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Ran
k
Agglomerati
ons
/Cities
State
Mumbai
Maharashtra
Delhi
Delhi
Kolkata
West Bengal
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
Hyderabad
Karnataka
Andhra
Pradesh
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
Pune
Maharashtra
Surat
Gujarat
10
Jaipur
Rajasthan
Agglomerati
ons/
Cities
Populatio
n
Rank
18,414,2
88
11 Kanpur
16,314,8
38
12 Lucknow
14,112,5
36
13 Nagpur
8,696,01
0
14 Ghaziabad
8,499,39
9
15 Indore
7,749,33
4
16 Coimbatore
6,240,20
1
17 Kochi
5,049,96
8
18 Patna
4,585,36
7
19 Kozhikode
3,073,35
0
20 Bhopal
State
Uttar
Pradesh
Uttar
Pradesh
Maharashtra
Uttar
Pradesh
Madhya
Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Bihar
Kerala
Madhya
Pradesh
Populatio
n
2,920,06
7
2,901,47
4
2,497,77
7
2,358,52
5
2,167,44
7
2,151,46
6
2,117,99
0
2,046,65
2
2,030,51
9
1,883,38
1
1961
1971
1981
1991
2001
2011
SLUM POPULATION
SLUMS AND SLUM POPULATION WERE NOT A
FEATURE OF EVEN METROPOLITAN TOWNS IN PRE
INDEPENDENT INDIA AND ALMOST UPTO 1970S.
IMPROVEMENT TRUSTS SET UP IN
PREINDEPENDENT INDIA TOOK CARE OF EMERGING
URBAN PLANNING AND URBAN CHALLENGES .
( NAGPUR IMPROVEMENT TRUS, BOMBAY
IMPROVEMENT TRUST FOR EXAMPLE)
PROVIDED HOUSING STOCK TO INDUSTRIAL
URBAN MIGRANTS (CHAWLS IN MUMBAI FOR
EXAMPLE PROVIDED HOUSING STOCK TO TEXTILE
WORKERS)
SLUM POPULATION
INTRODUCTION OF URBAN LAND CEILING ACT
LED TO SEVERE LAND CRUNCH IN
METROPOLITAN TOWNS AND ACCELERATED
THE GROWTH OF SLUM AND SLUM
POPULATION
INABILITY OF LOCAL, STATE AND CENTRAL
GOVERNMENTS TO PROTECT ITS OWN LAND
FROM ENCROACHMENTS LED TO CREATION
OF LARGE POLITICAL CONSTITUENCIES WHICH
HAVE NOW BECOME AN ALBATROSS AROUND
ITS NECK
CHALLENGES IN URBAN
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES IN URBAN
GOVERNANCE
AS RESULT THE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF URBAN