
comparison is apt and applicable to Chhattisgarh, one
of India's youngest and fast-growing States. Its needs are
many and they need to be met on a war-footing. That is
exactly what the State Government, under the leadership
of Chief Minister Raman Singh has been doing.
On 1 November 200, Chhattisgarh was carved out of
the central State of Madhya Pradesh, with Raipur as its
capital. It was soon realized that Raipur, couldn't
accommodate the
bubbling aspirations of a
new State. It was felt that
a new and modern
Capital, “Naya Raipur” is
required to be built, close
to the sprawling old city,
to meet the multiple
needs of the fast-growing
State.
“The highlights of the New Capital Naya Raipur are
the 80-hectare Capital Complex, with the entire
State administrative machinery at one place and the
96-hectare environment-friendly Central Business
District providing for corporate offices, banks and
various commercial establishments having the most
modern facilities for carrying out business.”
- N. Baijendra Kumar
Principal Secretary - Housing
Hence the new city, Naya
Raipur, has been planned
20 km southeast of the
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