Rajpura, India, Asia
Year 1950 latitude: ° 0' longitude: ° 0' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants Target population 60,000 Town website Town related links Literature - 'New Towns in India', Ved Prakash, Detroit 1969 type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Purpose: Refugee Rehabilitation. Sponsoring Authority: Refugee Towns, Government of India-Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation. (Target population later lowered to 16,000 due to scarcity of water.) source: 'New Towns in India', Ved Prakash, Detroit 1969
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