A new draft regional plan approved by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) for restricting the NCR within a 100-km radius from Rajghat in Delhi has led to disquiet in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, which is set to be excluded. The move will make an adverse impact on development activities in Bharatpur, which was included in the NCR in 2013.
Though the residents of Bharatpur have been facing the NCR-related restrictions, the benefits of being a part of the NCR were few and far between largely because of the absence of the Centre’s assistance. No proposal from the district administration came up for the NCRPB’s consideration during the recent years.
