with so many civic problems like huge electicity outages, collapse of civic institutions, no public trsansport, abysmal infrastructure, hoping gurgaon to magically become singapore on its own, is like a fool's dream..
we know, in india, government is far less efficient than the private sector, which is just the opposite of what the governments are in advanced countries.. in other countries, govt is equally efficient if not more ,
the concept of public private partnership is therefore cited as a workable solution for countries such as ours, where govt does not have either will, nor finances, nor managerial competence to transform the cities , on its own.
hence, for gurgaon to become prosporous, Govt of haryana should approach/partner with major foreign countries / cities to adopt part of gurgaon and develop the selected portion of the city/district on trial basis. eg, Singapore can be requested to develop one portion of the city, China another, Japan another, US another.. on a win win basis.
there should be a lose governance kind of system where private entities/ foreign countries can take ownership ( emotional , not political) of development.
Govt should step back a bit for a decade from its supposed role of development of our cities and allow a positive, innovative partnership to blossom, with a co operation model with the people and governments whom we want to emulate in our dreams.
