Developement of Indore:what it's lacking

As an true indorian at heart i think this should be my 1st post although couldn't complete in time because everytime i wanted to post i wanted to add more...

1st where Indore stands as compared to other cities...
what would other cities would say to Indore(on a lighter note)--
Mumbai-- Does Indore exist(so little as compared to bombay)?oh...ok i have heard the name.
Surat-- child needs bournvita(Narendra modi) other than normal food(shivraj singh chauhan) for growing fast or fastest(gdp growth of surat).
Chennai-- Rice is the food for intellectual development and all u ppl r interested in poha- ratlami sev(this is for u only khandoo) and dal bati.how ur brain would develop.
And as my frnd khandu(oh....ok....sorry....khandoo) says it 'Indore is the chatora capital of India',ppl r more interested in eating and tryin out different things than spending their entire time in searching intellectual pursuits.
I think i should not go further about cities perspective for the simple reason that no good thoughts are coming.

Now i want to write abt things important for the development and where Indore stands .

Ist and the most important thing is the Connectivity.I believe indore is poor on connectivity in all the three modes air,railway,road.
By road--not only ppl of MP, ppl of other states also would be able to tell u when the borders of MP has started.Although intracity roads of Indore r gettin better thanks to BOT projects but intercity conditions are abysmal.Ask ministers abt that and they would blame it on the soil condition or would not acknowledge the poor condition.
By train--I don't know why a smaller station like 'Khandwa' can have good connectivity but indore can not.Other state's major cities have much better connectivity e.g. ahemdabad has 15 trains to bombay and a single train from Indore,ok...I know there r lot of gujju's in bombay but...still?
By air-- the condition here is better when we compare with roads or rails.Indore airport is going to be international soon so that's a good news.And flights has also started for various cities like jabalpur , hyderabad ,banglore ,raipur ,ahemdabad etc. But things need to improve further.


The 2nd most important thing is the Administrative Policies.
Here by admin. policies i mean creating such an environment by the government so that businessmen are ready to setup Industries and offices in the city and people from other cities and countries are ready to come here and do work.For example state governments in south has provided various facilities to industrialist and process is also fast as compared to MP.
Although Mp government is also trying now but some of the places in other states are developed so much that they have become hub like pune is auto hub , Hyderabed , chennai are electronics hardware hub , banglore is software hub and it would require a lot of extra effort to bring them here.
People of other cities would be ready to come to city if the city has some attraction for them.For example Chadigarh and Jaipur are developed in such way that these cities has a charm associated with them and all other facilities are also available like connectivity is good, education facilities are good. So people are automatically attracted towards these cities.Although education facilities in Indore are also very good but on other aspects it pales in comparison.

Third important thing is the contribution of people of city for its progress--
If i say whatever progress Indore has made is entirely due to its citizens and their efforts most people would agree.As Indore is not the capital of mp very little has been contributed by the government for its progress.
But i always feel there is no big name specially businessman associated with city or there is no such business where we are the best.For example surat for Diamond and sari, kota for coaching etc.Many people do become successful and emigrate and then contributes very little to city.For example sabir bhatia ,after selling hotmail.com and becoming successful entrepreneur, is setting Nano-city in chandigarh,more than billion dollar project, dhirubhai ambani setting refinery in Jamnagar etc shows contribution of businessmen to growth of their cities.Although there are some examples at small level but there has not been such big initiatives in Indore.



But after discussing these negatives i would like to cite some of the recent developments that has taken place--
1)The city bus service and its extension in form of metro taxi.
city bus service--Now the latest developement has been in the form of dedicated lanes for these buses known as Bus Rapid Transit System(BRTS) ;a low cost alternative to metro rail serveices.The development has been exemplary and many cities has emulated it and Mr. E. Sreedhaaran (Delhi Metro) has visited Indore to see the model.
Metro taxi--SX4 cars are used to provide services.One just need to make a call to their no. and they send the nearest available taxi to your doorsteps within short interval.
2)The Build Operate Transfer(BOT) projects are used to bring efficiency and quality in the construction of roads.
3)Development of Gardens--Recently there was a record made on World Garden day of inaugurating 101 gardens on the single day.And government in past also has initiated many such schemes.
4)Now the Indore Developement Authority has started home for middle class scheme.In this scheme govt is alloting land for home development on lottery basis with fixed price on condition that one has to construct home within 4 yrs and can not sell it upto 15yrs.

Finally concluding this long article.In past few years Indore has started catching the attention but there has not been any breakthrough activity which ensures Inodre would have growth faster than other tier-2 cities.So i think growth of Indore would be moderate in upcoming years.
Guys although i have written such a long article i believe i have not included many things so pls do write those things in ur comments.