Growth, development and planning of Bhubaneswar: A city in eastern India

The city of Bhubaneswar is well known all over the country as a historical, cultural, religious cum tourist centre — enriched with a large number of ancient temples, distinguished in indigenous sculpture, art and architecture. In the post independence period (1954), the town was redesignated as the new capital of Orissa State and made the administrative headquarters of the state. Since then it has continued its major functions of administrative and service activity, but after 1980, light industrial and manufacturing activities were added and subsequently emphasized under the programme of industrial estate development. This paper looks at the different aspects of growth, development and planning of the city with a focus on issues related to land management, environment and development. The paper also tries to discuss the role of different organizations in the context of overall growth and development of the city.