Urban policies must address future challenges: Chief Secy

Senior administrators, urban planners and real estate developers on Saturday reached a consensus that the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, must be strengthened to keep pace with the state’s rapidly expanding urban landscape and evolving developmental needs.

Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, who attended the event as the chief guest, said urban policies and regulatory frameworks must continuously evolve to address emerging challenges of sustainability, infrastructure resilience, rapid urban expansion and changing citizen expectations.

He said the Act had significantly contributed to planned urban growth, infrastructure creation and economic development in the state over five decades but underlined that the time had come to take it to the next level.

Rastogi stressed that coordinated efforts among government institutions, planners and industry stakeholders were essential to ensure balanced, inclusive and future-ready urban development across Haryana.